diff --git a/bingus/src/img/image.rs b/bingus/src/img/image.rs
index 4496cd5..bfcbe95 100644
--- a/bingus/src/img/image.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/img/image.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-use std::ops::{BitOr, Deref, DerefMut, Shl};
+use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
 pub use image::*;
-use num::{traits::ToBytes, Zero};
+use num::{
+    traits::{FromBytes, ToBytes},
+    Zero,
+};
 use rayon::iter::ParallelIterator;
 
 use crate::{Bendable, IntoDataBytes, TryFromDataBytes};
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ where
     P::Subpixel: ToBytes,
 {
     fn into_bytes(self) -> crate::Bytes {
-        self.into_iter()
+        self.iter()
             .flat_map(|subpixel| subpixel.to_be_bytes().as_ref().to_vec())
             .collect()
     }
@@ -26,8 +29,8 @@ pub struct Dimensions {
 impl<P: Pixel> TryFromDataBytes for ImageBuffer<P, Vec<P::Subpixel>>
 where
     Vec<P::Subpixel>: Deref<Target = [P::Subpixel]>,
-    P::Subpixel:
-        ToBytes + Zero + Shl<u8, Output = P::Subpixel> + BitOr<P::Subpixel, Output = P::Subpixel>,
+    P::Subpixel: ToBytes + FromBytes,
+    <P::Subpixel as FromBytes>::Bytes: for<'a> TryFrom<&'a [u8]>,
 {
     type Error = ();
     type Format = Dimensions;
@@ -41,11 +44,12 @@ where
             bytes
                 .chunks_exact(P::Subpixel::zero().to_be_bytes().as_ref().len())
                 .map(|p| {
-                    p.iter()
-                        .copied()
-                        .flat_map(num::traits::cast::<u8, P::Subpixel>)
-                        .reduce(|acc, b| (acc << 8u8) | b)
-                        .unwrap()
+                    P::Subpixel::from_be_bytes(
+                        &match <P::Subpixel as FromBytes>::Bytes::try_from(p) {
+                            Ok(v) => v,
+                            Err(_) => unreachable!("you messed up chunk size!"),
+                        },
+                    )
                 })
                 .collect::<Vec<P::Subpixel>>(),
         )
@@ -56,13 +60,9 @@ where
 impl<P: Pixel> Bendable for ImageBuffer<P, Vec<P::Subpixel>>
 where
     Vec<P::Subpixel>: Deref<Target = [P::Subpixel]> + DerefMut,
-    P::Subpixel: ToBytes
-        + Zero
-        + Shl<u8, Output = P::Subpixel>
-        + BitOr<P::Subpixel, Output = P::Subpixel>
-        + Send
-        + Sync,
-    P: Pixel + Send + Sync,
+    P::Subpixel: ToBytes + FromBytes + Send + Sync,
+    <P::Subpixel as FromBytes>::Bytes: for<'a> TryFrom<&'a [u8]>,
+    P: Send + Sync,
 {
     type Unit = P;
     fn apply<F: Fn(&Self::Unit) -> Self::Unit + Sync>(mut self, f: F) -> Self {
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ where
 mod tests {
     #[cfg(test)]
     mod ser_de {
-        use super::super::{Dimensions, IntoDataBytes, RgbImage, TryFromDataBytes};
+        use super::super::{
+            Dimensions, ImageBuffer, IntoDataBytes, Rgb, Rgb32FImage, RgbImage, RgbaImage,
+            TryFromDataBytes,
+        };
 
         #[test]
         fn empty() {
@@ -106,5 +109,81 @@ mod tests {
                 )
             )
         }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn rgba() {
+            let image =
+                RgbaImage::from_raw(3, 1, vec![1, 2, 3, 0, 4, 5, 6, 1, 7, 8, 9, 2]).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                Ok(image.clone()),
+                RgbaImage::try_from_bytes(
+                    image.into_bytes(),
+                    Dimensions {
+                        width: 3,
+                        height: 1
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn rgb_u16() {
+            let image = ImageBuffer::<Rgb<u16>, Vec<u16>>::from_raw(
+                3,
+                1,
+                vec![1, 2, 3, 254, 255, 256, 307, 308, 309],
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                Ok(image.clone()),
+                ImageBuffer::<Rgb<u16>, Vec<u16>>::try_from_bytes(
+                    image.into_bytes(),
+                    Dimensions {
+                        width: 3,
+                        height: 1
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn rgb_signed() {
+            let image = ImageBuffer::<Rgb<i16>, Vec<i16>>::from_raw(
+                3,
+                1,
+                vec![1, 2, 3, 254, 255, 256, -307, 308, 309],
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                Ok(image.clone()),
+                ImageBuffer::<Rgb<i16>, Vec<i16>>::try_from_bytes(
+                    image.into_bytes(),
+                    Dimensions {
+                        width: 3,
+                        height: 1
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn rgb_f32() {
+            let image = Rgb32FImage::from_raw(
+                3,
+                1,
+                vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 254.0, 255.0, 256.1, 307.0, 308.0, 309.0],
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                Ok(image.clone()),
+                Rgb32FImage::try_from_bytes(
+                    image.into_bytes(),
+                    Dimensions {
+                        width: 3,
+                        height: 1
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+        }
     }
 }