Paper & Print lane · 22 styles
Newspaper, ransom-note and printed-stock captions.
Front pages, torn cuttings, ransom cut-outs, riso, rubber stamp and typewriter — twenty-two styles printed on stock, not stuck on top of it.
LumaCaption’s Paper & Print lane has 22 caption styles that set your words on printed stock — front-page newsprint, torn cuttings, ransom-note cut-outs, riso misprints, rubber stamps and typewriter manuscript — with the paper drawn as vector geometry so every tear is different.
Print styles fail in a specific and obvious way: the paper repeats. One torn-edge PNG, reused for every caption, and by the fourth line of your video the viewer has noticed that every scrap of newspaper tore along exactly the same curve.
Here the paper is geometry. Deckle edges, tear paths, cut-out letter boxes and stamp impressions are generated per caption, so no two scraps are identical and the effect survives a two-minute video instead of a two-second one.
Every tear is different
Deckle, Clipping, Cutout, Ransom and Cut-Paste generate their edges rather than replaying one image, so a long video never shows the same torn scrap twice.
Real front-page hierarchy
Front Page, Tabloid, Headline, Masthead and Broadside set the emphasis word at headline weight above the rest, the way a newspaper actually sets a deck.
Press artefacts, on purpose
Riso and Misprint offset their channels; Stamped presses unevenly; Popart halftones. The imperfections are the style, and they are computed rather than filtered.
Two full-frame scenes
Two of the twenty-two are full-frame type scenes rather than a line over video — the words become the whole composition for the length of a cue.
The twenty-two, by press
These divide by the kind of printing they imitate, and the division matters more than it sounds: newsprint styles want a lot of words, stamp styles want very few.
- Newsprint
- Front Page, Tabloid, Headline, Redline, Newsprint, Clipping. Column rules, decks and body text. Comfortable with long lines.
- Cut and torn
- Ransom, Cutout, Scrapbook, Deckle, Cut-Paste, Clipnote. Each letter or word on its own scrap. Best at three to six words a line.
- Press artefact
- Riso, Misprint, Popart, Stamped, Letter. Offset channels, halftone dots and uneven ink pressure.
- Typed and inked
- Manuscript, Inkdrop, Sumi, Casefile, Popup Book. Typewriter and brush, for documentary and testimony-style pieces.
What print styles are actually for
Print reads as evidence. A ransom cut-out says "someone assembled this"; a front page says "this was reported"; a rubber stamp says "this was filed". That is a strong, specific register, and it is why these styles carry true-crime, documentary, news-commentary and campaign content far better than a generic bold caption does.
It is also why they are wrong for a straightforward talking-head clip. If your video has no argument to make about authority or evidence, print styling is decoration that costs legibility. Use the Clean lane there.
How it works
Add the clip
The audio is transcribed with word-level timing. Your video file never leaves your device.
Choose a press
Twenty-two styles across newsprint, cut-out, press-artefact and typewriter. Every one previews on your own footage.
Set the stock and export
Paper colour, ink colour and the emphasis word are all yours to change. Export burned-in, or download the SRT alongside.
Common questions
Does the torn paper repeat over a long video?
No. The tear paths, deckle edges and cut-out boxes are generated per caption rather than replayed from a single image, so a five-minute video does not show the same scrap twice. This is the main thing that separates the lane from an overlay pack.
Which print style suits true-crime or documentary?
Casefile, Redline, Stamped and Manuscript read as filed evidence and suit investigative narration. Front Page and Tabloid suit news commentary. Ransom and Cutout are the loudest and work best on a hook rather than across a whole piece.
How many words per line should I use with a cut-out style?
Three to six. Every word sits on its own scrap, so a long line becomes a wall of paper and stops reading as a cut-out at all. Newsprint styles are the opposite — they are built for column-width lines and look thin with three words.
Can I set the paper to my brand colour?
Yes. Paper and ink are both editable per style, and a single word can be given its own colour without disturbing the rest of the line.
