diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 2e70e45..597e333 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@
         TaskView firstTask = (TaskView) getChildAt(0);
         if (firstTask != null) {
             if (animate) {
-                firstTask.animateIconToScale(scale);
+                firstTask.animateIconToScaleAndDim(scale);
             } else {
-                firstTask.setIconScale(scale);
+                firstTask.setIconScaleAndDim(scale);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
index 326eb9f..6473d16 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskThumbnailView.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.Shader;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.FloatProperty;
+import android.util.Property;
 import android.view.View;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.BaseActivity;
@@ -46,6 +48,19 @@
 
     private static final LightingColorFilter[] sDimFilterCache = new LightingColorFilter[256];
 
+    public static final Property<TaskThumbnailView, Float> DIM_ALPHA =
+            new FloatProperty<TaskThumbnailView>("dimAlpha") {
+                @Override
+                public void setValue(TaskThumbnailView thumbnail, float dimAlpha) {
+                    thumbnail.setDimAlpha(dimAlpha);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public Float get(TaskThumbnailView thumbnailView) {
+                    return thumbnailView.mDimAlpha;
+                }
+            };
+
     private final float mCornerRadius;
 
     private final BaseActivity mActivity;
@@ -111,6 +126,8 @@
 
     /**
      * Sets the alpha of the dim layer on top of this view.
+     *
+     * If dimAlpha is 0, no dimming is applied; if dimAlpha is 1, the thumbnail will be black.
      */
     public void setDimAlpha(float dimAlpha) {
         mDimAlpha = dimAlpha;
@@ -149,7 +166,7 @@
     }
 
     private void updateThumbnailPaintFilter() {
-        int mul = (int) (mDimAlpha * 255);
+        int mul = (int) ((1 - mDimAlpha) * 255);
         if (mBitmapShader != null) {
             LightingColorFilter filter = getLightingColorFilter(mul);
             mPaint.setColorFilter(filter);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
index f04acaf..2c1318c 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 package com.android.quickstep.views;
 
+import static com.android.quickstep.views.TaskThumbnailView.DIM_ALPHA;
+
+import android.animation.Animator;
+import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
+import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
 import android.animation.TimeInterpolator;
 import android.app.ActivityOptions;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@
     private TaskThumbnailView mSnapshotView;
     private ImageView mIconView;
     private float mCurveScale;
+    private float mCurveDimAlpha;
+    private Animator mDimAlphaAnim;
 
     public TaskView(Context context) {
         this(context, null);
@@ -166,14 +173,27 @@
         // Do nothing
     }
 
-    public void animateIconToScale(float scale) {
+    public void animateIconToScaleAndDim(float scale) {
         mIconView.animate().scaleX(scale).scaleY(scale).setDuration(SCALE_ICON_DURATION).start();
+        mDimAlphaAnim = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(mSnapshotView, DIM_ALPHA, scale * mCurveDimAlpha);
+        mDimAlphaAnim.setDuration(SCALE_ICON_DURATION);
+        mDimAlphaAnim.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
+            @Override
+            public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animation) {
+                mDimAlphaAnim = null;
+            }
+        });
+        mDimAlphaAnim.start();
     }
 
-    protected void setIconScale(float iconScale) {
+    protected void setIconScaleAndDim(float iconScale) {
         mIconView.animate().cancel();
         mIconView.setScaleX(iconScale);
         mIconView.setScaleY(iconScale);
+        if (mDimAlphaAnim != null) {
+            mDimAlphaAnim.cancel();
+        }
+        mSnapshotView.setDimAlpha(iconScale * mCurveDimAlpha);
     }
 
     public void resetVisualProperties() {
@@ -190,7 +210,10 @@
         float curveInterpolation =
                 CURVE_INTERPOLATOR.getInterpolation(scrollState.linearInterpolation);
 
-        mSnapshotView.setDimAlpha(1 - curveInterpolation * MAX_PAGE_SCRIM_ALPHA);
+        mCurveDimAlpha = curveInterpolation * MAX_PAGE_SCRIM_ALPHA;
+        if (mDimAlphaAnim == null && mIconView.getScaleX() > 0) {
+            mSnapshotView.setDimAlpha(mCurveDimAlpha);
+        }
 
         mCurveScale = 1 - curveInterpolation * EDGE_SCALE_DOWN_FACTOR;
         setScaleX(mCurveScale);