diff --git a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/application_io.rs b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/application_io.rs
index cd2304da31..4e4ebc5b95 100644
--- a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/application_io.rs
+++ b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/application_io.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub use graphene_application_io::ApplicationIo;
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct PlatformApplicationIo {
 	#[cfg(feature = "wgpu")]
-	gpu_executor: Option<WgpuExecutor>,
+	gpu_executor: Option<std::sync::Arc<WgpuExecutor>>,
 	resources: Option<Box<dyn resource::LoadResource>>,
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl PlatformApplicationIo {
 
 		Self {
 			#[cfg(feature = "wgpu")]
-			gpu_executor: executor,
+			gpu_executor: executor.map(std::sync::Arc::new),
 			resources: None,
 		}
 	}
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl PlatformApplicationIo {
 		set_wgpu_available(wgpu_available);
 
 		Self {
-			gpu_executor: executor,
+			gpu_executor: executor.map(std::sync::Arc::new),
 			resources: None,
 		}
 	}
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ impl ApplicationIo for PlatformApplicationIo {
 
 	#[cfg(feature = "wgpu")]
 	fn gpu_executor(&self) -> Option<&Self::Executor> {
-		self.gpu_executor.as_ref()
+		self.gpu_executor.as_deref()
+	}
+
+	#[cfg(feature = "wgpu")]
+	fn gpu_executor_arc(&self) -> Option<std::sync::Arc<Self::Executor>> {
+		self.gpu_executor.clone()
 	}
 
 	fn load_resource(&self, hash: resource::ResourceHash) -> resource::ResourceFuture<'_> {
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/application-io/src/lib.rs b/node-graph/libraries/application-io/src/lib.rs
index 1b5fbe3115..5534cdacb1 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/application-io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/application-io/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pub trait ApplicationIo {
 	fn gpu_executor(&self) -> Option<&Self::Executor> {
 		None
 	}
+	fn gpu_executor_arc(&self) -> Option<Arc<Self::Executor>> {
+		None
+	}
 	fn load_resource(&self, hash: resource::ResourceHash) -> resource::ResourceFuture<'_>;
 }
 
@@ -31,6 +34,10 @@ impl<T: ApplicationIo> ApplicationIo for &T {
 		(**self).gpu_executor()
 	}
 
+	fn gpu_executor_arc(&self) -> Option<Arc<T::Executor>> {
+		(**self).gpu_executor_arc()
+	}
+
 	fn load_resource(&self, hash: resource::ResourceHash) -> resource::ResourceFuture<'_> {
 		(**self).load_resource(hash)
 	}
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/texture_conversion.rs b/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/texture_conversion.rs
index 872b55678c..385e432a18 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/texture_conversion.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/texture_conversion.rs
@@ -84,3 +84,15 @@ impl<'i> Convert<List<Raster<CPU>>, &'i WgpuExecutor> for List<Raster<CPU>> {
 		self
 	}
 }
+
+/// Uploads an raster texture from the CPU to the GPU. This is now deprecated and the Convert node should be used in the future.
+///
+/// Accepts either individual raster data or a `List` of raster elements and converts it to the GPU format using the WgpuExecutor's device and queue.
+#[node_macro::node(category(""))]
+pub fn upload_texture<'a, T: Convert<List<Raster<GPU>>, &'a WgpuExecutor>>(
+	_: impl Ctx,
+	#[implementations(List<Raster<CPU>>, List<Raster<GPU>>)] input: T,
+	executor: &'a WgpuExecutor,
+) -> List<Raster<GPU>> {
+	input.convert(Footprint::DEFAULT, executor)
+}