diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b671fb2e..94076f131 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2106,6 +2106,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "craft-raster-codecs"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.23.1",
  "image",
  "rayon",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
diff --git a/crates/raster-codecs/Cargo.toml b/crates/raster-codecs/Cargo.toml
index cadf9cbd0..786e9d55c 100644
--- a/crates/raster-codecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/raster-codecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+base64 = "0.23"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["png", "jpeg", "bmp", "gif", "tiff", "webp"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/raster-codecs/src/common.rs b/crates/raster-codecs/src/common.rs
index fd8c1be60..357123e7c 100644
--- a/crates/raster-codecs/src/common.rs
+++ b/crates/raster-codecs/src/common.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use std::io::Cursor;
 
+use base64::{Engine as _, engine::general_purpose::STANDARD};
 use image::{ImageReader, Limits as ImageLimits, RgbaImage};
 
 use crate::CodecError;
@@ -62,6 +63,29 @@ pub fn encode_png(pixels: &RgbaImage) -> Result<Vec<u8>, CodecError> {
     Ok(out.into_inner())
 }
 
+/// Encode an RGBA image as standard Base64 containing PNG bytes, for a document field that stores
+/// an inline PNG image.
+pub fn encode_png_base64(pixels: &RgbaImage) -> Result<String, CodecError> {
+    encode_png(pixels).map(|bytes| STANDARD.encode(bytes))
+}
+
+/// Decode standard Base64 containing one PNG into straight-alpha RGBA pixels.
+///
+/// The encoded length is checked before Base64 allocates the decoded buffer, and the decoded PNG
+/// then passes through the same file, dimension, pixel-count, and allocation limits as any other
+/// raster input.
+pub fn decode_png_base64(text: &str, limits: DecodeLimits) -> Result<RgbaImage, CodecError> {
+    let max_encoded_bytes = limits.max_file_bytes.div_ceil(3).saturating_mul(4);
+    if text.len() > max_encoded_bytes {
+        return Err(CodecError::LimitExceeded(format!("{} Base64 characters exceed max {max_encoded_bytes}", text.len())));
+    }
+    let bytes = STANDARD.decode(text).map_err(|e| CodecError::malformed("PNG Base64", e))?;
+    if !bytes.starts_with(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") {
+        return Err(CodecError::malformed("PNG Base64", "decoded data has no PNG signature"));
+    }
+    decode_rgba(&bytes, limits)
+}
+
 /// Encode RGBA pixels as JPEG at the requested quality (1–100).
 pub fn encode_jpeg(pixels: &RgbaImage, quality: u8) -> Result<Vec<u8>, CodecError> {
     if !(1..=100).contains(&quality) {