Beauty and cleanup retouching for visual enhancement. — tailored for newspaper professionals.
Discover the StudioWe analyze each shot, perform camera tracking, rotoscoping, and clean plate generation for smooth VFX integration.
3D modeling, texturing, and lighting of CG elements matched precisely to the live-action plate.
Multi-layer compositing with color and grain matching, atmospheric effects, and frame-by-frame quality control.
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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, Video Retouching 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. Plate Preparation: Shot analysis, camera tracking, rotoscoping, and clean plate generation for smooth integration.
2. Asset Creation: 3D modeling, texturing, and lighting of CG elements to match the live-action plate perfectly.
3. Compositing: Multi-layer compositing in Nuke/After Effects with color matching, grain matching, lens distortion, and atmospheric effects.
4. QC & Delivery: Frame-by-frame quality control, final render at full resolution, and delivery with VFX breakdown documentation.
Video retouching applies frame-level corrections to remove unwanted elements — skin blemishes, logos, wires, reflections, crew visible in mirrors, or any object that shouldn't be in the shot. We use content-aware fill, clone stamping, and frequency separation techniques adapted from high-end photo retouching, applied across every frame of the affected region. This is different from VFX (which adds elements) — retouching subtracts them. Turnaround is 1-3 days per shot depending on the area size and movement. We deliver the cleaned footage as a drop-in replacement clip matching your original codec and resolution.
You receive: final composited shots in ProRes 4444/EXR, VFX breakdown reel, individual element passes (beauty, diffuse, specular, alpha), and project files.
Software: Nuke, After Effects, Houdini, Maya, Cinema 4D | Tracking: PFTrack, SynthEyes | Render: Arnold, V-Ray, Octane | Output: EXR 16/32-bit, ProRes 4444, DPX
Ready to elevate your Newspaper brand with professional video retouching? 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 video retouching needs for newspaper. Free consultation and custom quote — no commitment required.