diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/pipeline.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/pipeline.rs
index 798bb368e1..87d6abd8cf 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/pipeline.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ use super::compensation_curve::{
 };
 use bevy_asset::prelude::*;
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_render::{
     globals::GlobalsUniform,
     render_resource::{binding_types::*, *},
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::Image,
     view::ViewUniform,
 };
 use core::num::NonZero;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/settings.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/settings.rs
index 066e8d3c88..91bdf836ee 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/auto_exposure/settings.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ use core::ops::RangeInclusive;
 use super::compensation_curve::AutoExposureCompensationCurve;
 use bevy_asset::Handle;
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::Component, reflect::ReflectComponent};
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
-use bevy_render::{extract_component::ExtractComponent, texture::Image};
+use bevy_render::extract_component::ExtractComponent;
 use bevy_utils::default;
 
 /// Component that enables auto exposure for an HDR-enabled 2d or 3d camera.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/contrast_adaptive_sharpening/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/contrast_adaptive_sharpening/mod.rs
index 093c6fa9a3..e76be196d5 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/contrast_adaptive_sharpening/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/contrast_adaptive_sharpening/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Handle};
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::*, query::QueryItem};
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
     extract_component::{ExtractComponent, ExtractComponentPlugin, UniformComponentPlugin},
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
         *,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewTarget},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs
index ae88905bac..4a616226d1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs
@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ pub const DEPTH_TEXTURE_SAMPLING_SUPPORTED: bool = true;
 
 use core::ops::Range;
 
-use bevy_asset::{AssetId, UntypedAssetId};
-use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 pub use camera_3d::*;
 pub use main_opaque_pass_3d_node::*;
 pub use main_transparent_pass_3d_node::*;
 
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin, PostUpdate};
+use bevy_asset::{AssetId, UntypedAssetId};
+use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 use bevy_ecs::{entity::EntityHashSet, prelude::*};
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image};
 use bevy_math::FloatOrd;
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
     sync_world::RenderEntity,
-    texture::{BevyDefault, ColorAttachment, Image, TextureCache},
+    texture::{ColorAttachment, TextureCache},
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewDepthTexture, ViewTarget},
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/dof/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/dof/mod.rs
index d4ed35e64e..06cbbe3e9d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/dof/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/dof/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{lifetimeless::Read, Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::ops;
 use bevy_reflect::{prelude::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice},
     sync_component::SyncComponentPlugin,
     sync_world::RenderEntity,
-    texture::{BevyDefault, CachedTexture, TextureCache},
+    texture::{CachedTexture, TextureCache},
     view::{
         prepare_view_targets, ExtractedView, Msaa, ViewDepthTexture, ViewTarget, ViewUniform,
         ViewUniformOffset, ViewUniforms,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/fxaa/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/fxaa/mod.rs
index 076d40dcfc..547b597624 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/fxaa/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/fxaa/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Handle};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
     extract_component::{ExtractComponent, ExtractComponentPlugin},
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
         *,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewTarget},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/motion_blur/pipeline.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/motion_blur/pipeline.rs
index c4fbd1c572..8109beeb4e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/motion_blur/pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/motion_blur/pipeline.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::FromWorld,
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_render::{
     globals::GlobalsUniform,
     render_resource::{
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
         TextureFormat, TextureSampleType,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ExtractedView, Msaa, ViewTarget},
 };
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/oit/resolve/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/oit/resolve/mod.rs
index e86ef1259a..101f7b1ed9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/oit/resolve/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/oit/resolve/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     entity::{EntityHashMap, EntityHashSet},
     prelude::*,
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::{
         binding_types::{storage_buffer_sized, texture_depth_2d, uniform_buffer},
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
         Shader, ShaderDefVal, ShaderStages, TextureFormat,
     },
     renderer::{RenderAdapter, RenderDevice},
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewTarget, ViewUniform, ViewUniforms},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/post_process/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/post_process/mod.rs
index f7131482ae..a633134b27 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/post_process/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/post_process/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{lifetimeless::Read, Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
     camera::Camera,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
         TextureDimension, TextureFormat, TextureSampleType,
     },
     renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::{BevyDefault, GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::GpuImage,
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewTarget},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/skybox/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/skybox/mod.rs
index de74cb62cb..5ca7c3fce2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/skybox/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/skybox/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     schedule::IntoSystemConfigs,
     system::{Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image};
 use bevy_math::{Mat4, Quat};
 use bevy_render::{
     camera::Exposure,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
         *,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::{BevyDefault, GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::GpuImage,
     view::{ExtractedView, Msaa, ViewTarget, ViewUniform, ViewUniforms},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/smaa/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/smaa/mod.rs
index 2338ecfced..ae294c19b2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/smaa/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/smaa/mod.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 //!
 //! [SMAA]: https://www.iryoku.com/smaa/
 
+use crate::{
+    core_2d::graph::{Core2d, Node2d},
+    core_3d::graph::{Core3d, Node3d},
+};
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin};
 #[cfg(feature = "smaa_luts")]
 use bevy_asset::load_internal_binary_asset;
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{lifetimeless::Read, Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image};
 use bevy_math::{vec4, Vec4};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -67,24 +72,12 @@ use bevy_render::{
         VertexState,
     },
     renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::{BevyDefault, CachedTexture, GpuImage, Image, TextureCache},
+    texture::{CachedTexture, GpuImage, TextureCache},
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewTarget},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
-#[cfg(feature = "smaa_luts")]
-use bevy_render::{
-    render_asset::RenderAssetUsages,
-    texture::{CompressedImageFormats, ImageFormat, ImageSampler, ImageType},
-};
 use bevy_utils::prelude::default;
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "smaa_luts"))]
-use crate::tonemapping::lut_placeholder;
-use crate::{
-    core_2d::graph::{Core2d, Node2d},
-    core_3d::graph::{Core3d, Node3d},
-};
-
 /// The handle of the `smaa.wgsl` shader.
 const SMAA_SHADER_HANDLE: Handle<Shader> = Handle::weak_from_u128(12247928498010601081);
 /// The handle of the area LUT, a KTX2 format texture that SMAA uses internally.
@@ -306,11 +299,11 @@ impl Plugin for SmaaPlugin {
                 #[cfg(all(debug_assertions, feature = "dds"))]
                 "SMAAAreaLUT".to_owned(),
                 bytes,
-                ImageType::Format(ImageFormat::Ktx2),
-                CompressedImageFormats::NONE,
+                bevy_image::ImageType::Format(bevy_image::ImageFormat::Ktx2),
+                bevy_image::CompressedImageFormats::NONE,
                 false,
-                ImageSampler::Default,
-                RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD,
+                bevy_image::ImageSampler::Default,
+                bevy_asset::RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD,
             )
             .expect("Failed to load SMAA area LUT")
         );
@@ -324,11 +317,11 @@ impl Plugin for SmaaPlugin {
                 #[cfg(all(debug_assertions, feature = "dds"))]
                 "SMAASearchLUT".to_owned(),
                 bytes,
-                ImageType::Format(ImageFormat::Ktx2),
-                CompressedImageFormats::NONE,
+                bevy_image::ImageType::Format(bevy_image::ImageFormat::Ktx2),
+                bevy_image::CompressedImageFormats::NONE,
                 false,
-                ImageSampler::Default,
-                RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD,
+                bevy_image::ImageSampler::Default,
+                bevy_asset::RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD,
             )
             .expect("Failed to load SMAA search LUT")
         );
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/taa/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/taa/mod.rs
index 193cd66aaf..e9f8f1ac3d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/taa/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/taa/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::vec2;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice},
     sync_component::SyncComponentPlugin,
     sync_world::RenderEntity,
-    texture::{BevyDefault, CachedTexture, TextureCache},
+    texture::{CachedTexture, TextureCache},
     view::{ExtractedView, Msaa, ViewTarget},
     ExtractSchedule, MainWorld, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs
index 16fecb0140..c6fb321725 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::fullscreen_vertex_shader::fullscreen_shader_vertex_state;
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Assets, Handle};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::{CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageSampler, ImageType};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
     camera::Camera,
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
         *,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::{CompressedImageFormats, FallbackImage, GpuImage, Image, ImageSampler, ImageType},
+    texture::{FallbackImage, GpuImage},
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewTarget, ViewUniform},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
@@ -433,14 +434,14 @@ pub fn get_lut_bind_group_layout_entries() -> [BindGroupLayoutEntryBuilder; 2] {
 // allow(dead_code) so it doesn't complain when the tonemapping_luts feature is disabled
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 fn setup_tonemapping_lut_image(bytes: &[u8], image_type: ImageType) -> Image {
-    let image_sampler = ImageSampler::Descriptor(bevy_render::texture::ImageSamplerDescriptor {
+    let image_sampler = ImageSampler::Descriptor(bevy_image::ImageSamplerDescriptor {
         label: Some("Tonemapping LUT sampler".to_string()),
-        address_mode_u: bevy_render::texture::ImageAddressMode::ClampToEdge,
-        address_mode_v: bevy_render::texture::ImageAddressMode::ClampToEdge,
-        address_mode_w: bevy_render::texture::ImageAddressMode::ClampToEdge,
-        mag_filter: bevy_render::texture::ImageFilterMode::Linear,
-        min_filter: bevy_render::texture::ImageFilterMode::Linear,
-        mipmap_filter: bevy_render::texture::ImageFilterMode::Linear,
+        address_mode_u: bevy_image::ImageAddressMode::ClampToEdge,
+        address_mode_v: bevy_image::ImageAddressMode::ClampToEdge,
+        address_mode_w: bevy_image::ImageAddressMode::ClampToEdge,
+        mag_filter: bevy_image::ImageFilterMode::Linear,
+        min_filter: bevy_image::ImageFilterMode::Linear,
+        mipmap_filter: bevy_image::ImageFilterMode::Linear,
         ..default()
     });
     Image::from_buffer(
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml
index 5f79b93d3a..e880e985ff 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ bevy_sprite = { path = "../bevy_sprite", version = "0.15.0-dev", optional = true
 bevy_app = { path = "../bevy_app", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_color = { path = "../bevy_color", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
+bevy_image = { path = "../bevy_image", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_asset = { path = "../bevy_asset", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_render = { path = "../bevy_render", version = "0.15.0-dev", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_2d.rs b/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_2d.rs
index ff38abf031..9e122782f7 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_2d.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_2d.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::FloatOrd;
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
         ViewSortedRenderPhases,
     },
     render_resource::*,
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ExtractedView, Msaa, RenderLayers, ViewTarget},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_3d.rs b/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_3d.rs
index 5e7a322f2a..2d3f2bbd8d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_3d.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/pipeline_3d.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_pbr::{MeshPipeline, MeshPipelineKey, SetMeshViewBindGroup};
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
         ViewSortedRenderPhases,
     },
     render_resource::*,
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ExtractedView, Msaa, RenderLayers, ViewTarget},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs
index 05d4c596f8..46f9ad3ae9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ pub use loader::*;
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::{Asset, AssetApp, AssetPath, Handle};
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::Component, reflect::ReflectComponent};
+use bevy_image::CompressedImageFormats;
 use bevy_pbr::StandardMaterial;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect, TypePath};
 use bevy_render::{
     mesh::{skinning::SkinnedMeshInverseBindposes, Mesh, MeshVertexAttribute},
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::CompressedImageFormats,
 };
 use bevy_scene::Scene;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
index 1cc747264e..d9d1571ce9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     world::World,
 };
 use bevy_hierarchy::{BuildChildren, ChildBuild, WorldChildBuilder};
+use bevy_image::{
+    CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageAddressMode, ImageFilterMode, ImageLoaderSettings,
+    ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor, ImageType, TextureError,
+};
 use bevy_math::{Affine2, Mat4, Vec3};
 use bevy_pbr::{
     DirectionalLight, MeshMaterial3d, PointLight, SpotLight, StandardMaterial, UvChannel,
@@ -31,10 +35,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
     primitives::Aabb,
     render_asset::RenderAssetUsages,
     render_resource::{Face, PrimitiveTopology},
-    texture::{
-        CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageAddressMode, ImageFilterMode, ImageLoaderSettings,
-        ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor, ImageType, TextureError,
-    },
     view::Visibility,
 };
 use bevy_scene::Scene;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
index abf504536e..cfe3a768d6 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use core::hash::Hash;
 use derive_more::derive::{Display, Error, From};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use wgpu::{Extent3d, TextureDimension, TextureFormat, TextureViewDescriptor};
+
 pub trait BevyDefault {
     fn bevy_default() -> Self;
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_image/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_image/src/lib.rs
index ac5510e5e3..ce2e932826 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_image/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_image/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs, reason = "Not all docs are written yet, see #3492.")]
 #![allow(unsafe_code)]
 
+pub mod prelude {
+    pub use crate::{BevyDefault as _, Image, ImageFormat, TextureError};
+}
+
 mod image;
 pub use self::image::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "basis-universal")]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_internal/src/lib.rs
index bc553af972..aa9ad4c830 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub use bevy_gizmos as gizmos;
 #[cfg(feature = "bevy_gltf")]
 pub use bevy_gltf as gltf;
 pub use bevy_hierarchy as hierarchy;
+#[cfg(feature = "bevy_image")]
+pub use bevy_image as image;
 pub use bevy_input as input;
 pub use bevy_log as log;
 pub use bevy_math as math;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/src/prelude.rs b/crates/bevy_internal/src/prelude.rs
index bec80694fd..6d8830eb4d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/src/prelude.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ pub use crate::{
     MinimalPlugins,
 };
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[cfg(feature = "bevy_image")]
+pub use crate::image::prelude::*;
+
 pub use bevy_derive::{bevy_main, Deref, DerefMut};
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml
index 5dde710843..4cad902a4c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ bevy_color = { path = "../bevy_color", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_core_pipeline = { path = "../bevy_core_pipeline", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_derive = { path = "../bevy_derive", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
+bevy_image = { path = "../bevy_image", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.15.0-dev", features = [
   "bevy",
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/deferred/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/deferred/mod.rs
index 243183e9d0..67271a916f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/deferred/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/deferred/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ use crate::{
     ViewScreenSpaceReflectionsUniformOffset, TONEMAPPING_LUT_SAMPLER_BINDING_INDEX,
     TONEMAPPING_LUT_TEXTURE_BINDING_INDEX,
 };
+use crate::{
+    MeshPipelineKey, ShadowFilteringMethod, ViewFogUniformOffset, ViewLightsUniformOffset,
+};
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Handle};
 use bevy_core_pipeline::{
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ use bevy_core_pipeline::{
     tonemapping::{DebandDither, Tonemapping},
 };
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::*, query::QueryItem};
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_render::{
     extract_component::{
         ComponentUniforms, ExtractComponent, ExtractComponentPlugin, UniformComponentPlugin,
@@ -23,15 +27,10 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_graph::{NodeRunError, RenderGraphApp, RenderGraphContext, ViewNode, ViewNodeRunner},
     render_resource::{binding_types::uniform_buffer, *},
     renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice},
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewTarget, ViewUniformOffset},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
 
-use crate::{
-    MeshPipelineKey, ShadowFilteringMethod, ViewFogUniformOffset, ViewLightsUniformOffset,
-};
-
 pub struct DeferredPbrLightingPlugin;
 
 pub const DEFERRED_LIGHTING_SHADER_HANDLE: Handle<Shader> =
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs
index 559fa99dcc..7526f384e2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, AssetApp, Assets, Handle};
 use bevy_core_pipeline::core_3d::graph::{Core3d, Node3d};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_render::{
     alpha::AlphaMode,
     camera::{
@@ -128,10 +129,11 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_graph::RenderGraph,
     render_resource::Shader,
     sync_component::SyncComponentPlugin,
-    texture::{GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::GpuImage,
     view::{check_visibility, VisibilitySystems},
     ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
+
 use bevy_transform::TransformSystem;
 
 pub const PBR_TYPES_SHADER_HANDLE: Handle<Shader> = Handle::weak_from_u128(1708015359337029744);
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/environment_map.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/environment_map.rs
index 4fff505427..6b47c9915a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/environment_map.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/environment_map.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     bundle::Bundle, component::Component, query::QueryItem, reflect::ReflectComponent,
     system::lifetimeless::Read,
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::Quat;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
         TextureSampleType, TextureView,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::{FallbackImage, GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::{FallbackImage, GpuImage},
 };
 
 use core::{num::NonZero, ops::Deref};
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/irradiance_volume.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/irradiance_volume.rs
index f43d84d4e7..bc8fc542fb 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/irradiance_volume.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/irradiance_volume.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 //! [Why ambient cubes?]: #why-ambient-cubes
 
 use bevy_ecs::{component::Component, reflect::ReflectComponent};
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_render::{
     render_asset::RenderAssets,
     render_resource::{
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
         TextureSampleType, TextureView,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::{FallbackImage, GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::{FallbackImage, GpuImage},
 };
 use core::{num::NonZero, ops::Deref};
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs
index 0cda05f055..cab462c280 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     schedule::IntoSystemConfigs,
     system::{Commands, Local, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{Affine3A, FloatOrd, Mat4, Vec3A, Vec4};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
     settings::WgpuFeatures,
     sync_world::RenderEntity,
-    texture::{FallbackImage, GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::{FallbackImage, GpuImage},
     view::{ExtractedView, Visibility},
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lightmap/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lightmap/mod.rs
index 982f7214a8..0e0debc92e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lightmap/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lightmap/mod.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     schedule::IntoSystemConfigs,
     system::{Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{uvec2, vec4, Rect, UVec2};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntityHashMap;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     mesh::{Mesh, RenderMesh},
     render_asset::RenderAssets,
     render_resource::Shader,
-    texture::{GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::GpuImage,
     view::ViewVisibility,
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, RenderApp,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
index 916b5a4676..65d935226e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ use core::{
 /// ```
 /// # use bevy_pbr::{Material, MeshMaterial3d};
 /// # use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+/// # use bevy_image::Image;
 /// # use bevy_reflect::TypePath;
-/// # use bevy_render::{mesh::{Mesh, Mesh3d}, render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef}, texture::Image};
+/// # use bevy_render::{mesh::{Mesh, Mesh3d}, render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef}};
 /// # use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 /// # use bevy_color::palettes::basic::RED;
 /// # use bevy_asset::{Handle, AssetServer, Assets, Asset};
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.rs
index db9c031801..06a1de09e2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     query::ROQueryItem,
     system::{lifetimeless::*, SystemParamItem, SystemState},
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, ImageSampler, TextureFormatPixelInfo};
 use bevy_math::{Affine3, Rect, UVec2, Vec3, Vec4};
 use bevy_render::{
     batching::{
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     },
     render_resource::*,
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::{BevyDefault, DefaultImageSampler, ImageSampler, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
+    texture::DefaultImageSampler,
     view::{
         prepare_view_targets, GpuCulling, RenderVisibilityRanges, ViewTarget, ViewUniformOffset,
         ViewVisibility, VisibilityRange,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh_view_bindings.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh_view_bindings.rs
index 159a87bd1c..bbf158564d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh_view_bindings.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh_view_bindings.rs
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Commands, Query, Res, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::Vec4;
 use bevy_render::{
     globals::{GlobalsBuffer, GlobalsUniform},
     render_asset::RenderAssets,
     render_resource::{binding_types::*, *},
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::{BevyDefault, FallbackImage, FallbackImageMsaa, FallbackImageZero, GpuImage},
+    texture::{FallbackImage, FallbackImageMsaa, FallbackImageZero, GpuImage},
     view::{
         Msaa, RenderVisibilityRanges, ViewUniform, ViewUniforms,
         VISIBILITY_RANGES_STORAGE_BUFFER_COUNT,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/ssr/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/ssr/mod.rs
index 26fcb27802..935e5f5b8f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/ssr/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/ssr/mod.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{lifetimeless::Read, Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{
     extract_component::{ExtractComponent, ExtractComponentPlugin},
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
         TextureFormat, TextureSampleType,
     },
     renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::BevyDefault as _,
     view::{ExtractedView, Msaa, ViewTarget, ViewUniformOffset},
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/mod.rs
index 7a94a1e135..5291276495 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/mod.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     bundle::Bundle, component::Component, reflect::ReflectComponent,
     schedule::IntoSystemConfigs as _,
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{
     primitives::{Cuboid, Plane3d},
     Vec2, Vec3,
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_graph::{RenderGraphApp, ViewNodeRunner},
     render_resource::{Shader, SpecializedRenderPipelines},
     sync_component::SyncComponentPlugin,
-    texture::Image,
     view::{InheritedVisibility, ViewVisibility, Visibility},
     ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/render.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/render.rs
index a18d206c5d..76039bbbe4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/render.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/volumetric_fog/render.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{lifetimeless::Read, Commands, Local, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::{FromWorld, World},
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image};
 use bevy_math::{vec4, Mat3A, Mat4, Vec3, Vec3A, Vec4, Vec4Swizzles as _};
 use bevy_render::{
     mesh::{
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     },
     renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
     sync_world::RenderEntity,
-    texture::{BevyDefault as _, GpuImage, Image},
+    texture::GpuImage,
     view::{ExtractedView, Msaa, ViewDepthTexture, ViewTarget, ViewUniformOffset},
     Extract,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs b/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs
index d0edd18dd6..8f871bd0e0 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ enum BindingState<'a> {
 pub fn derive_as_bind_group(ast: syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
     let manifest = BevyManifest::default();
     let render_path = manifest.get_path("bevy_render");
+    let image_path = manifest.get_path("bevy_image");
     let asset_path = manifest.get_path("bevy_asset");
     let ecs_path = manifest.get_path("bevy_ecs");
 
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ pub fn derive_as_bind_group(ast: syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
                     binding_impls.insert(0, quote! {
                         ( #binding_index,
                           #render_path::render_resource::OwnedBindingResource::TextureView({
-                              let handle: Option<&#asset_path::Handle<#render_path::texture::Image>> = (&self.#field_name).into();
+                              let handle: Option<&#asset_path::Handle<#image_path::Image>> = (&self.#field_name).into();
                               if let Some(handle) = handle {
                                   images.get(handle).ok_or_else(|| #render_path::render_resource::AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate)?.texture_view.clone()
                               } else {
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ pub fn derive_as_bind_group(ast: syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
                         (
                             #binding_index,
                             #render_path::render_resource::OwnedBindingResource::TextureView({
-                                let handle: Option<&#asset_path::Handle<#render_path::texture::Image>> = (&self.#field_name).into();
+                                let handle: Option<&#asset_path::Handle<#image_path::Image>> = (&self.#field_name).into();
                                 if let Some(handle) = handle {
                                     images.get(handle).ok_or_else(|| #render_path::render_resource::AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate)?.texture_view.clone()
                                 } else {
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ pub fn derive_as_bind_group(ast: syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
                         (
                             #binding_index,
                             #render_path::render_resource::OwnedBindingResource::Sampler({
-                                let handle: Option<&#asset_path::Handle<#render_path::texture::Image>> = (&self.#field_name).into();
+                                let handle: Option<&#asset_path::Handle<#image_path::Image>> = (&self.#field_name).into();
                                 if let Some(handle) = handle {
                                     let image = images.get(handle).ok_or_else(|| #render_path::render_resource::AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate)?;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
index f00ebb5e9d..7e7036d1e8 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crate::view::RenderVisibleEntities;
 use crate::{
     batching::gpu_preprocessing::GpuPreprocessingSupport,
     camera::{CameraProjection, ManualTextureViewHandle, ManualTextureViews},
-    prelude::Image,
     primitives::Frustum,
     render_asset::RenderAssets,
     render_graph::{InternedRenderSubGraph, RenderSubGraph},
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Commands, Query, Res, ResMut, Resource},
     world::DeferredWorld,
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{ops, vec2, Dir3, Mat4, Ray3d, Rect, URect, UVec2, UVec4, Vec2, Vec3};
 use bevy_reflect::prelude::*;
 use bevy_render_macros::ExtractComponent;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/manual_texture_view.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/manual_texture_view.rs
index a1353b9d0f..11d82364a6 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/manual_texture_view.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/manual_texture_view.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{
-    extract_resource::ExtractResource, render_resource::TextureView, texture::BevyDefault,
-};
+use crate::{extract_resource::ExtractResource, render_resource::TextureView};
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::Component, reflect::ReflectComponent, system::Resource};
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::UVec2;
 use bevy_reflect::prelude::*;
 use bevy_utils::HashMap;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/gpu_readback.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/gpu_readback.rs
index 434b4603ca..bb0092edf1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/gpu_readback.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/gpu_readback.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 use crate::{
     extract_component::ExtractComponentPlugin,
-    prelude::Image,
     render_asset::RenderAssets,
     render_resource::{Buffer, BufferUsages, Extent3d, ImageDataLayout, Texture, TextureFormat},
     renderer::{render_system, RenderDevice},
     storage::{GpuShaderStorageBuffer, ShaderStorageBuffer},
     sync_world::MainEntity,
-    texture::{GpuImage, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
+    texture::GpuImage,
     ExtractSchedule, MainWorld, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
 use async_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     prelude::{Component, Resource, World},
     system::{Query, Res},
 };
+use bevy_image::{Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo};
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
 use bevy_render_macros::ExtractComponent;
 use bevy_utils::{default, tracing::warn, HashMap};
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
index a682f2b954..c220470e48 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
@@ -61,12 +61,11 @@ pub mod prelude {
         },
         render_resource::Shader,
         spatial_bundle::SpatialBundle,
-        texture::{Image, ImagePlugin, IntoDynamicImageError},
+        texture::ImagePlugin,
         view::{InheritedVisibility, Msaa, ViewVisibility, Visibility, VisibilityBundle},
         ExtractSchedule,
     };
 }
-
 use batching::gpu_preprocessing::BatchingPlugin;
 use bevy_ecs::schedule::ScheduleBuildSettings;
 use bevy_utils::prelude::default;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
index 73e2579406..2753616aa0 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl Deref for BindGroup {
 /// ok to do "expensive" work here, such as creating a [`Buffer`] for a uniform.
 ///
 /// If for some reason a [`BindGroup`] cannot be created yet (for example, the [`Texture`](crate::render_resource::Texture)
-/// for an [`Image`](crate::texture::Image) hasn't loaded yet), just return [`AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate`], which signals that the caller
+/// for an [`Image`](bevy_image::Image) hasn't loaded yet), just return [`AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate`], which signals that the caller
 /// should retry again later.
 ///
 /// # Deriving
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ impl Deref for BindGroup {
 /// what their binding type is, and what index they should be bound at:
 ///
 /// ```
-/// # use bevy_render::{render_resource::*, texture::Image};
+/// # use bevy_render::render_resource::*;
+/// # use bevy_image::Image;
 /// # use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 /// # use bevy_asset::Handle;
 /// # use bevy_render::storage::ShaderStorageBuffer;
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ impl Deref for BindGroup {
 ///         GPU resource, which will be bound as a texture in shaders. The field will be assumed to implement [`Into<Option<Handle<Image>>>`]. In practice,
 ///         most fields should be a [`Handle<Image>`](bevy_asset::Handle) or [`Option<Handle<Image>>`]. If the value of an [`Option<Handle<Image>>`] is
 ///         [`None`], the [`crate::texture::FallbackImage`] resource will be used instead. This attribute can be used in conjunction with a `sampler` binding attribute
-///         (with a different binding index) if a binding of the sampler for the [`Image`](crate::texture::Image) is also required.
+///         (with a different binding index) if a binding of the sampler for the [`Image`](bevy_image::Image) is also required.
 ///
 /// | Arguments             | Values                                                                  | Default              |
 /// |-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ impl Deref for BindGroup {
 ///         resource, which will be bound as a sampler in shaders. The field will be assumed to implement [`Into<Option<Handle<Image>>>`]. In practice,
 ///         most fields should be a [`Handle<Image>`](bevy_asset::Handle) or [`Option<Handle<Image>>`]. If the value of an [`Option<Handle<Image>>`] is
 ///         [`None`], the [`crate::texture::FallbackImage`] resource will be used instead. This attribute can be used in conjunction with a `texture` binding attribute
-///         (with a different binding index) if a binding of the texture for the [`Image`](crate::texture::Image) is also required.
+///         (with a different binding index) if a binding of the texture for the [`Image`](bevy_image::Image) is also required.
 ///
 /// | Arguments              | Values                                                                  | Default                |
 /// |------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
@@ -194,9 +195,10 @@ impl Deref for BindGroup {
 ///
 ///  As mentioned above, [`Option<Handle<Image>>`] is also supported:
 /// ```
-/// # use bevy_render::{render_resource::AsBindGroup, texture::Image};
-/// # use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 /// # use bevy_asset::Handle;
+/// # use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
+/// # use bevy_image::Image;
+/// # use bevy_render::render_resource::AsBindGroup;
 /// #[derive(AsBindGroup)]
 /// struct CoolMaterial {
 ///     #[uniform(0)]
@@ -433,8 +435,9 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::{self as bevy_render, prelude::Image};
+    use crate as bevy_render;
     use bevy_asset::Handle;
+    use bevy_image::Image;
 
     #[test]
     fn texture_visibility() {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs
index 351a356be2..3671b7a0c8 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs
@@ -4,18 +4,11 @@ mod texture_attachment;
 mod texture_cache;
 
 pub use crate::render_resource::DefaultImageSampler;
-#[cfg(feature = "exr")]
-pub use bevy_image::ExrTextureLoader;
-#[cfg(feature = "hdr")]
-pub use bevy_image::HdrTextureLoader;
-pub use bevy_image::{
-    BevyDefault, CompressedImageFormats, FileTextureError, Image, ImageAddressMode,
-    ImageFilterMode, ImageFormat, ImageFormatSetting, ImageLoader, ImageLoaderError,
-    ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor, ImageType, IntoDynamicImageError,
-    TextureError, TextureFormatPixelInfo,
-};
 #[cfg(feature = "basis-universal")]
-pub use bevy_image::{CompressedImageSaver, CompressedImageSaverError};
+use bevy_image::CompressedImageSaver;
+#[cfg(feature = "hdr")]
+use bevy_image::HdrTextureLoader;
+use bevy_image::{CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageLoader, ImageSamplerDescriptor};
 pub use fallback_image::*;
 pub use gpu_image::*;
 pub use texture_attachment::*;
@@ -39,7 +32,7 @@ pub const TRANSPARENT_IMAGE_HANDLE: Handle<Image> =
 // TODO: replace Texture names with Image names?
 /// Adds the [`Image`] as an asset and makes sure that they are extracted and prepared for the GPU.
 pub struct ImagePlugin {
-    /// The default image sampler to use when [`ImageSampler`] is set to `Default`.
+    /// The default image sampler to use when [`bevy_image::ImageSampler`] is set to `Default`.
     pub default_sampler: ImageSamplerDescriptor,
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +62,7 @@ impl Plugin for ImagePlugin {
     fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
         #[cfg(feature = "exr")]
         {
-            app.init_asset_loader::<ExrTextureLoader>();
+            app.init_asset_loader::<bevy_image::ExrTextureLoader>();
         }
 
         #[cfg(feature = "hdr")]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs
index 2e306d610f..572a1db7b8 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use crate::{
     render_resource::{DynamicUniformBuffer, ShaderType, Texture, TextureView},
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
     texture::{
-        BevyDefault, CachedTexture, ColorAttachment, DepthAttachment, GpuImage,
-        OutputColorAttachment, TextureCache,
+        CachedTexture, ColorAttachment, DepthAttachment, GpuImage, OutputColorAttachment,
+        TextureCache,
     },
     Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use bevy_app::{App, Plugin};
 use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 use bevy_derive::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::{mat3, vec2, vec3, Mat3, Mat4, UVec4, Vec2, Vec3, Vec4, Vec4Swizzles};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render_macros::ExtractComponent;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/window/screenshot.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/window/screenshot.rs
index 6303456bd8..ad03ca0920 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/window/screenshot.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/window/screenshot.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::ExtractedWindows;
 use crate::{
     camera::{ManualTextureViewHandle, ManualTextureViews, NormalizedRenderTarget, RenderTarget},
     gpu_readback,
-    prelude::{Image, Shader},
+    prelude::Shader,
     render_asset::{RenderAssetUsages, RenderAssets},
     render_resource::{
         binding_types::texture_2d, BindGroup, BindGroupEntries, BindGroupLayout,
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
         SpecializedRenderPipelines, Texture, TextureUsages, TextureView, VertexState,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::{GpuImage, OutputColorAttachment, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
+    texture::{GpuImage, OutputColorAttachment},
     view::{prepare_view_attachments, prepare_view_targets, ViewTargetAttachments, WindowSurfaces},
     ExtractSchedule, MainWorld, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     entity::EntityHashMap, event::event_update_system, prelude::*, system::SystemState,
 };
 use bevy_hierarchy::DespawnRecursiveExt;
+use bevy_image::{Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo};
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
 use bevy_tasks::AsyncComputeTaskPool;
 use bevy_utils::{
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_sprite/Cargo.toml
index 59ee9b8fe1..0709eead67 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ bevy_asset = { path = "../bevy_asset", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_color = { path = "../bevy_color", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_core_pipeline = { path = "../bevy_core_pipeline", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
+bevy_image = { path = "../bevy_image", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_picking = { path = "../bevy_picking", version = "0.15.0-dev", optional = true }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.15.0-dev", features = [
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/dynamic_texture_atlas_builder.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/dynamic_texture_atlas_builder.rs
index 879a9af3a4..4c53e321ae 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/dynamic_texture_atlas_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/dynamic_texture_atlas_builder.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use crate::TextureAtlasLayout;
+use bevy_image::{Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo};
 use bevy_math::{URect, UVec2};
 use bevy_render::{
     render_asset::{RenderAsset, RenderAssetUsages},
-    texture::{GpuImage, Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
+    texture::GpuImage,
 };
 use guillotiere::{size2, Allocation, AtlasAllocator};
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/lib.rs
index 265be52209..8ea962eec2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, AssetApp, Assets, Handle};
 use bevy_core_pipeline::core_2d::Transparent2d;
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::*, query::QueryItem};
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_render::{
     extract_component::{ExtractComponent, ExtractComponentPlugin},
     mesh::{Mesh, Mesh2d, MeshAabb},
     primitives::Aabb,
     render_phase::AddRenderCommand,
     render_resource::{Shader, SpecializedRenderPipelines},
-    texture::Image,
     view::{check_visibility, NoFrustumCulling, VisibilitySystems},
     ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/color_material.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/color_material.rs
index 3b4ce76416..8c3267c40b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/color_material.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/color_material.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@ use crate::{AlphaMode2d, Material2d, Material2dPlugin, MaterialMesh2dBundle};
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin};
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Asset, AssetApp, Assets, Handle};
 use bevy_color::{Alpha, Color, ColorToComponents, LinearRgba};
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::Vec4;
 use bevy_reflect::prelude::*;
-use bevy_render::{
-    render_asset::RenderAssets,
-    render_resource::*,
-    texture::{GpuImage, Image},
-};
+use bevy_render::{render_asset::RenderAssets, render_resource::*, texture::GpuImage};
 
 pub const COLOR_MATERIAL_SHADER_HANDLE: Handle<Shader> =
     Handle::weak_from_u128(3253086872234592509);
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs
index cfef74be39..4eb064de20 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ use derive_more::derive::From;
 /// ```
 /// # use bevy_sprite::{Material2d, MeshMaterial2d};
 /// # use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+/// # use bevy_image::Image;
 /// # use bevy_reflect::TypePath;
-/// # use bevy_render::{mesh::{Mesh, Mesh2d}, render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef}, texture::Image};
+/// # use bevy_render::{mesh::{Mesh, Mesh2d}, render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef}};
 /// # use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 /// # use bevy_color::palettes::basic::RED;
 /// # use bevy_asset::{Handle, AssetServer, Assets, Asset};
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/mesh.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/mesh.rs
index 85e057f639..bc67c75aa5 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/mesh.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/mesh.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     query::ROQueryItem,
     system::{lifetimeless::*, SystemParamItem, SystemState},
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image, ImageSampler, TextureFormatPixelInfo};
 use bevy_math::{Affine3, Vec4};
-use bevy_render::sync_world::{MainEntity, MainEntityHashMap};
 use bevy_render::{
     batching::{
         gpu_preprocessing::IndirectParameters,
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_phase::{PhaseItem, RenderCommand, RenderCommandResult, TrackedRenderPass},
     render_resource::{binding_types::uniform_buffer, *},
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::{
-        BevyDefault, DefaultImageSampler, FallbackImage, GpuImage, Image, ImageSampler,
-        TextureFormatPixelInfo,
-    },
+    sync_world::{MainEntity, MainEntityHashMap},
+    texture::{DefaultImageSampler, FallbackImage, GpuImage},
     view::{
         ExtractedView, ViewTarget, ViewUniform, ViewUniformOffset, ViewUniforms, ViewVisibility,
     },
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/picking_backend.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/picking_backend.rs
index 55c06a8ec9..ad2afc33d1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/picking_backend.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/picking_backend.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::{Sprite, TextureAtlasLayout};
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::prelude::*;
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{prelude::*, FloatExt, FloatOrd};
 use bevy_picking::backend::prelude::*;
 use bevy_render::prelude::*;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs
index 98c38a7130..9ef692452f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     query::ROQueryItem,
     system::{lifetimeless::*, SystemParamItem, SystemState},
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image, ImageSampler, TextureFormatPixelInfo};
 use bevy_math::{Affine3A, FloatOrd, Quat, Rect, Vec2, Vec4};
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
 use bevy_render::view::RenderVisibleEntities;
@@ -33,10 +34,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     },
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
     sync_world::{RenderEntity, TemporaryRenderEntity},
-    texture::{
-        BevyDefault, DefaultImageSampler, FallbackImage, GpuImage, Image, ImageSampler,
-        TextureFormatPixelInfo,
-    },
+    texture::{DefaultImageSampler, FallbackImage, GpuImage},
     view::{
         ExtractedView, Msaa, ViewTarget, ViewUniform, ViewUniformOffset, ViewUniforms,
         ViewVisibility,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs
index 88faf4af10..f6b8b266d5 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use bevy_asset::Handle;
 use bevy_color::Color;
 use bevy_ecs::{component::Component, reflect::ReflectComponent};
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{Rect, Vec2};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
-use bevy_render::{sync_world::SyncToRenderWorld, texture::Image, view::Visibility};
+use bevy_render::{sync_world::SyncToRenderWorld, view::Visibility};
 use bevy_transform::components::Transform;
 
 use crate::{TextureAtlas, TextureSlicer};
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas.rs
index a4d82b2ca1..797fb4aa20 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use bevy_asset::{Asset, AssetId, Assets, Handle};
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{URect, UVec2};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
 use bevy_reflect::{ReflectDeserialize, ReflectSerialize};
-use bevy_render::texture::Image;
 use bevy_utils::HashMap;
 
 /// Stores a mapping from sub texture handles to the related area index.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas_builder.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas_builder.rs
index 2428fd4b15..b59c9423b9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_atlas_builder.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use bevy_asset::AssetId;
+use bevy_image::{Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo};
 use bevy_math::{URect, UVec2};
 use bevy_render::{
     render_asset::RenderAssetUsages,
     render_resource::{Extent3d, TextureDimension, TextureFormat},
-    texture::{Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
 };
 use bevy_utils::{
     tracing::{debug, error, warn},
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ impl<'a> TextureAtlasBuilder<'a> {
     /// # use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
     /// # use bevy_asset::*;
     /// # use bevy_render::prelude::*;
+    /// # use bevy_image::Image;
     ///
     /// fn my_system(mut commands: Commands, mut textures: ResMut<Assets<Image>>, mut layouts: ResMut<Assets<TextureAtlasLayout>>) {
     ///     // Declare your builder
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_slice/computed_slices.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_slice/computed_slices.rs
index 6e2d94198c..490071a600 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_slice/computed_slices.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_slice/computed_slices.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use crate::{ExtractedSprite, Sprite, SpriteImageMode, TextureAtlasLayout};
 use super::TextureSlice;
 use bevy_asset::{AssetEvent, Assets};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{Rect, Vec2};
-use bevy_render::texture::Image;
 use bevy_transform::prelude::*;
 use bevy_utils::HashSet;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_text/Cargo.toml
index ef3d235113..479ebed5f4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ bevy_color = { path = "../bevy_color", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_derive = { path = "../bevy_derive", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_hierarchy = { path = "../bevy_hierarchy", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
+bevy_image = { path = "../bevy_image", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.15.0-dev", features = [
   "bevy",
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas.rs b/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas.rs
index 8f32dade93..4ce4ea6207 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use bevy_asset::{Assets, Handle};
+use bevy_image::{Image, ImageSampler};
 use bevy_math::{IVec2, UVec2};
 use bevy_render::{
     render_asset::RenderAssetUsages,
     render_resource::{Extent3d, TextureDimension, TextureFormat},
-    texture::{Image, ImageSampler},
 };
 use bevy_sprite::{DynamicTextureAtlasBuilder, TextureAtlasLayout};
 use bevy_utils::HashMap;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas_set.rs b/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas_set.rs
index 3be8cf74b7..5547ea5fdb 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas_set.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/src/font_atlas_set.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     event::EventReader,
     system::{ResMut, Resource},
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{IVec2, UVec2};
 use bevy_reflect::TypePath;
 use bevy_render::{
     render_asset::RenderAssetUsages,
     render_resource::{Extent3d, TextureDimension, TextureFormat},
-    texture::Image,
 };
 use bevy_sprite::TextureAtlasLayout;
 use bevy_utils::HashMap;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph.rs b/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph.rs
index 4b264a8c89..b5295c655e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! This module exports types related to rendering glyphs.
 
 use bevy_asset::Handle;
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{IVec2, Vec2};
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
-use bevy_render::texture::Image;
 use bevy_sprite::TextureAtlasLayout;
 
 /// A glyph of a font, typically representing a single character, positioned in screen space.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/src/pipeline.rs b/crates/bevy_text/src/pipeline.rs
index cf5fe2f90c..92b5cd902e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     reflect::ReflectComponent,
     system::{ResMut, Resource},
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{UVec2, Vec2};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
-use bevy_render::texture::Image;
 use bevy_sprite::TextureAtlasLayout;
 use bevy_utils::HashMap;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs b/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs
index 509108cb50..36448baab7 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     query::{Changed, Without},
     system::{Commands, Local, Query, Res, ResMut},
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::Vec2;
 use bevy_reflect::{prelude::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::sync_world::TemporaryRenderEntity;
 use bevy_render::view::Visibility;
 use bevy_render::{
     primitives::Aabb,
-    texture::Image,
     view::{NoFrustumCulling, ViewVisibility},
     Extract,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
index 6cc41f0e1a..1184b94b09 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ bevy_core_pipeline = { path = "../bevy_core_pipeline", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_derive = { path = "../bevy_derive", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_hierarchy = { path = "../bevy_hierarchy", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
+bevy_image = { path = "../bevy_image", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_input = { path = "../bevy_input", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.15.0-dev", features = [
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/layout/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/layout/mod.rs
index 5d163a34f1..c4a5d63880 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/layout/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/layout/mod.rs
@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ mod tests {
     use bevy_hierarchy::{
         despawn_with_children_recursive, BuildChildren, ChildBuild, Children, Parent,
     };
+    use bevy_image::Image;
     use bevy_math::{Rect, UVec2, Vec2};
     use bevy_render::{
         camera::{ManualTextureViews, OrthographicProjection},
         prelude::Camera,
-        texture::Image,
     };
     use bevy_transform::{
         prelude::GlobalTransform,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/box_shadow.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/box_shadow.rs
index a648242f2b..eb7c8169d4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/box_shadow.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/box_shadow.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
         *,
     },
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::{vec2, FloatOrd, Mat4, Rect, Vec2, Vec3Swizzles, Vec4Swizzles};
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
 use bevy_render::RenderApp;
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::{binding_types::uniform_buffer, *},
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
     sync_world::{RenderEntity, TemporaryRenderEntity},
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::*,
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs
index 41c176a578..27068346e8 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use bevy_core_pipeline::core_3d::graph::{Core3d, Node3d};
 use bevy_core_pipeline::{core_2d::Camera2d, core_3d::Camera3d};
 use bevy_ecs::entity::{EntityHashMap, EntityHashSet};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{FloatOrd, Mat4, Rect, URect, UVec4, Vec2, Vec3, Vec3Swizzles, Vec4Swizzles};
 use bevy_render::render_phase::ViewSortedRenderPhases;
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_phase::{sort_phase_system, AddRenderCommand, DrawFunctions},
     render_resource::*,
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::Image,
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewUniforms},
     Extract, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ pub enum ExtractedUiItem {
         flip_x: bool,
         flip_y: bool,
         /// Border radius of the UI node.
-        /// Ordering: top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left.   
+        /// Ordering: top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left.
         border_radius: ResolvedBorderRadius,
         /// Border thickness of the UI node.
         /// Ordering: left, top, right, bottom.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/pipeline.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/pipeline.rs
index 633559cb9b..dd465515c5 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/pipeline.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::{
         binding_types::{sampler, texture_2d, uniform_buffer},
         *,
     },
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::{ViewTarget, ViewUniform},
 };
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs
index f5379b2e5c..23be50063c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
         *,
     },
 };
+use bevy_image::BevyDefault as _;
 use bevy_math::{FloatOrd, Mat4, Rect, Vec2, Vec4Swizzles};
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::{binding_types::uniform_buffer, *},
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
     sync_world::{RenderEntity, TemporaryRenderEntity},
-    texture::BevyDefault,
     view::*,
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_texture_slice_pipeline.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_texture_slice_pipeline.rs
index eb5dfd007f..67f9b327ae 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_texture_slice_pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_texture_slice_pipeline.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
         *,
     },
 };
+use bevy_image::{BevyDefault, Image};
 use bevy_math::{FloatOrd, Mat4, Rect, Vec2, Vec4Swizzles};
 use bevy_render::sync_world::MainEntity;
 use bevy_render::{
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::{binding_types::uniform_buffer, *},
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
     sync_world::{RenderEntity, TemporaryRenderEntity},
-    texture::{BevyDefault, GpuImage, Image, TRANSPARENT_IMAGE_HANDLE},
+    texture::{GpuImage, TRANSPARENT_IMAGE_HANDLE},
     view::*,
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderSet,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_material.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_material.rs
index 9c26f242e4..741bddfa29 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_material.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_material.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ use derive_more::derive::From;
 /// ```
 /// # use bevy_ui::prelude::*;
 /// # use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+/// # use bevy_image::Image;
 /// # use bevy_reflect::TypePath;
-/// # use bevy_render::{render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef}, texture::Image};
+/// # use bevy_render::render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef};
 /// # use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
 /// # use bevy_asset::{Handle, AssetServer, Assets, Asset};
 ///
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs
index a45e8c8e7d..70995e3c93 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ use crate::{ContentSize, Measure, MeasureArgs, Node, NodeMeasure, UiScale};
 use bevy_asset::{Assets, Handle};
 use bevy_color::Color;
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::{Rect, UVec2, Vec2};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
-use bevy_render::texture::{Image, TRANSPARENT_IMAGE_HANDLE};
+use bevy_render::texture::TRANSPARENT_IMAGE_HANDLE;
 use bevy_sprite::{TextureAtlas, TextureAtlasLayout, TextureSlicer};
 use bevy_window::{PrimaryWindow, Window};
 use taffy::{MaybeMath, MaybeResolve};
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs
index 30817e05da..1007a4cc78 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Local, Query, Res, ResMut},
     world::{Mut, Ref},
 };
+use bevy_image::Image;
 use bevy_math::Vec2;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
-use bevy_render::{camera::Camera, texture::Image};
+use bevy_render::camera::Camera;
 use bevy_sprite::TextureAtlasLayout;
 use bevy_text::{
     scale_value, ComputedTextBlock, CosmicFontSystem, Font, FontAtlasSets, LineBreak, SwashCache,
diff --git a/examples/2d/mesh2d_manual.rs b/examples/2d/mesh2d_manual.rs
index 6be6ca5f07..f12e6a27cb 100644
--- a/examples/2d/mesh2d_manual.rs
+++ b/examples/2d/mesh2d_manual.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use bevy::{
             TextureFormat, VertexBufferLayout, VertexFormat, VertexState, VertexStepMode,
         },
         sync_world::MainEntityHashMap,
-        texture::BevyDefault,
         view::{ExtractedView, RenderVisibleEntities, ViewTarget},
         Extract, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
     },
diff --git a/examples/2d/texture_atlas.rs b/examples/2d/texture_atlas.rs
index 532903c0ad..502285c9ac 100644
--- a/examples/2d/texture_atlas.rs
+++ b/examples/2d/texture_atlas.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //! Only one padded and one unpadded texture atlas are rendered to the screen.
 //! An upscaled sprite from each of the four atlases are rendered to the screen.
 
-use bevy::{asset::LoadedFolder, prelude::*, render::texture::ImageSampler};
+use bevy::{asset::LoadedFolder, image::ImageSampler, prelude::*};
 
 fn main() {
     App::new()
diff --git a/examples/3d/anti_aliasing.rs b/examples/3d/anti_aliasing.rs
index 19659ac3a5..f41ca3576f 100644
--- a/examples/3d/anti_aliasing.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/anti_aliasing.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ use bevy::{
         prepass::{DepthPrepass, MotionVectorPrepass},
         smaa::{Smaa, SmaaPreset},
     },
+    image::{ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor},
     pbr::CascadeShadowConfigBuilder,
     prelude::*,
     render::{
         camera::TemporalJitter,
         render_asset::RenderAssetUsages,
         render_resource::{Extent3d, TextureDimension, TextureFormat},
-        texture::{ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor},
     },
 };
 
diff --git a/examples/3d/clearcoat.rs b/examples/3d/clearcoat.rs
index 1cd825285a..c04b12d581 100644
--- a/examples/3d/clearcoat.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/clearcoat.rs
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ use std::f32::consts::PI;
 use bevy::{
     color::palettes::css::{BLUE, GOLD, WHITE},
     core_pipeline::{tonemapping::Tonemapping::AcesFitted, Skybox},
+    image::ImageLoaderSettings,
     math::vec3,
     prelude::*,
-    render::texture::ImageLoaderSettings,
 };
 
 /// The size of each sphere.
diff --git a/examples/3d/deferred_rendering.rs b/examples/3d/deferred_rendering.rs
index 769d617495..2bca5a5be7 100644
--- a/examples/3d/deferred_rendering.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/deferred_rendering.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ use bevy::{
         fxaa::Fxaa,
         prepass::{DeferredPrepass, DepthPrepass, MotionVectorPrepass, NormalPrepass},
     },
+    image::ImageLoaderSettings,
     math::ops,
     pbr::{
         CascadeShadowConfigBuilder, DefaultOpaqueRendererMethod, DirectionalLightShadowMap,
         NotShadowCaster, NotShadowReceiver, OpaqueRendererMethod,
     },
     prelude::*,
-    render::texture::ImageLoaderSettings,
 };
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/examples/3d/motion_blur.rs b/examples/3d/motion_blur.rs
index caea6835ac..94a203ea69 100644
--- a/examples/3d/motion_blur.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/motion_blur.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 //! Demonstrates how to enable per-object motion blur. This rendering feature can be configured per
 //! camera using the [`MotionBlur`] component.z
 
-use bevy::{core_pipeline::motion_blur::MotionBlur, math::ops, prelude::*};
+use bevy::{
+    core_pipeline::motion_blur::MotionBlur,
+    image::{ImageAddressMode, ImageFilterMode, ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor},
+    math::ops,
+    prelude::*,
+};
 
 fn main() {
     let mut app = App::new();
@@ -350,7 +355,7 @@ fn move_camera(
 }
 
 fn uv_debug_texture() -> Image {
-    use bevy::render::{render_asset::RenderAssetUsages, render_resource::*, texture::*};
+    use bevy::render::{render_asset::RenderAssetUsages, render_resource::*};
     const TEXTURE_SIZE: usize = 7;
 
     let mut palette = [
diff --git a/examples/3d/parallax_mapping.rs b/examples/3d/parallax_mapping.rs
index 1d4daad5db..47d83a4e76 100644
--- a/examples/3d/parallax_mapping.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/parallax_mapping.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
-use bevy::{math::ops, prelude::*, render::texture::ImageLoaderSettings};
+use bevy::{image::ImageLoaderSettings, math::ops, prelude::*};
 
 fn main() {
     App::new()
diff --git a/examples/3d/rotate_environment_map.rs b/examples/3d/rotate_environment_map.rs
index 0e7f4a5e55..68ecceeccf 100644
--- a/examples/3d/rotate_environment_map.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/rotate_environment_map.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use std::f32::consts::PI;
 use bevy::{
     color::palettes::css::{GOLD, WHITE},
     core_pipeline::{tonemapping::Tonemapping::AcesFitted, Skybox},
+    image::ImageLoaderSettings,
     prelude::*,
-    render::texture::ImageLoaderSettings,
 };
 
 /// Entry point.
diff --git a/examples/3d/scrolling_fog.rs b/examples/3d/scrolling_fog.rs
index 5e66bc25cb..5511862572 100644
--- a/examples/3d/scrolling_fog.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/scrolling_fog.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ use bevy::{
         bloom::Bloom,
         experimental::taa::{TemporalAntiAliasPlugin, TemporalAntiAliasing},
     },
-    pbr::{DirectionalLightShadowMap, FogVolume, VolumetricFog, VolumetricLight},
-    prelude::*,
-    render::texture::{
+    image::{
         ImageAddressMode, ImageFilterMode, ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler,
         ImageSamplerDescriptor,
     },
+    pbr::{DirectionalLightShadowMap, FogVolume, VolumetricFog, VolumetricLight},
+    prelude::*,
 };
 
 /// Initializes the example.
diff --git a/examples/3d/skybox.rs b/examples/3d/skybox.rs
index d2593f7741..8dc94d9f94 100644
--- a/examples/3d/skybox.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/skybox.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ mod camera_controller;
 
 use bevy::{
     core_pipeline::Skybox,
+    image::CompressedImageFormats,
     prelude::*,
     render::{
         render_resource::{TextureViewDescriptor, TextureViewDimension},
         renderer::RenderDevice,
-        texture::CompressedImageFormats,
     },
 };
 use camera_controller::{CameraController, CameraControllerPlugin};
diff --git a/examples/3d/ssr.rs b/examples/3d/ssr.rs
index 8f4ae85fe1..1cc3695354 100644
--- a/examples/3d/ssr.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/ssr.rs
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@ use std::ops::Range;
 use bevy::{
     color::palettes::css::{BLACK, WHITE},
     core_pipeline::{fxaa::Fxaa, Skybox},
+    image::{
+        ImageAddressMode, ImageFilterMode, ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler,
+        ImageSamplerDescriptor,
+    },
     input::mouse::MouseWheel,
     math::{vec3, vec4},
     pbr::{
         DefaultOpaqueRendererMethod, ExtendedMaterial, MaterialExtension, ScreenSpaceReflections,
     },
     prelude::*,
-    render::{
-        render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef, ShaderType},
-        texture::{
-            ImageAddressMode, ImageFilterMode, ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler,
-            ImageSamplerDescriptor,
-        },
-    },
+    render::render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef, ShaderType},
 };
 
 /// This example uses a shader source file from the assets subdirectory
diff --git a/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs b/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs
index cb11c42a0e..8fe2ef5871 100644
--- a/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs
+++ b/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use bevy::{
     app::{AppExit, ScheduleRunnerPlugin},
     core_pipeline::tonemapping::Tonemapping,
+    image::TextureFormatPixelInfo,
     prelude::*,
     render::{
         camera::RenderTarget,
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ use bevy::{
             TextureUsages,
         },
         renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-        texture::{BevyDefault, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
         Extract, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
     },
     winit::WinitPlugin,
diff --git a/examples/asset/alter_sprite.rs b/examples/asset/alter_sprite.rs
index 807013b675..92f0d0e929 100644
--- a/examples/asset/alter_sprite.rs
+++ b/examples/asset/alter_sprite.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 //! Shows how to modify texture assets after spawning.
 
 use bevy::{
-    input::common_conditions::input_just_pressed,
-    prelude::*,
-    render::{render_asset::RenderAssetUsages, texture::ImageLoaderSettings},
+    image::ImageLoaderSettings, input::common_conditions::input_just_pressed, prelude::*,
+    render::render_asset::RenderAssetUsages,
 };
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/examples/asset/asset_settings.rs b/examples/asset/asset_settings.rs
index cf8182f4f9..cfc76d774a 100644
--- a/examples/asset/asset_settings.rs
+++ b/examples/asset/asset_settings.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! This example demonstrates the usage of '.meta' files and [`AssetServer::load_with_settings`] to override the default settings for loading an asset
 
 use bevy::{
+    image::{ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler},
     prelude::*,
-    render::texture::{ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler},
 };
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/examples/asset/repeated_texture.rs b/examples/asset/repeated_texture.rs
index aed3215ab5..34664a9e42 100644
--- a/examples/asset/repeated_texture.rs
+++ b/examples/asset/repeated_texture.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 //! This example shows how to configure it to repeat the image instead.
 
 use bevy::{
+    image::{ImageAddressMode, ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor},
     math::Affine2,
     prelude::*,
-    render::texture::{
-        ImageAddressMode, ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler, ImageSamplerDescriptor,
-    },
 };
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs b/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs
index f4b9a87236..088265ef4e 100644
--- a/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use bevy::{
             VertexFormat, VertexState, VertexStepMode,
         },
         renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-        texture::BevyDefault as _,
         view::{self, ExtractedView, RenderVisibleEntities, VisibilitySystems},
         Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
     },
diff --git a/examples/shader/custom_post_processing.rs b/examples/shader/custom_post_processing.rs
index 8567f45d26..ec532071bf 100644
--- a/examples/shader/custom_post_processing.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/custom_post_processing.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use bevy::{
             *,
         },
         renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice},
-        texture::BevyDefault,
         view::ViewTarget,
         RenderApp,
     },
diff --git a/examples/shader/gpu_readback.rs b/examples/shader/gpu_readback.rs
index a83f01dcae..5a33f93743 100644
--- a/examples/shader/gpu_readback.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/gpu_readback.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ use bevy::{
         extract_resource::{ExtractResource, ExtractResourcePlugin},
         gpu_readback::{Readback, ReadbackComplete},
         render_asset::{RenderAssetUsages, RenderAssets},
-        render_graph,
-        render_graph::{RenderGraph, RenderLabel},
+        render_graph::{self, RenderGraph, RenderLabel},
         render_resource::{
             binding_types::{storage_buffer, texture_storage_2d},
             *,
diff --git a/examples/shader/specialized_mesh_pipeline.rs b/examples/shader/specialized_mesh_pipeline.rs
index dd097a0b66..2d30f605d1 100644
--- a/examples/shader/specialized_mesh_pipeline.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/specialized_mesh_pipeline.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ use bevy::{
             RenderPipelineDescriptor, SpecializedMeshPipeline, SpecializedMeshPipelineError,
             SpecializedMeshPipelines, TextureFormat, VertexState,
         },
-        texture::BevyDefault as _,
         view::{self, ExtractedView, RenderVisibleEntities, ViewTarget, VisibilitySystems},
         Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
     },
diff --git a/examples/ui/ui_texture_slice_flip_and_tile.rs b/examples/ui/ui_texture_slice_flip_and_tile.rs
index 07f81f14ed..ccf9e7d174 100644
--- a/examples/ui/ui_texture_slice_flip_and_tile.rs
+++ b/examples/ui/ui_texture_slice_flip_and_tile.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! This example illustrates how to how to flip and tile images with 9-slicing in the UI.
 
 use bevy::{
+    image::{ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler},
     prelude::*,
-    render::texture::{ImageLoaderSettings, ImageSampler},
     ui::widget::NodeImageMode,
     winit::WinitSettings,
 };