diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 51b4638..f973a48 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fimg"
-version = "0.4.39"
+version = "0.4.41"
 authors = ["bend-n <bend.n@outlook.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ text = ["fontdue"]
 blur = ["slur"]
 term = ["qwant", "save", "scale", "windows"]
 real-show = ["minifb", "text"]
-default = ["save", "scale", "term"]
+default = ["save", "scale"]
 wgpu-convert = ["dep:wgpu"]
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/src/dyn/mod.rs b/src/dyn/mod.rs
index 52feaea..ccf19f9 100644
--- a/src/dyn/mod.rs
+++ b/src/dyn/mod.rs
@@ -40,9 +40,24 @@ macro_rules! e {
 }
 use e;
 
-impl<'a> std::fmt::Display for DynImage<&'a [u8]> {
+#[cfg(feature = "term")]
+impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> std::fmt::Display for crate::term::Display<DynImage<T>> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        e!(self, |x| crate::term::Display(*x).write(f))
+        e!(&self.0, |x| crate::term::Display(x.as_ref()).write(f))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "term")]
+impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> std::fmt::Debug for crate::term::Display<DynImage<T>> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        e!(&self.0, |x| crate::term::Display(x.as_ref()).write(f))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "term")]
+impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> std::fmt::Display for DynImage<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        e!(&self, |x| crate::term::Display(x.as_ref()).write(f))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b642d36..336d3f4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     generic_const_exprs,
     iter_array_chunks,
     split_at_checked,
+    core_intrinsics,
     slice_as_chunks,
     unchecked_math,
     slice_flatten,
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@
     clippy::zero_prefixed_literal,
     mixed_script_confusables,
     incomplete_features,
-    confusable_idents
+    confusable_idents,
+    internal_features
 )]
 use std::{hint::assert_unchecked, num::NonZeroU32, ops::Range};
 
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ impl Image<&[u8], 3> {
 
 /// A image with a variable number of channels, and a nonzero size.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(C)]
 pub struct Image<T, const CHANNELS: usize> {
     /// column order 2d slice/vec
     buffer: T,
diff --git a/src/term.rs b/src/term.rs
index 0e54219..5f2df4c 100644
--- a/src/term.rs
+++ b/src/term.rs
@@ -12,23 +12,34 @@ mod bloc;
 mod kitty;
 mod sixel;
 mod size;
+use crate::Image;
 pub use bloc::Bloc;
 pub use iterm2::Iterm2;
 pub use kitty::Kitty;
 pub use sixel::Sixel;
 use std::fmt::{Result, Write};
 
-use crate::{pixels::convert::PFrom, Image, WritePng};
+mod seal {
+    pub trait Sealed {}
+}
+use seal::Sealed;
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub trait Basic: Sealed {}
+impl Sealed for [(); 1] {}
+impl Basic for [(); 1] {}
+impl Sealed for [(); 2] {}
+impl Basic for [(); 2] {}
+impl Sealed for [(); 3] {}
+impl Basic for [(); 3] {}
+impl Sealed for [(); 4] {}
+impl Basic for [(); 4] {}
 
 mod b64;
 mod iterm2;
 
 impl<'a, const N: usize> std::fmt::Display for Image<&'a [u8], N>
 where
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
-    [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: kitty::Data + WritePng,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: bloc::Scaled<N>,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     /// Display an image in the terminal.
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
@@ -39,12 +50,10 @@ where
 /// Print an image in the terminal.
 ///
 /// This is a wrapper for `print!("{}", term::Display(image))`
-pub fn print<'a, const N: usize>(i: Image<&'a [u8], N>)
+pub fn print<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize>(i: Image<T, N>)
 where
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
-    [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: bloc::Scaled<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: kitty::Data + WritePng,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
+    Display<Image<T, N>>: std::fmt::Display,
 {
     print!("{}", Display(i))
 }
@@ -52,75 +61,59 @@ where
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 /// Display an image in the terminal.
 /// This type implements [`Display`](std::fmt::Display) and [`Debug`](std::fmt::Debug).
-pub struct Display<'a, const N: usize>(pub Image<&'a [u8], N>);
+pub struct Display<T>(pub T);
 
-impl<'a, const N: usize> std::ops::Deref for Display<'a, N> {
-    type Target = Image<&'a [u8], N>;
+impl<T> std::ops::Deref for Display<T> {
+    type Target = T;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
         &self.0
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, const N: usize> std::fmt::Debug for Display<'a, N>
+impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> std::fmt::Debug for Display<Image<T, N>>
 where
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
-    [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: bloc::Scaled<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: kitty::Data + WritePng,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
-        self.write(f)
+        Display(self.as_ref()).write(f)
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, const N: usize> std::fmt::Display for Display<'a, N>
+impl<const N: usize> Display<Image<&[u8], N>>
 where
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: bloc::Scaled<N>,
-    [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: kitty::Data + WritePng,
-{
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        self.write(f)
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, const N: usize> Display<'a, N>
-where
-    [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: bloc::Scaled<N>,
-    Image<&'a [u8], N>: kitty::Data + WritePng,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     /// Write $TERM protocol encoded image data.
     pub fn write(self, f: &mut impl Write) -> Result {
         if let Ok(term) = std::env::var("TERM") {
             match &*term {
-                "mlterm" | "yaft-256color" => return Sixel(*self).write(f),
-                x if x.contains("kitty") => return Kitty(*self).write(f),
+                "mlterm" | "yaft-256color" => return Sixel(self.0).write(f),
+                x if x.contains("kitty") => return Kitty(self.0).write(f),
                 _ => (),
             }
         }
         if let Ok(term_program) = std::env::var("TERM_PROGRAM") {
             match &*term_program {
-                "MacTerm" => return Sixel(*self).write(f),
-                "iTerm" | "WezTerm" => return Iterm2(*self).write(f),
+                "MacTerm" => return Sixel(self.0).write(f),
+                "iTerm" | "WezTerm" => return Iterm2(self.0).write(f),
                 _ => (),
             }
         }
         if let Ok("iTerm") = std::env::var("LC_TERMINAL").as_deref() {
-            return Iterm2(*self).write(f);
+            return Iterm2(self.0).write(f);
         }
         #[cfg(unix)]
-        return self.guess_harder(f).unwrap_or_else(|| Bloc(*self).write(f));
+        return self
+            .guess_harder(f)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| Bloc(self.0).write(f));
         #[cfg(not(unix))]
         return Bloc(*self).write(f);
     }
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
     // https://github.com/benjajaja/ratatui-image/blob/master/src/picker.rs#L226
-    fn guess_harder(self, to: &mut impl Write) -> Option<Result> {
+    fn guess_harder(&self, to: &mut impl Write) -> Option<Result> {
         extern crate libc;
         use std::{io::Read, mem::MaybeUninit};
 
@@ -171,13 +164,13 @@ where
         unsafe { libc::tcsetattr(0, libc::TCSADRAIN, &termios) };
 
         if buf.contains("_Gi=31;OK") {
-            Some(Kitty(*self).write(to))
+            Some(Kitty(self.as_ref()).write(to))
         } else if buf.contains(";4;")
             || buf.contains("?4;")
             || buf.contains(";4c")
             || buf.contains("?4c")
         {
-            Some(Sixel(*self).write(to))
+            Some(Sixel(self.as_ref()).write(to))
         } else {
             None
         }
diff --git a/src/term/bloc.rs b/src/term/bloc.rs
index 8601388..5f6347b 100644
--- a/src/term/bloc.rs
+++ b/src/term/bloc.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+use super::Basic;
 use crate::{pixels::convert::PFrom, scale, term::size::fit, Image};
+use core::intrinsics::transmute_unchecked as transmute;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result, Write};
 
 /// Colored `▀`s. The simple, stupid solution.
@@ -14,8 +16,7 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> std::ops::Deref for Bloc<T, N> {
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Display for Bloc<T, N>
 where
-    Image<T, N>: Scaled<N>,
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
@@ -24,44 +25,16 @@ where
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Debug for Bloc<T, N>
 where
-    Image<T, N>: Scaled<N>,
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
     }
 }
 
-#[doc(hidden)]
-pub trait Scaled<const N: usize> {
-    fn scaled(&self, to: (u32, u32)) -> Image<Box<[u8]>, N>;
-}
-
-macro_rules! n {
-    ($n:literal) => {
-        impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> Scaled<$n> for Image<T, $n> {
-            fn scaled(&self, (w, h): (u32, u32)) -> Image<Box<[u8]>, $n> {
-                self.scale::<scale::Nearest>(w, h)
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    (o $n:literal) => {
-        impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> Scaled<$n> for Image<T, $n> {
-            fn scaled(&self, (w, h): (u32, u32)) -> Image<Box<[u8]>, $n> {
-                self.as_ref().to_owned().scale::<scale::Nearest>(w, h)
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-n!(1);
-n!(o 2);
-n!(3);
-n!(o 4);
-
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Bloc<T, N>
 where
-    [u8; 3]: PFrom<N>,
-    Image<T, N>: Scaled<N>,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     /// Write out halfblocks.
     pub fn write(&self, to: &mut impl Write) -> Result {
@@ -74,7 +47,31 @@ where
         }
         let buf;
         let i = if !cfg!(test) {
-            buf = self.scaled(fit((self.width(), self.height())));
+            let (w, h) = fit((self.width(), self.height()));
+            macro_rules! n {
+                ($n:literal) => {
+                    transmute::<Image<Box<[u8]>, $n>, Image<Box<[u8]>, N>>(
+                        transmute::<Image<&[u8], N>, Image<&[u8], $n>>(self.as_ref())
+                            .scale::<scale::Nearest>(w, h),
+                    )
+                };
+                (o $n:literal) => {
+                    transmute::<Image<Box<[u8]>, 1>, Image<Box<[u8]>, N>>(
+                        transmute::<Image<Vec<u8>, N>, Image<&[u8], 1>>(self.as_ref().to_owned())
+                            .scale::<scale::Nearest>(w, h),
+                    )
+                };
+            }
+            // SAFETY: #[allow(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
+            buf = unsafe {
+                match N {
+                    1 => n![1],
+                    2 => n![o 2],
+                    3 => n![3],
+                    4 => n![o 4],
+                    _ => unreachable!(),
+                }
+            };
             buf.as_ref()
         } else {
             self.as_ref()
@@ -83,7 +80,18 @@ where
         for [a, b] in i
             .flatten()
             .chunks_exact(i.width() as _)
-            .map(|x| x.iter().copied().map(<[u8; 3] as PFrom<N>>::pfrom))
+            .map(|x| {
+                #[allow(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
+                x.iter().copied().map(|x| unsafe {
+                    match N {
+                        1 => <[u8; 3] as PFrom<1>>::pfrom(transmute(x)),
+                        2 => <[u8; 3] as PFrom<2>>::pfrom(transmute(x)),
+                        3 => <[u8; 3] as PFrom<3>>::pfrom(transmute(x)),
+                        4 => <[u8; 3] as PFrom<4>>::pfrom(transmute(x)),
+                        _ => unreachable!(),
+                    }
+                })
+            })
             .array_chunks::<2>()
         {
             for (a, b) in a.zip(b) {
diff --git a/src/term/iterm2.rs b/src/term/iterm2.rs
index b6a9663..a6e5bac 100644
--- a/src/term/iterm2.rs
+++ b/src/term/iterm2.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use super::b64;
+use super::{b64, Basic};
 use crate::{Image, WritePng};
+use core::intrinsics::transmute_unchecked as transmute;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result, Write};
 
 /// Outputs [Iterm2 Inline image protocol](https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html) encoded data.
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> std::ops::Deref for Iterm2<T, N> {
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Display for Iterm2<T, N>
 where
-    Image<T, N>: WritePng,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ where
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Debug for Iterm2<T, N>
 where
-    Image<T, N>: WritePng,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
@@ -32,12 +33,28 @@ where
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Iterm2<T, N>
 where
-    Image<T, N>: WritePng,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     /// Write out kitty gfx data.
     pub fn write(&self, to: &mut impl Write) -> Result {
         let mut d = Vec::with_capacity(1024);
-        WritePng::write(&**self, &mut d).unwrap();
+        macro_rules! n {
+            ($n:literal) => {
+                WritePng::write(
+                    // SAFETY: ... i renounce traits
+                    &unsafe { transmute::<Image<&[u8], N>, Image<&[u8], $n>>(self.as_ref()) },
+                    &mut d,
+                )
+                .unwrap()
+            };
+        }
+        match N {
+            1 => n![1],
+            2 => n![2],
+            3 => n![3],
+            4 => n![4],
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
         let mut e = Vec::with_capacity(b64::size(&d));
         b64::encode(&d, &mut e).unwrap();
         writeln!(
diff --git a/src/term/kitty.rs b/src/term/kitty.rs
index b1e4797..16ea2f8 100644
--- a/src/term/kitty.rs
+++ b/src/term/kitty.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use super::b64;
+use super::{b64, Basic};
 use crate::Image;
+use core::intrinsics::transmute_unchecked as transmute;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result, Write};
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> std::ops::Deref for Kitty<T, N> {
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Display for Kitty<T, N>
 where
-    Image<T, N>: Data,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
@@ -25,52 +26,43 @@ where
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Debug for Kitty<T, N>
 where
-    Image<T, N>: Data,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
     }
 }
 
-mod seal {
-    pub trait Sealed {}
-}
-use seal::Sealed;
-
-pub trait Data: Sealed {
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    fn get(&self) -> (Cow<[u8]>, &'static str);
-}
-macro_rules! imp {
-    ($n:literal, $f:expr) => {
-        impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> Sealed for Image<T, $n> {}
-        impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> Data for Image<T, $n> {
-            fn get(&self) -> (Cow<[u8]>, &'static str) {
-                const fn castor<
-                    T: AsRef<[u8]>,
-                    F: FnMut(&Image<T, $n>) -> (Cow<[u8]>, &'static str),
-                >(
-                    f: F,
-                ) -> F {
-                    f
-                }
-                castor($f)(self)
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-imp! { 4, |x| (Cow::from(x.bytes()), "32") }
-imp! { 3, |x| (Cow::from(x.bytes()), "24") }
-imp! { 2, |x| (Cow::Owned(<Image<Box<[u8]>, 3>>::from(x.as_ref()).take_buffer().to_vec()), "24") }
-imp! { 1, |x| (Cow::Owned(<Image<Box<[u8]>, 3>>::from(x.as_ref()).take_buffer().to_vec()), "24") }
-
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Kitty<T, N> {
     /// Write out kitty gfx data.
     pub fn write(&self, to: &mut impl Write) -> Result
     where
-        Image<T, N>: Data,
+        [(); N]: Basic,
     {
-        let (bytes, dtype) = self.get();
+        macro_rules! cast {
+            ($n:literal) => {
+                (
+                    Cow::Owned(
+                        <Image<Box<[u8]>, 3>>::from({
+                            // SAFETY: ...
+                            unsafe { transmute::<Image<&[u8], N>, Image<&[u8], $n>>(self.as_ref()) }
+                        })
+                        .take_buffer()
+                        .to_vec(),
+                    ),
+                    "24",
+                )
+            };
+        }
+        let (bytes, dtype) = {
+            match N {
+                1 => cast!(1),
+                2 => cast!(2),
+                3 => (Cow::from(self.bytes()), "24"),
+                4 => (Cow::from(self.bytes()), "32"),
+                _ => unreachable!(),
+            }
+        };
         let (w, h) = (self.width(), self.height());
 
         let mut enc = Vec::with_capacity(b64::size(&bytes));
diff --git a/src/term/sixel.rs b/src/term/sixel.rs
index 46f2b55..7091968 100644
--- a/src/term/sixel.rs
+++ b/src/term/sixel.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+use core::intrinsics::transmute_unchecked as transmute;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result, Write};
 
 use crate::{pixels::convert::PFrom, Image};
 
+use super::Basic;
+
 /// Outputs [sixel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel) encoded data in its [`Display`] and [`Debug`] implementations, for easy visual debugging.
 pub struct Sixel<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize>(pub Image<T, N>);
 
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> std::ops::Deref for Sixel<T, N> {
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Display for Sixel<T, N>
 where
-    [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ where
 
 impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Debug for Sixel<T, N>
 where
-    [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
+    [(); N]: Basic,
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         self.write(f)
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Sixel<T, N> {
     /// Write out sixel data.
     pub fn write(&self, to: &mut impl Write) -> Result
     where
-        [u8; 4]: PFrom<N>,
+        [(); N]: Basic,
     {
         to.write_str("Pq")?;
         write!(to, r#""1;1;{};{}"#, self.width(), self.height())?;
@@ -47,7 +50,15 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Sixel<T, N> {
             buf = self
                 .chunked()
                 .copied()
-                .map(<[u8; 4] as PFrom<N>>::pfrom)
+                // SAFETY: #[allow(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
+                .map(|x| unsafe {
+                    match N {
+                        1 => <[u8; 4] as PFrom<1>>::pfrom(transmute(x)),
+                        2 => <[u8; 4] as PFrom<2>>::pfrom(transmute(x)),
+                        3 => <[u8; 4] as PFrom<3>>::pfrom(transmute(x)),
+                        _ => unreachable!(),
+                    }
+                })
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
             &*buf
         };
diff --git a/src/term/size/unix.rs b/src/term/size/unix.rs
index 718373e..2fefc8f 100644
--- a/src/term/size/unix.rs
+++ b/src/term/size/unix.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct Fd(i32, bool);
 impl Drop for Fd {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if self.1 {
+            // SAFETY: #[allow(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
             unsafe { close(self.0) };
         }
     }
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn size() -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
             *File::open("/dev/tty")
                 .map(Fd::new)
                 .unwrap_or(Fd::from(STDIN_FILENO)),
-            TIOCGWINSZ.into(),
+            TIOCGWINSZ,
             size.as_mut_ptr(),
         ) != -1
         {