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  This is the best beginners guide to FCPX that I know how to make. I cover from importing to exporting and the basic features in between. Although I don’t cover music, masking, plug-ins, and other advanced features this is good enough to get even the most green user up and running. I hope you learn and create. Thank you for watching. 

 In this video I will show you a step by step process to create a free stop motion animation or film. These steps require three apps from the App Store. You will need iMovie, SketchBook, and Photoshop Mix. All three apps are free as I mentioned and are required to make this work for an animation. By using the Sketchbook and Photoshop Mix app you can add a green screen effect even if you don’t own a green screen. This is a fun way to pass time and be creative. Let your imagination go with this and create something great. 

  I made a purchase about 6 months ago and needed to share my findings with the world. Since I had filled up a 32 gig thumb drive with my YouTube videos I decided to go looking for a larger capacity way to file my videos. Walking the isles of my local Wal-Marts electronic section and then heading over to Target I found tons of external HDDs that I knew nothing about. Asking an employee about their recommendation is not always the safe way to go since many retail stores just shove employees where they’re needed with no knowledge about the product they stock. That’s when it hit me to go to Amazon and search the endless pages of the internet for the best way to store video files.  After a few moments of looking I found the Seagate Portable 1TB External HDD for $46 and free shipping. Still not sure what I was exactly looking at I decided to read the product description and customer reviews. It said fast writing speed, compatible with MacOS, and portable with the right price tag. If you are

  Cool Springs Park is a great place to get out and stretch those legs. Located East of Grafton WV just off of US RT 50 you will find this little park sitting at the bottom of a mountain. The park has a diner, gift shop, gas station, and a ton of old equipment and trains to look at. Although it may be run down it still holds on to its charm from those years gone by. It almost has a time machine feel as you walk through the grounds looking at old steam engines and the red caboose. The price is FREE and the memories are priceless.  

  A recent trip to Valley Falls in West Virginia. This park has a lot of history as well as nature trails, playgrounds, and a gift shop. It is located off 310 between Grafton and Fairmont in West Virginia. 

                                    Looking at the LumaFusion program we can see that it is very similar in looks to Final Cut Pro. Online most reviews call it a great editing program, and in fact it is. With this software you can edit together footage loaded on to your iPad and add titles, green screen effects, music, sound effects, transitions, work with the sound, and export in 4k. As a mobile video editor this beats out ALL others I have tried. iMovie what’s that? Most video editors love to use this software when they are traveling as a substitute for Final Cut. After all taking an iPad with you is a lot easier than taking a laptop.  With iPads touch screen capabilities using LumaFusion is a breeze since it is designed for touch interaction. Sliding clips into place and opening up new windows comes naturally if you are used to touch interface. The software is optimized for mobile allowing it run super fast and export 4K footage in record times. LumaFusion has some limited control o