diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Extensions/ArrayExtensions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Extensions/ArrayExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ca37217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Extensions/ArrayExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// <copyright file="ArrayExtensions.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extension methods for arrays.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class ArrayExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Locks the pixel buffer providing access to the pixels.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TColor">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPacked">The packed format. <example>uint, long, float.</example></typeparam>
+        /// <param name="pixels">The pixel buffer.</param>
+        /// <param name="width">Gets the width of the image represented by the pixel buffer.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The height of the image represented by the pixel buffer.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="PixelAccessor{TColor,TPacked}"/></returns>
+        public static PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> Lock<TColor, TPacked>(this TColor[] pixels, int width, int height)
+            where TColor : struct, IPackedPixel<TPacked>
+            where TPacked : struct
+        {
+            return new PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked>(width, height, pixels);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Extensions/ByteExtensions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Extensions/ByteExtensions.cs
index 350777387..fc9c29e62 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Extensions/ByteExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Extensions/ByteExtensions.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 namespace ImageSharp
 {
-    using System;
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Extension methods for the <see cref="byte"/> struct.
     /// </summary>
@@ -44,4 +42,4 @@ namespace ImageSharp
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Filters/Processors/Transforms/CropProcessor.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Filters/Processors/Transforms/CropProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..789538b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Filters/Processors/Transforms/CropProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// <copyright file="CropProcessor.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp.Processors
+{
+    using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides methods to allow the cropping of an image.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TColor">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPacked">The packed format. <example>uint, long, float.</example></typeparam>
+    public class CropProcessor<TColor, TPacked> : ImageFilteringProcessor<TColor, TPacked>
+        where TColor : struct, IPackedPixel<TPacked>
+        where TPacked : struct
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CropProcessor{TColor,TPacked}"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="width">The target image width.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The target image height.</param>
+        public CropProcessor(int width, int height)
+        {
+            this.Width = width;
+            this.Height = height;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the width.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Width { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the height.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Height { get; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        protected override void Apply(ImageBase<TColor, TPacked> source, Rectangle sourceRectangle, int startY, int endY)
+        {
+            int minX = 0;
+            int maxX = this.Width;
+            int minY = 0;
+            int maxY = this.Height;
+            int sourceX = sourceRectangle.X;
+            int sourceY = sourceRectangle.Y;
+
+            Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(minX, sourceX, nameof(minX));
+            Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(minY, startY, nameof(startY));
+            Guard.MustBeLessThanOrEqualTo(maxX, sourceRectangle.Right, nameof(maxX));
+            Guard.MustBeLessThanOrEqualTo(maxY, endY, nameof(maxY));
+
+            TColor[] target = new TColor[this.Width * this.Height];
+
+            using (PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> sourcePixels = source.Lock())
+            using (PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> targetPixels = target.Lock<TColor, TPacked>(this.Width, this.Height))
+            {
+                Parallel.For(
+                    minY,
+                    maxY,
+                    this.ParallelOptions,
+                    y =>
+                    {
+                        for (int x = minX; x < maxX; x++)
+                        {
+                            targetPixels[x, y] = sourcePixels[x + sourceX, y + sourceY];
+                        }
+                    });
+            }
+
+            source.SetPixels(this.Width, this.Height, target);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Samplers/Transforms/Crop.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Filters/Transforms/Crop.cs
similarity index 95%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Samplers/Transforms/Crop.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Filters/Transforms/Crop.cs
index a266db3b2..95091358c 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Samplers/Transforms/Crop.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Filters/Transforms/Crop.cs
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ namespace ImageSharp
                 source = source.Resize(sourceRectangle.Width, sourceRectangle.Height);
             }
 
-            CropProcessor<TColor, TPacked> processor = new CropProcessor<TColor, TPacked>();
-            return source.Process(width, height, sourceRectangle, new Rectangle(0, 0, width, height), processor);
+            CropProcessor<TColor, TPacked> processor = new CropProcessor<TColor, TPacked>(width, height);
+            return source.Process(sourceRectangle, processor);
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Image/PixelAccessor.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Image/PixelAccessor.cs
index f11082df7..8f693584b 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Image/PixelAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Image/PixelAccessor.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,32 @@ namespace ImageSharp
             this.RowStride = this.Width * this.PixelSize;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PixelAccessor{TColor,TPacked}"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="width">Gets the width of the image represented by the pixel buffer.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The height of the image represented by the pixel buffer.</param>
+        /// <param name="pixels">The pixel buffer.</param>
+        public PixelAccessor(int width, int height, TColor[] pixels)
+        {
+            Guard.NotNull(pixels, nameof(pixels));
+            Guard.MustBeGreaterThan(width, 0, nameof(width));
+            Guard.MustBeGreaterThan(height, 0, nameof(height));
+
+            if (pixels.Length != width * height)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Pixel array must have the length of Width * Height.");
+            }
+
+            this.Width = width;
+            this.Height = height;
+            this.pixelsHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(pixels, GCHandleType.Pinned);
+            this.dataPointer = this.pixelsHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject();
+            this.pixelsBase = (byte*)this.dataPointer.ToPointer();
+            this.PixelSize = Unsafe.SizeOf<TPacked>();
+            this.RowStride = this.Width * this.PixelSize;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Finalizes an instance of the <see cref="PixelAccessor{TColor,TPacked}"/> class.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Samplers/Processors/Transforms/CropProcessor.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Samplers/Processors/Transforms/CropProcessor.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a479fa2d..000000000
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Samplers/Processors/Transforms/CropProcessor.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-// <copyright file="CropProcessor.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
-// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-// </copyright>
-
-namespace ImageSharp.Processors
-{
-    using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Provides methods to allow the cropping of an image.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <typeparam name="TColor">The pixel format.</typeparam>
-    /// <typeparam name="TPacked">The packed format. <example>uint, long, float.</example></typeparam>
-    public class CropProcessor<TColor, TPacked> : ImageSamplingProcessor<TColor, TPacked>
-        where TColor : struct, IPackedPixel<TPacked>
-        where TPacked : struct
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override void Apply(ImageBase<TColor, TPacked> target, ImageBase<TColor, TPacked> source, Rectangle targetRectangle, Rectangle sourceRectangle, int startY, int endY)
-        {
-            int startX = targetRectangle.X;
-            int endX = targetRectangle.Right;
-            int sourceX = sourceRectangle.X;
-            int sourceY = sourceRectangle.Y;
-
-            Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(startX, sourceX, nameof(targetRectangle));
-            Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(startY, sourceY, nameof(targetRectangle));
-            Guard.MustBeLessThanOrEqualTo(endX, sourceRectangle.Right, nameof(targetRectangle));
-            Guard.MustBeLessThanOrEqualTo(endY, sourceRectangle.Bottom, nameof(targetRectangle));
-
-            using (PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> sourcePixels = source.Lock())
-            using (PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> targetPixels = target.Lock())
-            {
-                Parallel.For(
-                    startY,
-                    endY,
-                    this.ParallelOptions,
-                    y =>
-                        {
-                            for (int x = startX; x < endX; x++)
-                            {
-                                targetPixels[x, y] = sourcePixels[x + sourceX, y + sourceY];
-                            }
-                        });
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Processors/Samplers/CropTest.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Processors/Filters/CropTest.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Processors/Samplers/CropTest.cs
rename to tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Processors/Filters/CropTest.cs