diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index cebf2a1..90c0bfa 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ README.Rmd
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^docs$
 ^pkgdown$
+^cran-comments\.md$
+^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
+man/figures/cscherer_coffee_ratings\.gif
+man/figures/gkaramanis_tour_de_france\.gif
+man/figures/vignette_gif\.gif
diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad1849d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Version: 0.1.0
+Date: 2022-10-02 08:18:54 UTC
+SHA: 889582e2e66d37cdbf760751ae57a6cffa1d702a
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5a62538..bc4ab34 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Authors@R:
         given = "Ellis", 
         family = "Hughes", 
         email = "ellishughes@live.com", 
-        role = c("aut", "cre")
+        role = c("aut", "cre"),
+        comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0637-4436")
       ),
       person(
         given = "Cédric", 
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@ Authors@R:
         role = c("ctb")
       )
     )
-Description: Record and generate a gif of your R sessions plots.
+Description: Record and generate a 'gif' of your 'R' sessions plots. When creating 
+    a visualization, there is inevitably iteration and refinement that occurs. 
+    Automatically save the plots made to a specified directory, previewing them 
+    as they would be saved. Then combine all plots generated into a 'gif'
+    to show the plot refinement over time.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a4dbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# camcorder 0.1.0
+
+* Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.
+* Most of the functionality of the R package has been developed including:
+  - Capturing ggplot2/patchwork plots automatically
+  - Capturing other graphic outputs with record_polaroid()
+* Preview outputs in the viewer as they are saved
+* Generate a GIF of the history of recorded tables
diff --git a/R/gg_record.R b/R/gg_record.R
index d4867fc..6484fd3 100644
--- a/R/gg_record.R
+++ b/R/gg_record.R
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #' @title Record and generate plot histories
 #'
-#' @description Record plots created over time and generate a gif of the plots
-#'    made in the R session.
+#' @description Record plots created over time and generate a GIF of the plots
+#'    made in the 'R' session. Overrides the print methods for ggplot and patchwork objects
+#'    from the 'ggplot2' and 'patchwork' packages respectively.
 #'
 #' @rdname Recording
 #'
-#' @param dir directory to save the intermediate plots in
+#' @param dir directory to save the intermediate plots in. Defaults to a temporary directory
 #' @param device Device to use. Can either be a device function (e.g. png()), or
 #'     one of "png", "pdf", "jpeg", "bmp", "tiff", "emf", "svg", "eps", "ps".
 #' @param device_ext file extension to use for images created. Does not usually need to be populated manually.
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ gg_record <- function(dir = NULL,
 #' @param frame_duration n seconds each plot should be shown
 #' @param image_resize size to rescale images to in pixels
 #' @param background color to set the background of the gif. A valid color string such as "navyblue" or
-#' "#000080". Use "none" for transparancy. Does not impact the background of images.
+#' "#000080". Use "none" for transparency. Does not impact the background of images.
 #' @param playback Boolean, should the recording start playing after it is
 #' turned into a gif? defaults to TRUE
 #' @param stoprecording Boolean, should the plots stop being recorded?
@@ -165,9 +166,7 @@ gg_playback <-
 
     if (is.null(name)) {
       recording <- paste0(format(Sys.time(), "%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S"), ".gif")
-      if (!GG_RECORDING_ENV$is_temp_dir) {
-        recording <- file.path(GG_RECORDING_ENV$recording_dir, recording)
-      }
+      recording <- file.path(GG_RECORDING_ENV$recording_dir, recording)
     } else{
       recording <- name
     }
diff --git a/R/magick-resize.R b/R/magick-resize.R
index c34affa..56a2a5f 100644
--- a/R/magick-resize.R
+++ b/R/magick-resize.R
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #' @param output path to save resized image
 #' @param max_size set maximum height/width of the image in pixels
 #' @param background color to set the background. A valid color string such as "navyblue" or
-#' "#000080". Use "none" for transparancy.
+#' "#000080". Use "none" for transparency.
 #' @return Nothing. Used to resize images on the file system.
 #'
 #' @importFrom magick image_read image_info image_resize image_extent image_write
diff --git a/R/recording.R b/R/recording.R
index 03219c5..0fec4b0 100644
--- a/R/recording.R
+++ b/R/recording.R
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ record_patchwork <- function(x,...) {
 #' function to capture what has been printed to the current graphics device and
 #' save it using the current camcorder settings
 #'
+#' @returns No return value. Used for the side effect of capturing the current
+#'   graphics device and saving it to the set directory from gg_record.
+#'
 #' @examples
 #'
 #' library(grid)
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb70b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## Test environments
+* local R installation, R 4.2.1
+* ubuntu 18.04 (on github actions), R-release
+* mac OS  (on github actions) R-devel, R-release,
+* win-builder (devel)
+
+## Local R CMD check results
+
+0 errors ✔ | 0 warnings ✔ | 0 notes ✔
+
+* This is a new release.
+
+## Downstream dependencies
+
+There are currently no downstream dependencies on this package as it is the first CRAN submission
+
+## Notes
+
+Resubmission removing large gif files to make submission <5mb
+Updates to documentation including adding the "value" param for record_polaroid,
+and wrapping packages and API's in single quotes.
diff --git a/man/Recording.Rd b/man/Recording.Rd
index b4acb36..f3078d4 100644
--- a/man/Recording.Rd
+++ b/man/Recording.Rd
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ gg_resize_film(height = NA, width = NA, units = NA, dpi = NA)
 gg_stop_recording()
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{dir}{directory to save the intermediate plots in}
+\item{dir}{directory to save the intermediate plots in. Defaults to a temporary directory}
 
 \item{device}{Device to use. Can either be a device function (e.g. png()), or
 one of "png", "pdf", "jpeg", "bmp", "tiff", "emf", "svg", "eps", "ps".}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ once, or a number to indicate how many times to repeat after the first.}
 \item{image_resize}{size to rescale images to in pixels}
 
 \item{background}{color to set the background of the gif. A valid color string such as "navyblue" or
-"#000080". Use "none" for transparancy. Does not impact the background of images.}
+"#000080". Use "none" for transparency. Does not impact the background of images.}
 
 \item{progress}{print some verbose status output}
 
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ Returns the last plot generated, resized to new dimensions
 Returns nothing. used for side effect.
 }
 \description{
-Record plots created over time and generate a gif of the plots
-   made in the R session.
+Record plots created over time and generate a GIF of the plots
+   made in the 'R' session. Overrides the print methods for ggplot and patchwork objects
+   from the 'ggplot2' and 'patchwork' packages respectively.
 
 resize the film for recording, reprints and saves last plot
 
diff --git a/man/record_polaroid.Rd b/man/record_polaroid.Rd
index f99630f..e730d3e 100644
--- a/man/record_polaroid.Rd
+++ b/man/record_polaroid.Rd
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 \usage{
 record_polaroid()
 }
+\value{
+No return value. Used for the side effect of capturing the current
+  graphics device and saving it to the set directory from gg_record.
+}
 \description{
 For plot types that don't have a special print method, use this
 function to capture what has been printed to the current graphics device and
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-recording.R b/tests/testthat/test-recording.R
index a5f7957..25d8de6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-recording.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-recording.R
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ test_that("recording works - gif output", {
 
 test_that("resizing a plot works", {
 
+  skip_on_cran()
+
   rec_dir <- file.path(tempdir(),"camcorder_tests_resizing")
 
   if(dir.exists(rec_dir)){
diff --git a/vignettes/camcorder_view.Rmd b/vignettes/camcorder_view.Rmd
index efbdcdc..5b4a245 100644
--- a/vignettes/camcorder_view.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/camcorder_view.Rmd
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ options(rmarkdown.html_vignette.check_title = FALSE)
 There a other pretty cool features when recording your ggplot output with the `{camcorder}` that improve the workflow with `{ggplot2}`: 
 
 1.  you don't need to run `ggsave()` every time after your `ggplot()` call
-2.  you can inspect the plot in the given dimensions **inside** Rstudio
+2.  you can inspect the plot in the given dimensions **inside** the RStudio IDE
 
 
 ## Omit Running and Typing `ggsave()`