diff --git a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
index 7e8633151d..af328d0d76 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
@@ -846,14 +846,12 @@ impl Image {
     /// Create a new zero-filled image with a given size, which can be rendered to. This is primarily
     /// for use as a render target for a [`Camera`]. See [`RenderTarget::Image`].
     ///
+    /// You can use [`TEXTURE_FORMAT_SDR`] and [`TEXTURE_FORMAT_HDR`]
+    /// for Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) respectively.
+    ///
     /// [`Camera`]: https://docs.rs/bevy/latest/bevy/render/camera/struct.Camera.html
     /// [`RenderTarget::Image`]: https://docs.rs/bevy/latest/bevy/render/camera/enum.RenderTarget.html#variant.Image
-    pub fn new_target_texture(width: u32, height: u32, hdr: bool) -> Self {
-        let format = if hdr {
-            TEXTURE_FORMAT_HDR
-        } else {
-            TEXTURE_FORMAT_SDR
-        };
+    pub fn new_target_texture(width: u32, height: u32, format: TextureFormat) -> Self {
         let size = Extent3d {
             width,
             height,
@@ -867,7 +865,7 @@ impl Image {
         let data = vec![0; format.pixel_size() * size.volume()];
 
         Image {
-            data,
+            data: Some(data),
             texture_descriptor: TextureDescriptor {
                 size,
                 format,
diff --git a/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs b/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs
index f5e7d2667d..5ba3ec7010 100644
--- a/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::f32::consts::PI;
 
-use bevy::{prelude::*, render::view::RenderLayers};
+use bevy::{image::TEXTURE_FORMAT_SDR, prelude::*, render::view::RenderLayers};
 
 fn main() {
     App::new()
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn setup(
     mut images: ResMut<Assets<Image>>,
 ) {
     // This is the texture that will be rendered to.
-    let image = Image::new_target_texture(512, 512, false);
+    let image = Image::new_target_texture(512, 512, TEXTURE_FORMAT_SDR);
 
     let image_handle = images.add(image);
 
diff --git a/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs b/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
index 5f209e73c9..a11767f06f 100644
--- a/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 fn setup(mut commands: Commands, mut images: ResMut<Assets<Image>>) {
-    let mut image = Image::new_target_texture(SIZE.0, SIZE.1, false);
+    let mut image = Image::new_target_texture(SIZE.0, SIZE.1, TextureFormat::R32Float);
     image.asset_usage = RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD;
-    image.texture_descriptor.format = TextureFormat::R32Float;
     image.texture_descriptor.usage =
         TextureUsages::COPY_DST | TextureUsages::STORAGE_BINDING | TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING;
     let image0 = images.add(image.clone());