diff --git a/src/lib/direct.c b/src/lib/direct.c
index 0951deb31..23a97485a 100644
--- a/src/lib/direct.c
+++ b/src/lib/direct.c
@@ -1214,4 +1214,22 @@ ncdirectv* ncdirectf_render(ncdirect* n, ncdirectf* frame,
 int ncdirectf_geom(ncdirect* n, ncdirectf* frame,
                    ncblitter_e* blitter, ncscale_e scale,
                    int maxy, int maxx, ncvgeom* geom){
+  struct ncvisual_options vopts = {
+    .blitter = blitter ? *blitter : NCBLIT_DEFAULT,
+    .scaling = scale,
+    .leny = maxy,
+    .lenx = maxx,
+  };
+  geom->cdimy = n->tcache.cellpixy;
+  geom->cdimx = n->tcache.cellpixx;
+  geom->maxpixely = n->tcache.sixel_maxy;
+  geom->maxpixelx = n->tcache.sixel_maxx;
+  const struct blitset* bset;
+  int r = ncvisual_blitset_geom(NULL, frame, &vopts, &geom->pixy, &geom->pixx,
+                                &geom->scaley, &geom->scalex,
+                                &geom->rpixy, &geom->rpixx, &bset);
+  if(r == 0 && blitter){
+    *blitter = bset->geom;
+  }
+  return r;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/internal.h b/src/lib/internal.h
index e6745ce0a..f0b8fbf08 100644
--- a/src/lib/internal.h
+++ b/src/lib/internal.h
@@ -661,6 +661,11 @@ struct blitset {
 
 #include "blitset.h"
 
+int ncvisual_blitset_geom(const notcurses* nc, const struct ncvisual* n,
+                          const struct ncvisual_options* vopts,
+                          int* y, int* x, int* scaley, int* scalex,
+                          int* leny, int* lenx, const struct blitset** blitter);
+
 static inline int
 ncfputs(const char* ext, FILE* out){
   int r;
diff --git a/src/lib/visual.c b/src/lib/visual.c
index 8b4bf338d..cfafa59bd 100644
--- a/src/lib/visual.c
+++ b/src/lib/visual.c
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ ncvisual_origin(const struct ncvisual_options* vopts, int* restrict begy, int* r
 // FIXME we ought also do the output calculations here (how many rows x cols,
 //   given the input plane vopts->n and scaling vopts->scaling)--but do not
 //   perform any actual scaling, nor create any planes!
-static int
-ncvisual_blitset_geom(const notcurses* nc, const ncvisual* n,
-                      const struct ncvisual_options* vopts,
-                      int* y, int* x, int* scaley, int* scalex,
-                      int* leny, int* lenx, const struct blitset** blitter){
+int ncvisual_blitset_geom(const notcurses* nc, const ncvisual* n,
+                          const struct ncvisual_options* vopts,
+                          int* y, int* x, int* scaley, int* scalex,
+                          int* leny, int* lenx, const struct blitset** blitter){
   int fakeleny, fakelenx;
   if(leny == NULL){
     leny = &fakeleny;