diff --git a/vtkm/rendering/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkm/rendering/CMakeLists.txt
index 207e863f7..add1b528f 100644
--- a/vtkm/rendering/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vtkm/rendering/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ set(headers
   ColorLegendAnnotation.h
   ConnectivityProxy.h
   Cylinderizer.h
+  DecodePNG.h # deprecated
+  EncodePNG.h # deprecated
   LineRenderer.h
   MatrixHelpers.h
   Scene.h
diff --git a/vtkm/rendering/DecodePNG.h b/vtkm/rendering/DecodePNG.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66cdbd70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtkm/rendering/DecodePNG.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//============================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) Kitware, Inc.
+//  All rights reserved.
+//  See LICENSE.txt for details.
+//
+//  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+//  the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+//  PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+//============================================================================
+#ifndef vtk_m_rendering_DecodePNG_h
+#define vtk_m_rendering_DecodePNG_h
+#include <vtkm/Deprecated.h>
+#include <vtkm/io/DecodePNG.h>
+#include <vtkm/rendering/vtkm_rendering_export.h>
+
+namespace vtkm
+{
+namespace rendering
+{
+
+VTKM_RENDERING_EXPORT
+vtkm::UInt32 DecodePNG(std::vector<unsigned char>& out_image,
+                       unsigned long& image_width,
+                       unsigned long& image_height,
+                       const unsigned char* in_png,
+                       std::size_t in_size) VTKM_DEPRECATED("Please use vtkm::io::DecodePNG")
+{
+  return vtkm::io::DecodePNG(out_image, image_width, image_height, in_png, in_size);
+}
+}
+} // vtkm::io
+
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vtkm/rendering/EncodePNG.h b/vtkm/rendering/EncodePNG.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bcb37735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtkm/rendering/EncodePNG.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+//============================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) Kitware, Inc.
+//  All rights reserved.
+//  See LICENSE.txt for details.
+//
+//  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+//  the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+//  PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+//============================================================================
+#ifndef vtk_m_rendering_EncodePNG_h
+#define vtk_m_rendering_EncodePNG_h
+
+#include <vtkm/io/EncodePNG.h>
+#include <vtkm/rendering/vtkm_rendering_export.h>
+
+namespace vtkm
+{
+namespace rendering
+{
+
+VTKM_RENDERING_EXPORT
+vtkm::UInt32 EncodePNG(std::vector<unsigned char> const& image,
+                       unsigned long width,
+                       unsigned long height,
+                       unsigned char* out_png,
+                       std::size_t out_size) VTKM_DEPRECATED("Please use vtkm::io::EncodePNG.")
+{
+  return io::EncodePNG(image, width, height, out_png, out_size);
+}
+
+VTKM_IO_EXPORT
+vtkm::UInt32 SavePNG(std::string const& filename,
+                     std::vector<unsigned char> const& image,
+                     unsigned long width,
+                     unsigned long height) VTKM_DEPRECATED("Please use SavePNG from vtkm::io")
+{
+  return io::SavePNG(filename, image, width, height);
+}
+}
+} // vtkm::rendering
+
+#endif //vtk_m_rendering_EncodePNG_h