diff --git a/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.brs b/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.brs
index f5bfbac3..f9ecd081 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.brs
+++ b/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.brs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 sub init()
+  m.posterMask = m.top.findNode("posterMask")
   m.itemPoster = m.top.findNode("itemPoster")
   m.itemText = m.top.findNode("itemText")
+
+  m.itemText.translation = [0, m.itemPoster.height + 7]
 end sub
 
 sub itemContentChanged()
@@ -9,14 +12,12 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
 
   if itemData = invalid then return
 
-  itemPoster = m.top.findNode("itemPoster")
-
   if itemData.type = "Movie" then
-    itemPoster.uri = itemData.PosterUrl
+    m.itemPoster.uri = itemData.PosterUrl
     m.itemText.text = itemData.Title
     return
   else if itemData.type = "Series" then
-    itemPoster.uri = itemData.PosterUrl
+    m.itemPoster.uri = itemData.PosterUrl
     m.itemText.text = itemData.Title
     return
   end if
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ end sub
 '
 'Use FocusPercent to animate scaling of Poser Image
 sub focusChanging()
-  scaleFactor = 1 + (m.top.focusPercent * 0.17333)
-  m.itemPoster.scale = [scaleFactor, scaleFactor]
+  scaleFactor = 0.85 + (m.top.focusPercent * 0.15)
+  m.posterMask.scale = [scaleFactor, scaleFactor]
 end sub
 
 '
diff --git a/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.xml b/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.xml
index 8fcf9fd9..fb9d803e 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.xml
+++ b/components/ItemGrid2/GridItem.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <component name="GridItem" extends="Group">
   <children>
-    <Poster id="itemPoster" width="250" height="375" translation="[21,35]" loadDisplayMode="scaleToZoom" loadingBitmapUri="pkg:/images/PosterLoading.png" failedBitmapUri="pkg:/images/PosterFailed.png" scaleRotateCenter="[147.5, 220]" />
-    <ScrollingLabel id="itemText" horizAlign="center" font="font:SmallSystemFont" maxWidth="295" translation="[0,442]" repeatCount="-1" visible="false"  />
+    <maskGroup id="posterMask" maskUri="pkg:/images/postermask.png" scaleRotateCenter="[145, 212.5]" scale="[0.85,0.85]"  >
+      <Poster id="itemPoster" width="290" height="425" loadDisplayMode="scaleToZoom" loadingBitmapUri="pkg:/images/PosterLoading.png" failedBitmapUri="pkg:/images/PosterFailed.png" />
+    </maskGroup>
+    <ScrollingLabel id="itemText" horizAlign="center" font="font:SmallSystemFont" maxWidth="290" repeatCount="-1" visible="false"  />
   </children>
   <interface>
     <field id="itemContent" type="node" onChange="itemContentChanged" />
diff --git a/images/postermask.png b/images/postermask.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1984f9a7
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