diff --git a/backends/x/window.go b/backends/x/window.go
index 8215b0d..8956ba5 100644
--- a/backends/x/window.go
+++ b/backends/x/window.go
@@ -195,19 +195,31 @@ func (window *Window) OnClose (callback func ()) {
 }
 
 func (window *Window) reallocateCanvas () {
-	window.canvas = tomo.NewBasicCanvas (
-		window.metrics.width,
-		window.metrics.height)
+	window.canvas.Reallocate(window.metrics.width, window.metrics.height)
+
+	previousWidth, previousHeight := 0, 0
 	if window.xCanvas != nil {
-		window.xCanvas.Destroy()
+		previousWidth  = window.xCanvas.Bounds().Dx()
+		previousHeight = window.xCanvas.Bounds().Dy()
 	}
-	window.xCanvas = xgraphics.New (
-		window.backend.connection,
-		image.Rect (
-			0, 0,
-			window.metrics.width,
-			window.metrics.height))
-	window.xCanvas.CreatePixmap()
+	
+	newWidth  := window.metrics.width
+	newHeight := window.metrics.height
+	larger    := newWidth > previousWidth || newHeight > previousHeight
+	smaller   := newWidth < previousWidth / 2 || newHeight < previousHeight / 2
+	if larger || smaller {
+		if window.xCanvas != nil {
+			window.xCanvas.Destroy()
+		}
+		window.xCanvas = xgraphics.New (
+			window.backend.connection,
+			image.Rect (
+				0, 0,
+				(newWidth  / 64) * 64 + 64,
+				(newHeight / 64) * 64 + 64))
+		window.xCanvas.CreatePixmap()
+	}
+	
 }
 
 func (window *Window) redrawChildEntirely () {
diff --git a/canvas.go b/canvas.go
index bdfc244..c1153d0 100644
--- a/canvas.go
+++ b/canvas.go
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ func (canvas BasicCanvas) Buffer () (data []color.RGBA, stride int) {
 	return canvas.pix, canvas.stride
 }
 
+// Reallocate efficiently reallocates the canvas. The data within will be
+// garbage. This method will do nothing if this is a cut image.
+func (canvas *BasicCanvas) Reallocate (width, height int) {
+	previousLen := len(canvas.pix)
+	newLen := width * height
+	bigger  := newLen > previousLen
+	smaller := newLen < previousLen / 2
+	if bigger || smaller {
+		canvas.pix = make (
+			[]color.RGBA,
+			((height * width) / 4096) * 4096 + 4096)
+	}
+	canvas.stride = width
+	canvas.rect = image.Rect(0, 0, width, height)
+}
+
 // Cut returns a sub-canvas of a given canvas.
 func Cut (canvas Canvas, bounds image.Rectangle) (reduced BasicCanvas) {
 	// println(canvas.Bounds().String(), bounds.String())