diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Bootstrapper.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Bootstrapper.cs
index 1601f8d892..36e53ce51b 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Bootstrapper.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// <typeparam name="TPackedVector">The type of pixel data.</typeparam>
         /// <param name="image">The image</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IPixelAccessor"/></returns>
-        public IPixelAccessor GetPixelAccessor<TPackedVector>(IImageBase image)
+        public IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> GetPixelAccessor<TPackedVector>(IImageBase image)
             where TPackedVector : IPackedVector, new()
         {
             Type packed = typeof(TPackedVector);
             if (this.pixelAccessors.ContainsKey(packed))
             {
-                return this.pixelAccessors[packed].Invoke(image);
+                return (IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector>)this.pixelAccessors[packed].Invoke(image);
             }
 
             throw new NotSupportedException($"PixelAccessor cannot be loaded for {packed}:");
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
index a0d321ecb9..fae92c0f12 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore.Formats
                 amount = 4 - amount;
             }
 
-            using (IPixelAccessor pixels = image.Lock())
+            using (IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> pixels = image.Lock())
             {
                 switch (this.bmpBitsPerPixel)
                 {
@@ -155,10 +155,12 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore.Formats
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes the 32bit color palette to the stream.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPackedVector">The type of pixels contained within the image.</typeparam>
         /// <param name="writer">The <see cref="EndianBinaryWriter"/> containing the stream to write to.</param>
         /// <param name="pixels">The <see cref="IPixelAccessor"/> containing pixel data.</param>
         /// <param name="amount">The amount to pad each row by.</param>
-        private void Write32bit(EndianBinaryWriter writer, IPixelAccessor pixels, int amount)
+        private void Write32bit<TPackedVector>(EndianBinaryWriter writer, IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> pixels, int amount)
+            where TPackedVector : IPackedVector, new()
         {
             for (int y = pixels.Height - 1; y >= 0; y--)
             {
@@ -183,7 +185,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore.Formats
         /// <param name="writer">The <see cref="EndianBinaryWriter"/> containing the stream to write to.</param>
         /// <param name="pixels">The <see cref="IPixelAccessor"/> containing pixel data.</param>
         /// <param name="amount">The amount to pad each row by.</param>
-        private void Write24bit(EndianBinaryWriter writer, IPixelAccessor pixels, int amount)
+        private void Write24bit<TPackedVector>(EndianBinaryWriter writer, IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> pixels, int amount)
+            where TPackedVector : IPackedVector, new()
         {
             for (int y = pixels.Height - 1; y >= 0; y--)
             {
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/IImageBase.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/IImageBase.cs
index cc383cb258..5a61f76701 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/IImageBase.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/IImageBase.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
     {
         TPackedVector[] Pixels { get; }
         void ClonePixels(int width, int height, TPackedVector[] pixels);
-        IPixelAccessor Lock();
+        IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> Lock();
         void SetPixels(int width, int height, TPackedVector[] pixels);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image.cs
index caa333e9c0..a672f6a250 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image.cs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         public IImageFormat CurrentImageFormat { get; internal set; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override IPixelAccessor Lock()
+        public override IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> Lock()
         {
             return Bootstrapper.Instance.GetPixelAccessor<TPackedVector>(this);
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageBase.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageBase.cs
index 15fd9b5d3f..0c0bb6fac6 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageBase.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageBase.cs
@@ -196,6 +196,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// </remarks>
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IPixelAccessor"/></returns>
-        public abstract IPixelAccessor Lock();
+        public abstract IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> Lock();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageFrame.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageFrame.cs
index d170778e41..75d755f5fc 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageFrame.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageFrame.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override IPixelAccessor Lock()
+        public override IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> Lock()
         {
             return Bootstrapper.Instance.GetPixelAccessor<TPackedVector>(this);
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/Bgra32PixelAccessor.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/Bgra32PixelAccessor.cs
index e5f090e417..f9fa7005bc 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/Bgra32PixelAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/Bgra32PixelAccessor.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
     /// The image data is always stored in <see cref="Bgra32"/> format, where the blue, green, red, and
     /// alpha values are 8 bit unsigned bytes.
     /// </remarks>
-    public sealed unsafe class Bgra32PixelAccessor : IPixelAccessor
+    public sealed unsafe class Bgra32PixelAccessor : IPixelAccessor<Bgra32>
 
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// than zero and smaller than the width of the pixel.
         /// </param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IPackedVector"/> at the specified position.</returns>
-        public IPackedVector this[int x, int y]
+        public Bgra32 this[int x, int y]
         {
             get
             {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
                     throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(y), "Value cannot be less than zero or greater than the bitmap height.");
                 }
 #endif
-                *(this.pixelsBase + ((y * this.Width) + x)) = (Bgra32)value;
+                *(this.pixelsBase + ((y * this.Width) + x)) = value;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/IPixelAccessor.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/IPixelAccessor.cs
index cf3c2cf539..7eac9fd030 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/IPixelAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/PixelAccessor/IPixelAccessor.cs
@@ -10,18 +10,9 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
     /// <summary>
     /// Encapsulates properties to provides per-pixel access to an images pixels.
     /// </summary>
-    public interface IPixelAccessor : IDisposable
+    public interface IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> : IPixelAccessor
+        where TPackedVector : IPackedVector, new()
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the width of the image in pixels.
-        /// </summary>
-        int Width { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the height of the image in pixels.
-        /// </summary>
-        int Height { get; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the pixel at the specified position.
         /// </summary>
@@ -34,10 +25,23 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// than zero and smaller than the width of the pixel.
         /// </param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="TPackedVector"/> at the specified position.</returns>
-        IPackedVector this[int x, int y]
+        TPackedVector this[int x, int y]
         {
             get;
             set;
         }
     }
+
+    public interface IPixelAccessor : IDisposable
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the width of the image in pixels.
+        /// </summary>
+        int Width { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the height of the image in pixels.
+        /// </summary>
+        int Height { get; }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/ResizeProcessor.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/ResizeProcessor.cs
index ce713797b5..11b397d745 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/ResizeProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/ResizeProcessor.cs
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore.Processors
                 float widthFactor = sourceRectangle.Width / (float)targetRectangle.Width;
                 float heightFactor = sourceRectangle.Height / (float)targetRectangle.Height;
 
-                using (IPixelAccessor sourcePixels = source.Lock())
-                using (IPixelAccessor targetPixels = target.Lock())
+                using (IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> sourcePixels = source.Lock())
+                using (IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> targetPixels = target.Lock())
                 {
                     Parallel.For(
                         startY,
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore.Processors
             // First process the columns. Since we are not using multiple threads startY and endY
             // are the upper and lower bounds of the source rectangle.
             Image<TPackedVector> firstPass = new Image<TPackedVector>(target.Width, source.Height);
-            using (IPixelAccessor sourcePixels = source.Lock())
-            using (IPixelAccessor firstPassPixels = firstPass.Lock())
-            using (IPixelAccessor targetPixels = target.Lock())
+            using (IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> sourcePixels = source.Lock())
+            using (IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> firstPassPixels = firstPass.Lock())
+            using (IPixelAccessor<TPackedVector> targetPixels = target.Lock())
             {
                 Parallel.For(
                     0,
diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/GetSetPixel.cs b/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/GetSetPixel.cs
index 98bcf80493..d900377cda 100644
--- a/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/GetSetPixel.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/GetSetPixel.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         public Bgra32 ResizeCore()
         {
             Image<Bgra32> image = new Image<Bgra32>(400, 400);
-            using (IPixelAccessor imagePixels = image.Lock())
+            using (IPixelAccessor<Bgra32> imagePixels = image.Lock())
             {
                 imagePixels[200, 200] = new Bgra32(1, 1, 1, 1);
                 return (Bgra32)imagePixels[200, 200];