diff --git a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/dialog.rs b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/dialog.rs
index 2016a59..6d06263 100644
--- a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/dialog.rs
+++ b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/dialog.rs
@@ -541,6 +541,22 @@ impl ExportDialog {
             });
         }
 
+        // HDR output: 10-bit BT.2020 PQ/HLG (HEVC). Forces H.265; software path (no zero-copy).
+        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+            use lightningbeam_core::export::HdrExportMode;
+            ui.label("Dynamic range:");
+            egui::ComboBox::from_id_salt("video_hdr_mode")
+                .selected_text(self.video_settings.hdr.name())
+                .show_ui(ui, |ui| {
+                    ui.selectable_value(&mut self.video_settings.hdr, HdrExportMode::Sdr, HdrExportMode::Sdr.name());
+                    ui.selectable_value(&mut self.video_settings.hdr, HdrExportMode::Pq, HdrExportMode::Pq.name());
+                    ui.selectable_value(&mut self.video_settings.hdr, HdrExportMode::Hlg, HdrExportMode::Hlg.name());
+                });
+        });
+        if self.video_settings.hdr.is_hdr() {
+            ui.label(egui::RichText::new("HDR exports as 10-bit HEVC (H.265), BT.2020.").weak().small());
+        }
+
         ui.checkbox(&mut self.include_audio, "Include Audio");
 
         ui.add_space(8.0);
diff --git a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/hdr_frame.rs b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/hdr_frame.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d78c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/hdr_frame.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+//! 10-bit HDR frame production for video export (isolated from the SDR readback pipeline).
+//!
+//! Takes the compositor's Rgba16Float HDR accumulator and produces YUV420P10LE planes:
+//!   1. GPU pass `linear_to_pq.wgsl` → PQ/HLG-encoded BT.2020 R'G'B' into an Rgba16Unorm texture
+//!      (the expensive per-pixel transfer + gamut work).
+//!   2. Synchronous GPU→CPU readback of that texture.
+//!   3. CPU BT.2020 R'G'B'→Y'CbCr (limited range), 4:2:0 average, 10-bit little-endian pack.
+//!
+//! Synchronous (no triple-buffering); HDR export favors correctness/simplicity over throughput.
+
+use lightningbeam_core::export::HdrExportMode;
+
+/// Round up to the wgpu copy row alignment (256 bytes).
+fn align_256(n: u32) -> u32 {
+    (n + 255) & !255
+}
+
+pub struct HdrFramePipeline {
+    width: u32,
+    height: u32,
+    pipeline: wgpu::RenderPipeline,
+    bind_group_layout: wgpu::BindGroupLayout,
+    sampler: wgpu::Sampler,
+    mode_buf: wgpu::Buffer,
+    /// PQ/HLG-encoded BT.2020 R'G'B' (Rgba16Unorm) render target.
+    enc_texture_view: wgpu::TextureView,
+    enc_texture: wgpu::Texture,
+    /// Staging buffer for readback; rows padded to 256-byte alignment.
+    staging: wgpu::Buffer,
+    padded_bytes_per_row: u32,
+}
+
+impl HdrFramePipeline {
+    pub fn new(device: &wgpu::Device, width: u32, height: u32) -> Self {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+            label: Some("linear_to_pq_shader"),
+            source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(include_str!("shaders/linear_to_pq.wgsl").into()),
+        });
+
+        let bind_group_layout = device.create_bind_group_layout(&wgpu::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
+            label: Some("linear_to_pq_bgl"),
+            entries: &[
+                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutEntry {
+                    binding: 0,
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStages::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::Texture {
+                        sample_type: wgpu::TextureSampleType::Float { filterable: true },
+                        view_dimension: wgpu::TextureViewDimension::D2,
+                        multisampled: false,
+                    },
+                    count: None,
+                },
+                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutEntry {
+                    binding: 1,
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStages::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::Sampler(wgpu::SamplerBindingType::Filtering),
+                    count: None,
+                },
+                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutEntry {
+                    binding: 2,
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStages::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::Buffer {
+                        ty: wgpu::BufferBindingType::Uniform,
+                        has_dynamic_offset: false,
+                        min_binding_size: None,
+                    },
+                    count: None,
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+
+        let pipeline_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(&wgpu::PipelineLayoutDescriptor {
+            label: Some("linear_to_pq_pl"),
+            bind_group_layouts: &[&bind_group_layout],
+            push_constant_ranges: &[],
+        });
+
+        let pipeline = device.create_render_pipeline(&wgpu::RenderPipelineDescriptor {
+            label: Some("linear_to_pq_pipeline"),
+            layout: Some(&pipeline_layout),
+            vertex: wgpu::VertexState {
+                module: &shader,
+                entry_point: Some("vs_main"),
+                buffers: &[],
+                compilation_options: Default::default(),
+            },
+            fragment: Some(wgpu::FragmentState {
+                module: &shader,
+                entry_point: Some("fs_main"),
+                targets: &[Some(wgpu::ColorTargetState {
+                    // Rgba16Float (not Unorm) so no TEXTURE_FORMAT_16BIT_NORM feature is needed; PQ/HLG
+                    // values are in [0,1] where f16 has ~11 effective bits — ample for 10-bit output.
+                    format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba16Float,
+                    blend: None,
+                    write_mask: wgpu::ColorWrites::ALL,
+                })],
+                compilation_options: Default::default(),
+            }),
+            primitive: wgpu::PrimitiveState::default(),
+            depth_stencil: None,
+            multisample: wgpu::MultisampleState::default(),
+            multiview: None,
+            cache: None,
+        });
+
+        let sampler = device.create_sampler(&wgpu::SamplerDescriptor {
+            label: Some("linear_to_pq_sampler"),
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+
+        let mode_buf = device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
+            label: Some("linear_to_pq_mode"),
+            size: 16, // vec4<u32>
+            usage: wgpu::BufferUsages::UNIFORM | wgpu::BufferUsages::COPY_DST,
+            mapped_at_creation: false,
+        });
+
+        let enc_texture = device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
+            label: Some("hdr_enc_texture"),
+            size: wgpu::Extent3d { width, height, depth_or_array_layers: 1 },
+            mip_level_count: 1,
+            sample_count: 1,
+            dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
+            format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba16Float,
+            usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT | wgpu::TextureUsages::COPY_SRC,
+            view_formats: &[],
+        });
+        let enc_texture_view = enc_texture.create_view(&Default::default());
+
+        let padded_bytes_per_row = align_256(width * 8); // Rgba16Unorm = 8 bytes/texel
+        let staging = device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
+            label: Some("hdr_enc_staging"),
+            size: (padded_bytes_per_row * height) as u64,
+            usage: wgpu::BufferUsages::COPY_DST | wgpu::BufferUsages::MAP_READ,
+            mapped_at_creation: false,
+        });
+
+        Self {
+            width,
+            height,
+            pipeline,
+            bind_group_layout,
+            sampler,
+            mode_buf,
+            enc_texture_view,
+            enc_texture,
+            staging,
+            padded_bytes_per_row,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Encode the composited HDR texture (`hdr_view`, Rgba16Float linear) to YUV420P10LE planes.
+    pub fn render_to_yuv10(
+        &self,
+        device: &wgpu::Device,
+        queue: &wgpu::Queue,
+        hdr_view: &wgpu::TextureView,
+        mode: HdrExportMode,
+    ) -> (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>) {
+        let mode_code: u32 = if matches!(mode, HdrExportMode::Hlg) { 1 } else { 0 };
+        queue.write_buffer(&self.mode_buf, 0, bytemuck::cast_slice(&[mode_code, 0u32, 0, 0]));
+
+        let bind_group = device.create_bind_group(&wgpu::BindGroupDescriptor {
+            label: Some("linear_to_pq_bg"),
+            layout: &self.bind_group_layout,
+            entries: &[
+                wgpu::BindGroupEntry { binding: 0, resource: wgpu::BindingResource::TextureView(hdr_view) },
+                wgpu::BindGroupEntry { binding: 1, resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Sampler(&self.sampler) },
+                wgpu::BindGroupEntry { binding: 2, resource: self.mode_buf.as_entire_binding() },
+            ],
+        });
+
+        let mut encoder = device.create_command_encoder(&wgpu::CommandEncoderDescriptor {
+            label: Some("hdr_frame_encoder"),
+        });
+        {
+            let mut rp = encoder.begin_render_pass(&wgpu::RenderPassDescriptor {
+                label: Some("linear_to_pq_pass"),
+                color_attachments: &[Some(wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachment {
+                    view: &self.enc_texture_view,
+                    resolve_target: None,
+                    depth_slice: None,
+                    ops: wgpu::Operations {
+                        load: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear(wgpu::Color::BLACK),
+                        store: wgpu::StoreOp::Store,
+                    },
+                })],
+                depth_stencil_attachment: None,
+                occlusion_query_set: None,
+                timestamp_writes: None,
+            });
+            rp.set_pipeline(&self.pipeline);
+            rp.set_bind_group(0, &bind_group, &[]);
+            rp.draw(0..3, 0..1);
+        }
+        encoder.copy_texture_to_buffer(
+            wgpu::TexelCopyTextureInfo {
+                texture: &self.enc_texture,
+                mip_level: 0,
+                origin: wgpu::Origin3d::ZERO,
+                aspect: wgpu::TextureAspect::All,
+            },
+            wgpu::TexelCopyBufferInfo {
+                buffer: &self.staging,
+                layout: wgpu::TexelCopyBufferLayout {
+                    offset: 0,
+                    bytes_per_row: Some(self.padded_bytes_per_row),
+                    rows_per_image: Some(self.height),
+                },
+            },
+            wgpu::Extent3d { width: self.width, height: self.height, depth_or_array_layers: 1 },
+        );
+        queue.submit(Some(encoder.finish()));
+
+        // Synchronous map + wait.
+        let slice = self.staging.slice(..);
+        let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+        slice.map_async(wgpu::MapMode::Read, move |r| { let _ = tx.send(r); });
+        let _ = device.poll(wgpu::PollType::wait_indefinitely());
+        let _ = rx.recv();
+
+        let w = self.width as usize;
+        let h = self.height as usize;
+        let mapped = slice.get_mapped_range();
+        // Un-pad rows; decode f16 → f32 into a tight RGBA buffer.
+        let mut rgba = vec![0f32; w * h * 4];
+        let row_bytes = w * 8;
+        for row in 0..h {
+            let src = row * self.padded_bytes_per_row as usize;
+            let dst = row * w * 4;
+            let bytes = &mapped[src..src + row_bytes];
+            for px in 0..w * 4 {
+                let half = u16::from_le_bytes([bytes[px * 2], bytes[px * 2 + 1]]);
+                rgba[dst + px] = f16_to_f32(half);
+            }
+        }
+        drop(mapped);
+        self.staging.unmap();
+
+        rgba_to_yuv420p10le(&rgba, w, h)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Decode an IEEE 754 half-float. Inputs are in [0,1] so the inf/NaN paths don't occur in practice.
+fn f16_to_f32(h: u16) -> f32 {
+    let sign = (h >> 15) & 1;
+    let exp = (h >> 10) & 0x1f;
+    let mant = h & 0x3ff;
+    let v = if exp == 0 {
+        (mant as f32) * 2f32.powi(-24) // subnormal
+    } else if exp == 31 {
+        if mant == 0 { f32::INFINITY } else { f32::NAN }
+    } else {
+        (1.0 + mant as f32 / 1024.0) * 2f32.powi(exp as i32 - 15)
+    };
+    if sign == 1 { -v } else { v }
+}
+
+/// BT.2020 non-constant-luminance R'G'B'→Y'CbCr, limited range, 4:2:0, 10-bit little-endian.
+/// Input R'G'B' is already gamma-encoded (PQ/HLG) in [0,1].
+fn rgba_to_yuv420p10le(rgba: &[f32], w: usize, h: usize) -> (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>) {
+    const KR: f32 = 0.2627;
+    const KB: f32 = 0.0593;
+    let kg = 1.0 - KR - KB;
+
+    let luma = |r: f32, g: f32, b: f32| KR * r + kg * g + KB * b;
+    // 10-bit limited: Y' [64,940] (scale 876), Cb/Cr center 512, excursion ±0.5 → scale 896.
+    let pack_y = |y: f32| ((y * 876.0 + 64.0).round().clamp(0.0, 1023.0)) as u16;
+    let pack_c = |c: f32| ((c * 896.0 + 512.0).round().clamp(0.0, 1023.0)) as u16;
+
+    let mut y_plane = vec![0u8; w * h * 2];
+    for j in 0..h {
+        for i in 0..w {
+            let p = (j * w + i) * 4;
+            let y10 = pack_y(luma(rgba[p], rgba[p + 1], rgba[p + 2]));
+            let o = (j * w + i) * 2;
+            y_plane[o] = (y10 & 0xff) as u8;
+            y_plane[o + 1] = (y10 >> 8) as u8;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let (cw, ch) = (w / 2, h / 2);
+    let mut u_plane = vec![0u8; cw * ch * 2];
+    let mut v_plane = vec![0u8; cw * ch * 2];
+    for j in 0..ch {
+        for i in 0..cw {
+            let (mut cb, mut cr) = (0.0f32, 0.0f32);
+            for dy in 0..2 {
+                for dx in 0..2 {
+                    let p = ((j * 2 + dy) * w + (i * 2 + dx)) * 4;
+                    let (r, g, b) = (rgba[p], rgba[p + 1], rgba[p + 2]);
+                    let yy = luma(r, g, b);
+                    cb += (b - yy) / (2.0 * (1.0 - KB));
+                    cr += (r - yy) / (2.0 * (1.0 - KR));
+                }
+            }
+            let cb10 = pack_c(cb / 4.0);
+            let cr10 = pack_c(cr / 4.0);
+            let o = (j * cw + i) * 2;
+            u_plane[o] = (cb10 & 0xff) as u8;
+            u_plane[o + 1] = (cb10 >> 8) as u8;
+            v_plane[o] = (cr10 & 0xff) as u8;
+            v_plane[o + 1] = (cr10 >> 8) as u8;
+        }
+    }
+
+    (y_plane, u_plane, v_plane)
+}
diff --git a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/mod.rs b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/mod.rs
index 0777a11..337843b 100644
--- a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/mod.rs
+++ b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod readback_pipeline;
 pub mod perf_metrics;
 pub mod cpu_yuv_converter;
 pub mod gpu_yuv;
+pub mod hdr_frame;
 
 use lightningbeam_core::export::{AudioExportSettings, ImageExportSettings, VideoExportSettings, ExportProgress};
 use lightningbeam_core::document::Document;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ pub struct VideoExportState {
     width: u32,
     /// Export height in pixels
     height: u32,
+    /// HDR output mode — HDR uses a synchronous 10-bit path instead of the async RGBA pipeline.
+    hdr: lightningbeam_core::export::HdrExportMode,
     /// Channel to send rendered frames to encoder thread
     frame_tx: Option<Sender<VideoFrameMessage>>,
     /// HDR GPU resources for compositing pipeline (effects, color conversion)
@@ -854,6 +857,7 @@ impl ExportOrchestrator {
         width: u32,
         height: u32,
     ) -> (std::thread::JoinHandle<()>, VideoExportState) {
+        let hdr = settings.hdr;
         let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
             Self::run_video_encoder(settings, output_path, frame_rx, progress_tx, cancel_flag, total_frames);
         });
@@ -866,6 +870,7 @@ impl ExportOrchestrator {
             framerate,
             width,
             height,
+            hdr,
             frame_tx: Some(frame_tx),
             gpu_resources: None,
             readback_pipeline: None,
@@ -890,7 +895,10 @@ impl ExportOrchestrator {
         framerate: f64,
         output_path: &std::path::Path,
     ) -> Option<ZeroCopyVideo> {
-        if !matches!(settings.codec, lightningbeam_core::export::VideoCodec::H264) {
+        // Zero-copy is 8-bit H.264 only; HDR needs the 10-bit HEVC software path.
+        if settings.hdr.is_hdr()
+            || !matches!(settings.codec, lightningbeam_core::export::VideoCodec::H264)
+        {
             return None;
         }
         let encoder = match gpu_video_encoder::encoder::ZeroCopyEncoder::new(
@@ -1243,6 +1251,43 @@ impl ExportOrchestrator {
         let width = state.width;
         let height = state.height;
 
+        // HDR path: synchronous 10-bit render (composite → PQ/HLG → readback → 10-bit YUV), one
+        // frame per call. Bypasses the SDR async RGBA pipeline (which is 8-bit only).
+        if state.hdr.is_hdr() {
+            if state.gpu_resources.is_none() {
+                println!("🎬 [VIDEO EXPORT] Initializing HDR GPU resources {}x{} ({})", width, height, state.hdr.name());
+                state.gpu_resources = Some(video_exporter::ExportGpuResources::new(device, width, height));
+            }
+            if state.current_frame < state.total_frames {
+                let timestamp = state.start_time + (state.current_frame as f64 / state.framerate);
+                let gpu_resources = state.gpu_resources.as_mut().unwrap();
+                let (y, u, v) = video_exporter::render_frame_to_yuv10_hdr(
+                    document, timestamp, width, height,
+                    device, queue, renderer, image_cache, video_manager,
+                    gpu_resources, state.hdr, raster_store,
+                )?;
+                if let Some(tx) = &state.frame_tx {
+                    tx.send(VideoFrameMessage::Frame {
+                        frame_num: state.current_frame,
+                        timestamp,
+                        y_plane: y,
+                        u_plane: u,
+                        v_plane: v,
+                    }).map_err(|_| "Failed to send HDR frame")?;
+                }
+                state.current_frame += 1;
+            }
+            if state.current_frame >= state.total_frames {
+                println!("🎬 [VIDEO EXPORT] HDR complete: {} frames", state.total_frames);
+                if let Some(tx) = state.frame_tx.take() {
+                    tx.send(VideoFrameMessage::Done).ok();
+                }
+                state.gpu_resources = None;
+                return Ok(false);
+            }
+            return Ok(true);
+        }
+
         // Initialize GPU resources and readback pipeline on first frame
         if state.gpu_resources.is_none() {
             println!("🎬 [VIDEO EXPORT] Initializing HDR GPU + async pipeline {}x{}", width, height);
diff --git a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/shaders/linear_to_pq.wgsl b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/shaders/linear_to_pq.wgsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b71562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/shaders/linear_to_pq.wgsl
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Linear-HDR → PQ/HLG BT.2020 encode (for 10-bit HDR video export).
+//
+// Input: the compositor's Rgba16Float HDR accumulator — PREMULTIPLIED scene-linear, BT.709
+// primaries, graphics white = 1.0, HDR highlights > 1.0.
+// Output: gamma-encoded R'G'B' in BT.2020 primaries, PQ (mode 0) or HLG (mode 1), to an
+// Rgba16Unorm target. A later CPU pass does only BT.2020 R'G'B'→Y'CbCr (no transfer) + 4:2:0 + 10-bit.
+//
+// This is the encode inverse of panes/shaders/nv12_blit.wgsl's decode (203-nit PQ white; HLG
+// reference white at signal 0.75), so a decode→encode round-trip is the identity.
+
+@group(0) @binding(0) var input_tex: texture_2d<f32>;
+@group(0) @binding(1) var input_sampler: sampler;
+@group(0) @binding(2) var<uniform> params: vec4<u32>; // .x = mode (0 = PQ, 1 = HLG)
+
+struct VertexOutput {
+    @builtin(position) position: vec4<f32>,
+    @location(0) uv: vec2<f32>,
+}
+
+@vertex
+fn vs_main(@builtin(vertex_index) vertex_index: u32) -> VertexOutput {
+    var out: VertexOutput;
+    let x = f32((vertex_index & 1u) << 1u);
+    let y = f32(vertex_index & 2u);
+    out.position = vec4<f32>(x * 2.0 - 1.0, 1.0 - y * 2.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+    out.uv = vec2<f32>(x, y);
+    return out;
+}
+
+// BT.709 → BT.2020 primaries, linear light (ITU-R BT.2087).
+fn bt709_to_bt2020(c: vec3<f32>) -> vec3<f32> {
+    let r = 0.627404 * c.r + 0.329283 * c.g + 0.043313 * c.b;
+    let g = 0.069097 * c.r + 0.919540 * c.g + 0.011362 * c.b;
+    let b = 0.016391 * c.r + 0.088013 * c.g + 0.895595 * c.b;
+    return vec3<f32>(r, g, b);
+}
+
+// SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ) OETF: scene-linear (white = 1.0 = 203 nits) → PQ code [0,1].
+fn pq_oetf(lin: vec3<f32>) -> vec3<f32> {
+    let nits = max(lin, vec3<f32>(0.0)) * 203.0;
+    let ln = min(nits / 10000.0, vec3<f32>(1.0));
+    let m1 = 0.1593017578125;
+    let m2 = 78.84375;
+    let c1 = 0.8359375;
+    let c2 = 18.8515625;
+    let c3 = 18.6875;
+    let lm = pow(ln, vec3<f32>(m1));
+    return pow((vec3<f32>(c1) + c2 * lm) / (vec3<f32>(1.0) + c3 * lm), vec3<f32>(m2));
+}
+
+// ARIB STD-B67 (HLG) OETF: scene-linear (white = 1.0) → HLG signal [0,1]. Reference white maps to
+// signal 0.75 (matching the decode's /0.26496256 normalization). Display OOTF omitted (scene-referred).
+fn hlg_oetf(lin: vec3<f32>) -> vec3<f32> {
+    let a = 0.17883277;
+    let b = 0.28466892;
+    let c = 0.55991073;
+    let e = clamp(lin * 0.26496256, vec3<f32>(0.0), vec3<f32>(1.0));
+    let lo = sqrt(3.0 * e);
+    let hi = a * log(12.0 * e - vec3<f32>(b)) + vec3<f32>(c);
+    return select(lo, hi, e > vec3<f32>(1.0 / 12.0));
+}
+
+@fragment
+fn fs_main(in: VertexOutput) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
+    // Compositor stores PREMULTIPLIED linear; unpremultiply to straight (video is opaque, a≈1).
+    let texel = textureSample(input_tex, input_sampler, in.uv);
+    let a = texel.a;
+    let straight = select(texel.rgb / a, vec3<f32>(0.0), a <= 0.0);
+
+    let bt2020 = max(bt709_to_bt2020(straight), vec3<f32>(0.0));
+    var enc: vec3<f32>;
+    if params.x == 1u {
+        enc = hlg_oetf(bt2020);
+    } else {
+        enc = pq_oetf(bt2020);
+    }
+    return vec4<f32>(enc, 1.0);
+}
diff --git a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/video_exporter.rs b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/video_exporter.rs
index 85587b1..15f432e 100644
--- a/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/video_exporter.rs
+++ b/lightningbeam-ui/lightningbeam-editor/src/export/video_exporter.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ pub struct ExportGpuResources {
     /// texture copy each frame instead of a full Vello render + 2 passes/submits. `None` until the
     /// first frame; invalidated on resize.
     cached_bg_hdr: Option<wgpu::Texture>,
+    /// HDR encode pipeline (linear→PQ/HLG BT.2020 → 10-bit YUV). Lazily built on the first HDR frame.
+    hdr_pipeline: Option<super::hdr_frame::HdrFramePipeline>,
 }
 
 impl ExportGpuResources {
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ impl ExportGpuResources {
             canvas_blit,
             raster_cache: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
             cached_bg_hdr: None,
+            hdr_pipeline: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -1369,6 +1372,56 @@ fn fault_in_raster_for_frame(
     }
 }
 
+/// Render one frame as 10-bit HDR YUV420P10LE planes (BT.2020 + PQ/HLG). Synchronous: composites,
+/// runs the linear→PQ/HLG GPU pass, reads it back, and CPU-converts to 10-bit YUV. Used by the
+/// HDR export path instead of the async readback pipeline.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub fn render_frame_to_yuv10_hdr(
+    document: &mut Document,
+    timestamp: f64,
+    width: u32,
+    height: u32,
+    device: &wgpu::Device,
+    queue: &wgpu::Queue,
+    renderer: &mut vello::Renderer,
+    image_cache: &mut ImageCache,
+    video_manager: &Arc<std::sync::Mutex<VideoManager>>,
+    gpu_resources: &mut ExportGpuResources,
+    hdr_mode: lightningbeam_core::export::HdrExportMode,
+    raster_store: Option<&lightningbeam_core::raster_store::RasterStore>,
+) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>), String> {
+    use vello::kurbo::Affine;
+
+    document.current_time = timestamp;
+    fault_in_raster_for_frame(document, raster_store);
+
+    let base_transform = if document.width > 0.0 && document.height > 0.0 {
+        Affine::scale_non_uniform(width as f64 / document.width, height as f64 / document.height)
+    } else {
+        Affine::IDENTITY
+    };
+
+    // Export composites on a separate device → force software video frames.
+    if let Ok(mut vm) = video_manager.lock() {
+        vm.set_render_hardware_ok(false);
+    }
+
+    let composite_result = render_document_for_compositing(
+        document, base_transform, image_cache, video_manager, None, None, false,
+    );
+    composite_document_to_hdr(&composite_result, document, device, queue, renderer, gpu_resources, width, height, false)?;
+
+    if gpu_resources.hdr_pipeline.is_none() {
+        gpu_resources.hdr_pipeline = Some(super::hdr_frame::HdrFramePipeline::new(device, width, height));
+    }
+    let planes = gpu_resources
+        .hdr_pipeline
+        .as_ref()
+        .unwrap()
+        .render_to_yuv10(device, queue, &gpu_resources.hdr_texture_view, hdr_mode);
+    Ok(planes)
+}
+
 pub fn render_frame_to_gpu_rgba(
     document: &mut Document,
     timestamp: f64,