diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 215ddd59d..fa424a44e 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -95,13 +95,8 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "false"                # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_LIBRARY: "auto"               # image processing library to be used for generating thumbnails (auto, imaging, vips)
-      PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_FILTER: "lanczos"             # image downscaling filter, best to worst: lanczos, cubic, linear
+      PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_FILTER: "auto"                # downscaling filter (imaging best to worst: blackman, lanczos, cubic, linear, nearest)
       PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_UNCACHED: "true"              # enables on-demand thumbnail rendering (high memory and cpu usage)
-      PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_SIZE: 2048                    # pre-rendered thumbnail size limit (default 2048, min 720, max 7680)
-      # PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_SIZE: 4096                  # Retina 4K, DCI 4K (requires more storage); 7680 for 8K Ultra HD
-      PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_SIZE_UNCACHED: 7680           # on-demand rendering size limit (default 7680, min 720, max 7680)
-      PHOTOPRISM_JPEG_SIZE: 7680                     # size limit for converted image files in pixels (720-30000)
-      PHOTOPRISM_JPEG_QUALITY: 85                    # a higher value increases the quality and file size of JPEG images and thumbnails (25-100)
       TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL: 0                        # show TensorFlow log messages for development
       ## Video Transcoding (https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/advanced/transcoding/):
       # PHOTOPRISM_FFMPEG_ENCODER: "software"        # H.264/AVC encoder (software, intel, nvidia, apple, raspberry, or vaapi)
diff --git a/internal/api/share_preview.go b/internal/api/share_preview.go
index aedb8c47b..99edfb069 100644
--- a/internal/api/share_preview.go
+++ b/internal/api/share_preview.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func SharePreview(router *gin.RouterGroup) {
 		preview = imaging.Resize(preview, 1200, 0, imaging.Lanczos)
 
 		// Save the resulting album preview as JPEG.
-		err = imaging.Save(preview, previewFilename, thumb.JpegQualitySmall.EncodeOption())
+		err = imaging.Save(preview, previewFilename, thumb.JpegQualitySmall().EncodeOption())
 
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error(err)
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 0049d99ec..070eb4863 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ func (c *Config) Propagate() {
 
 	// Initialize the thumbnail generation package.
 	thumb.Library = c.ThumbLibrary()
-	thumb.StandardRGB = c.ThumbSRGB()
-	thumb.SizePrecached = c.ThumbSizePrecached()
-	thumb.SizeUncached = c.ThumbSizeUncached()
+	thumb.Color = c.ThumbColor()
 	thumb.Filter = c.ThumbFilter()
-	thumb.JpegQuality = c.JpegQuality()
+	thumb.SizeCached = c.ThumbSizePrecached()
+	thumb.SizeOnDemand = c.ThumbSizeUncached()
+	thumb.JpegQualityDefault = c.JpegQuality()
 	thumb.CachePublic = c.HttpCachePublic()
 
 	// Set cache expiration defaults.
diff --git a/internal/config/config_resample.go b/internal/config/config_resample.go
index 5043efca0..a178ae65b 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_resample.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_resample.go
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/thumb"
+	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/clean"
 )
 
 // JpegSize returns the size limit for automatically converted files in `PIXELS` (720-30000).
@@ -35,46 +34,22 @@ func (c *Config) JpegQuality() thumb.Quality {
 
 // ThumbLibrary returns the name of the image processing library to be used for generating thumbnails.
 func (c *Config) ThumbLibrary() string {
-	switch strings.ToLower(c.options.ThumbLibrary) {
-	case thumb.LibVips:
-		return thumb.LibVips
-	default:
+	switch clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(c.options.ThumbLibrary) {
+	case thumb.LibImaging, "", "imagine", "internal":
 		return thumb.LibImaging
+	default:
+		return thumb.LibVips
 	}
 }
 
-// ThumbColor returns the color profile name for thumbnails.
-func (c *Config) ThumbColor() string {
-	if c.options.ThumbColor == "auto" {
-		if c.ThumbLibrary() != thumb.LibVips {
-			return "srgb"
-		}
-
-		return c.options.ThumbColor
-	}
-
-	return strings.ToLower(c.options.ThumbColor)
-}
-
-// ThumbSRGB checks if colors should be normalized to standard RGB in thumbnails.
-func (c *Config) ThumbSRGB() bool {
-	return c.ThumbColor() == "srgb"
+// ThumbColor returns the color space for thumbnails.
+func (c *Config) ThumbColor() thumb.ColorSpace {
+	return thumb.ParseColor(c.options.ThumbColor, c.ThumbLibrary())
 }
 
 // ThumbFilter returns the thumbnail resample filter (best to worst: blackman, lanczos, cubic or linear).
 func (c *Config) ThumbFilter() thumb.ResampleFilter {
-	switch strings.ToLower(c.options.ThumbFilter) {
-	case "blackman":
-		return thumb.ResampleBlackman
-	case "lanczos":
-		return thumb.ResampleLanczos
-	case "cubic":
-		return thumb.ResampleCubic
-	case "linear":
-		return thumb.ResampleLinear
-	default:
-		return thumb.ResampleCubic
-	}
+	return thumb.ParseFilter(c.options.ThumbFilter, c.ThumbLibrary())
 }
 
 // ThumbUncached checks if on-demand thumbnail rendering is enabled (high memory and cpu usage).
diff --git a/internal/config/config_resample_test.go b/internal/config/config_resample_test.go
index 270791bc0..966c3cacd 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_resample_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_resample_test.go
@@ -20,41 +20,45 @@ func TestConfig_ConvertSize(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConfig_JpegQuality(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewConfig(CliTestContext())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityDefault, c.JpegQuality())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMedium, c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = "110"
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityDefault, c.JpegQuality())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMedium, c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = "98"
 	assert.Equal(t, thumb.Quality(98), c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = ""
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityDefault, c.JpegQuality())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMedium, c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = "best "
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityBest, c.JpegQuality())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMax, c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = "high"
 	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityHigh, c.JpegQuality())
+	c.options.JpegQuality = "med "
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMedium, c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = "medium "
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityDefault, c.JpegQuality())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMedium, c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = "low "
 	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityLow, c.JpegQuality())
-	c.options.JpegQuality = "bad"
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityBad, c.JpegQuality())
-	c.options.JpegQuality = "worst "
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityWorst, c.JpegQuality())
+	c.options.JpegQuality = "max"
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMax, c.JpegQuality())
+	c.options.JpegQuality = "min "
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMin, c.JpegQuality())
 	c.options.JpegQuality = "default"
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityDefault, c.JpegQuality())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.QualityMedium, c.JpegQuality())
 }
 
 func TestConfig_ThumbFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewConfig(CliTestContext())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleFilter("cubic"), c.ThumbFilter())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleAuto, c.ThumbFilter())
 	c.options.ThumbFilter = "blackman"
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleFilter("blackman"), c.ThumbFilter())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleBlackman, c.ThumbFilter())
 	c.options.ThumbFilter = "lanczos"
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleFilter("lanczos"), c.ThumbFilter())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleLanczos, c.ThumbFilter())
 	c.options.ThumbFilter = "linear"
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleFilter("linear"), c.ThumbFilter())
-	c.options.ThumbFilter = "cubic"
-	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleFilter("cubic"), c.ThumbFilter())
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleLinear, c.ThumbFilter())
+	c.options.ThumbFilter = "auto"
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleAuto, c.ThumbFilter())
+	c.options.ThumbFilter = ""
+	assert.Equal(t, thumb.ResampleAuto, c.ThumbFilter())
 }
 
 func TestConfig_ThumbSizeUncached(t *testing.T) {
@@ -66,17 +70,17 @@ func TestConfig_ThumbSizeUncached(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConfig_ThumbSize(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewConfig(CliTestContext())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, int(720), c.ThumbSizePrecached())
+	assert.Equal(t, 720, c.ThumbSizePrecached())
 	c.options.ThumbSize = 7681
-	assert.Equal(t, int(7680), c.ThumbSizePrecached())
+	assert.Equal(t, 7680, c.ThumbSizePrecached())
 }
 
 func TestConfig_ThumbSizeUncached2(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewConfig(CliTestContext())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, int(720), c.ThumbSizeUncached())
+	assert.Equal(t, 720, c.ThumbSizeUncached())
 	c.options.ThumbSizeUncached = 7681
-	assert.Equal(t, int(7680), c.ThumbSizeUncached())
+	assert.Equal(t, 7680, c.ThumbSizeUncached())
 	c.options.ThumbSizeUncached = 800
 	c.options.ThumbSize = 900
 	assert.Equal(t, int(900), c.ThumbSizeUncached())
diff --git a/internal/config/flags.go b/internal/config/flags.go
index 369532c4a..ddc9a2deb 100644
--- a/internal/config/flags.go
+++ b/internal/config/flags.go
@@ -760,26 +760,26 @@ var Flags = CliFlags{
 		}}, {
 		Flag: cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "thumb-color",
-			Usage:  "default color `PROFILE` for thumbnails (leave blank to disable normalization)",
-			Value:  "auto",
+			Usage:  "default color `PROFILE` for thumbnails (auto, preserve, srgb, none)",
+			Value:  thumb.ColorAuto,
 			EnvVar: EnvVar("THUMB_COLOR"),
 		}}, {
 		Flag: cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "thumb-filter, filter",
-			Usage:  "image downscaling filter `NAME` (best to worst: lanczos, cubic, linear)",
-			Value:  "lanczos",
+			Usage:  "downscaling filter `NAME` (imaging best to worst: blackman, lanczos, cubic, linear, nearest)",
+			Value:  thumb.ResampleAuto.String(),
 			EnvVar: EnvVar("THUMB_FILTER"),
 		}}, {
 		Flag: cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:   "thumb-size",
-			Usage:  "maximum size of thumbnails generated while indexing in `PIXELS` (720-7680)",
-			Value:  2048,
+			Usage:  "maximum size of pre-generated thumbnails in `PIXELS` (720-7680)",
+			Value:  thumb.SizeCached,
 			EnvVar: EnvVar("THUMB_SIZE"),
 		}}, {
 		Flag: cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:   "thumb-size-uncached",
 			Usage:  "maximum size of thumbnails generated on demand in `PIXELS` (720-7680)",
-			Value:  7680,
+			Value:  thumb.SizeOnDemand,
 			EnvVar: EnvVar("THUMB_SIZE_UNCACHED"),
 		}}, {
 		Flag: cli.BoolFlag{
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ var Flags = CliFlags{
 		Flag: cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "jpeg-quality, q",
 			Usage:  "higher values increase the image `QUALITY` and file size (25-100)",
-			Value:  thumb.JpegQuality.String(),
+			Value:  thumb.JpegQualityDefault.String(),
 			EnvVar: EnvVar("JPEG_QUALITY"),
 		}}, {
 		Flag: cli.IntFlag{
diff --git a/internal/config/report.go b/internal/config/report.go
index 634daccbe..0f290def7 100644
--- a/internal/config/report.go
+++ b/internal/config/report.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (c *Config) Report() (rows [][]string, cols []string) {
 		{"preview-token", c.PreviewToken()},
 		{"thumb-library", c.ThumbLibrary()},
 		{"thumb-color", c.ThumbColor()},
-		{"thumb-filter", string(c.ThumbFilter())},
+		{"thumb-filter", c.ThumbFilter().String()},
 		{"thumb-size", fmt.Sprintf("%d", c.ThumbSizePrecached())},
 		{"thumb-size-uncached", fmt.Sprintf("%d", c.ThumbSizeUncached())},
 		{"thumb-uncached", fmt.Sprintf("%t", c.ThumbUncached())},
diff --git a/internal/config/test.go b/internal/config/test.go
index 437ec4a05..ab05766a7 100644
--- a/internal/config/test.go
+++ b/internal/config/test.go
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ func NewTestConfig(pkg string) *Config {
 	c.RegisterDb()
 	c.InitTestDb()
 
-	thumb.SizePrecached = c.ThumbSizePrecached()
-	thumb.SizeUncached = c.ThumbSizeUncached()
+	thumb.SizeCached = c.ThumbSizePrecached()
+	thumb.SizeOnDemand = c.ThumbSizeUncached()
 	thumb.Filter = c.ThumbFilter()
-	thumb.JpegQuality = c.JpegQuality()
+	thumb.JpegQualityDefault = c.JpegQuality()
 
 	return c
 }
diff --git a/internal/thumb/color.go b/internal/thumb/color.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48984377f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/thumb/color.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package thumb
+
+import "github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/clean"
+
+type ColorSpace = string
+
+// Supported thumbnail color profiles.
+const (
+	ColorNone     ColorSpace = "none"
+	ColorAuto     ColorSpace = "auto"
+	ColorSRGB     ColorSpace = "srgb"
+	ColorPreserve ColorSpace = "preserve"
+)
+
+// Color sets the default color profiles for thumbnails.
+var Color = ColorAuto
+
+// ParseColor returns a ColorSpace based on the config value string and image library.
+func ParseColor(name string, lib Lib) ColorSpace {
+	if lib == LibVips {
+		return ColorPreserve
+	}
+
+	switch clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(name) {
+	case ColorNone, "":
+		return ColorNone
+	default:
+		return ColorSRGB
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/thumb/color_test.go b/internal/thumb/color_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4017e1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/thumb/color_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package thumb
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestParseColor(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Vips", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorPreserve, ParseColor("", LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorPreserve, ParseColor(ColorAuto, LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorPreserve, ParseColor(ColorSRGB, LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorPreserve, ParseColor(ColorNone, LibVips))
+	})
+	t.Run("Imaging", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorNone, ParseColor("", LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorSRGB, ParseColor(ColorAuto, LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorSRGB, ParseColor(ColorSRGB, LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ColorNone, ParseColor(ColorNone, LibImaging))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/thumb/create.go b/internal/thumb/create.go
index 76aeea3da..889f75be1 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/create.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/create.go
@@ -138,10 +138,8 @@ func Create(img image.Image, fileName string, width, height int, opts ...Resampl
 
 	if fs.FileType(fileName) == fs.ImagePNG {
 		quality = imaging.PNGCompressionLevel(png.DefaultCompression)
-	} else if width <= 150 && height <= 150 {
-		quality = JpegQualitySmall.EncodeOption()
 	} else {
-		quality = JpegQuality.EncodeOption()
+		quality = JpegQuality(width, height).EncodeOption()
 	}
 
 	err = imaging.Save(result, fileName, quality)
diff --git a/internal/thumb/filter.go b/internal/thumb/filter.go
index 5b5fa1aca..ed8ca688d 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/filter.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/filter.go
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ package thumb
 import (
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
 	"github.com/disintegration/imaging"
+	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/clean"
 )
 
+// ResampleFilter represents a downscaling filter.
+type ResampleFilter string
+
 // Supported downscaling filter types.
 const (
+	ResampleAuto     ResampleFilter = "auto"
 	ResampleBlackman ResampleFilter = "blackman"
 	ResampleLanczos  ResampleFilter = "lanczos"
 	ResampleCubic    ResampleFilter = "cubic"
@@ -17,15 +22,17 @@ const (
 // Filter specifies the default downscaling filter.
 var Filter = ResampleLanczos
 
-// ResampleFilter represents a downscaling filter.
-type ResampleFilter string
+// String returns the downscaling filter name as string.
+func (a ResampleFilter) String() string {
+	return string(a)
+}
 
 // Imaging returns the downscaling filter for use with the "imaging" library.
 func (a ResampleFilter) Imaging() imaging.ResampleFilter {
 	switch a {
 	case ResampleBlackman:
 		return imaging.Blackman
-	case ResampleLanczos:
+	case ResampleLanczos, ResampleAuto:
 		return imaging.Lanczos
 	case ResampleCubic:
 		return imaging.CatmullRom
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ func (a ResampleFilter) Vips() vips.Kernel {
 	switch a {
 	case ResampleBlackman:
 		return vips.KernelLanczos3
-	case ResampleLanczos:
+	case ResampleLanczos, ResampleAuto:
 		return vips.KernelLanczos3
 	case ResampleCubic:
 		return vips.KernelCubic
@@ -55,3 +62,19 @@ func (a ResampleFilter) Vips() vips.Kernel {
 		return vips.KernelLanczos3
 	}
 }
+
+// ParseFilter returns a ResampleFilter based on the config value string and image library.
+func ParseFilter(name string, lib Lib) ResampleFilter {
+	if lib == LibVips {
+		return ResampleAuto
+	}
+
+	filter := ResampleFilter(clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(name))
+
+	switch filter {
+	case ResampleBlackman, ResampleLanczos, ResampleCubic, ResampleLinear, ResampleNearest:
+		return filter
+	default:
+		return ResampleAuto
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/thumb/filter_test.go b/internal/thumb/filter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26918af56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/thumb/filter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package thumb
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestParseFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Vips", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("", LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("auto", LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("blackman", LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("lanczos", LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("cubic", LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("linear", LibVips))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("invalid", LibVips))
+	})
+	t.Run("Imaging", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("", LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("auto", LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleBlackman, ParseFilter("blackman", LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleLanczos, ParseFilter("lanczos", LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleCubic, ParseFilter("cubic", LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleLinear, ParseFilter("linear", LibImaging))
+		assert.Equal(t, ResampleAuto, ParseFilter("invalid", LibImaging))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/thumb/generator.go b/internal/thumb/generator.go
index 3652960ba..a4a682c50 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/generator.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/generator.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package thumb
 
+type Lib = string
+
 // Supported image processing libraries.
 const (
-	LibVips    = "vips"
-	LibImaging = "imaging"
+	LibVips    Lib = "vips"
+	LibImaging Lib = "imaging"
 )
 
 // Library specifies the image library to be used.
diff --git a/internal/thumb/jpeg.go b/internal/thumb/jpeg.go
index e488d8098..317bea021 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/jpeg.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/jpeg.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func Jpeg(srcFile, jpgFile string, orientation int) (img image.Image, err error)
 	}
 
 	// Get JPEG quality setting.
-	quality := JpegQuality.EncodeOption()
+	quality := JpegQualityDefault.EncodeOption()
 
 	// Save JPEG file.
 	if err = imaging.Save(img, jpgFile, quality); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/thumb/open.go b/internal/thumb/open.go
index 20115c544..16e8a3b95 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/open.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/open.go
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/fs"
 )
 
-// StandardRGB configures whether colors in the Apple Display P3 color space should be converted to standard RGB.
-var StandardRGB = true
-
 // Open loads an image from disk, rotates it, and converts the color profile if necessary.
 func Open(fileName string, orientation int) (result image.Image, err error) {
 	// Filename missing?
@@ -24,8 +21,8 @@ func Open(fileName string, orientation int) (result image.Image, err error) {
 		return result, err
 	}
 
-	// Open JPEG?
-	if StandardRGB && fs.FileType(fileName) == fs.ImageJPEG {
+	// Open JPEG as sRGB image?
+	if Color == ColorSRGB && fs.FileType(fileName) == fs.ImageJPEG {
 		return OpenJpeg(fileName, orientation)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/thumb/quality.go b/internal/thumb/quality.go
index b711a01c9..f2edc19d4 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/quality.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/quality.go
@@ -4,11 +4,24 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/txt"
-
 	"github.com/disintegration/imaging"
+
+	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/txt"
 )
 
+// Standard JPEG image quality levels,
+// see https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/settings/advanced/#jpeg-quality
+const (
+	QualityMax    Quality = 90
+	QualityHigh   Quality = 85
+	QualityMedium Quality = 83
+	QualityLow    Quality = 78
+	QualityMin    Quality = 70
+)
+
+// JpegQualityDefault sets the compression level of newly created JPEGs.
+var JpegQualityDefault = QualityMedium
+
 // Quality represents a JPEG image quality.
 type Quality int
 
@@ -27,53 +40,56 @@ func (q Quality) Int() int {
 	return int(q)
 }
 
-// Common Quality levels.
-// see https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/settings/advanced/#jpeg-quality
-const (
-	QualityBest    Quality = 95
-	QualityHigh    Quality = 88
-	QualityDefault Quality = 82
-	QualityLow     Quality = 80
-	QualityBad     Quality = 75
-	QualityWorst   Quality = 70
-)
-
 // QualityLevels maps human-readable settings to a numeric Quality.
 var QualityLevels = map[string]Quality{
-	"5":         QualityBest,
-	"ultra":     QualityBest,
-	"best":      QualityBest,
-	"4":         QualityHigh,
-	"excellent": QualityHigh,
-	"good":      QualityHigh,
-	"high":      QualityHigh,
-	"3":         QualityDefault,
-	"":          QualityDefault,
-	"ok":        QualityDefault,
-	"default":   QualityDefault,
-	"standard":  QualityDefault,
-	"medium":    QualityDefault,
-	"2":         QualityLow,
-	"low":       QualityLow,
-	"small":     QualityLow,
-	"1":         QualityBad,
-	"bad":       QualityBad,
-	"0":         QualityWorst,
-	"worst":     QualityWorst,
-	"lowest":    QualityWorst,
+	"max":      QualityMax,
+	"ultra":    QualityMax,
+	"best":     QualityMax,
+	"6":        QualityMax,
+	"5":        QualityMax,
+	"high":     QualityHigh,
+	"good":     QualityHigh,
+	"4":        QualityHigh,
+	"medium":   QualityMedium,
+	"med":      QualityMedium,
+	"default":  QualityMedium,
+	"standard": QualityMedium,
+	"auto":     QualityMedium,
+	"":         QualityMedium,
+	"3":        QualityMedium,
+	"low":      QualityLow,
+	"small":    QualityLow,
+	"2":        QualityLow,
+	"min":      QualityMin,
+	"1":        QualityMin,
+	"0":        QualityMin,
 }
 
-// Current Quality settings.
-var (
-	JpegQuality      = QualityDefault
-	JpegQualitySmall = QualityLow
-)
+// JpegQuality returns the JPEG image quality depending on the image size.
+func JpegQuality(width, height int) Quality {
+	// Use default quality for images larger than 150 pixels.
+	if width > 150 || height > 150 {
+		return JpegQualityDefault
+	}
+
+	// Use lower quality for very small thumbnails.
+	return JpegQualitySmall()
+}
+
+// JpegQualitySmall returns the quality for images that should be more heavily compressed.
+func JpegQualitySmall() Quality {
+	if q := JpegQualityDefault - 5; q < QualityMin || q > QualityMax {
+		return JpegQualityDefault
+	} else {
+		return q
+	}
+}
 
 // ParseQuality returns the matching quality based on a config value string.
 func ParseQuality(s string) Quality {
 	// Default if empty.
 	if s == "" {
-		return QualityDefault
+		return QualityMedium
 	}
 
 	// Try to parse as positive integer.
@@ -89,5 +105,5 @@ func ParseQuality(s string) Quality {
 		return l
 	}
 
-	return QualityDefault
+	return QualityMedium
 }
diff --git a/internal/thumb/quality_test.go b/internal/thumb/quality_test.go
index 7dd8413f2..f20493586 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/quality_test.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/quality_test.go
@@ -6,61 +6,79 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestParseQuality(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("Worst", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityWorst, ParseQuality("worst"))
+func TestJpegQuality(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Large", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, JpegQualityDefault, JpegQuality(100, 500))
 	})
-	t.Run("Lowest", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityWorst, ParseQuality("lowest"))
+	t.Run("Small", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, JpegQualityDefault-5, JpegQuality(50, 150))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestJpegQualitySmall(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Default", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, JpegQualityDefault-5, JpegQualitySmall())
+	})
+}
+
+func TestParseQuality(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Max", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMax, ParseQuality("max"))
+	})
+	t.Run("Min", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMin, ParseQuality("min"))
 	})
 	t.Run("bad", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityBad, ParseQuality("bad"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality("bad"))
 	})
 	t.Run("low", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, QualityLow, ParseQuality("low"))
 	})
+	t.Run("high", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityHigh, ParseQuality("high"))
+	})
 	t.Run("Empty", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality(""))
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality("             "))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality(""))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality("             "))
 	})
 	t.Run("Default", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality("default"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality("default"))
 	})
 	t.Run("Medium", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality("medium"))
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality("   \t       medium \n\r"))
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality("MEDIUM"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality("medium"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality("   \t       medium \n\r"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality("MEDIUM"))
 	})
 	t.Run("Good", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, QualityHigh, ParseQuality("Good"))
 		assert.Equal(t, QualityHigh, ParseQuality("GOOD"))
 	})
 	t.Run("Best", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityBest, ParseQuality("Best"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMax, ParseQuality("Best"))
 	})
 	t.Run("Ultra", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityBest, ParseQuality("ultra"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMax, ParseQuality("ultra"))
 	})
 	t.Run("0", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityWorst, ParseQuality("0"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMin, ParseQuality("0"))
 	})
 	t.Run("1", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityBad, ParseQuality("1"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMin, ParseQuality("1"))
 	})
 	t.Run("2", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, QualityLow, ParseQuality("2"))
 	})
 	t.Run("3", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality("3"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMedium, ParseQuality("3"))
 	})
 	t.Run("4", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, QualityHigh, ParseQuality("4"))
 	})
 	t.Run("5", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityBest, ParseQuality("5"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMax, ParseQuality("5"))
 	})
 	t.Run("6", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.Equal(t, QualityDefault, ParseQuality("6"))
+		assert.Equal(t, QualityMax, ParseQuality("6"))
 	})
 	t.Run("50", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, Quality(50), ParseQuality("50"))
@@ -83,9 +101,9 @@ func TestParseQuality(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestQuality_String(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Equal(t, "95", QualityBest.String())
-	assert.Equal(t, "88", QualityHigh.String())
-	assert.Equal(t, "82", QualityDefault.String())
-	assert.Equal(t, "75", QualityBad.String())
-
+	assert.Equal(t, "90", QualityMax.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "85", QualityHigh.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "83", QualityMedium.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "78", QualityLow.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "70", QualityMin.String())
 }
diff --git a/internal/thumb/size.go b/internal/thumb/size.go
index 3e5399aee..190b2e9bc 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/size.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/size.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (s Size) Bounds() image.Rectangle {
 
 // Uncached tests if thumbnail type exceeds the cached thumbnails size limit.
 func (s Size) Uncached() bool {
-	return s.Width > SizePrecached || s.Height > SizePrecached
+	return s.Width > SizeCached || s.Height > SizeCached
 }
 
 // ExceedsLimit tests if thumbnail type is too large, and can not be rendered at all.
diff --git a/internal/thumb/sizes.go b/internal/thumb/sizes.go
index a923a3196..a846028b8 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/sizes.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/sizes.go
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 package thumb
 
 var (
-	SizePrecached = 2048
-	SizeUncached  = 7680
+	SizeCached   = SizeFit1920.Width
+	SizeOnDemand = SizeFit7680.Width
 )
 
 // MaxSize returns the max supported size in pixels.
 func MaxSize() int {
-	if SizePrecached > SizeUncached {
-		return SizePrecached
+	if SizeCached > SizeOnDemand {
+		return SizeCached
 	}
 
-	return SizeUncached
+	return SizeOnDemand
 }
 
 // InvalidSize tests if the size in pixels is invalid.
diff --git a/internal/thumb/sizes_test.go b/internal/thumb/sizes_test.go
index 252a96e93..7d085cf7c 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/sizes_test.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/sizes_test.go
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMaxSize(t *testing.T) {
-	SizePrecached = 7680
-	SizeUncached = 1024
+	SizeCached = 7680
+	SizeOnDemand = 1024
 
 	assert.Equal(t, MaxSize(), 7680)
 
-	SizePrecached = 2048
-	SizeUncached = 7680
+	SizeCached = 2048
+	SizeOnDemand = 7680
 }
 
 func TestSize_ExceedsLimit(t *testing.T) {
-	SizePrecached = 1024
-	SizeUncached = 2048
+	SizeCached = 1024
+	SizeOnDemand = 2048
 
 	fit4096 := Sizes[Fit4096]
 	assert.True(t, fit4096.ExceedsLimit())
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ func TestSize_ExceedsLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	tile500 := Sizes[Tile500]
 	assert.False(t, tile500.ExceedsLimit())
 
-	SizePrecached = 2048
-	SizeUncached = 7680
+	SizeCached = 2048
+	SizeOnDemand = 7680
 }
 
 func TestSize_Uncached(t *testing.T) {
-	SizePrecached = 1024
-	SizeUncached = 2048
+	SizeCached = 1024
+	SizeOnDemand = 2048
 
 	fit4096 := Sizes[Fit4096]
 	assert.True(t, fit4096.Uncached())
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ func TestSize_Uncached(t *testing.T) {
 	tile500 := Sizes[Tile500]
 	assert.False(t, tile500.Uncached())
 
-	SizePrecached = 2048
-	SizeUncached = 7680
+	SizeCached = 2048
+	SizeOnDemand = 7680
 }
 
 func TestResampleFilter_Imaging(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/thumb/vips.go b/internal/thumb/vips.go
index f895a7f9c..7f33216b9 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/vips.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/vips.go
@@ -88,20 +88,12 @@ func Vips(imageName string, imageBuffer []byte, hash, thumbPath string, width, h
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Export to PNG or JPEG.
-	if fs.FileType(thumbName) == fs.ImagePNG {
-		params := vips.NewPngExportParams()
-		thumbBuffer, _, err = img.ExportPng(params)
-	} else {
-		params := vips.NewJpegExportParams()
-
-		if width <= 150 && height <= 150 {
-			params.Quality = JpegQualitySmall.Int()
-		} else {
-			params.Quality = JpegQuality.Int()
-		}
-
-		thumbBuffer, _, err = img.ExportJpeg(params)
+	// Export to standard image format.
+	switch fs.FileType(thumbName) {
+	case fs.ImagePNG:
+		thumbBuffer, _, err = img.ExportPng(VipsPngExportParams(width, height))
+	default:
+		thumbBuffer, _, err = img.ExportJpeg(VipsJpegExportParams(width, height))
 	}
 
 	// Check if export failed.
@@ -127,6 +119,44 @@ func VipsImportParams() *vips.ImportParams {
 	return params
 }
 
+// VipsPngExportParams returns PNG image encoding parameters for libvips.
+func VipsPngExportParams(width, height int) *vips.PngExportParams {
+	params := vips.NewPngExportParams()
+	params.Filter = vips.PngFilterNone
+	params.Interlace = false
+	params.Palette = false
+
+	// Set compression depending on image size.
+	if width > 20 || height > 20 {
+		params.Compression = 6
+	} else {
+		params.Compression = 0
+	}
+
+	return params
+}
+
+// VipsJpegExportParams returns JPEG image encoding parameters for libvips.
+func VipsJpegExportParams(width, height int) *vips.JpegExportParams {
+	params := vips.NewJpegExportParams()
+	params.Quality = JpegQuality(width, height).Int()
+	params.Interlace = true
+	params.SubsampleMode = vips.VipsForeignSubsampleAuto
+
+	// Enable quality enhancements depending on image size.
+	if width > 150 || height > 150 {
+		params.OptimizeCoding = true
+		// The following options can only be set if libvips
+		// has been compiled with the "--with-mozjpeg" flag:
+		// params.QuantTable = 3
+		// params.TrellisQuant = true
+		// params.OvershootDeringing = true
+		// params.OptimizeScans = true
+	}
+
+	return params
+}
+
 // VipsRotate rotates a vips image based on the Exif orientation.
 func VipsRotate(img *vips.ImageRef, orientation int) error {
 	var err error
diff --git a/internal/thumb/vips_test.go b/internal/thumb/vips_test.go
index 724f046cd..d7ac66ace 100644
--- a/internal/thumb/vips_test.go
+++ b/internal/thumb/vips_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,77 @@ func TestVips(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestVipsImportParams(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Default", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := VipsImportParams()
+
+		if result == nil {
+			t.Fatal("result is nil")
+		}
+
+		assert.True(t, result.AutoRotate.Get())
+		assert.False(t, result.FailOnError.Get())
+	})
+}
+
+func TestVipsPngExportParams(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Standard", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := VipsPngExportParams(500, 500)
+
+		if result == nil {
+			t.Fatal("result is nil")
+		}
+
+		assert.False(t, result.Interlace)
+		assert.Equal(t, vips.PngFilterNone, result.Filter)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, result.Quality)
+		assert.Equal(t, 6, result.Compression)
+	})
+	t.Run("Small", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := VipsPngExportParams(3, 3)
+
+		if result == nil {
+			t.Fatal("result is nil")
+		}
+
+		assert.False(t, result.Interlace)
+		assert.Equal(t, vips.PngFilterNone, result.Filter)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, result.Quality)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, result.Compression)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestVipsJpegExportParams(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Standard", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := VipsJpegExportParams(1920, 1200)
+
+		if result == nil {
+			t.Fatal("result is nil")
+		}
+
+		assert.True(t, result.Interlace)
+		assert.False(t, result.TrellisQuant)
+		assert.False(t, result.OptimizeScans)
+		assert.True(t, result.OptimizeCoding)
+		assert.False(t, result.OvershootDeringing)
+		assert.Equal(t, JpegQualityDefault.Int(), result.Quality)
+	})
+	t.Run("Small", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := VipsJpegExportParams(50, 50)
+
+		if result == nil {
+			t.Fatal("result is nil")
+		}
+
+		assert.True(t, result.Interlace)
+		assert.False(t, result.TrellisQuant)
+		assert.False(t, result.OptimizeScans)
+		assert.False(t, result.OptimizeCoding)
+		assert.False(t, result.OvershootDeringing)
+		assert.Equal(t, JpegQualitySmall().Int(), result.Quality)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestVipsRotate(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll("testdata/vips/rotate", fs.ModeDir); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)