diff --git a/src/filters/filter_base.hpp b/src/filters/filter_base.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecd6f432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filters/filter_base.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+///Base class for all filters
+
+#ifndef FILTER_BASE_HPP
+#define FILTER_BASE_HPP
+
+#include "../common/Types.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <cstring>  //For memcpy
+///Base class for all filters
+class filter_base
+{
+private:
+    //Need to give the filter a width,height at initialization
+    filter_base();
+    ///The filter's width
+    unsigned int width;
+    ///The filter's height
+    unsigned int height;
+public:
+    filter_base(unsigned int _width,unsigned int _height): width(_width),height(_height) {}
+    virtual ~filter_base() {}
+    unsigned int getWidth() {return width;}
+    unsigned int getHeight() {return height;}
+    virtual std::string getName() {return "Dummy Filter";}
+    virtual int getScale() {return 1;}
+    virtual bool exists() {return false;}
+    ///Take data from srcPtr, and return the new data via dstPtr
+    virtual void run(u32 *srcPtr,u32 *dstPtr)
+    {
+        //If the filter doesn't exist, then we still need to get the data to the output buffer
+        std::memcpy(dstPtr,srcPtr, getWidth()*getHeight()*4);
+    }
+};
+
+#endif  //FILTER_BASE_HPP
diff --git a/src/filters/new_interframe.cpp b/src/filters/new_interframe.cpp
index 428447cb..a3e6c0df 100644
--- a/src/filters/new_interframe.cpp
+++ b/src/filters/new_interframe.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "new_interframe.hpp"
 
-SmartIB::SmartIB(unsigned int _width,unsigned int _height): interframe_filter(_width,_height)
+SmartIB::SmartIB(unsigned int _width,unsigned int _height): filter_base(_width,_height)
 {
   frm1 = (u32 *)calloc(_width*_height,4);
   // 1 frame ago
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ SmartIB::~SmartIB()
   frm1 = frm2 = frm3 = NULL;
 }
 
-void SmartIB::run(u32 *srcPtr)
+void SmartIB::run(u32 *srcPtr,u32 *dstPtr)
 {
-    u32 *src0 = srcPtr;
     u32 *src1 = frm1;
     u32 *src2 = frm2;
     u32 *src3 = frm3;
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ void SmartIB::run(u32 *srcPtr)
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < getWidth()*getHeight();  i++)
     {
-        u32 color = src0[i];
-        src0[i] =
+        u32 color = srcPtr[i];
+        dstPtr[i] =
             (src1[i] != src2[i]) &&
             (src3[i] != color) &&
             ((color == src2[i]) || (src1[i] == src3[i]))
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ void SmartIB::run(u32 *srcPtr)
 }
 
 
-MotionBlurIB::MotionBlurIB(unsigned int _width,unsigned int _height): interframe_filter(_width,_height)
+MotionBlurIB::MotionBlurIB(unsigned int _width,unsigned int _height): filter_base(_width,_height)
 {
     //Buffer to hold last frame
     frm1 = (u32 *)calloc(_width*_height,4);
@@ -74,17 +73,16 @@ MotionBlurIB::~MotionBlurIB()
   frm1=NULL;
 }
 
-void MotionBlurIB::run(u32 *srcPtr)
+void MotionBlurIB::run(u32 *srcPtr,u32 *dstPtr)
 {
-    u32 *src0 = srcPtr;
     u32 *src1 = frm1;
 
     u32 colorMask = 0xfefefe;
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < getWidth()*getHeight();  i++)
     {
-        u32 color = src0[i];
-        src0[i] = (((color & colorMask) >> 1) +
+        u32 color = srcPtr[i];
+        dstPtr[i] = (((color & colorMask) >> 1) +
                   ((src1[i] & colorMask) >> 1));
         src1[i] = color;
     }
diff --git a/src/filters/new_interframe.hpp b/src/filters/new_interframe.hpp
index fe63cdcc..b7e01f61 100644
--- a/src/filters/new_interframe.hpp
+++ b/src/filters/new_interframe.hpp
@@ -5,41 +5,13 @@
 
 #include "../common/Types.h"
 #include <string>
-
-class interframe_filter
-{
-private:
-    ///The filter's width
-    unsigned int width;
-    ///The filter's height
-    unsigned int height;
-    ///The internal scale
-//     int myScale;
-    ///Don't need to calculate these every time (based off width)
-//     unsigned int horiz_bytes;
-//     unsigned int horiz_bytes_out;
-//Children need this pre-calculated data, but it's NOT public
-// protected:
-//     unsigned int get_horiz_bytes() {return horiz_bytes;}
-//     unsigned int get_horiz_bytes_out() {return horiz_bytes_out;}
-public:
-    interframe_filter(unsigned int _width=0,unsigned int _height=0): width(_width),height(_height) {}
-    virtual ~interframe_filter() {}
-    virtual std::string getName() {return "Dummy Filter";}
-    virtual int getScale() {return 0;}
-    unsigned int getWidth() {return width;}
-    unsigned int getHeight() {return height;}
-    ///New smarter Interframe function
-    virtual void run(u32 *srcPtr) {}
-    virtual bool exists() {return false;}
-};
-
+#include "filter_base.hpp"
 
 // Interframe blending filters (These are the 32 bit versions)
 // definitely not thread safe by default
 // added band_lower param to provide offset into accum buffers
 
-class SmartIB : public interframe_filter
+class SmartIB : public filter_base
 {
 private:
     u32 *frm1;
@@ -50,11 +22,11 @@ public:
     SmartIB(unsigned int _width,unsigned int _height);
     ~SmartIB();
     std::string getName() {return "SmartIB";}
-    void run(u32 *srcPtr);
+    void run(u32 *srcPtr,u32 *dstPtr);
     bool exists() {return true;}
 };
 
-class MotionBlurIB : public interframe_filter
+class MotionBlurIB : public filter_base
 {
 private:
     u32 *frm1;
@@ -64,7 +36,7 @@ public:
     MotionBlurIB(unsigned int _width,unsigned int _height);
     ~MotionBlurIB();
     std::string getName() {return "MotionBlurIB";}
-    void run(u32 *srcPtr);
+    void run(u32 *srcPtr,u32 *dstPtr);
     bool exists() {return true;}
 };
 
@@ -78,7 +50,7 @@ enum ifbfunc {
 class interframe_factory
 {
 public:
-    static interframe_filter * createIFB(ifbfunc filter_select,unsigned int width,unsigned int height)
+    static filter_base * createIFB(ifbfunc filter_select,unsigned int width,unsigned int height)
     {
         switch(filter_select)
         {
@@ -89,7 +61,7 @@ public:
                 return new MotionBlurIB(width,height);
                 break;
             default:
-                return new interframe_filter();
+                return new filter_base(width,height);
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -109,4 +81,3 @@ public:
 };
 
 #endif  //NEW_INTERFRAME_HPP
-
diff --git a/src/wx/panel.cpp b/src/wx/panel.cpp
index 0047569e..761877a8 100644
--- a/src/wx/panel.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/panel.cpp
@@ -1006,8 +1006,14 @@ void DrawingPanel::PaintEv(wxPaintEvent &ev)
 //   interface, I will allow them to be threaded at user's discretion.
 class FilterThread : public wxThread
 {
+private:
+    // largest buffer required is 32-bit * (max width + 1) * (max height + 2) * (4x4) scaling factor
+    u32 buffer[257 * 226 * 16];
 public:
-    FilterThread() : wxThread(wxTHREAD_JOINABLE), lock(), sig(lock) {}
+    FilterThread() : wxThread(wxTHREAD_JOINABLE), lock(), sig(lock) {
+        //Clear the buffer
+        memset (buffer,0x00,257 * 4 * 16 * 226);
+    }
 
     //Cleanup on exit
     ~FilterThread()
@@ -1028,7 +1034,7 @@ public:
     unsigned int width, height, scale;
     u32 *dst;
     filter * mainFilter;
-    interframe_filter * iFilter;
+    filter_base * iFilter;
 
     // set this param every round
     // if NULL, end thread
@@ -1059,11 +1065,11 @@ public:
         src += width * band_lower;
 
         //Run the interframe blending filter
-        iFilter->run(src);
+        iFilter->run(src,buffer);
 
 	    // naturally, any of these with accumulation buffers like those of
 	    // the IFB filters will screw up royally as well
-        mainFilter->run(src, dst, height);
+        mainFilter->run(buffer, dst, height);
 
         done->Post();
 	}