diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/extensions.dart b/packages/flame/lib/extensions.dart
index cb3562c57e7..eb7061d9779 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/extensions.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/extensions.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export 'src/extensions/image.dart';
 export 'src/extensions/matrix4.dart';
 export 'src/extensions/offset.dart';
 export 'src/extensions/paint.dart';
+export 'src/extensions/picture_extension.dart';
 export 'src/extensions/rect.dart';
 export 'src/extensions/rectangle.dart';
 export 'src/extensions/size.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
index 43808bbe6f0..3e371be947f 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:math' as math;
 import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flame/components.dart';
+import 'package:flame/src/extensions/picture_extension.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/palette.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/text/text_renderer.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart' hide Image;
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ class TextBoxComponent<T extends TextRenderer> extends TextComponent {
     final c = Canvas(recorder, size.toRect());
     c.scale(pixelRatio);
     _fullRender(c);
-    return recorder.endRecording().toImage(
+    return recorder.endRecording().toImageSafe(
           (width * pixelRatio).ceil(),
           (height * pixelRatio).ceil(),
         );
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/extensions/picture_extension.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/extensions/picture_extension.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4056af08919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/extensions/picture_extension.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import 'dart:ui';
+
+extension PictureExtension on Picture {
+  /// Converts [Picture] into an [Image] and disposes of the picture.
+  Future<Image> toImageSafe(int width, int height) {
+    return toImage(width, height).then((image) {
+      dispose();
+      return image;
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/image_composition.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/image_composition.dart
index 44a7cf9086e..32dae385a28 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/image_composition.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/image_composition.dart
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ImageComposition {
 
     return recorder
         .endRecording()
-        .toImage(output.width.toInt(), output.height.toInt());
+        .toImageSafe(output.width.toInt(), output.height.toInt());
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart
index 18a49434c75..c26f9de5185 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'dart:ui';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/cache/images.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/extensions/image.dart';
+import 'package:flame/src/extensions/picture_extension.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/flame.dart';
 
 extension SpriteBatchExtension on Game {
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ class SpriteBatch {
     canvas.drawImage(image, Offset(-image.width * 2, 0), _emptyPaint);
 
     final picture = recorder.endRecording();
-    final atlas = picture.toImage(image.width * 2, image.height);
+    final atlas = picture.toImageSafe(image.width * 2, image.height);
     return atlas;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flame_tiled/test/tiled_test.dart b/packages/flame_tiled/test/tiled_test.dart
index 85efe68bc0b..fa6b02faf0a 100644
--- a/packages/flame_tiled/test/tiled_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame_tiled/test/tiled_test.dart
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void main() {
       overlapMap.render(canvas);
       final picture = canvasRecorder.endRecording();
 
-      final image = await picture.toImage(32, 16);
+      final image = await picture.toImageSafe(32, 16);
       final bytes = await image.toByteData();
       canvasPixelData = bytes!.buffer.asUint8List();
     });
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void main() {
       overlapMap.render(canvas);
       final picture = canvasRecorder.endRecording();
 
-      final image = await picture.toImage(64, 48);
+      final image = await picture.toImageSafe(64, 48);
       final bytes = await image.toByteData();
       canvasPixelData = bytes!.buffer.asUint8List();
     });