diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1931cba..246d8cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ The stitcher needs two things:
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Driver;
+use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
 use WyriHaximus\TileStitcher\Coordinate;
 use WyriHaximus\TileStitcher\Dimensions;
 use WyriHaximus\TileStitcher\Stitcher;
@@ -41,7 +43,13 @@ $tiles = [
     ),
 ];
 
-Stitcher::stitch(
+$stitcher = new Stitcher(
+    new ImageManager(
+        new Driver(),
+    ),
+);
+
+$stitcher->stitch(
     Map::calculate(
         new Dimensions(512, 512),
         ...$tiles,
@@ -58,9 +66,9 @@ The result:
 
 - [X] `Map::calculateMap` method to calculate the size of the resulting map image
 - [X] `Switcher::stitch` method to take the `Map` and stitch it together into an image
-- [ ] Pick up desired image format from render output argument, it's PNG only now
+- [X] Pick up desired image format from render output argument, it's PNG only now
 - [ ] Support pointing at directory and pick up all images utilizing a callable to parse coordinates
-- [ ] Switch to abstraction layer for image operations
+- [X] Switch to abstraction layer for image operations
 - [ ] Dynamic tile sizes + scaling up any tiles smaller than the largest tile
 
 # License
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 786b8f3..9a15f09 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
   ],
   "require": {
     "php": "^8.2",
-    "ext-gd": "^8.2",
+    "intervention/image": "^3.6",
     "thecodingmachine/safe": "^2.5"
   },
   "require-dev": {
+    "ext-gd": "^8.2",
     "wyrihaximus/test-utilities": "^6.0.7"
   },
   "autoload": {
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index c2510f0..9e2e95a 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,8 +4,144 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "5eb38f89cbaadc6845e1a2f90c529e1b",
+    "content-hash": "39fcf9653218bf1841833a002e0e278f",
     "packages": [
+        {
+            "name": "intervention/gif",
+            "version": "4.1.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/Intervention/gif.git",
+                "reference": "3a2b5f8a8856e8877cdab5c47e51aab2d4cb23a3"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Intervention/gif/zipball/3a2b5f8a8856e8877cdab5c47e51aab2d4cb23a3",
+                "reference": "3a2b5f8a8856e8877cdab5c47e51aab2d4cb23a3",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": "^8.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0",
+                "slevomat/coding-standard": "~8.0",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.8"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Intervention\\Gif\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Oliver Vogel",
+                    "email": "oliver@intervention.io",
+                    "homepage": "https://intervention.io/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Native PHP GIF Encoder/Decoder",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/intervention/gif",
+            "keywords": [
+                "animation",
+                "gd",
+                "gif",
+                "image"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/Intervention/gif/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/Intervention/gif/tree/4.1.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://paypal.me/interventionio",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/Intervention",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-03-26T17:23:47+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "intervention/image",
+            "version": "3.6.4",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/Intervention/image.git",
+                "reference": "193324ec88bc5ad4039e57ce9b926ae28dfde813"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Intervention/image/zipball/193324ec88bc5ad4039e57ce9b926ae28dfde813",
+                "reference": "193324ec88bc5ad4039e57ce9b926ae28dfde813",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "ext-mbstring": "*",
+                "intervention/gif": "^4.1",
+                "php": "^8.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "mockery/mockery": "^1.6",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0",
+                "slevomat/coding-standard": "~8.0",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.8"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "ext-exif": "Recommended to be able to read EXIF data properly."
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Intervention\\Image\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Oliver Vogel",
+                    "email": "oliver@intervention.io",
+                    "homepage": "https://intervention.io/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "PHP image manipulation",
+            "homepage": "https://image.intervention.io/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "gd",
+                "image",
+                "imagick",
+                "resize",
+                "thumbnail",
+                "watermark"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/Intervention/image/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/Intervention/image/tree/3.6.4"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://paypal.me/interventionio",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/Intervention",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-05-08T13:53:15+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "thecodingmachine/safe",
             "version": "v2.5.0",
@@ -1097,16 +1233,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "composer/pcre",
-            "version": "3.1.3",
+            "version": "3.1.4",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/composer/pcre.git",
-                "reference": "5b16e25a5355f1f3afdfc2f954a0a80aec4826a8"
+                "reference": "04229f163664973f68f38f6f73d917799168ef24"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/composer/pcre/zipball/5b16e25a5355f1f3afdfc2f954a0a80aec4826a8",
-                "reference": "5b16e25a5355f1f3afdfc2f954a0a80aec4826a8",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/composer/pcre/zipball/04229f163664973f68f38f6f73d917799168ef24",
+                "reference": "04229f163664973f68f38f6f73d917799168ef24",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1148,7 +1284,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/tree/3.1.3"
+                "source": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/tree/3.1.4"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -1164,7 +1300,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-03-19T10:26:25+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-27T13:40:54+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "composer/semver",
@@ -3229,12 +3365,12 @@
             "version": "v5.2.13",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/justinrainbow/json-schema.git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/jsonrainbow/json-schema.git",
                 "reference": "fbbe7e5d79f618997bc3332a6f49246036c45793"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/justinrainbow/json-schema/zipball/fbbe7e5d79f618997bc3332a6f49246036c45793",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jsonrainbow/json-schema/zipball/fbbe7e5d79f618997bc3332a6f49246036c45793",
                 "reference": "fbbe7e5d79f618997bc3332a6f49246036c45793",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
@@ -3289,8 +3425,8 @@
                 "schema"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/justinrainbow/json-schema/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/justinrainbow/json-schema/tree/v5.2.13"
+                "issues": "https://github.com/jsonrainbow/json-schema/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/jsonrainbow/json-schema/tree/v5.2.13"
             },
             "time": "2023-09-26T02:20:38+00:00"
         },
@@ -3510,16 +3646,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "mockery/mockery",
-            "version": "1.6.11",
+            "version": "1.6.12",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/mockery/mockery.git",
-                "reference": "81a161d0b135df89951abd52296adf97deb0723d"
+                "reference": "1f4efdd7d3beafe9807b08156dfcb176d18f1699"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mockery/mockery/zipball/81a161d0b135df89951abd52296adf97deb0723d",
-                "reference": "81a161d0b135df89951abd52296adf97deb0723d",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mockery/mockery/zipball/1f4efdd7d3beafe9807b08156dfcb176d18f1699",
+                "reference": "1f4efdd7d3beafe9807b08156dfcb176d18f1699",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -3589,7 +3725,7 @@
                 "security": "https://github.com/mockery/mockery/security/advisories",
                 "source": "https://github.com/mockery/mockery"
             },
-            "time": "2024-03-21T18:34:15+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-16T03:13:13+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "myclabs/deep-copy",
@@ -5157,16 +5293,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock",
-            "version": "5.4.0",
+            "version": "5.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock.git",
-                "reference": "298d2febfe79d03fe714eb871d5538da55205b1a"
+                "reference": "9d07b3f7fdcf5efec5d1609cba3c19c5ea2bdc9c"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/zipball/298d2febfe79d03fe714eb871d5538da55205b1a",
-                "reference": "298d2febfe79d03fe714eb871d5538da55205b1a",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/zipball/9d07b3f7fdcf5efec5d1609cba3c19c5ea2bdc9c",
+                "reference": "9d07b3f7fdcf5efec5d1609cba3c19c5ea2bdc9c",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -5215,9 +5351,9 @@
             "description": "With this component, a library can provide support for annotations via DocBlocks or otherwise retrieve information that is embedded in a DocBlock.",
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/tree/5.4.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/tree/5.4.1"
             },
-            "time": "2024-04-09T21:13:58+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-21T05:55:05+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpdocumentor/type-resolver",
@@ -5326,16 +5462,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "phpstan/phpstan",
-            "version": "1.11.0",
+            "version": "1.11.2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan.git",
-                "reference": "666cb1703742cea9cc80fee631f0940e1592fa6e"
+                "reference": "0d5d4294a70deb7547db655c47685d680e39cfec"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpstan/phpstan/zipball/666cb1703742cea9cc80fee631f0940e1592fa6e",
-                "reference": "666cb1703742cea9cc80fee631f0940e1592fa6e",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpstan/phpstan/zipball/0d5d4294a70deb7547db655c47685d680e39cfec",
+                "reference": "0d5d4294a70deb7547db655c47685d680e39cfec",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -5380,7 +5516,7 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-05-13T06:02:22+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-24T13:23:04+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules",
@@ -6609,16 +6745,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "react/promise",
-            "version": "v3.1.0",
+            "version": "v3.2.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/reactphp/promise.git",
-                "reference": "e563d55d1641de1dea9f5e84f3cccc66d2bfe02c"
+                "reference": "8a164643313c71354582dc850b42b33fa12a4b63"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/reactphp/promise/zipball/e563d55d1641de1dea9f5e84f3cccc66d2bfe02c",
-                "reference": "e563d55d1641de1dea9f5e84f3cccc66d2bfe02c",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/reactphp/promise/zipball/8a164643313c71354582dc850b42b33fa12a4b63",
+                "reference": "8a164643313c71354582dc850b42b33fa12a4b63",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -6670,7 +6806,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/reactphp/promise/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/reactphp/promise/tree/v3.1.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/reactphp/promise/tree/v3.2.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -6678,7 +6814,7 @@
                     "type": "open_collective"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-11-16T16:21:57+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-24T10:39:05+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "revolt/event-loop",
@@ -8407,16 +8543,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
-            "version": "3.9.2",
+            "version": "3.10.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "aac1f6f347a5c5ac6bc98ad395007df00990f480"
+                "reference": "8f90f7a53ce271935282967f53d0894f8f1ff877"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/aac1f6f347a5c5ac6bc98ad395007df00990f480",
-                "reference": "aac1f6f347a5c5ac6bc98ad395007df00990f480",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/8f90f7a53ce271935282967f53d0894f8f1ff877",
+                "reference": "8f90f7a53ce271935282967f53d0894f8f1ff877",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -8483,7 +8619,7 @@
                     "type": "open_collective"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-04-23T20:25:34+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-22T21:24:41+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/config",
@@ -10841,25 +10977,25 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "wyrihaximus/phpstan-rules-wrapper",
-            "version": "6.0.1",
+            "version": "6.1.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/WyriHaximus/php-phpstan-rules-wrapper.git",
-                "reference": "b8b4dcf99d96494b42feb5afe1cdea8b5b5b6fbe"
+                "reference": "e781d15c0316a8c72599ec50a18fce97aae12c73"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/WyriHaximus/php-phpstan-rules-wrapper/zipball/b8b4dcf99d96494b42feb5afe1cdea8b5b5b6fbe",
-                "reference": "b8b4dcf99d96494b42feb5afe1cdea8b5b5b6fbe",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/WyriHaximus/php-phpstan-rules-wrapper/zipball/e781d15c0316a8c72599ec50a18fce97aae12c73",
+                "reference": "e781d15c0316a8c72599ec50a18fce97aae12c73",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "ergebnis/phpstan-rules": "^2.2.0",
                 "php": "^8.2",
-                "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^1.1.4",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^1.2.0",
                 "phpstan/phpstan-mockery": "^1.1.2",
-                "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^1.3.16",
-                "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.5.5",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^1.4.0",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.6.0",
                 "thecodingmachine/phpstan-safe-rule": "^1.2",
                 "thecodingmachine/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.0"
             },
@@ -10877,7 +11013,7 @@
             "description": "🌯 PHPStan rules wrapper",
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/WyriHaximus/php-phpstan-rules-wrapper/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/WyriHaximus/php-phpstan-rules-wrapper/tree/6.0.1"
+                "source": "https://github.com/WyriHaximus/php-phpstan-rules-wrapper/tree/6.1.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -10885,7 +11021,7 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-04-20T21:08:05+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-15T05:39:12+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "wyrihaximus/test-utilities",
@@ -10968,10 +11104,11 @@
     "prefer-stable": false,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {
-        "php": "^8.2",
+        "php": "^8.2"
+    },
+    "platform-dev": {
         "ext-gd": "^8.2"
     },
-    "platform-dev": [],
     "platform-overrides": {
         "php": "8.2.13"
     },
diff --git a/etc/qa/phpstan.neon b/etc/qa/phpstan.neon
index 6284e7a..229f58f 100644
--- a/etc/qa/phpstan.neon
+++ b/etc/qa/phpstan.neon
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 parameters:
 	ignoreErrors:
 		- '#GdImage#'
-		- '#imagefill#'
 includes:
 	- ../../vendor/wyrihaximus/test-utilities/rules.neon
diff --git a/src/Stitcher.php b/src/Stitcher.php
index 2101b9b..a9a54a6 100644
--- a/src/Stitcher.php
+++ b/src/Stitcher.php
@@ -4,42 +4,31 @@
 
 namespace WyriHaximus\TileStitcher;
 
-use function imagecolorallocatealpha;
-use function Safe\file_get_contents;
-use function Safe\imagecopy;
-use function Safe\imagecreate;
-use function Safe\imagecreatefromstring;
-use function Safe\imagefill;
-use function Safe\imagepng;
+use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
 
-use const PNG_NO_FILTER;
-
-final class Stitcher
+final readonly class Stitcher
 {
-    private const SRC_XY          = 0;
-    private const RGB_TRANSPARENT = [0, 0, 0, 127];
-    private const OFFSET          = 1;
+    public function __construct(private ImageManager $imageManager)
+    {
+    }
+
+    private const PLACEMENT_POSITION   = 'top-left';
+    private const IMAGE_OUTPUT_QUALITY = 0;
+    private const OFFSET               = 1;
 
-    public static function stitch(Map $map, string $output): void
+    public function stitch(Map $map, string $output): void
     {
-        $image = imagecreate($map->dimensions->width, $map->dimensions->height);
-        /** @psalm-suppress InvalidArgument */
-        imagefill($image, self::SRC_XY, self::SRC_XY, imagecolorallocatealpha($image, ...self::RGB_TRANSPARENT));
+        $image = $this->imageManager->create($map->dimensions->width, $map->dimensions->height);
 
         foreach ($map->tiles as $tile) {
-            $tileImage = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($tile->fileName));
-            imagecopy(
-                $image,
-                $tileImage,
+            $image->place(
+                $this->imageManager->read($tile->fileName),
+                self::PLACEMENT_POSITION,
                 (($tile->coordinate->x + self::OFFSET) * $map->tileSize->width) - (($map->lowest->x + self::OFFSET) * $map->tileSize->width),
                 (($tile->coordinate->y + self::OFFSET) * $map->tileSize->height) - (($map->lowest->y + self::OFFSET) * $map->tileSize->height),
-                self::SRC_XY,
-                self::SRC_XY,
-                $map->tileSize->width,
-                $map->tileSize->height,
             );
         }
 
-        imagepng($image, $output, 0, PNG_NO_FILTER);
+        $image->save($output, quality: self::IMAGE_OUTPUT_QUALITY);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/StitcherTest.php b/tests/StitcherTest.php
index 8802ef7..1a1cb40 100644
--- a/tests/StitcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/StitcherTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace WyriHaximus\Tests\TileStitcher;
 
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Driver;
+use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
 use WyriHaximus\TestUtilities\TestCase;
 use WyriHaximus\TileStitcher\Dimensions;
 use WyriHaximus\TileStitcher\Map;
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ final class StitcherTest extends TestCase
     public function render(int $expectedWidth, int $expectedHeight, string $expectedOutput, Tile ...$tiles): void
     {
         $output = $this->getTmpDir() . time() . '-' . md5($expectedOutput) . '.png';
-        Stitcher::stitch(
+        (new Stitcher(new ImageManager(new Driver())))->stitch(
             Map::calculate(
                 new Dimensions(512, 512),
                 ...$tiles,
@@ -53,10 +55,10 @@ private function compareImages(int $expectedWidth, int $expectedHeight, string $
                 $rgbResult            = imagecolorat($imResult, $x, $y);
                 $colorsResult         = imagecolorsforindex($imResult, $rgbResult);
 
+                self::assertEquals($colorsExpectedResult['alpha'], $colorsResult['alpha']);
                 self::assertEquals($colorsExpectedResult['red'], $colorsResult['red']);
                 self::assertEquals($colorsExpectedResult['green'], $colorsResult['green']);
                 self::assertEquals($colorsExpectedResult['blue'], $colorsResult['blue']);
-                self::assertEquals($colorsExpectedResult['alpha'], $colorsResult['alpha']);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/maps/isles.png b/tests/maps/isles.png
index 1ffbbc5..e1ea825 100644
Binary files a/tests/maps/isles.png and b/tests/maps/isles.png differ