diff --git a/app/cases/[slug]/opengraph-image.tsx b/app/cases/[slug]/opengraph-image.tsx
index 64e1165..6a24f83 100644
--- a/app/cases/[slug]/opengraph-image.tsx
+++ b/app/cases/[slug]/opengraph-image.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
 import { ImageResponse } from "next/og";
-import { OG_CONTENT_TYPE, OG_SIZE, OgCard } from "@/lib/og-card";
+import {
+  OG_CONTENT_TYPE,
+  OG_SIZE,
+  OgCard,
+  readProjectOgBackground,
+} from "@/lib/og-card";
 import { caseStudies } from "@/lib/site-content";
 
 function getCaseStudy(slug: string) {
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ export default async function Image({
       eyebrow="Case de engenharia de software"
       title={caseStudy.title}
       description={caseStudy.summary}
+      backgroundImage={readProjectOgBackground(caseStudy.id)}
     />,
     OG_SIZE,
   );
diff --git a/lib/og-card.test.tsx b/lib/og-card.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8874c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/og-card.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { OgCard, readProjectOgBackground } from "./og-card";
+
+describe("readProjectOgBackground", () => {
+  it("returns the recorded cover of a showcase project as a JPEG data URI", () => {
+    const uri = readProjectOgBackground("nutriscan");
+    expect(uri).toMatch(/^data:image\/jpeg;base64,/);
+    expect((uri ?? "").length).toBeGreaterThan(5_000);
+  });
+
+  it("returns undefined for projects without a recorded cover", () => {
+    expect(readProjectOgBackground("twins-lab")).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(readProjectOgBackground("../../etc/passwd")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("OgCard", () => {
+  const props = { eyebrow: "Case", title: "Título", description: "Resumo." };
+
+  it("keeps the plain dark card when there is no background", () => {
+    const { container } = render(<OgCard {...props} />);
+    // só a marca
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll("img")).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("puts the project cover behind the text with a darkening gradient", () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <OgCard {...props} backgroundImage="data:image/jpeg;base64,AAAA" />,
+    );
+    const images = [...container.querySelectorAll("img")];
+    expect(images).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(images[0]).toHaveAttribute("src", "data:image/jpeg;base64,AAAA");
+    expect(images[0]).toHaveAttribute("alt", "");
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toContain("linear-gradient");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/og-card.tsx b/lib/og-card.tsx
index 36f0e98..7b1821d 100644
--- a/lib/og-card.tsx
+++ b/lib/og-card.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import { getOgImagePath, PROJECT_VIDEO_IDS } from "./project-showcase";
 
 const brandMark = `data:image/png;base64,${readFileSync(
   join(process.cwd(), "public/brand/mark-dark.png"),
@@ -8,14 +9,25 @@ const brandMark = `data:image/png;base64,${readFileSync(
 export const OG_SIZE = { width: 1200, height: 630 } as const;
 export const OG_CONTENT_TYPE = "image/png";
 
+/** Capa 1200x630 gravada da página do projeto (public/videos/<id>/og.jpg), como data URI; `undefined` se não existir. */
+export function readProjectOgBackground(id: string): string | undefined {
+  if (!PROJECT_VIDEO_IDS.includes(id)) return undefined;
+  const path = join(process.cwd(), "public", getOgImagePath(id));
+  if (!existsSync(path)) return undefined;
+  return `data:image/jpeg;base64,${readFileSync(path).toString("base64")}`;
+}
+
 export function OgCard({
   eyebrow,
   title,
   description,
+  backgroundImage,
 }: {
   eyebrow: string;
   title: string;
   description: string;
+  /** Imagem de fundo (data URI), escurecida da esquerda para a direita para o texto continuar legível. */
+  backgroundImage?: string;
 }) {
   return (
     <div
@@ -32,6 +44,30 @@ export function OgCard({
         fontFamily: "Arial, sans-serif",
       }}
     >
+      {backgroundImage && (
+        <>
+          {/* biome-ignore lint/performance/noImgElement: o ImageResponse (satori) só desenha <img> */}
+          <img
+            src={backgroundImage}
+            alt=""
+            width={OG_SIZE.width}
+            height={OG_SIZE.height}
+            style={{ position: "absolute", top: 0, left: 0 }}
+          />
+          <div
+            style={{
+              position: "absolute",
+              top: 0,
+              left: 0,
+              width: OG_SIZE.width,
+              height: OG_SIZE.height,
+              display: "flex",
+              background:
+                "linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5,5,5,0.97) 0%, rgba(5,5,5,0.9) 48%, rgba(5,5,5,0.58) 100%)",
+            }}
+          />
+        </>
+      )}
       <img
         src={brandMark}
         alt="Evandro.dev.br"