diff --git a/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
index eb47921..c9bc665 100644
--- a/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ if(ENABLE_TEST)
     add_subdirectory(catch2)
 endif()
 
-add_subdirectory(tinyusdz)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(tinyusdz)
+add_subdirectory(ktx-software)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/3rdParty/ktx-software/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/ktx-software/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34f8475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdParty/ktx-software/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+include(FetchContent)
+
+if(NOT DEFINED KTX_REPO)
+    set(KTX_REPO https://github.com/KhronosGroup/KTX-Software.git)
+endif ()
+
+FetchContent_Declare(
+    ktx
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    GIT_REPOSITORY ${KTX_REPO}
+    GIT_TAG v4.3.2
+    GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+)
+
+set(LIB_TYPE_DEFAULT OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(KTX_FEATURE_STATIC_LIBRARY ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(ktx)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt b/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ed12cd..dfb5641 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if (NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PUBLIC magic_enum yaml-cpp fmt spdlog glm pugixml stb eigen utf8cpp imgui_internal TracyClient stud-uuid ryml unordered_dense units)
+target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PUBLIC magic_enum yaml-cpp fmt spdlog glm pugixml stb eigen utf8cpp imgui_internal TracyClient stud-uuid ryml unordered_dense units ktx)
 LinkAssimp(openVulkanoCpp)
 LinkLibArchive(openVulkanoCpp)
 LinkLibJpegTurbo(openVulkanoCpp)
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Image/Image.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Image/Image.hpp
index b440de3..22a43f0 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Image/Image.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Image/Image.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Image
 		JPEG,
 		PNG,
 		BMP,
+		KTX,
+		DDS,
 	};
 
 	struct Image
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Image/ImageLoaderKtx.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Image/ImageLoaderKtx.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b18ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Image/ImageLoaderKtx.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include "ImageLoaderKtx.hpp"
+
+#include <ktx.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace OpenVulkano::Image
+{
+	std::unique_ptr<Image> ImageLoaderKtx::loadFromFile(const std::string& filePath)
+	{
+		ktxTexture* texture;
+		KTX_error_code result =
+		ktxTexture_CreateFromNamedFile(filePath.c_str(), KTX_TEXTURE_CREATE_LOAD_IMAGE_DATA_BIT, &texture);
+
+		if (result != KTX_SUCCESS)
+		{
+			throw std::runtime_error("Failed to load KTX texture: " + std::string(ktxErrorString(result)));
+		}
+
+		auto image = ExtractImage(texture);
+		ktxTexture_Destroy(texture);
+		return image;
+	}
+
+	std::unique_ptr<Image> ImageLoaderKtx::loadFromMemory(const std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer)
+	{
+		ktxTexture* texture;
+		KTX_error_code result =
+		ktxTexture_CreateFromMemory(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), KTX_TEXTURE_CREATE_LOAD_IMAGE_DATA_BIT, &texture);
+
+		if (result != KTX_SUCCESS)
+		{
+			throw std::runtime_error("Failed to load KTX texture from memory: " + std::string(ktxErrorString(result)));
+		}
+
+		auto image = ExtractImage(texture);
+		ktxTexture_Destroy(texture);
+		return image;
+	}
+
+	Math::Vector2i ImageLoaderKtx::GetImageDimensions(const std::string& filename)
+	{
+		ktxTexture* texture;
+		KTX_error_code result =
+		ktxTexture_CreateFromNamedFile(filename.c_str(), KTX_TEXTURE_CREATE_LOAD_IMAGE_DATA_BIT, &texture);
+
+		if (result != KTX_SUCCESS)
+		{
+			throw std::runtime_error("Failed to load KTX texture for dimensions: "
+			                         + std::string(ktxErrorString(result)));
+		}
+
+		Math::Vector2i dimensions(texture->baseWidth, texture->baseHeight);
+		ktxTexture_Destroy(texture);
+		return dimensions;
+	}
+
+	std::unique_ptr<Image> ImageLoaderKtx::ExtractImage(ktxTexture* texture)
+	{
+		if (!texture->pData)
+		{
+			throw std::runtime_error("No image data found in KTX texture.");
+		}
+
+		auto width = static_cast<int>(texture->baseWidth);
+		auto height = static_cast<int>(texture->baseHeight);
+
+		auto image = std::make_unique<Image>();
+		image->resolution.x = width;
+		image->resolution.y = height;
+		image->resolution.z = 1;
+
+		if (texture->classId == ktxTexture1_c)
+		{
+			ktxTexture1* tx = reinterpret_cast<ktxTexture1*>(texture);
+			DataFormat format = DataFormat::Format::UNDEFINED;
+			switch (tx->glInternalformat)
+			{
+				case 0x8051: /* GL_RGB8_EXT */     format = DataFormat::Format::R8G8B8_UNORM; break;
+				case 0x8054: /* GL_RGB16_EXT */    format = DataFormat::Format::R16G16B16_UNORM; break;
+				case 0x8057: /* GL_RGB5_A1_EXT */  format = DataFormat::Format::R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16; break;
+				case 0x8058: /* GL_RGBA8_EXT */    format = DataFormat::Format::R8G8B8A8_UNORM; break;
+				case 0x8059: /* GL_RGB10_A2_EXT */ format = DataFormat::Format::A2R10G10B10_UNORM_PACK32; break;
+				case 0x805B: /* GL_RGBA16_EXT */   format = DataFormat::Format::R16G16B16A16_UNORM; break;
+				default: throw std::runtime_error("Unhandled texture1 format: " + tx->glInternalformat);
+			}
+			image->dataFormat = format;
+		}
+		else if (texture->classId == ktxTexture2_c)
+		{
+			ktxTexture2* tx = reinterpret_cast<ktxTexture2*>(texture);
+			image->dataFormat = *reinterpret_cast<DataFormat::Format*>(&tx->vkFormat);
+		}
+
+		image->data = Array<uint8_t>(texture->dataSize);
+		memcpy(image->data.Data(), texture->pData, image->data.Size());
+
+		return image;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Image/ImageLoaderKtx.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Image/ImageLoaderKtx.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9f9db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Image/ImageLoaderKtx.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ImageLoader.hpp"
+
+struct ktxTexture;
+
+namespace OpenVulkano::Image
+{
+	class ImageLoaderKtx : public IImageLoader
+	{
+	public:
+		std::unique_ptr<Image> loadFromFile(const std::string& filePath) override;
+		std::unique_ptr<Image> loadFromMemory(const std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer) override;
+		Math::Vector2i GetImageDimensions(const std::string& filename) override;
+
+	protected:
+		std::unique_ptr<Image> ExtractImage(ktxTexture* texture);
+	};
+}