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+"""
+Make sure that the various IK classes can be successfully serialized and
+deserialized. This is important when using IK with Celery.
+
+"""
+
+from .utils import create_photo, pickleback
+
+
+def test_imagespecfield():
+    instance = create_photo('pickletest2.jpg')
+    thumbnail = pickleback(instance.thumbnail)
+    thumbnail.source_file