diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Primitives/DenseMatrix{T}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Primitives/DenseMatrix{T}.cs
index 7cfa98ec1..170292e29 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Primitives/DenseMatrix{T}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Primitives/DenseMatrix{T}.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Primitives
         /// <returns>The <see typeparam="T"/> at the specified position.</returns>
         public ref T this[int row, int column]
         {
-            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
             get
             {
                 this.CheckCoordinates(row, column);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Primitives
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="DenseMatrix{T}"/> representation on the source data.
         /// </returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
         public static implicit operator DenseMatrix<T>(T[,] data) => new DenseMatrix<T>(data);
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Primitives
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="T:T[,]"/> representation on the source data.
         /// </returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
 #pragma warning disable SA1008 // Opening parenthesis should be spaced correctly
-        public static implicit operator T[,] (DenseMatrix<T> data)
+        public static implicit operator T[,] (in DenseMatrix<T> data)
 #pragma warning restore SA1008 // Opening parenthesis should be spaced correctly
         {
             var result = new T[data.Rows, data.Columns];
@@ -154,17 +154,38 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Primitives
             return result;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Transposes the rows and columns of the dense matrix.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="DenseMatrix{T}"/>.</returns>
+        [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
+        public DenseMatrix<T> Transpose()
+        {
+            var result = new DenseMatrix<T>(this.Rows, this.Columns);
+
+            for (int y = 0; y < this.Rows; y++)
+            {
+                for (int x = 0; x < this.Columns; x++)
+                {
+                    ref T value = ref result[x, y];
+                    value = this[y, x];
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Fills the matrix with the given value
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="value">The value to fill each item with</param>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
         public void Fill(T value) => this.Span.Fill(value);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Clears the matrix setting each value to the default value for the element type
         /// </summary>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
         public void Clear() => this.Span.Clear();
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/BoxBlurProcessor.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/BoxBlurProcessor.cs
index 38dc638b9..644d6c9e1 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/BoxBlurProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/BoxBlurProcessor.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         {
             this.Radius = radius;
             this.kernelSize = (radius * 2) + 1;
-            this.KernelX = this.CreateBoxKernel(true);
-            this.KernelY = this.CreateBoxKernel(false);
+            this.KernelX = this.CreateBoxKernel();
+            this.KernelY = this.KernelX.Transpose();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -49,24 +49,18 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         public DenseMatrix<float> KernelY { get; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        protected override void OnFrameApply(ImageFrame<TPixel> source, Rectangle sourceRectangle, Configuration configuration)
-        {
-            new Convolution2PassProcessor<TPixel>(this.KernelX, this.KernelY).Apply(source, sourceRectangle, configuration);
-        }
+        protected override void OnFrameApply(ImageFrame<TPixel> source, Rectangle sourceRectangle, Configuration configuration) => new Convolution2PassProcessor<TPixel>(this.KernelX, this.KernelY).Apply(source, sourceRectangle, configuration);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Create a 1 dimensional Box kernel.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="horizontal">Whether to calculate a horizontal kernel.</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="DenseMatrix{T}"/></returns>
-        private DenseMatrix<float> CreateBoxKernel(bool horizontal)
+        private DenseMatrix<float> CreateBoxKernel()
         {
             int size = this.kernelSize;
-            DenseMatrix<float> kernel = horizontal
-                ? new DenseMatrix<float>(size, 1)
-                : new DenseMatrix<float>(1, size);
+            var kernel = new DenseMatrix<float>(size, 1);
 
-            kernel.Fill(1.0F / size);
+            kernel.Fill(1F / size);
 
             return kernel;
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianBlurProcessor.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianBlurProcessor.cs
index 3045b9993..b3bc15d39 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianBlurProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianBlurProcessor.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Primitives;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors;
 using SixLabors.Primitives;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
@@ -26,11 +25,10 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="sigma">The 'sigma' value representing the weight of the blur.</param>
         public GaussianBlurProcessor(float sigma = 3F)
+            : this(sigma, (int)MathF.Ceiling(sigma * 3))
         {
-            this.kernelSize = ((int)Math.Ceiling(sigma) * 2) + 1;
-            this.Sigma = sigma;
-            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel(true);
-            this.KernelY = this.CreateGaussianKernel(false);
+            // Kernel radius is calculated using the minimum viable value.
+            // http://chemaguerra.com/gaussian-filter-radius/
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -40,11 +38,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         /// The 'radius' value representing the size of the area to sample.
         /// </param>
         public GaussianBlurProcessor(int radius)
+            : this(radius / 3F, radius)
         {
-            this.kernelSize = (radius * 2) + 1;
-            this.Sigma = radius;
-            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel(true);
-            this.KernelY = this.CreateGaussianKernel(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -61,8 +56,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         {
             this.kernelSize = (radius * 2) + 1;
             this.Sigma = sigma;
-            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel(true);
-            this.KernelY = this.CreateGaussianKernel(false);
+            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel();
+            this.KernelY = this.KernelX.Transpose();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -82,22 +77,17 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void OnFrameApply(ImageFrame<TPixel> source, Rectangle sourceRectangle, Configuration configuration)
-        {
-            new Convolution2PassProcessor<TPixel>(this.KernelX, this.KernelY).Apply(source, sourceRectangle, configuration);
-        }
+            => new Convolution2PassProcessor<TPixel>(this.KernelX, this.KernelY).Apply(source, sourceRectangle, configuration);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Create a 1 dimensional Gaussian kernel using the Gaussian G(x) function
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="horizontal">Whether to calculate a horizontal kernel.</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="DenseMatrix{T}"/></returns>
-        private DenseMatrix<float> CreateGaussianKernel(bool horizontal)
+        private DenseMatrix<float> CreateGaussianKernel()
         {
             int size = this.kernelSize;
             float weight = this.Sigma;
-            DenseMatrix<float> kernel = horizontal
-                ? new DenseMatrix<float>(size, 1)
-                : new DenseMatrix<float>(1, size);
+            var kernel = new DenseMatrix<float>(size, 1);
 
             float sum = 0F;
             float midpoint = (size - 1) / 2F;
@@ -107,30 +97,13 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
                 float x = i - midpoint;
                 float gx = ImageMaths.Gaussian(x, weight);
                 sum += gx;
-                if (horizontal)
-                {
-                    kernel[0, i] = gx;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    kernel[i, 0] = gx;
-                }
+                kernel[0, i] = gx;
             }
 
             // Normalize kernel so that the sum of all weights equals 1
-            if (horizontal)
-            {
-                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-                {
-                    kernel[0, i] = kernel[0, i] / sum;
-                }
-            }
-            else
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
             {
-                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-                {
-                    kernel[i, 0] = kernel[i, 0] / sum;
-                }
+                kernel[0, i] /= sum;
             }
 
             return kernel;
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianSharpenProcessor.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianSharpenProcessor.cs
index 18963c73c..786bf7757 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianSharpenProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Convolution/GaussianSharpenProcessor.cs
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         /// The 'sigma' value representing the weight of the sharpening.
         /// </param>
         public GaussianSharpenProcessor(float sigma = 3F)
+            : this(sigma, (int)MathF.Ceiling(sigma * 3))
         {
-            this.kernelSize = ((int)Math.Ceiling(sigma) * 2) + 1;
-            this.Sigma = sigma;
-            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel(true);
-            this.KernelY = this.CreateGaussianKernel(false);
+            // Kernel radius is calculated using the minimum viable value.
+            // http://chemaguerra.com/gaussian-filter-radius/
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -41,11 +40,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         /// The 'radius' value representing the size of the area to sample.
         /// </param>
         public GaussianSharpenProcessor(int radius)
+            : this(radius / 3F, radius)
         {
-            this.kernelSize = (radius * 2) + 1;
-            this.Sigma = radius;
-            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel(true);
-            this.KernelY = this.CreateGaussianKernel(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -62,8 +58,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
         {
             this.kernelSize = (radius * 2) + 1;
             this.Sigma = sigma;
-            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel(true);
-            this.KernelY = this.CreateGaussianKernel(false);
+            this.KernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel();
+            this.KernelY = this.KernelX.Transpose();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -83,91 +79,49 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Convolution
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void OnFrameApply(ImageFrame<TPixel> source, Rectangle sourceRectangle, Configuration configuration)
-        {
-            new Convolution2PassProcessor<TPixel>(this.KernelX, this.KernelY).Apply(source, sourceRectangle, configuration);
-        }
+            => new Convolution2PassProcessor<TPixel>(this.KernelX, this.KernelY).Apply(source, sourceRectangle, configuration);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Create a 1 dimensional Gaussian kernel using the Gaussian G(x) function
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="horizontal">Whether to calculate a horizontal kernel.</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="DenseMatrix{T}"/></returns>
-        private DenseMatrix<float> CreateGaussianKernel(bool horizontal)
+        private DenseMatrix<float> CreateGaussianKernel()
         {
             int size = this.kernelSize;
             float weight = this.Sigma;
-            DenseMatrix<float> kernel = horizontal
-                ? new DenseMatrix<float>(size, 1)
-                : new DenseMatrix<float>(1, size);
+            var kernel = new DenseMatrix<float>(size, 1);
 
             float sum = 0;
 
-            float midpoint = (size - 1) / 2f;
+            float midpoint = (size - 1) / 2F;
             for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
             {
                 float x = i - midpoint;
                 float gx = ImageMaths.Gaussian(x, weight);
                 sum += gx;
-                if (horizontal)
-                {
-                    kernel[0, i] = gx;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    kernel[i, 0] = gx;
-                }
+                kernel[0, i] = gx;
             }
 
             // Invert the kernel for sharpening.
             int midpointRounded = (int)midpoint;
-
-            if (horizontal)
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
             {
-                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+                if (i == midpointRounded)
                 {
-                    if (i == midpointRounded)
-                    {
-                        // Calculate central value
-                        kernel[0, i] = (2F * sum) - kernel[0, i];
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // invert value
-                        kernel[0, i] = -kernel[0, i];
-                    }
+                    // Calculate central value
+                    kernel[0, i] = (2F * sum) - kernel[0, i];
                 }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+                else
                 {
-                    if (i == midpointRounded)
-                    {
-                        // Calculate central value
-                        kernel[i, 0] = (2 * sum) - kernel[i, 0];
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // invert value
-                        kernel[i, 0] = -kernel[i, 0];
-                    }
+                    // invert value
+                    kernel[0, i] = -kernel[0, i];
                 }
             }
 
             // Normalize kernel so that the sum of all weights equals 1
-            if (horizontal)
-            {
-                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-                {
-                    kernel[0, i] /= sum;
-                }
-            }
-            else
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
             {
-                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-                {
-                    kernel[i, 0] /= sum;
-                }
+                kernel[0, i] /= sum;
             }
 
             return kernel;
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Primitives/DenseMatrixTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Primitives/DenseMatrixTests.cs
index fa4862293..0af8ae45f 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Primitives/DenseMatrixTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Primitives/DenseMatrixTests.cs
@@ -106,5 +106,29 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Primitives
                 Assert.Equal(0, dense.Data[i]);
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DenseMatrixCorrectlyCasts()
+        {
+            float[,] actual = new DenseMatrix<float>(FloydSteinbergMatrix);
+            Assert.Equal(FloydSteinbergMatrix, actual);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DenseMatrixCanTranspose()
+        {
+            var dense = new DenseMatrix<int>(3, 1);
+            dense[0, 0] = 1;
+            dense[0, 1] = 2;
+            dense[0, 2] = 3;
+
+            DenseMatrix<int> transposed = dense.Transpose();
+
+            Assert.Equal(dense.Columns, transposed.Rows);
+            Assert.Equal(dense.Rows, transposed.Columns);
+            Assert.Equal(1, transposed[0, 0]);
+            Assert.Equal(2, transposed[1, 0]);
+            Assert.Equal(3, transposed[2, 0]);
+        }
     }
 }
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