diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index 26614f2..2dbbfb3 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -83,7 +83,26 @@
 		},
 		"settings": {
 			"settings": "Settings",
-			"title": "File conversion settings"
+			"title": "File conversion settings",
+			"image": {
+				"quality": "Quality",
+				"depth": "Color depth",
+				"color_space": "Color space",
+				"transparency": "Transparency",
+				"metadata": "Metadata"
+			},
+			"audio": {
+				"quality": "Quality",
+				"rate": "Sample rate",
+				"metadata": "Metadata"
+			},
+			"video": {
+				"quality": "Quality",
+				"metadata": "Metadata"
+			},
+			"document": {
+				"metadata": "Metadata"
+			}
 		},
 		"tooltips": {
 			"unknown_file": "Unknown file type",
diff --git a/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte b/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte
index e1198a4..efa8200 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	import Modal from "./Modal.svelte";
 	import Dropdown from "./Dropdown.svelte";
 	import FancyInput from "./FancyInput.svelte";
+	import SettingsModal from "./SettingsModal.svelte";
 
 	type Props = {
 		categories: Categories;
@@ -335,9 +336,9 @@
 	};
 
 	let showSettingsModal = $state(false);
+
 	const settings = () => {
 		if (!file) return;
-		// TODO: temporary - will have individual settings modals for each converter and show those instead
 		showSettingsModal = true;
 	};
 
@@ -365,66 +366,8 @@
 	});
 </script>
 
-{#if showSettingsModal}
-	<Modal
-		icon={SearchIcon}
-		title="Conversion Settings"
-		color="purple"
-		buttons={[
-			{
-				text: "Cancel",
-				action: () => (showSettingsModal = false),
-			},
-			{
-				text: "Apply",
-				action: () => (showSettingsModal = false),
-				primary: true,
-			},
-		]}
-		onclose={() => (showSettingsModal = false)}
-	>
-		<div class="flex flex-col gap-8">
-			<div class="flex flex-col gap-4">
-				<div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
-					<p class="text-base font-bold">Format Settings</p>
-					<p class="text-sm text-muted font-normal">
-						Configure conversion options for {file?.name}
-					</p>
-				</div>
-
-				<div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
-					<p class="text-sm font-bold">Example dropdown</p>
-					<Dropdown
-						options={categories[currentCategory!]?.formats || []}
-						settingsStyle
-						{selected}
-						onselect={(e) => {
-							console.log("selected format", e);
-							selected = e;
-						}}
-					/>
-				</div>
-
-				<div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
-					<p class="text-sm font-bold">Resolution</p>
-					<FancyInput
-						type="text"
-						placeholder="1920x1080 or smth"
-						class="rounded-lg bg-button text-foreground p-3"
-					/>
-				</div>
-
-				<div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
-					<p class="text-sm font-bold">Frame Rate (FPS)</p>
-					<FancyInput
-						type="number"
-						placeholder="30"
-						class="rounded-lg bg-button text-foreground p-3"
-					/>
-				</div>
-			</div>
-		</div>
-	</Modal>
+{#if showSettingsModal && file}
+	<SettingsModal {file} onclose={() => (showSettingsModal = false)} />
 {/if}
 
 <div
@@ -499,7 +442,7 @@
 			<!-- search box -->
 			<div class="p-3 w-full">
 				<div class="relative">
-					<FancyInput
+					<input
 						type="text"
 						placeholder={m["convert.dropdown.placeholder"]()}
 						class="flex-grow w-full !pl-11 !pr-3 rounded-lg bg-panel text-foreground"
@@ -577,8 +520,7 @@
 						{m["convert.archive_file.extract"]()}
 					</button>
 				</div>
-			{/if}
-			{#if file}
+			{:else if file}
 				<div class="border-t border-separator text-base p-2">
 					<button
 						class="w-full p-2 text-center rounded-lg bg-accent text-black"
diff --git a/src/lib/components/functional/SettingsModal.svelte b/src/lib/components/functional/SettingsModal.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd934c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/functional/SettingsModal.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	import { SearchIcon } from "lucide-svelte";
+	import Dropdown from "./Dropdown.svelte";
+	import FancyInput from "./FancyInput.svelte";
+	import Modal from "./Modal.svelte";
+	import { m } from "$lib/paraglide/messages";
+	import type { VertFile } from "$lib/types";
+	import type { SettingDefinition } from "$lib/types/conversion-settings";
+
+	type Props = {
+		file: VertFile | null;
+		onclose?: () => void;
+	};
+
+	let { file, onclose }: Props = $props();
+
+	const handleSettingChange = (key: string, value: any) => {
+		if (!file) return;
+		file.conversionSettings[key] = value;
+	};
+
+	const applySettings = () => {
+		onclose?.();
+	};
+</script>
+
+<Modal
+	icon={SearchIcon}
+	title="Conversion Settings"
+	color="purple"
+	buttons={[
+		{
+			text: "Cancel",
+			action: () => onclose?.(),
+		},
+		{
+			text: "Apply",
+			action: applySettings,
+			primary: true,
+		},
+	]}
+	onclose={() => onclose?.()}
+>
+	<div class="flex flex-col gap-8">
+		{#if !file}
+			<p class="text-sm text-muted">No file selected</p>
+		{:else}
+			{@const settings = file.getAvailableSettings()}
+			<div class="flex flex-col gap-4">
+				<div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
+					<p class="text-base font-bold">
+						{m["settings.conversion.title"]?.() ||
+							"Conversion Settings"}
+					</p>
+					<p class="text-sm text-muted font-normal">
+						{m["settings.conversion.description"]?.() ||
+							`Configure conversion options for ${file.name}`}
+					</p>
+				</div>
+
+				{#if settings.length === 0}
+					<p class="text-sm text-muted">
+						{m["settings.conversion.no_settings"]?.() ||
+							"No settings available for this converter"}
+					</p>
+                {:else}
+                    <div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+                        {#each settings as setting (setting.key)}
+                            <div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
+                                <p class="text-sm font-bold">
+                                    {setting.label}
+                                </p>
+                                <!-- prob unneeded -->
+                                {#if setting.description}
+                                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
+                                        {setting.description}
+                                    </p>
+                                {/if}
+
+                                {#if setting.type === "select"}
+                                    <Dropdown
+                                        options={setting.options?.map(
+                                            (opt) => opt.value,
+                                        ) || []}
+                                        selected={file.conversionSettings[
+                                            setting.key
+                                        ] ?? setting.default}
+                                        settingsStyle
+                                        onselect={(value) =>
+                                            handleSettingChange(setting.key, value)}
+                                    />
+                                {:else if setting.type === "boolean"}
+                                    <input
+                                        type="checkbox"
+                                        checked={file.conversionSettings[
+                                            setting.key
+                                        ] ?? setting.default}
+                                        onchange={(e) =>
+                                            handleSettingChange(
+                                                setting.key,
+                                                e.currentTarget.checked,
+                                            )}
+                                        class="w-4 h-4"
+                                    />
+                                {:else}
+                                    <FancyInput
+                                        type={setting.type}
+                                        value={file.conversionSettings[
+                                            setting.key
+                                        ] ?? setting.default}
+                                        oninput={(e) =>
+                                            handleSettingChange(
+                                                setting.key,
+                                                e.detail.value,
+                                            )}
+                                    />
+                                {/if}
+                            </div>
+                        {/each}
+                    </div>
+				{/if}
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+	</div>
+</Modal>
diff --git a/src/lib/converters/converter.svelte.ts b/src/lib/converters/converter.svelte.ts
index a2b7a12..b864d87 100644
--- a/src/lib/converters/converter.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/converters/converter.svelte.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 import type { VertFile } from "$lib/types";
+import type {
+	ConversionSettings,
+	SettingDefinition,
+} from "$lib/types/conversion-settings";
 
 export type WorkerStatus = "not-ready" | "downloading" | "ready" | "error";
 
@@ -44,6 +50,27 @@ export class Converter {
 		this.startTimeout();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get available settings for this converter.
+	 * Can be overridden per converter for format-specific settings.
+	 * @param input The input file.
+	 */
+	public getAvailableSettings(input: VertFile): SettingDefinition[] {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get default settings for a conversion.
+	 * @param input The input file.
+	 */
+	public getDefaultSettings(input: VertFile): ConversionSettings {
+		const defaults: ConversionSettings = {};
+		this.getAvailableSettings(input).forEach((setting) => {
+			defaults[setting.key] = setting.default;
+		});
+		return defaults;
+	}
+
 	private startTimeout() {
 		this.timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
 			if (this.status !== "ready") this.status = "not-ready";
@@ -63,11 +90,9 @@ export class Converter {
 	 * @param to The format to convert to. Includes the dot.
 	 */
 	public async convert(
-		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 		input: VertFile,
-		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 		to: string,
-		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+		settings?: ConversionSettings,
 		...args: any[]
 	): Promise<VertFile> {
 		throw new Error("Not implemented");
@@ -77,7 +102,6 @@ export class Converter {
 	 * Cancel the active conversion of a file.
 	 * @param input The input file.
 	 */
-	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 	public async cancel(input: VertFile): Promise<void> {
 		throw new Error("Not implemented");
 	}
diff --git a/src/lib/converters/magick.svelte.ts b/src/lib/converters/magick.svelte.ts
index fcc3dbb..2655e28 100644
--- a/src/lib/converters/magick.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/converters/magick.svelte.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import { imageFormats } from "./magick-automated";
 import { Settings } from "$lib/sections/settings/index.svelte";
 import magickWasm from "@imagemagick/magick-wasm/magick.wasm?url";
 import { ToastManager } from "$lib/util/toast.svelte";
+import type {
+	SettingDefinition,
+	ConversionSettings,
+} from "$lib/types/conversion-settings";
 
 export class MagickConverter extends Converter {
 	public name = "imagemagick";
@@ -112,6 +116,81 @@ export class MagickConverter extends Converter {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+	public getAvailableSettings(input: VertFile): SettingDefinition[] {
+		// images - quality/compression/quantize/interlace/depth-DPI, resize, crop, rotate, flip/flop, autoOrient?, color space/bit depth, transparency settings
+		
+		const quality: SettingDefinition = {
+			key: "quality",
+			label: m["convert.settings.image.quality"](),
+			type: "number",
+			default: 100,
+			min: 0,
+			max: 100,
+		};
+
+		const depth: SettingDefinition = {
+			key: "depth",
+			label: m["convert.settings.image.depth"](),
+			type: "select",
+			default: "auto",
+			// somehow implement custom option
+			options: [
+				{ value: "auto", label: "Auto" },
+				{ value: "8", label: "8-bit" },
+				{ value: "16", label: "16-bit" },
+				{ value: "32", label: "32-bit" },
+				{ value: "custom", label: "Custom" },
+			],
+		};
+
+		const colorSpace: SettingDefinition = {
+			key: "colorSpace",
+			label: m["convert.settings.image.color_space"](),
+			type: "select",
+			default: "auto",
+			options: [
+				// what are these even lmao
+				{ value: "auto", label: "Auto" },
+				{ value: "srgb", label: "sRGB" },
+				{ value: "adobe98", label: "Adobe RGB" },
+				{ value: "prophoto", label: "ProPhoto RGB" },
+				{ value: "displayp3", label: "Display P3" },
+				{ value: "xyz", label: "CIEXYZ" },
+				{ value: "lab", label: "CIELAB" },
+				{ value: "gray", label: "Grayscale" },
+			],
+		};
+
+		// allow transparency or not
+		// TODO: disable if jpg/jpeg input/output
+		const transparency: SettingDefinition = {
+			key: "transparency",
+			label: m["convert.settings.image.transparency"](),
+			type: "boolean",
+			default: true,
+		};
+
+		const metadata: SettingDefinition = {
+			key: "metadata",
+			label: m["convert.settings.image.metadata"](),
+			type: "boolean",
+			default: true,
+		};
+
+		// resize, crop, rotate - prob want a ui
+
+		return [quality, depth, colorSpace, transparency, metadata];
+	}
+
+	public getDefaultSettings(input: VertFile): ConversionSettings {
+		const defaults: ConversionSettings = {};
+		this.getAvailableSettings(input).forEach((setting) => {
+			defaults[setting.key] = setting.default;
+		});
+		return defaults;
+	}
+
 	public async convert(
 		input: VertFile,
 		to: string,
diff --git a/src/lib/types/conversion-settings.ts b/src/lib/types/conversion-settings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69dbbef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/types/conversion-settings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+export type SettingType = "number" | "select" | "boolean" | "string" | "range";
+
+export interface SettingDefinition {
+    key: string;
+    label: () => string;
+    type: SettingType;
+    default: any;
+    min?: number;
+    max?: number;
+    step?: number;
+    options?: Array<{ value: string; label: string }>; // for select types
+    description?: string;
+}
+
+export interface ConversionSettings {
+    [key: string]: any;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/types/file.svelte.ts b/src/lib/types/file.svelte.ts
index 04f84ee..426348a 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/file.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/file.svelte.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import { m } from "$lib/paraglide/messages";
 import { ToastManager } from "$lib/util/toast.svelte";
 import type { Component } from "svelte";
 import { MAX_ARRAY_BUFFER_SIZE } from "$lib/store/index.svelte";
+import type {
+	ConversionSettings,
+	SettingDefinition,
+} from "./conversion-settings";
 
 const MAX_BLOB_SIZE_LIMIT = 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 2GB
 
@@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ export class VertFile {
 		return this.file.name;
 	}
 
+	public conversionSettings = $state<ConversionSettings>({});
 	public progress = $state(0);
 	public result = $state<VertFile | null>(null);
 
@@ -34,6 +39,12 @@ export class VertFile {
 
 	public isZip = $state(() => this.from === ".zip");
 
+	public getAvailableSettings(): SettingDefinition[] {
+		const converter = this.findConverter();
+		if (!converter) return [];
+		return converter.getAvailableSettings(this);
+	}
+
 	public findConverters(supportedFormats: string[] = [this.from]) {
 		const converter = this.converters
 			.filter((converter) =>
@@ -120,7 +131,12 @@ export class VertFile {
 			// else convert normally
 			res = this.isZip()
 				? await this.convertZip(converter)
-				: await converter.convert(this, this.to, ...args);
+				: await converter.convert(
+						this,
+						this.to,
+						this.conversionSettings,
+						...args,
+					);
 			this.result = res;
 		} catch (err) {
 			if (!this.cancelled) this.toastErr(err);