Professional color grading for cinematic mood and look. — tailored for newspaper professionals.
Discover the StudioWe review all footage, identify exposure issues, and define the target color palette with mood references and LUT exploration.
Shot-by-shot color correction for consistency, then creative grading with power windows and secondary adjustments.
Broadcast compliance check, HDR/SDR delivery, and export of custom LUTs for your future productions.
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Every project includes a dedicated project manager and clear milestones with approval checkpoints.
All final deliverables are yours — full ownership and usage rights included with every project.
In the Newspaper sector, professional video content has become essential for standing out in a competitive market. Whether you need promotional material, training content, or brand storytelling, Color Grading delivers measurable results that transform how newspaper professionals communicate with their audience.
Newspapers and news publishers are racing to become video-first organizations, but the transition challenges deep-rooted text-and-photo workflows. Reporters need to become comfortable on camera and with basic filming techniques. Quick-turnaround news videos — 90 seconds that summarize a breaking story with graphics, B-roll, and correspondent standup — require streamlined production pipelines that newspaper organizations historically lack. Investigative reporting increasingly uses video as primary evidence and storytelling medium, with documentaries and visual investigations driving subscriber growth more effectively than written articles alone. The economic model is shifting: video advertising CPMs are 5-10x higher than display, making video investment increasingly justified by revenue potential.
82% of internet traffic is now video content. Media companies must produce broadcast-quality video at editorial speed and scale. The shift from text-first to video-first newsrooms demands new workflows, skills, and equipment — while maintaining journalistic standards and editorial integrity.
Digital media competes for attention in 15-second increments. Content must hook viewers instantly, work silently with captions, and adapt to multiple platform formats. Traditional media must reinvent itself while digital-native outlets raise production quality expectations.
A digital news outlet pivoted to video-first content strategy. Their audience tripled in 18 months, advertising revenue grew 230%, and they secured a distribution deal with a major streaming platform based on the quality of their documentary content.
Media video drives sustainable growth: video news content generates 6x more social shares than text, multi-format repurposing extends content lifespan 5x, and video-first newsrooms see 65% higher audience engagement. Media brands with strong video presence command 3x higher CPM rates from advertisers.
1. Color Analysis: We review all footage, identify exposure/white balance issues, and establish the target look with mood references and LUT exploration.
2. Primary Correction: Exposure normalization, white balance correction, and overall color balance across all shots for consistency.
3. Creative Grade: Scene-by-scene color grading to achieve the desired mood, with custom power windows, secondary corrections, and film emulation.
4. Final QC: Broadcast compliance check (if needed), HDR/SDR delivery, and export of custom LUTs for future use.
Color grading is the creative process of establishing the visual mood and tone of your film through deliberate color manipulation. Working in DaVinci Resolve's node-based pipeline, we shape skin tones, push shadows toward specific hues, control highlight rolloff, and create a look that supports your story — warm and nostalgic, cold and clinical, or desaturated and gritty. This goes beyond technical correction (which we handle separately): grading is an artistic choice. A 5-minute project takes 2-3 days; feature-length work takes 1-2 weeks. We deliver graded masters in ProRes 4444 or DNxHR and can export matching stills for marketing use.
You receive: color-graded master in ProRes/DPX, custom LUT package, before/after comparison frames, HDR and SDR versions, and color-consistent stills for marketing.
Software: DaVinci Resolve Studio, Baselight | Monitoring: FSI DM250, calibrated Rec.709/P3/Rec.2020 | Formats: ACES workflow, CDL, .cube LUT export | HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG
Ready to elevate your Newspaper brand with professional color grading? Our team combines deep industry expertise with advanced production techniques to deliver content that drives real results. Contact us for a free consultation and custom quote — no commitment required.
Let's discuss your color grading needs for newspaper. Free consultation and custom quote — no commitment required.