diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 218ac4541..513525b6b 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ add_library(common
   fifo_queue.h
   file_system.cpp
   file_system.h
+  image.cpp
+  image.h
   gl/context.cpp
   gl/context.h
   gl/program.cpp
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ add_library(common
 
 target_include_directories(common PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
 target_include_directories(common PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
-target_link_libraries(common PRIVATE glad libcue Threads::Threads cubeb libchdr glslang vulkan-loader)
+target_link_libraries(common PRIVATE glad libcue stb Threads::Threads cubeb libchdr glslang vulkan-loader)
 
 if(WIN32)
   target_sources(common PRIVATE
diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj b/src/common/common.vcxproj
index de0c5284b..771a21083 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="gl\texture.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="hash_combine.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="heap_array.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="image.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="iso_reader.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="jit_code_buffer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="log.h" />
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="gl\shader_cache.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="gl\stream_buffer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="gl\texture.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="image.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="iso_reader.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="jit_code_buffer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="cd_subchannel_replacement.cpp" />
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL=1;WIN32;_DEBUGFAST;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>Default</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <SupportJustMyCode>false</SupportJustMyCode>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL=1;WIN32;_DEBUGFAST;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>Default</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <SupportJustMyCode>false</SupportJustMyCode>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
@@ -411,7 +413,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
@@ -441,7 +443,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
@@ -471,7 +473,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
@@ -501,7 +503,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)dep\glad\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\cubeb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libcue\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\stb\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\vulkan-loader\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\glslang;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters b/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
index a98013549..442f5ff09 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="vulkan\shader_cache.h">
       <Filter>vulkan</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="image.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="jit_code_buffer.cpp" />
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="vulkan\shader_cache.cpp">
       <Filter>vulkan</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="image.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Natvis Include="bitfield.natvis" />
diff --git a/src/common/image.cpp b/src/common/image.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b80e10dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/image.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "image.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "stb_image.h"
+Log_SetChannel(Common::Image);
+
+namespace Common {
+bool LoadImageFromFile(Common::RGBA8Image* image, const char* filename)
+{
+  int width, height, file_channels;
+  u8* pixel_data = stbi_load(filename, &width, &height, &file_channels, 4);
+  if (!pixel_data)
+  {
+    const char* error_reason = stbi_failure_reason();
+    Log_ErrorPrintf("Failed to load image from '%s': %s", filename, error_reason ? error_reason : "unknown error");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  image->SetPixels(static_cast<u32>(width), static_cast<u32>(height), reinterpret_cast<const u32*>(pixel_data));
+  stbi_image_free(pixel_data);
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool LoadImageFromBuffer(Common::RGBA8Image* image, const void* buffer, std::size_t buffer_size)
+{
+  int width, height, file_channels;
+  u8* pixel_data = stbi_load_from_memory(static_cast<const stbi_uc*>(buffer), static_cast<int>(buffer_size), &width,
+                                         &height, &file_channels, 4);
+  if (!pixel_data)
+  {
+    const char* error_reason = stbi_failure_reason();
+    Log_ErrorPrintf("Failed to load image from memory: %s", error_reason ? error_reason : "unknown error");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  image->SetPixels(static_cast<u32>(width), static_cast<u32>(height), reinterpret_cast<const u32*>(pixel_data));
+  stbi_image_free(pixel_data);
+  return true;
+}
+} // namespace Common
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diff --git a/src/common/image.h b/src/common/image.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6054aa0f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/image.h
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "assert.h"
+#include "types.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <optional>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace Common {
+template<typename PixelType>
+class Image
+{
+public:
+  Image() = default;
+  Image(u32 width, u32 height, const PixelType* pixels) { SetPixels(width, height, pixels); }
+  Image(const Image& copy)
+  {
+    m_width = copy.m_width;
+    m_height = copy.m_height;
+    m_pixels = copy.m_pixels;
+  }
+  Image(Image&& move)
+  {
+    m_width = move.m_width;
+    m_height = move.m_height;
+    m_pixels = std::move(move.m_width);
+    move.m_width = 0;
+    move.m_height = 0;
+  }
+
+  Image& operator=(const Image& copy)
+  {
+    m_width = copy.m_width;
+    m_height = copy.m_height;
+    m_pixels = copy.m_pixels;
+    return *this;
+  }
+  Image& operator=(Image&& move)
+  {
+    m_width = move.m_width;
+    m_height = move.m_height;
+    m_pixels = std::move(move.m_width);
+    move.m_width = 0;
+    move.m_height = 0;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  ALWAYS_INLINE bool IsValid() const { return (m_width > 0 && m_height > 0); }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetWidth() const { return m_width; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetHeight() const { return m_height; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetByteStride() const { return (sizeof(PixelType) * m_width); }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE const PixelType* GetPixels() const { return m_pixels.data(); }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE PixelType* GetPixels() { return m_pixels.data(); }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE const PixelType* GetRowPixels(u32 y) const { return &m_pixels[y * m_width]; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE PixelType* GetRowPixels(u32 y) { return &m_pixels[y * m_width]; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE void SetPixel(u32 x, u32 y, PixelType pixel) { m_pixels[y * m_width + x] = pixel; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE PixelType GetPixel(u32 x, u32 y) const { return m_pixels[y * m_width + x]; }
+
+  void Clear(PixelType fill_value = static_cast<PixelType>(0))
+  {
+    std::fill(m_pixels.begin(), m_pixels.end(), fill_value);
+  }
+
+  void Invalidate()
+  {
+    m_width = 0;
+    m_height = 0;
+    m_pixels.clear();
+  }
+
+  void SetSize(u32 new_width, u32 new_height, PixelType fill_value = static_cast<PixelType>(0))
+  {
+    m_width = new_width;
+    m_height = new_height;
+    m_pixels.resize(new_width * new_height);
+    Clear(fill_value);
+  }
+
+  void SetPixels(u32 width, u32 height, const PixelType* pixels)
+  {
+    m_width = width;
+    m_height = height;
+    m_pixels.resize(width * height);
+    std::memcpy(m_pixels.data(), pixels, width * height * sizeof(PixelType));
+  }
+
+private:
+  u32 m_width = 0;
+  u32 m_height = 0;
+  std::vector<PixelType> m_pixels;
+};
+
+using RGBA8Image = Image<u32>;
+
+bool LoadImageFromFile(Common::RGBA8Image* image, const char* filename);
+bool LoadImageFromBuffer(Common::RGBA8Image* image, const void* buffer, std::size_t buffer_size);
+
+} // namespace Common
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