diff --git a/tools/cmd/at/set_window_logo.go b/tools/cmd/at/set_window_logo.go
index 04ea668eb..fe3dcd70d 100644
--- a/tools/cmd/at/set_window_logo.go
+++ b/tools/cmd/at/set_window_logo.go
@@ -7,16 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
-	_ "image/gif"
-	_ "image/jpeg"
-	"image/png"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	_ "golang.org/x/image/bmp"
-	_ "golang.org/x/image/tiff"
-	_ "golang.org/x/image/webp"
+	"kitty/tools/utils/images"
 )
 
 type struct_with_data interface {
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ func read_window_logo(io_data *rc_io_data, path string) (func(io_data *rc_io_dat
 		f.Close()
 		b := bytes.Buffer{}
 		b.Grow(config.Height * config.Width * 4)
-		err = png.Encode(&b, img)
+		err = images.Encode(&b, img, "image/png")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/tools/cmd/clipboard/read.go b/tools/cmd/clipboard/read.go
index a5a3469bf..a2c4acff7 100644
--- a/tools/cmd/clipboard/read.go
+++ b/tools/cmd/clipboard/read.go
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
-	"image/gif"
-	"image/jpeg"
-	"image/png"
 	"mime"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -19,10 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"kitty/tools/tty"
 	"kitty/tools/tui/loop"
 	"kitty/tools/utils"
-
-	"golang.org/x/image/bmp"
-	"golang.org/x/image/tiff"
-	_ "golang.org/x/image/webp"
+	"kitty/tools/utils/images"
 )
 
 var _ = fmt.Print
@@ -30,14 +24,6 @@ var cwd string
 
 const OSC_NUMBER = "5522"
 
-var decodable_image_types = map[string]bool{
-	"image/jpeg": true, "image/png": true, "image/bmp": true, "image/tiff": true, "image/webp": true, "image/gif": true,
-}
-
-var encodable_image_types = map[string]bool{
-	"image/jpeg": true, "image/png": true, "image/bmp": true, "image/tiff": true, "image/gif": true,
-}
-
 type Output struct {
 	arg                    string
 	ext                    string
@@ -114,20 +100,7 @@ func (self *Output) write_image(img image.Image) (err error) {
 			os.Remove(output.Name())
 		}
 	}()
-	switch self.mime_type {
-	case "image/png":
-		return png.Encode(output, img)
-	case "image/jpeg":
-		return jpeg.Encode(output, img, nil)
-	case "image/bmp":
-		return bmp.Encode(output, img)
-	case "image/gif":
-		return gif.Encode(output, img, nil)
-	case "image/tiff":
-		return tiff.Encode(output, img, nil)
-	}
-	err = fmt.Errorf("Unsupported output image MIME type %s", self.mime_type)
-	return
+	return images.Encode(output, img, self.mime_type)
 }
 
 func (self *Output) commit() {
@@ -167,9 +140,9 @@ func (self *Output) assign_mime_type(available_mimes []string) (err error) {
 		self.remote_mime_type = "."
 		return
 	}
-	if encodable_image_types[self.mime_type] {
+	if images.EncodableImageTypes[self.mime_type] {
 		for _, mt := range available_mimes {
-			if decodable_image_types[mt] {
+			if images.DecodableImageTypes[mt] {
 				self.remote_mime_type = mt
 				self.image_needs_conversion = true
 				return
diff --git a/tools/utils/images/formats.go b/tools/utils/images/formats.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24810646d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/utils/images/formats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2022, Kovid Goyal, <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+
+package images
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/gif"
+	"image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	"io"
+
+	"golang.org/x/image/bmp"
+	"golang.org/x/image/tiff"
+	_ "golang.org/x/image/webp"
+)
+
+var _ = fmt.Print
+
+var DecodableImageTypes = map[string]bool{
+	"image/jpeg": true, "image/png": true, "image/bmp": true, "image/tiff": true, "image/webp": true, "image/gif": true,
+}
+
+var EncodableImageTypes = map[string]bool{
+	"image/jpeg": true, "image/png": true, "image/bmp": true, "image/tiff": true, "image/gif": true,
+}
+
+func Encode(output io.Writer, img image.Image, format_mime string) (err error) {
+	switch format_mime {
+	case "image/png":
+		return png.Encode(output, img)
+	case "image/jpeg":
+		return jpeg.Encode(output, img, nil)
+	case "image/bmp":
+		return bmp.Encode(output, img)
+	case "image/gif":
+		return gif.Encode(output, img, nil)
+	case "image/tiff":
+		return tiff.Encode(output, img, nil)
+	}
+	err = fmt.Errorf("Unsupported output image MIME type %s", format_mime)
+	return
+
+}