diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/ImageBase.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/ImageBase.cs
index 4d17d9f01..d6333de10 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/ImageBase.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/ImageBase.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 // </copyright>
 
+
 namespace ImageProcessorCore
 {
     using System;
@@ -15,10 +16,15 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
     /// <typeparam name="TColor">The pixel format.</typeparam>
     /// <typeparam name="TPacked">The packed format. <example>uint, long, float.</example></typeparam>
     [DebuggerDisplay("Image: {Width}x{Height}")]
-    public abstract class ImageBase<TColor, TPacked> : IImageBase<TColor, TPacked>
+    public abstract unsafe class ImageBase<TColor, TPacked> : IImageBase<TColor, TPacked>
         where TColor : IPackedVector<TPacked>
         where TPacked : struct
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The image pixels		
+        /// </summary>		
+        private TColor[] pixelBuffer;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ImageBase{TColor, TPacked}"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
 
             this.Width = width;
             this.Height = height;
-            this.Pixels = new TColor[width * height];
+            this.pixelBuffer = new TColor[width * height];
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -61,9 +67,13 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
             this.Height = other.Height;
             this.CopyProperties(other);
 
-            // Copy the pixels. Don't use Unsafe.Copy as it is breaking edge detection.
-            this.Pixels = new TColor[this.Width * this.Height];
-            Array.Copy(other.Pixels, this.Pixels, other.Pixels.Length);
+            // Copy the pixels. Unsafe.CopyBlock gives us a nice speed boost here.
+            this.pixelBuffer = new TColor[this.Width * this.Height];
+            using (PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> sourcePixels = other.Lock())
+            using (PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> target = this.Lock())
+            {
+                sourcePixels.CopyImage(target);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -73,7 +83,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         public int MaxHeight { get; set; } = int.MaxValue;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public TColor[] Pixels { get; private set; }
+        //public TColor[] Pixels { get; private set; }
+        public TColor[] Pixels => this.pixelBuffer;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public int Width { get; private set; }
@@ -106,7 +117,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
 
             this.Width = width;
             this.Height = height;
-            this.Pixels = pixels;
+            this.pixelBuffer = pixels;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -123,9 +134,9 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
             this.Width = width;
             this.Height = height;
 
-            // Copy the pixels. Don't use Unsafe.Copy as it is breaking edge detection.
-            this.Pixels = new TColor[pixels.Length];
-            Array.Copy(pixels, this.Pixels, pixels.Length);
+            // Copy the pixels. TODO: use Unsafe.Copy.
+            this.pixelBuffer = new TColor[pixels.Length];
+            Array.Copy(pixels, this.pixelBuffer, pixels.Length);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/PixelAccessor.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/PixelAccessor.cs
index 8ebfb355e..7561150a5 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/PixelAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Image/PixelAccessor.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         public IntPtr DataPointer => this.dataPointer;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the width of one row in the number of bytes.
+        /// Gets the size of a single pixel in the number of bytes.
         /// </summary>
         public int PixelSize { get; }
 
@@ -106,19 +106,18 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         {
             get { return Unsafe.Read<TColor>(this.pixelsBase + (y * this.Width + x) * Unsafe.SizeOf<TColor>()); }
             set { Unsafe.Write(this.pixelsBase + (y * this.Width + x) * Unsafe.SizeOf<TColor>(), value); }
-
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Copies an entire row of pixels.
+        /// Copies a block of pixels at the specified position.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="sourceX">The x-coordinate of the source row.</param>
-        /// <param name="sourceY">The y-coordinate of the source row.</param>
+        /// <param name="sourceX">The x-coordinate of the source image.</param>
+        /// <param name="sourceY">The y-coordinate of the source image.</param>
         /// <param name="target">The target pixel buffer accessor.</param>
-        /// <param name="targetX">The x-coordinate of the target row.</param>
-        /// <param name="targetY">The y-coordinate of the target row.</param>
+        /// <param name="targetX">The x-coordinate of the target image.</param>
+        /// <param name="targetY">The y-coordinate of the target image.</param>
         /// <param name="pixelCount">The number of pixels to copy</param>
-        public void CopyRow(int sourceX, int sourceY, PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> target, int targetX, int targetY, int pixelCount)
+        public void CopyBlock(int sourceX, int sourceY, PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> target, int targetX, int targetY, int pixelCount)
         {
             int size = Unsafe.SizeOf<TColor>();
             byte* sourcePtr = this.pixelsBase + (sourceY * this.Width + sourceX) * size;
@@ -128,6 +127,15 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
             Unsafe.CopyBlock(targetPtr, sourcePtr, byteCount);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copies an entire image.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="target">The target pixel buffer accessor.</param>
+        public void CopyImage(PixelAccessor<TColor, TPacked> target)
+        {
+            this.CopyBlock(0, 0, target, 0, 0, target.Width * target.Height);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/CopyPixels.cs b/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/CopyPixels.cs
index df0706bc6..3e426f747 100644
--- a/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/CopyPixels.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessorCore.Benchmarks/Image/CopyPixels.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                     Bootstrapper.Instance.ParallelOptions,
                     y =>
                     {
-                        sourcePixels.CopyRow(0, y, targetPixels, 0, y, source.Width);
+                        sourcePixels.CopyBlock(0, y, targetPixels, 0, y, source.Width);
                     });
 
                 return targetPixels[0, 0];