diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
index b25d3735c2..21dfb4c1cd 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
@@ -67,16 +67,17 @@ class LoadImageInvocation(BaseInvocation):
     type: Literal["load_image"] = "load_image"
 
     # Inputs
-    image_type: ImageType = Field(description="The type of the image")
-    image_name:       str = Field(description="The name of the image")
+    image: Union[ImageField, None] = Field(
+        default=None, description="The image to load"
+    )
     # fmt: on
     def invoke(self, context: InvocationContext) -> ImageOutput:
-        image = context.services.images.get_pil_image(self.image_type, self.image_name)
+        image = context.services.images.get_pil_image(self.image.image_type, self.image.image_name)
 
         return ImageOutput(
             image=ImageField(
-                image_name=self.image_name,
-                image_type=self.image_type,
+                image_name=self.image.image_name,
+                image_type=self.image.image_type,
             ),
             width=image.width,
             height=image.height,
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ class ImageCropInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=image_crop,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ class MaskFromAlphaInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=image_mask,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.MASK,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ class ImageMultiplyInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=multiply_image,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ class ImageChannelInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=channel_image,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@ class ImageChannelInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
         )
 
 
-IMAGE_MODES = Literal['L', 'RGB', 'RGBA', 'CMYK', 'YCbCr', 'LAB', 'HSV', 'I', 'F']
+IMAGE_MODES = Literal["L", "RGB", "RGBA", "CMYK", "YCbCr", "LAB", "HSV", "I", "F"]
+
 
 class ImageConvertInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
     """Converts an image to a different mode."""
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ class ImageConvertInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=converted_image,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ class ImageBlurInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=blur_image,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ class ImageLerpInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=lerp_image,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@ class ImageInverseLerpInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
 
         image_dto = context.services.images.create(
             image=ilerp_image,
-            image_type=ImageType.INTERMEDIATE,
+            image_type=ImageType.RESULT,
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,