diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/BackupCommand.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/BackupCommand.php
index 8d21ee39..347daea6 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/BackupCommand.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/BackupCommand.php
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ class BackupCommand extends \Intervention\Image\Commands\AbstractCommand
         $clone = imagecreatetruecolor($size->width, $size->height);
         imagealphablending($clone, false);
         imagesavealpha($clone, true);
+        $transparency = imagecolorallocatealpha($clone, 0, 0, 0, 127);
+        imagefill($clone, 0, 0, $transparency);
+
+        // copy image to clone
         imagecopy($clone, $image->getCore(), 0, 0, 0, 0, $size->width, $size->height);
 
         $image->setBackup($clone, $backupName);
diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCommand.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCommand.php
index 6051dd1b..9ccc202c 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCommand.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ResizeCommand extends \Intervention\Image\Commands\AbstractCommand
         $resized = $image->getSize()->resize($width, $height, $constraints);
 
         // modify image
-        $image->getCore()->resizeImage($resized->getWidth(), $resized->getHeight(), \Imagick::FILTER_BOX, 1);
+        $image->getCore()->scaleImage($resized->getWidth(), $resized->getHeight());
 
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/tests/HeightenCommandTest.php b/tests/HeightenCommandTest.php
index ff13ae90..7290f427 100644
--- a/tests/HeightenCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/HeightenCommandTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class HeightenCommandTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $callback = function ($constraint) { $constraint->upsize(); };
         $imagick = Mockery::mock('Imagick');
-        $imagick->shouldReceive('resizeimage')->with(300, 200, \Imagick::FILTER_BOX, 1)->once()->andReturn(true);
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('scaleimage')->with(300, 200)->once()->andReturn(true);
         $size = Mockery::mock('Intervention\Image\Size', array(800, 600));
         $size->shouldReceive('resize')->once()->andReturn($size);
         $size->shouldReceive('getWidth')->once()->andReturn(300);
diff --git a/tests/ResizeCommandTest.php b/tests/ResizeCommandTest.php
index 56cdcb39..e315506b 100644
--- a/tests/ResizeCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/ResizeCommandTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class resizeCommandTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $callback = function ($constraint) { $constraint->upsize(); };
         $imagick = Mockery::mock('Imagick');
-        $imagick->shouldReceive('resizeimage')->with(300, 200, \Imagick::FILTER_BOX, 1)->once()->andReturn(true);
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('scaleimage')->with(300, 200)->once()->andReturn(true);
         $size = Mockery::mock('Intervention\Image\Size', array(800, 600));
         $size->shouldReceive('resize')->with(300, 200, $callback)->once()->andReturn($size);
         $size->shouldReceive('getWidth')->once()->andReturn(300);
diff --git a/tests/WidenCommandTest.php b/tests/WidenCommandTest.php
index ce5b3042..a5444dfb 100644
--- a/tests/WidenCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/WidenCommandTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class WidenCommandTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $callback = function ($constraint) { $constraint->upsize(); };
         $imagick = Mockery::mock('Imagick');
-        $imagick->shouldReceive('resizeimage')->with(300, 200, \Imagick::FILTER_BOX, 1)->once()->andReturn(true);
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('scaleimage')->with(300, 200)->once()->andReturn(true);
         $size = Mockery::mock('Intervention\Image\Size', array(800, 600));
         $size->shouldReceive('resize')->once()->andReturn($size);
         $size->shouldReceive('getWidth')->once()->andReturn(300);
diff --git a/tests/tmp/crc.png b/tests/tmp/crc.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 91988606..00000000
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