diff --git a/app/render/pixelformat.cpp b/app/render/pixelformat.cpp
index 59fd09d0e..89e481961 100644
--- a/app/render/pixelformat.cpp
+++ b/app/render/pixelformat.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ bool PixelFormat::FormatHasAlphaChannel(const PixelFormat::Format &format)
   return false;
 }
 
+bool PixelFormat::FormatIsFloat(const PixelFormat::Format &format)
+{
+  switch (format) {
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGB16F:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGBA16F:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGB32F:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGBA32F:
+    return true;
+
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGB8:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGBA8:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGB16U:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_RGBA16U:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_INVALID:
+  case PixelFormat::PIX_FMT_COUNT:
+    break;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 OIIO::TypeDesc::BASETYPE PixelFormat::GetOIIOTypeDesc(const PixelFormat::Format &format)
 {
   switch (format) {
diff --git a/app/render/pixelformat.h b/app/render/pixelformat.h
index 7f9a59555..d4d26726c 100644
--- a/app/render/pixelformat.h
+++ b/app/render/pixelformat.h
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ public:
    */
   static bool FormatHasAlphaChannel(const Format& format);
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Simple convenience function returning whether a pixel format is float-based or integer-based
+   */
+  static bool FormatIsFloat(const Format& format);
+
   /**
    * @brief Get corresponding OpenImageIO TypeDesc for a given pixel format
    */