What problem does this solve or what need does it fill?

Currently, the RenderAsset implementation for GpuImage unconditionally calls create_texture_with_data. This is unhelpful for creating textures that are intended to be filled in on the GPU, for example during a compute pass that runs prior to rendering.

What solution would you like?

ShaderStorageBufffer already has a similar solution where different constructors are provided with/without data. Do the same for Image and determine whether we need to create a texture with data based on the presence of data in Image.