diff --git a/src/item/PlacedItem.js b/src/item/PlacedItem.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cbe1d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/item/PlacedItem.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Paper.js
+ * 
+ * This file is part of Paper.js, a JavaScript Vector Graphics Library,
+ * based on Scriptographer.org and designed to be largely API compatible.
+ * http://paperjs.org/
+ * http://scriptographer.org/
+ * 
+ * Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file for details.
+ * 
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Juerg Lehni & Jonathan Puckey
+ * http://lehni.org/ & http://jonathanpuckey.com/
+ * 
+ * All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @name PlacedItem
+ * 
+ * @class The PlacedItem class is the base for any items that have a matrix
+ * associated with them, describing their placement in the project, such as
+ * {@link Raster} and {@link PlacedSymbol}.
+ * 
+ * @extends Item
+ */
+var PlacedItem = this.PlacedItem = Item.extend(/** @lends PlacedItem# */{
+
+	_transform: function(matrix, flags) {
+		// In order to set the right context transformation when drawing the
+		// raster, simply preconcatenate the internal matrix with the provided
+		// one.
+		this.matrix.preConcatenate(matrix);
+	},
+
+	getStrokeBounds: function() {
+		return this.getBounds();
+	}
+});
diff --git a/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js b/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
index 4bf64811..83ee3589 100644
--- a/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
+++ b/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
  * @class A PlacedSymbol represents an instance of a symbol which has been
  * placed in a Paper.js project.
  *
- * @extends Item
+ * @extends PlacedItem
  */
-var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = Item.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol# */{
+var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol# */{
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new PlacedSymbol Item.
 	 *
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = Item.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol# */{
 		return this._clone(new PlacedSymbol(this.symbol, this.matrix.clone()));
 	},
 
-	_transform: function(matrix, flags) {
-		// In order to set the right context transformation when drawing the
-		// raster, simply preconcatenate the internal matrix with the provided
-		// one.
-		this.matrix.preConcatenate(matrix);
-	},
-
 	getBounds: function() {
 		if (!this._bounds)
 			this._bounds = this._createBounds(
@@ -96,10 +89,6 @@ var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = Item.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol# */{
 		return this._bounds;
 	},
 
-	getStrokeBounds: function() {
-		return this.getBounds();
-	},
-
 	draw: function(ctx, param) {
 		if (param.selection) {
 			Item.drawSelectedBounds(this.symbol._definition.getStrokeBounds(),
diff --git a/src/item/Raster.js b/src/item/Raster.js
index 3d238f0c..2b3e8be8 100644
--- a/src/item/Raster.js
+++ b/src/item/Raster.js
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 
 /**
  * @name Raster
+ *
  * @class The Raster item represents an image in a Paper.js project.
- * @extends Item
+ *
+ * @extends PlacedItem
  */
-var Raster = this.Raster = Item.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
+var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 	// TODO: Implement url / type, width, height.
 	// TODO: Have PlacedSymbol & Raster inherit from a shared class?
 	// DOCS: Document Raster constructor.
@@ -341,6 +343,7 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = Item.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 		return this.getContext().createImageData(size.width, size.height);
 	},
 
+	// TODO: Rename to #get/setImageData, as it will conflict with Item#getData
 	// DOCS: document Raster#getData
 	/**
 	 * @param {Rectangle} rect
@@ -365,13 +368,6 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = Item.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 		this.getContext(true).putImageData(data, point.x, point.y);
 	},
 
-	_transform: function(matrix, flags) {
-		// In order to set the right context transformation when drawing the
-		// raster, simply preconcatenate the internal matrix with the provided
-		// one.
-		this.matrix.preConcatenate(matrix);
-	},
-
 	getBounds: function() {
 		if (!this._bounds)
 			this._bounds = this._createBounds(this.matrix._transformBounds(
@@ -379,10 +375,6 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = Item.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 		return this._bounds;
 	},
 
-	getStrokeBounds: function() {
-		return this.getBounds();
-	},
-
 	draw: function(ctx, param) {
 		if (param.selection) {
 			var bounds = new Rectangle(this._size).setCenter(0, 0);
diff --git a/src/load.js b/src/load.js
index ee1c9554..1f0d97ac 100644
--- a/src/load.js
+++ b/src/load.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var sources = [
 	'src/item/Item.js',
 	'src/item/Group.js',
 	'src/item/Layer.js',
+	'src/item/PlacedItem.js',
 	'src/item/Raster.js',
 	'src/item/PlacedSymbol.js',
 
diff --git a/src/paper.js b/src/paper.js
index 4b3839bf..4e390ae7 100644
--- a/src/paper.js
+++ b/src/paper.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ var paper = new function() {
 //#include "item/Item.js"
 //#include "item/Group.js"
 //#include "item/Layer.js"
+//#include "item/PlacedItem.js"
 //#include "item/Raster.js"
 //#include "item/PlacedSymbol.js"