diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
index 5dd8eeeb..5db98ebc 100644
--- a/.github/FUNDING.yml
+++ b/.github/FUNDING.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 github: [Intervention]
+ko_fi: interventionphp
 custom: https://paypal.me/interventionio
diff --git a/.github/images/support.svg b/.github/images/support.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af31794e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/images/support.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<svg width="160" height="20" viewBox="0 0 160 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<g clip-path="url(#clip0_2_27)">
+<path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M3 0C1.34315 0 0 1.34315 0 3V17C0 18.6569 1.34314 20 3 20H23V0H3Z" fill="#874240"/>
+<path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M23 20H157C158.657 20 160 18.6569 160 17V3C160 1.34315 158.657 0 157 0H23V20Z" fill="#ED6A65"/>
+<path d="M10.5244 15.4007L10.8235 15.6239L11.1226 15.4007C13.8256 13.383 15.1801 11.9798 15.852 10.9039C16.1932 10.3575 16.3608 9.89187 16.4383 9.47284C16.5036 9.1191 16.5013 8.80663 16.4996 8.56265C16.4993 8.52495 16.499 8.48888 16.499 8.45455C16.499 7.09727 15.3348 5.5 13.4113 5.5C12.4275 5.5 11.6649 5.99724 11.1724 6.45018C11.0395 6.57244 10.923 6.69437 10.8235 6.80749C10.7241 6.69437 10.6076 6.57244 10.4747 6.45018C9.98221 5.99724 9.21955 5.5 8.23579 5.5C6.31222 5.5 5.14805 7.09727 5.14805 8.45455C5.14805 8.48888 5.14779 8.52495 5.14751 8.56265C5.14573 8.80662 5.14345 9.1191 5.20881 9.47284C5.28624 9.89187 5.45388 10.3575 5.79507 10.9039C6.46695 11.9798 7.82149 13.383 10.5244 15.4007Z" fill="#ED6A65" stroke="white"/>
+
+<g font-family="&#39;DejaVu Sans&#39;,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+  <text fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">
+    <tspan x="33" y="15">Support me on Ko-fi</tspan>
+  </text>
+</g>
+
+<g font-family="&#39;DejaVu Sans&#39;,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+  <text fill="#FFFFFF">
+    <tspan x="33" y="14">Support me on Ko-fi</tspan>
+  </text>
+</g>
+</g>
+<defs>
+<clipPath id="clip0_2_27">
+<rect width="160" height="20" fill="white"/>
+</clipPath>
+</defs>
+</svg>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index bb082054..b922cefe 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 [![Latest Version](https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/intervention/image.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/intervention/image)
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/Intervention/image/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Intervention/image/actions)
 [![Monthly Downloads](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dm/intervention/image.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/intervention/image/stats)
+[![Support me on Ko-fi](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Intervention/image/develop/.github/images/support.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/interventionphp)
 
 Intervention Image is a **PHP image processing library** that provides a simple
 and expressive way to create, edit, and compose images. It features a unified
diff --git a/src/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php b/src/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daddff2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Decoders;
+
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\SpecializableDecoder;
+
+class EncodedImageObjectDecoder extends SpecializableDecoder
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Gd/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php b/src/Drivers/Gd/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f65d0a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Drivers/Gd/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Decoders;
+
+use Intervention\Image\EncodedImage;
+use Intervention\Image\Exceptions\DecoderException;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ColorInterface;
+
+class EncodedImageObjectDecoder extends BinaryImageDecoder
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @see DecoderInterface::decode()
+     */
+    public function decode(mixed $input): ImageInterface|ColorInterface
+    {
+        if (!is_a($input, EncodedImage::class)) {
+            throw new DecoderException('Unable to decode input');
+        }
+
+        return parent::decode($input->toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2348a6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Decoders;
+
+use Intervention\Image\EncodedImage;
+use Intervention\Image\Exceptions\DecoderException;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ColorInterface;
+
+class EncodedImageObjectDecoder extends BinaryImageDecoder
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @see DecoderInterface::decode()
+     */
+    public function decode(mixed $input): ImageInterface|ColorInterface
+    {
+        if (!is_a($input, EncodedImage::class)) {
+            throw new DecoderException('Unable to decode input');
+        }
+
+        return parent::decode($input->toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/NativeObjectDecoder.php b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/NativeObjectDecoder.php
index 3f23902d..0799b92e 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/NativeObjectDecoder.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/NativeObjectDecoder.php
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 
 class NativeObjectDecoder extends SpecializableDecoder implements SpecializedInterface
 {
+    protected const SUPPORTED_COLORSPACES = [
+        Imagick::COLORSPACE_SRGB,
+        Imagick::COLORSPACE_CMYK,
+        Imagick::COLORSPACE_HSL,
+        Imagick::COLORSPACE_HSB,
+    ];
+
     public function decode(mixed $input): ImageInterface|ColorInterface
     {
         if (!is_object($input)) {
@@ -34,6 +41,13 @@ public function decode(mixed $input): ImageInterface|ColorInterface
             $input = $input->coalesceImages();
         }
 
+        // turn image into rgb if colorspace if other than CMYK, RGB, HSL or HSV.
+        // this prevents working on greyscale colorspace images when loading
+        // from PNG color type greyscale format.
+        if (!in_array($input->getImageColorspace(), self::SUPPORTED_COLORSPACES)) {
+            $input->setImageColorspace(Imagick::COLORSPACE_SRGB);
+        }
+
         // create image object
         $image = new Image(
             $this->driver(),
diff --git a/src/InputHandler.php b/src/InputHandler.php
index 2772ec45..a0720d13 100644
--- a/src/InputHandler.php
+++ b/src/InputHandler.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Intervention\Image\Decoders\BinaryImageDecoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Decoders\ColorObjectDecoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Decoders\DataUriImageDecoder;
+use Intervention\Image\Decoders\EncodedImageObjectDecoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Decoders\FilePathImageDecoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Decoders\FilePointerImageDecoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Decoders\ImageObjectDecoder;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ class InputHandler implements InputHandlerInterface
         BinaryImageDecoder::class,
         DataUriImageDecoder::class,
         Base64ImageDecoder::class,
+        EncodedImageObjectDecoder::class,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Drivers/Gd/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest.php b/tests/Unit/Drivers/Gd/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f75762f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Drivers/Gd/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Tests\Unit\Drivers\Gd\Decoders;
+
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Decoders\EncodedImageObjectDecoder;
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Driver;
+use Intervention\Image\EncodedImage;
+use Intervention\Image\Image;
+use Intervention\Image\Tests\ImagickTestCase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RequiresPhpExtension;
+
+#[RequiresPhpExtension('gd')]
+#[CoversClass(EncodedImageObjectDecoder::class)]
+class EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest extends ImagickTestCase
+{
+    protected EncodedImageObjectDecoder $decoder;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->decoder = new EncodedImageObjectDecoder();
+        $this->decoder->setDriver(new Driver());
+    }
+
+    public function testDecode(): void
+    {
+        $result = $this->decoder->decode(new EncodedImage($this->getTestResourceData()));
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Image::class, $result);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest.php b/tests/Unit/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..826498d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Drivers/Imagick/Decoders/EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Tests\Unit\Drivers\Imagick\Decoders;
+
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Decoders\EncodedImageObjectDecoder;
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;
+use Intervention\Image\EncodedImage;
+use Intervention\Image\Image;
+use Intervention\Image\Tests\ImagickTestCase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RequiresPhpExtension;
+
+#[RequiresPhpExtension('imagick')]
+#[CoversClass(EncodedImageObjectDecoder::class)]
+class EncodedImageObjectDecoderTest extends ImagickTestCase
+{
+    protected EncodedImageObjectDecoder $decoder;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->decoder = new EncodedImageObjectDecoder();
+        $this->decoder->setDriver(new Driver());
+    }
+
+    public function testDecode(): void
+    {
+        $result = $this->decoder->decode(new EncodedImage($this->getTestResourceData()));
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Image::class, $result);
+    }
+}