diff --git a/modules/islandora_audio/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateAudioDerivative.php b/modules/islandora_audio/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateAudioDerivative.php
index 904d05e60..3f7ad8964 100644
--- a/modules/islandora_audio/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateAudioDerivative.php
+++ b/modules/islandora_audio/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateAudioDerivative.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
     $form = parent::buildConfigurationForm($form, $form_state);
     $form['mimetype']['#description'] = $this->t('Mimetype to convert to (e.g. audio/mpeg, audio/m4a, etc...)');
     $form['args']['#description'] = $this->t('Additional command line parameters for FFMpeg');
+    unset($form['inputargs']);
     return $form;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivative.php b/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivative.php
index e81f157b1..758c73757 100644
--- a/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivative.php
+++ b/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivative.php
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ public function defaultConfiguration() {
   public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
     $form = parent::buildConfigurationForm($form, $form_state);
     $form['mimetype']['#description'] = $this->t('Mimetype to convert to (e.g. image/jpeg, image/png, etc...)');
-    $form['args']['#description'] = $this->t('Additional command line arguments for ImageMagick convert (e.g. -resize 50%');
+
+    $form['inputargs']['#title'] = $this->t('Additional input arguments');
+    $form['inputargs']['#description'] = $this->t('Additional input options for ImageMagick convert (e.g. -density 144).<br>Check the <a target="_blank" href="https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/convert.im6.1.html">man page</a> to see which options are input options.');
+
+    $form['args']['#title'] = $this->t('Additional output arguments');
+    $form['args']['#description'] = $this->t('Additional output options for ImageMagick convert (e.g. -resize 50% -unsharp 0x.5).<br>See <a target="_blank" href="https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php">documentation</a> for available options.');
     return $form;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivativeFile.php b/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivativeFile.php
index d6f99b584..8a9d73556 100644
--- a/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivativeFile.php
+++ b/modules/islandora_image/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateImageDerivativeFile.php
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
     $form['mimetype']['#description'] = $this->t('Mimetype to convert to (e.g. application/xml, etc...)');
     $form['mimetype']['#value'] = 'image/jpeg';
     $form['mimetype']['#type'] = 'hidden';
+
+    $form['inputargs']['#title'] = $this->t('Additional input arguments');
+    $form['inputargs']['#description'] = $this->t('Additional input options for ImageMagick convert (e.g. -density 144).<br>Check the <a target="_blank" href="https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/convert.im6.1.html">man page</a> to see which options are input options.');
+
+    $form['args']['#title'] = $this->t('Additional output arguments');
+    $form['args']['#description'] = $this->t('Additional output options for ImageMagick convert (e.g. -resize 50% -unsharp 0x.5).<br>See <a target="_blank" href="https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php">documentation</a> for available options.');
     return $form;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivative.php b/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivative.php
index 745c57727..19417ec40 100644
--- a/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivative.php
+++ b/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivative.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
     $form['mimetype']['#type'] = 'textfield';
 
     unset($form['args']);
+    unset($form['inputargs']);
     return $form;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivativeFile.php b/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivativeFile.php
index f6b8034a9..578f1b0c1 100644
--- a/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivativeFile.php
+++ b/modules/islandora_text_extraction/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateOCRDerivativeFile.php
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
     $form = array_merge($first, $middle, $last);
 
     unset($form['args']);
+    unset($form['inputargs']);
     return $form;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/islandora_video/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateVideoDerivative.php b/modules/islandora_video/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateVideoDerivative.php
index 7c8619923..d5fb710dc 100644
--- a/modules/islandora_video/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateVideoDerivative.php
+++ b/modules/islandora_video/src/Plugin/Action/GenerateVideoDerivative.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
     $form = parent::buildConfigurationForm($form, $form_state);
     $form['mimetype']['#description'] = $this->t('Mimetype to convert to (e.g. video/mp4, video/quicktime, etc...)');
     $form['args']['#description'] = $this->t('Additional command line parameters for FFMpeg');
+    unset($form['inputargs']);
     return $form;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivative.php b/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivative.php
index b22201e11..a2e44a65e 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivative.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivative.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public function defaultConfiguration() {
       'source_term_uri' => '',
       'derivative_term_uri' => '',
       'mimetype' => '',
+      'inputargs' => '',
       'args' => '',
       'destination_media_type' => '',
       'scheme' => $this->config->get('default_scheme'),
@@ -130,6 +131,13 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
       '#rows' => '8',
       '#description' => $this->t('Mimetype to convert to (e.g. image/jpeg, video/mp4, etc...)'),
     ];
+    $form['inputargs'] = [
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Additional input arguments'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->configuration['inputargs'],
+      '#rows' => '8',
+      '#description' => $this->t('Additional command line options related to the source file'),
+    ];
     $form['args'] = [
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => $this->t('Additional arguments'),
@@ -199,6 +207,7 @@ public function submitConfigurationForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_s
     $this->configuration['derivative_term_uri'] = $this->utils->getUriForTerm($term);
 
     $this->configuration['mimetype'] = $form_state->getValue('mimetype');
+    $this->configuration['inputargs'] = $form_state->getValue('inputargs');
     $this->configuration['args'] = $form_state->getValue('args');
     $this->configuration['scheme'] = $form_state->getValue('scheme');
     $this->configuration['path'] = trim($form_state->getValue('path'), '\\/');
diff --git a/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivativeMediaFile.php b/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivativeMediaFile.php
index be9eca80b..157765919 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivativeMediaFile.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/Action/AbstractGenerateDerivativeMediaFile.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public function defaultConfiguration() {
       'event' => 'Generate Derivative',
       'source_term_uri' => $uri,
       'mimetype' => '',
+      'inputargs' => '',
       'args' => '',
       'path' => '[date:custom:Y]-[date:custom:m]/[media:mid].bin',
       'source_field_name' => 'field_media_file',
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ protected function generateData(EntityInterface $entity) {
     $allowed = [
       'queue',
       'event',
+      'inputargs',
       'args',
       'source_uri',
       'destination_uri',
@@ -109,12 +111,20 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
       '#description' => $this->t('File field on Media Type to hold derivative.  Cannot be the same as source'),
     ];
 
+    $form['inputargs'] = [
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Additional input arguments'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->configuration['inputargs'],
+      '#rows' => '8',
+      '#description' => $this->t('Additional command line options related to the source file'),
+    ];
+
     $form['args'] = [
       '#type' => 'textfield',
-      '#title' => $this->t('Additional arguments'),
+      '#title' => $this->t('Additional output arguments'),
       '#default_value' => $this->configuration['args'],
       '#rows' => '8',
-      '#description' => $this->t('Additional command line arguments'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('Additional command line options related to the output file (derivative)'),
     ];
 
     $form['mimetype'] = [
@@ -170,6 +180,7 @@ public function validateConfigurationForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form
   public function submitConfigurationForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
     parent::submitConfigurationForm($form, $form_state);
     $this->configuration['mimetype'] = $form_state->getValue('mimetype');
+    $this->configuration['inputargs'] = $form_state->getValue('inputargs');
     $this->configuration['args'] = $form_state->getValue('args');
     $this->configuration['scheme'] = $form_state->getValue('scheme');
     $this->configuration['path'] = trim($form_state->getValue('path'), '\\/');