diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifDecoderCore.cs
index 1c65d6e00..4481aadf7 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifDecoderCore.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Heif;
 /// <summary>
 /// Performs the HEIF decoding operation.
 /// </summary>
-internal sealed class HeifDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
+internal sealed class HeifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// The general configuration.
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ internal sealed class HeifDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="options">The decoder options.</param>
     public HeifDecoderCore(DecoderOptions options)
+        : base(options)
     {
-        this.Options = options;
         this.configuration = options.Configuration;
         this.metadata = new ImageMetadata();
         this.items = new List<HeifItem>();
@@ -51,14 +51,7 @@ internal sealed class HeifDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public DecoderOptions Options { get; }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public Size Dimensions { get; }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    protected override Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         if (!this.CheckFileTypeBox(stream))
         {
@@ -106,7 +99,7 @@ internal sealed class HeifDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public ImageInfo Identify(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    protected override ImageInfo Identify(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         this.CheckFileTypeBox(stream);
 
@@ -134,7 +127,7 @@ internal sealed class HeifDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
 
         this.UpdateMetadata(this.metadata, item);
 
-        return new ImageInfo(new PixelTypeInfo(item.BitsPerPixel), new(item.Extent.Width, item.Extent.Height), this.metadata);
+        return new ImageInfo(new(item.Extent.Width, item.Extent.Height), this.metadata);
     }
 
     private bool CheckFileTypeBox(BufferedReadStream stream)
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderCore.cs
index 898576811..519aa3200 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderCore.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Heif;
 /// <summary>
 /// Image encoder for writing an image to a stream as a HEIF image.
 /// </summary>
-internal sealed class HeifEncoderCore : IImageEncoderInternals
+internal sealed class HeifEncoderCore
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// The global configuration.
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ internal sealed class HeifEncoderCore : IImageEncoderInternals
         using MemoryStream stream = new();
         JpegEncoder encoder = new()
         {
-            ColorType = JpegEncodingColor.YCbCrRatio420
+            ColorType = JpegColorType.YCbCrRatio420
         };
         await image.SaveAsJpegAsync(stream, encoder, cancellationToken);
         return stream.ToArray();
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifMetadata.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifMetadata.cs
index 725389f0e..6bbf8b49e 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/HeifMetadata.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors.
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Heif;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Provides HEIF specific metadata information for the image.
 /// </summary>
-public class HeifMetadata : IDeepCloneable
+public class HeifMetadata : IFormatMetadata<HeifMetadata>
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="HeifMetadata"/> class.
@@ -28,5 +30,39 @@ public class HeifMetadata : IDeepCloneable
     public HeifCompressionMethod CompressionMethod { get; set; }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public IDeepCloneable DeepClone() => new HeifMetadata(this);
+    public static HeifMetadata FromFormatConnectingMetadata(FormatConnectingMetadata metadata)
+    {
+        return new HeifMetadata
+        {
+            CompressionMethod = HeifCompressionMethod.LegacyJpeg
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public PixelTypeInfo GetPixelTypeInfo()
+    {
+        int bpp = 8;
+        PixelColorType colorType = PixelColorType.RGB;
+        PixelComponentInfo info = PixelComponentInfo.Create(3, bpp, 8, 8, 8);
+
+        return new PixelTypeInfo(bpp)
+        {
+            AlphaRepresentation = PixelAlphaRepresentation.None,
+            ColorType = colorType,
+            ComponentInfo = info,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public FormatConnectingMetadata ToFormatConnectingMetadata()
+        => new()
+        {
+            PixelTypeInfo = this.GetPixelTypeInfo(),
+        };
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    IDeepCloneable IDeepCloneable.DeepClone() => this.DeepClone();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public HeifMetadata DeepClone() => new(this);
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj b/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj
index 156c32840..1d83fbe4a 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
       <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
       <DependentUpon>Heif4CharCode.tt</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Update="Formats\_Generated\ImageMetadataExtensions.cs">
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
       <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
     <None Update="Formats\Heif\Heif4CharCode.tt">
       <Generator>TextTemplatingFileGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Heif4CharCode.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </None>
     <None Update="Formats\_Generated\ImageMetadataExtensions.tt">
       <LastGenOutput>ImageMetadataExtensions.cs</LastGenOutput>
       <Generator>TextTemplatingFileGenerator</Generator>
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderTests.cs
index c7e0e8832..8826b2103 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Heif/HeifEncoderTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class HeifEncoderTests
     public static void Encode<TPixel>(TestImageProvider<TPixel> provider, HeifCompressionMethod compressionMethod)
         where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
-        using Image<TPixel> image = provider.GetImage(new MagickReferenceDecoder());
+        using Image<TPixel> image = provider.GetImage(new MagickReferenceDecoder(HeifFormat.Instance));
         using MemoryStream stream = new();
         HeifEncoder encoder = new();
         image.Save(stream, encoder);