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Un-Celebrate National Raisin Day & Win A Free FCPX Plugin!

Thursday is National Raisin Day. Barf!  Most use it as a day to celebrate the vile and despicable raisin but I’m going to use it to spread the truth about the grape wannabe and its evils.  To raisin awareness of how horrible raisins are, I’m organizing a contest of the worst raisin jokes! If you […]

Finally! Watch this free video to learn how Emoji Pop gives you an unfair advantage with FCPX Animated Emojis … Guaranteed!

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My wife laughs about my early “love letters” to her. I’ve never been much of one for handwriting – mine is atrocious. I’d write her little letters while we were engaged and she lived about an hour away. C’mon, it was romantic. At least, the thought was. The execution? A bit rough. I didn’t have […]

Callout Parts of Your Video Quickly & Easily with Callout Pop

“Callout Pop” is a new FCPX plug-in released from Stupid Raisins, creators of the popular Story Pop and Logo Pop. With this new release, owner Dylan Higginbotham hopes to allow editors an easy way to bump up their production value. “Video has become a major way for individuals and companies to promote their services and […]

Set Your Sights on Binocular and Scope for FCPX

Have you ever seen that cool binocular effect in a video and wondered how the editor managed to pull it off? Check out this clip from the movie Ronin to see what I’m talking about: From binoculars to periscopes to high-powered night vision sniper rifle scopes, adding a sleek scope effect to your video is […]

Amp Up Your Projects with Free Fade In Fade Out Transitions

Fade in, fade out…this is one of those plugins that does exactly what it says on the box. For free. This plugin is one of my many free fcp transitions here on Stupid Raisins. Fading in and out was one of the first transition effects ever used in filmmaking, and it’s just as effective today […]

Make Breathtaking Wedding Videos (and More) with Love Pop

Getting hitched or know someone who is? Get ready to make the most memorable day of your life even more memorable-er with Love Pop! If Cupid made wedding videos, he would use Love Pop—because the bride and groom deserve a video that looks as good as they do! In short, this plugin contains 25 animated […]

Capitalize on Awesome Animated Fonts with Alpha Pop

Turns out, creating custom animated fonts in FCP is a lot harder than it looks. Well, it used to be before plugins like Alpha Pop. Gone are the days when you needed to hire a freelancer to create great animated text and numbers for your projects. Alpha Pop is a Final Cut Pro titles plugin […]

Upgrade Your Project with Incredible Symbols and Icons Using Symbol Pop

Ready to give your video an iconic look? Let me introduce you to Symbol Pop, my go-to plugin for adding supercharged animated symbols and icons to my latest projects—made for Final Cut Pro mavericks, by a Final Cut Pro maverick. Symbol Pop is your secret arsenal of nearly 200 animated symbols for FCP, from social […]

Make Your Projects Flow with Seamless Transitions from Flow Pop

Without top-notch transitions, your video project will jar viewers right out of their seats. And forget those cheesy PowerPoint-style transitions, it isn’t 2003 anymore. The people watching your videos deserve better, and that’s exactly what we’re gonna give them with Flow Pop. I created Flow Pop because I was tired of coming up with different […]

Create Professional Charts and Graphics Lightning Quick with Data Pop

Who says data has to be boring? Transform those stats into aesthetic, gripping visuals with Data Pop and fall in love with numbers like you wouldn’t believe. Check out how Qualtrics made data look rad in the video below: What is Data Pop? Studies have shown that, when consumed, raw data can cause confusion, drowsiness […]