Faking the front page of a newspaper

[The Hams]

Hey guys, I'm working on a student film and I'm trying to make a faked newspaper headline. It's going appear in the film folded in half, like this:



so I don't need the entire length of the newspaper. Does anyone have any tips for me to get started, any textures I should seek out or filters I should use? I could also really use some tips on how to print this out... I'm thinking of getting a real newspaper and just covering up the real front page with my photoshopped one, but i'm not sure what size or kind of paper to use. Printer paper's too small, photo paper's too reflective, etc. I need to get this done ASAP—any and all advice would be really really appreciated, I could special thank you in the credits at the end V:

[Hoogle]

why print it out make it all on the computer get it looking realistic and motion track it using after effects.

[thedirtyknapkin]

i usually just take an actual new paper, and clone/heal everything else out, then replace the text and images, and adjust to fit the image

puting an image n multiply would probably help

[The Hams]

why print it out make it all on the computer get it looking realistic and motion track it using after effects.

I wanted to use it as a prop in a scene, we would see the actors actually holding and reading it and moving it around. Is that something After-Effects can do?

[Hoogle]

well it can put autobots lead by optimus prime in New York city or Alien invasions so yeah I am sure a newspaper will be simple to do but why not print it out on cheap recycled paper and get a can of 3m spray mount it onto a real newspaper if you dont want to motion track it all being handled. I think there is a tutorial out on the web that teaches you how to do the Harry potter style newspapers with video instead of pictures but it is the same principal.

Just google motion tracking tutorial. It may be easier though to film it with a regular newspaper then you have 4 simple corners to track with an image straight from your psd file

look up video copilot video tracking should be a good starting tutorial

[Paul]

MATE JUST DO WHAT YOU THOUGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE, a4 SHEET OF PAPER PRINT OUT YOUR HEADLINE HEADER DO A BOGUS STORY COLUMN AND STICK IT ON TOP OF YOUR OLD NEWSPAPER, THEN ANY ONE CAN PICK IT UP WALK AROUND WITH IT WHATEVER YOU WANT, sorry for caps i have boxing gloves on at the minute.

[Paul]

Like this maybe Attachment 13569

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

[The Hams]

Like this maybe Attachment 13569

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

I want to add pictures though.

I could still use some solid advice on this. I'm not good enough at After Effects to CGI in a newspaper page. Is A4 the same size as a common newspaper? Where could I even get "cheap recycled" paper? Would I still need to put some kind of newspaper filter on the photoshop image?

[Paul]

Make the image colour off white/slightly grey maybe, add some noise maybe.
Make your headline up just use a standard font set then do you column add your photo again do a grain effect to that.

[Hoogle]

A newspaper is not A4 and I doubtr tou have an A3 printer if you do then you should be able to get away with sticking a print out on top of a regular newspaper. depending on your budget maybe a special printing shop will print something for you but not sure if they have newpaper printing presses

here is somewhere who will do your order online for $19 and send you a printed front page newspaper sheet.
http://www.yourownfrontpage.com/