diff --git a/.claude/skills/rustmotion/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/rustmotion/SKILL.md
index 35c40dd..bec9ef6 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/rustmotion/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/rustmotion/SKILL.md
@@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@ cells scattered by a hash of their coordinates. **Checkerboard**: two colours at
     "size": 9,                 // cell edge, px
     "spacing": 22,             // lattice pitch, px — clamped to at least `size`
     "density": 0.75,           // 0..1 fraction of cells drawn
-    "density_ramp": "right",   // none | left | right | top | bottom | radial
+    "density_ramp": "edges",   // none | left | right | top | bottom | radial | edges
     "radius": 1,               // cell corner radius; 0 for hard pixels
     "seed": 7,                 // stable scatter; same seed → same pattern
     "motion": "none"           // none | twinkle | sweep
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ cells scattered by a hash of their coordinates. **Checkerboard**: two colours at
 | `size` | `10.0` | Cell edge in px. |
 | `spacing` | `24.0` | Pitch, **clamped to `size`**: a smaller value would draw a solid sheet and lose the lattice. |
 | `density` | `0.6` | Fraction of cells drawn. `1.0` fills every cell — required for a real checkerboard. |
-| `density_ramp` | `"none"` | Where the field is densest. A ramp is what stops a scatter reading as noise. |
+| `density_ramp` | `"none"` | Where the field is densest. A ramp is what stops a scatter reading as noise. `edges` is a vignette — heavy at the border, clear through the middle, so the texture stays off whatever sits in the centre; `radial` is its exact inverse. |
 | `radius` | `0.0` | `0` keeps the pixels hard-edged; anti-aliasing turns on above `0`. |
 | `seed` | `7` | Occupancy is a hash of `(col, row, seed)`, so the pattern holds still across frames and is identical between two renders. |
 | `motion` | `"none"` | `twinkle` fades cells on their own phase; `sweep` runs a band of extra density across the field. Scaled by the background's `speed`. |
diff --git a/crates/rustmotion-core/src/schema/background.rs b/crates/rustmotion-core/src/schema/background.rs
index 5f4c6eb..e9904d9 100644
--- a/crates/rustmotion-core/src/schema/background.rs
+++ b/crates/rustmotion-core/src/schema/background.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ pub enum PixelDensityRamp {
     Bottom,
     /// Dense at the centre, thinning outwards.
     Radial,
+    /// Dense at the frame's edges, thinning toward the centre — a vignette.
+    ///
+    /// Measured on the reference piece, in a band clear of its window, the
+    /// density runs 10.9 · 6.5 · 0.8 · 0.2 · 0.2 · 0.2 · 0.2 · 0.9 · 7.8 · 8.8 %
+    /// across the tenths of the frame: heavy at both edges, effectively empty
+    /// through the middle 60 %. That is what keeps the texture off whatever
+    /// sits in the centre, and `Radial` is its exact inverse.
+    Edges,
 }
 
 /// How a `pixel_grid` animates.
diff --git a/crates/rustmotion/src/engine/render/background.rs b/crates/rustmotion/src/engine/render/background.rs
index 1b52488..c42ee84 100644
--- a/crates/rustmotion/src/engine/render/background.rs
+++ b/crates/rustmotion/src/engine/render/background.rs
@@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ fn ramp_at(ramp: PixelDensityRamp, x: f32, y: f32, width: f32, height: f32) -> f
             let (dx, dy) = (fx - 0.5, fy - 0.5);
             (1.0 - (dx * dx + dy * dy).sqrt() * 2.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
         }
+        // The inverse: a vignette that leaves the middle clear.
+        PixelDensityRamp::Edges => {
+            let (dx, dy) = (fx - 0.5, fy - 0.5);
+            ((dx * dx + dy * dy).sqrt() * 2.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1173,6 +1178,17 @@ mod pixel_grid_tests {
         // Radial is full at the centre and gone at the corners.
         assert!(ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::Radial, 50.0, 50.0, w, h) > 0.99);
         assert_eq!(ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::Radial, 0.0, 0.0, w, h), 0.0);
+        // `Edges` is the vignette: clear in the middle, heavy at the border.
+        assert_eq!(ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::Edges, 50.0, 50.0, w, h), 0.0);
+        assert!(ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::Edges, 0.0, 50.0, w, h) > 0.99);
+        assert!(ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::Edges, 100.0, 50.0, w, h) > 0.99);
+        // …and the exact inverse of `Radial`, which is the point of having both.
+        for (x, y) in [(0.0, 0.0), (25.0, 60.0), (100.0, 50.0)] {
+            let r = ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::Radial, x, y, w, h);
+            let e = ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::Edges, x, y, w, h);
+            assert!((r + e - 1.0).abs() < 1e-6, "at ({x},{y}): {r} + {e} != 1");
+        }
+
         // `None` is uniform: the same everywhere, including the edges.
         for x in [0.0, 50.0, 100.0] {
             assert_eq!(ramp_at(PixelDensityRamp::None, x, 0.0, w, h), 1.0);