diff --git a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/gif.rs b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/gif.rs
index c3b942e..63c71e9 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/gif.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/gif.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use byteorder::{LittleEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::graphics::bitmap::indexed::IndexedBitmap;
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::rgb::RgbaBitmap;
 use crate::graphics::palette::{Palette, PaletteError, PaletteFormat};
 use crate::utils::lzwgif::{lzw_decode, lzw_encode, LzwError};
 
@@ -551,6 +552,25 @@ impl IndexedBitmap {
 	}
 }
 
+// wasteful temporary measures until i feel like re-working the above loading process with some kind of
+// multi-pixel-depth support.
+
+impl RgbaBitmap {
+	pub fn load_gif_bytes<T: ReadBytesExt>(
+		reader: &mut T,
+	) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Palette), GifError> {
+		let (temp_bitmap, palette) = IndexedBitmap::load_gif_bytes(reader)?;
+		let output = temp_bitmap.to_rgba(&palette);
+		Ok((output, palette))
+	}
+
+	pub fn load_gif_file(path: &Path) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Palette), GifError> {
+		let (temp_bitmap, palette) = IndexedBitmap::load_gif_file(path)?;
+		let output = temp_bitmap.to_rgba(&palette);
+		Ok((output, palette))
+	}
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod tests {
 	use tempfile::TempDir;
diff --git a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/iff.rs b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/iff.rs
index 192ebba..60b3f73 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/iff.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/iff.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::graphics::bitmap::indexed::IndexedBitmap;
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::rgb::RgbaBitmap;
 use crate::graphics::palette::{Palette, PaletteError, PaletteFormat};
 use crate::utils::packbits::{pack_bits, PackBitsError, unpack_bits};
 
@@ -559,6 +560,25 @@ impl IndexedBitmap {
 	}
 }
 
+// wasteful temporary measures until i feel like re-working the above loading process with some kind of
+// multi-pixel-depth support.
+
+impl RgbaBitmap {
+	pub fn load_iff_bytes<T: ReadBytesExt + Seek>(
+		reader: &mut T,
+	) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Palette), IffError> {
+		let (temp_bitmap, palette) = IndexedBitmap::load_iff_bytes(reader)?;
+		let output = temp_bitmap.to_rgba(&palette);
+		Ok((output, palette))
+	}
+
+	pub fn load_iff_file(path: &Path) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Palette), IffError> {
+		let (temp_bitmap, palette) = IndexedBitmap::load_iff_file(path)?;
+		let output = temp_bitmap.to_rgba(&palette);
+		Ok((output, palette))
+	}
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	use tempfile::TempDir;
diff --git a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/pcx.rs b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/pcx.rs
index b6bebe3..545f634 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/pcx.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/pcx.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use byteorder::{LittleEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::graphics::bitmap::indexed::IndexedBitmap;
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::rgb::RgbaBitmap;
 use crate::graphics::color::from_rgb32;
 use crate::graphics::palette::{Palette, PaletteError, PaletteFormat};
 use crate::utils::bytes::ReadFixedLengthByteArray;
@@ -280,6 +281,25 @@ impl IndexedBitmap {
 	}
 }
 
+// wasteful temporary measures until i feel like re-working the above loading process with some kind of
+// multi-pixel-depth support.
+
+impl RgbaBitmap {
+	pub fn load_pcx_bytes<T: ReadBytesExt + Seek>(
+		reader: &mut T,
+	) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Palette), PcxError> {
+		let (temp_bitmap, palette) = IndexedBitmap::load_pcx_bytes(reader)?;
+		let output = temp_bitmap.to_rgba(&palette);
+		Ok((output, palette))
+	}
+
+	pub fn load_pcx_file(path: &Path) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Palette), PcxError> {
+		let (temp_bitmap, palette) = IndexedBitmap::load_pcx_file(path)?;
+		let output = temp_bitmap.to_rgba(&palette);
+		Ok((output, palette))
+	}
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod tests {
 	use tempfile::TempDir;