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Vance Ingalls a21a62b574 feat(engine): add HDR two-pass compositing — DOM layer + native HLG video (#288)
## Summary

Compositions with HDR video AND DOM overlays (text, graphics, SDR video) couldn't render both correctly — either HDR data was lost (Chrome captures sRGB only) or DOM overlays were missing (FFmpeg pass-through skips Chrome). This PR adds in-memory alpha compositing that combines both.

## What it does

**Per-frame two-pass capture:**
1. **DOM pass** — Chrome screenshots the page with a transparent background (CDP alpha). HDR videos are hidden, leaving transparent holes where they go.
2. **HDR pass** — Pre-extracted native HLG/PQ frames (16-bit PNG from FFmpeg) are read from disk.
3. **Composite** — DOM pixels (sRGB RGBA8) are alpha-composited over HDR pixels (rgb48le) in Node.js memory, with sRGB→HLG/PQ conversion via a 256-entry lookup table.

**Key components:**
- `decodePng()` / `decodePngToRgb48le()` — Pure Node.js PNG decoders (no native dependencies). Support all 5 PNG filter types.
- `blitRgba8OverRgb48le()` — Alpha composite with per-pixel sRGB→HDR LUT conversion. Fast paths for alpha=0 (skip) and alpha=255 (overwrite).
- `initTransparentBackground()` + `captureAlphaPng()` — Split CDP transparent background setup (once) from per-frame screenshot capture (eliminates 2 CDP round-trips per frame).
- Single-pass FFmpeg extraction — All HDR frames extracted in one sequential FFmpeg run (avoids duplicate frames from per-frame `-ss` fast seek).

## Key design decisions

| Decision | Why |
|----------|-----|
| In-memory compositing (not FFmpeg overlay) | Eliminates ~2400 process spawns + temp files per render. Pure pixel math is 10x faster. |
| 16-bit PNG intermediate | Raw `-f rawvideo` loses color metadata, causing moiré artifacts. PNG is self-describing. |
| sRGB→HLG LUT (256 entries) | DOM content is sRGB. Without conversion, it appears orange-shifted in HLG stream. |
| Native HDR detection before extraction | `extractAllVideoFrames` converts SDR→HDR. Pre-extraction probe identifies original HDR sources so only truly-HDR videos get native extraction. |

## Files changed

| File | What changed |
|------|-------------|
| `packages/engine/src/utils/alphaBlit.ts` | **NEW** — PNG decode, sRGB→HDR LUT, alpha compositing (14 tests) |
| `packages/engine/src/services/screenshotService.ts` | Transparent background CDP, `captureAlphaPng()` |
| `packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameInjector.ts` | `hideVideoElements()` / `showVideoElements()` |
| `packages/engine/src/services/streamingEncoder.ts` | Input color space tags for rgb48le |
| `packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts` | Two-pass HDR capture loop, native HDR detection |

## How to test

Render a composition with an HDR video background and text overlays. Both should be visible — HDR video at full quality, text crisp with correct colors (not orange-shifted).

## Stack position

**3 of 6** — Stacked on #265 (HDR output pipeline). This is the foundation for all layered compositing that follows.

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