Welcome to the golden age of rea l-time compositing

Kuban Altan, VP of R&D at Zero Density, reveals how real-time compositing will change the future of how we make entertainment

A node graph in Zero Density’s real-time compositing software, Reality Engine

Back in 2016, Zero Density was a tight-knit team with a very big idea. There were less than ten people working on the company’s NAB booth that year, but they wanted to demo something that had never been doneack in 2016, Zero Density was a tight-knit team with a very big idea. There were less than ten people working on the company’s NAB booth that year, but they wanted to demo something that had never been done before. Their aim was to show that nodebased compositing could work in realbefore. Their aim was to show that nodebased compositing could work in real time, all with just two things: softwaretime, all with just two things: software and a computer.and a computer.