diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.razor b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.razor
index 745efb99..e69b44aa 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.razor
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.razor
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="row mb-1 align-items-center">
-                <Label Class="col-sm-3" For="imagesizes" HelpText="Enter a list of image sizes which can be generated dynamically from uploaded images (ie. 200x200,x200,200x)" ResourceKey="ImageSizes">Image Sizes: </Label>
+                <Label Class="col-sm-3" For="imagesizes" HelpText="Enter a list of image sizes which can be generated dynamically from uploaded images (ie. 200x200,400x400). Use * to indicate the folder supports all image sizes." ResourceKey="ImageSizes">Image Sizes: </Label>
                 <div class="col-sm-9">
                     <input id="imagesizes" class="form-control" @bind="@_imagesizes" maxlength="512" />
                 </div>
diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.resx b/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.resx
index c50dfe54..cd3d71bb 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.resx
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Files/Edit.resx
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     <value>Capacity:</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ImageSizes.HelpText" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Enter a list of image sizes which can be generated dynamically from uploaded images (ie. 200x200,x200,200x)</value>
+    <value>Enter a list of image sizes which can be generated dynamically from uploaded images (ie. 200x200,400x400). Use * to indicate the folder supports all image sizes.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ImageSizes.Text" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Image Sizes:</value>
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/FileController.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/FileController.cs
index c005c4db..68147e4f 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/FileController.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/FileController.cs
@@ -622,8 +622,9 @@ namespace Oqtane.Controllers
                         string imagepath = filepath.Replace(Path.GetExtension(filepath), "." + width.ToString() + "x" + height.ToString() + ".png");
                         if (!System.IO.File.Exists(imagepath) || bool.Parse(recreate))
                         {
-                            if ((_userPermissions.IsAuthorized(User, PermissionNames.Edit, file.Folder.PermissionList) ||
-                              !string.IsNullOrEmpty(file.Folder.ImageSizes) && file.Folder.ImageSizes.ToLower().Split(",").Contains(width.ToString() + "x" + height.ToString())))
+                            // user has edit access to folder or folder supports the image size being created
+                            if (_userPermissions.IsAuthorized(User, PermissionNames.Edit, file.Folder.PermissionList) ||
+                              (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(file.Folder.ImageSizes) && (file.Folder.ImageSizes == "*" || file.Folder.ImageSizes.ToLower().Split(",").Contains(width.ToString() + "x" + height.ToString()))))
                             {
                                 imagepath = CreateImage(filepath, width, height, mode, position, background, rotate, imagepath);
                             }