diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 82118fe..45a9a23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ categories = ["multimedia::images", "multimedia::encoding"]
 exclude = ["tests/images/*", "tests/fuzz_images/*"]
 
 [dependencies]
+bytemuck = "1.14"
 half = { version = "2.4.1" }
 quick-error = "2.0.1"
 
diff --git a/src/tags.rs b/src/tags.rs
index ae10ed4..7a9aaf9 100644
--- a/src/tags.rs
+++ b/src/tags.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::decoder::ifd;
+
 macro_rules! tags {
     {
         // Permit arbitrary meta items, which include documentation.
@@ -392,6 +394,111 @@ impl ValueBuffer {
     }
 }
 
+/// Create a value with native endian byte order.
+impl TryFrom<ifd::Value> for ValueBuffer {
+    type Error = crate::TiffError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: ifd::Value) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Self::try_from(&value)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Create a value with native endian byte order.
+impl TryFrom<&'_ ifd::Value> for ValueBuffer {
+    type Error = crate::TiffError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &'_ ifd::Value) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        use std::borrow::Cow::{self, Borrowed, Owned};
+
+        fn bytes_of_value(
+            value: &'_ ifd::Value,
+        ) -> Result<(Cow<'_, [u8]>, Type), crate::TiffError> {
+            Ok(match value {
+                ifd::Value::List(values) => {
+                    let mut type_ = None;
+                    let mut bytes = vec![];
+
+                    // This is treated separately, also we rely on the caller being faithful in their
+                    // use of the ifd::Value enum.
+                    for item in values {
+                        let (value, newty) = bytes_of_value(item)?;
+
+                        if type_.map_or(false, |ty| ty != newty) {
+                            return Err(crate::TiffError::UnsupportedError(
+                                crate::error::TiffUnsupportedError::UnsupportedDataType,
+                            ));
+                        }
+
+                        type_ = Some(newty);
+                        bytes.extend_from_slice(&value);
+                    }
+
+                    let Some(ty) = type_ else {
+                        return Err(crate::TiffError::UnsupportedError(
+                            crate::error::TiffUnsupportedError::UnsupportedDataType,
+                        ));
+                    };
+
+                    (Owned(bytes), ty)
+                }
+                ifd::Value::Byte(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::BYTE),
+                ifd::Value::Short(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::SHORT),
+                ifd::Value::SignedByte(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::SBYTE),
+                ifd::Value::SignedShort(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::SSHORT),
+                ifd::Value::Signed(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::SLONG),
+                ifd::Value::SignedBig(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::SLONG8),
+                ifd::Value::Unsigned(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::LONG),
+                ifd::Value::UnsignedBig(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::LONG8),
+                ifd::Value::Float(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::FLOAT),
+                ifd::Value::Double(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::DOUBLE),
+                ifd::Value::Rational(num, denom) => (
+                    Owned([bytemuck::bytes_of(num), bytemuck::bytes_of(denom)].concat()),
+                    Type::RATIONAL,
+                ),
+                #[expect(deprecated)]
+                ifd::Value::RationalBig(..) | ifd::Value::SRationalBig(..) => {
+                    return Err(crate::TiffError::UnsupportedError(
+                        crate::error::TiffUnsupportedError::UnsupportedDataType,
+                    ));
+                }
+                ifd::Value::SRational(num, denom) => (
+                    Owned([bytemuck::bytes_of(num), bytemuck::bytes_of(denom)].concat()),
+                    Type::SRATIONAL,
+                ),
+                ifd::Value::Ascii(st) => (Borrowed(st.as_bytes()), Type::ASCII),
+                ifd::Value::Ifd(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::IFD),
+                ifd::Value::IfdBig(val) => (Borrowed(bytemuck::bytes_of(val)), Type::IFD8),
+            })
+        }
+
+        let byte_order = ByteOrder::native();
+
+        let (bytes, ty) = bytes_of_value(value)?;
+        let bytes = bytes.into_owned();
+
+        // Check the count can be represented.
+        if let ifd::Value::List(values) = value {
+            let count =
+                u64::try_from(values.len()).map_err(|_| crate::TiffError::LimitsExceeded)?;
+            let expected = ty.value_bytes(count)?;
+
+            if bytes.len() != expected as usize {
+                return Err(crate::TiffError::UnsupportedError(
+                    crate::TiffUnsupportedError::UnsupportedDataType,
+                ));
+            }
+        } else {
+            debug_assert_eq!(bytes.len(), ty.byte_len().into());
+        }
+
+        Ok(ValueBuffer {
+            bytes,
+            byte_order,
+            ty,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 /// Byte order of the TIFF file.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ByteOrder {