Index: ps/trunk/source/gui/CGUI.cpp
===================================================================
--- ps/trunk/source/gui/CGUI.cpp
+++ ps/trunk/source/gui/CGUI.cpp
@@ -999,7 +999,8 @@
 	if (m_Sprites.find(name) != m_Sprites.end())
 		LOGWARNING("GUI sprite name '%s' used more than once; first definition will be discarded", name.c_str());
 
-	SGUIImageEffects* effects = NULL;
+	// shared_ptr to link the effect to every sprite, faster than copy.
+	std::shared_ptr<SGUIImageEffects> effects;
 
 	for (XMBElement child : Element.GetChildNodes())
 	{
@@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@
 				LOGERROR("GUI <sprite> must not have more than one <effect>");
 			else
 			{
-				effects = new SGUIImageEffects;
+				effects = std::make_shared<SGUIImageEffects>();
 				Xeromyces_ReadEffects(child, pFile, *effects);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1026,9 +1027,7 @@
 	if (effects)
 		for (SGUIImage* const& img : Sprite->m_Images)
 			if (!img->m_Effects)
-				img->m_Effects = new SGUIImageEffects(*effects); // do a copy just so it can be deleted correctly later
-
-	delete effects;
+				img->m_Effects = effects;
 
 	m_Sprites.erase(name);
 	m_Sprites.emplace(name, Sprite);
@@ -1157,7 +1156,7 @@
 				LOGERROR("GUI <image> must not have more than one <effect>");
 			else
 			{
-				Image->m_Effects = new SGUIImageEffects;
+				Image->m_Effects = std::make_shared<SGUIImageEffects>();
 				Xeromyces_ReadEffects(child, pFile, *Image->m_Effects);
 			}
 		}
Index: ps/trunk/source/gui/CGUISprite.h
===================================================================
--- ps/trunk/source/gui/CGUISprite.h
+++ ps/trunk/source/gui/CGUISprite.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 #include "lib/res/graphics/ogl_tex.h"
 
+#include <memory>
+
 struct SGUIImageEffects
 {
 	SGUIImageEffects() : m_Greyscale(false) {}
@@ -59,13 +61,8 @@
 public:
 	SGUIImage() :
 		m_FixedHAspectRatio(0.f), m_RoundCoordinates(true), m_WrapMode(GL_REPEAT),
-		m_Effects(NULL), m_Border(false), m_DeltaZ(0.f)
-	{
-	}
-
-	~SGUIImage()
+		m_Effects(), m_Border(false), m_DeltaZ(0.f)
 	{
-		delete m_Effects;
 	}
 
 	// Filename of the texture
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@
 	GLint			m_WrapMode;
 
 	// Visual effects (e.g. color modulation)
-	SGUIImageEffects* m_Effects;
+	std::shared_ptr<SGUIImageEffects> m_Effects;
 
 	// Color
 	CGUIColor m_BackColor;
Index: ps/trunk/source/gui/GUIRenderer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ps/trunk/source/gui/GUIRenderer.cpp
+++ ps/trunk/source/gui/GUIRenderer.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 			// Allow grayscale images for disabled portraits
 			if (SpriteName.Find("grayscale:") != -1)
 			{
-				Image->m_Effects = new SGUIImageEffects;
+				Image->m_Effects = std::make_shared<SGUIImageEffects>();
 				Image->m_Effects->m_Greyscale = true;
 			}
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 			if (SpriteName.Find("textureAsMask:") != -1)
 			{
 				Image->m_TextureName = TextureName;
-				Image->m_Effects = new SGUIImageEffects;
+				Image->m_Effects = std::make_shared<SGUIImageEffects>();
 				Image->m_Effects->m_SolidColor = color;
 			}
 			else