diff --git a/library/public/image.h b/library/public/image.h
index eeea7e33b7..5324571a09 100644
--- a/library/public/image.h
+++ b/library/public/image.h
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ class F3D_EXPORT image
    */
   ChannelType getChannelType() const;
 
+  /**
+   * Get image channel type size in bytes.
+   */
+  unsigned int getTypeSize() const;
+
   ///@{ @name Buffer Data
   /**
    * Set/Get image buffer data.
@@ -121,6 +126,9 @@ class F3D_EXPORT image
    */
   image& setData(void* buffer);
   void* getData() const;
+#ifndef F3D_NO_DEPRECATED
+  F3D_DEPRECATED unsigned char* getData() const;
+#endif
   ///@}
 
   /**
diff --git a/library/src/image.cxx b/library/src/image.cxx
index 8223123b9e..011c8612bb 100644
--- a/library/src/image.cxx
+++ b/library/src/image.cxx
@@ -178,15 +178,20 @@ image::ChannelType image::getChannelType() const
   throw read_exception("Unknown channel type");
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+unsigned int image::getTypeSize() const
+{
+  return this->Internals->Image->GetScalarSize();
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 image& image::setData(void* buffer)
 {
   unsigned int scalarSize = this->Internals->Image->GetScalarSize();
   unsigned int totalSize =
     this->getWidth() * this->getHeight() * this->getChannelCount() * scalarSize;
-  unsigned char* internalBuffer =
-    static_cast<unsigned char*>(this->Internals->Image->GetScalarPointer());
-  std::copy_n(static_cast<unsigned char*>(buffer), totalSize, internalBuffer);
+  uint8_t* internalBuffer = static_cast<uint8_t*>(this->Internals->Image->GetScalarPointer());
+  std::copy_n(static_cast<uint8_t*>(buffer), totalSize, internalBuffer);
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +201,14 @@ void* image::getData() const
   return this->Internals->Image->GetScalarPointer();
 }
 
+#ifndef F3D_NO_DEPRECATED
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+unsigned char* image::getData() const
+{
+  return static_cast<unsigned char*>(this->Internals->Image->GetScalarPointer());
+}
+#endif
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool image::compare(const image& reference, double threshold, image& diff, double& error) const
 {
diff --git a/library/testing/TestSDKImage.cxx b/library/testing/TestSDKImage.cxx
index 4da27ee305..6d3252d1b6 100644
--- a/library/testing/TestSDKImage.cxx
+++ b/library/testing/TestSDKImage.cxx
@@ -60,7 +60,13 @@ int TestSDKImage(int argc, char* argv[])
 
   if (shortImg.getChannelType() != f3d::image::ChannelType::SHORT)
   {
-    std::cerr << "Cannot read a 16-bits image" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "Cannot read a 16-bits image type" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  if (shortImg.getTypeSize() != 2)
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Cannot read a 16-bits image type size" << std::endl;
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
@@ -73,6 +79,12 @@ int TestSDKImage(int argc, char* argv[])
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
+  if (shortImg.getTypeSize() != 4)
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Cannot read a HDR 32-bits image type size" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
 #if F3D_MODULE_EXR
   // check reading EXR
   f3d::image exrImg(std::string(argv[1]) + "/data/kloofendal_43d_clear_1k.exr");