diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/Texture.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/Texture.cpp
index 477eb33cb..245f10220 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/Texture.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,23 @@ const Texture::Filter &Texture::getDefaultFilter()
 	return defaultFilter;
 }
 
+bool Texture::validateFilter(const Filter &f, bool mipmapsAllowed)
+{
+	if (!mipmapsAllowed && f.mipmap != FILTER_NONE)
+		return false;
+
+	if (f.mag != FILTER_LINEAR && f.mag != FILTER_NEAREST)
+		return false;
+
+	if (f.min != FILTER_LINEAR && f.min != FILTER_NEAREST)
+		return false;
+
+	if (f.mipmap != FILTER_LINEAR && f.mipmap != FILTER_NEAREST && f.mipmap != FILTER_NONE)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool Texture::getConstant(const char *in, FilterMode &out)
 {
 	return filterModes.find(in, out);
@@ -113,6 +130,7 @@ StringMap<Texture::FilterMode, Texture::FILTER_MAX_ENUM>::Entry Texture::filterM
 {
 	{ "linear", Texture::FILTER_LINEAR },
 	{ "nearest", Texture::FILTER_NEAREST },
+	{ "none", Texture::FILTER_NONE },
 };
 
 StringMap<Texture::FilterMode, Texture::FILTER_MAX_ENUM> Texture::filterModes(Texture::filterModeEntries, sizeof(Texture::filterModeEntries));
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/Texture.h b/src/modules/graphics/Texture.h
index 7b5a525a4..5a0158926 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/Texture.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/Texture.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ public:
 	static void setDefaultFilter(const Filter &f);
 	static const Filter &getDefaultFilter();
 
+	static bool validateFilter(const Filter &f, bool mipmapsAllowed);
+
 	static bool getConstant(const char *in, FilterMode &out);
 	static bool getConstant(FilterMode in, const char  *&out);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.cpp
index 2f536efaf..955696ed6 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.cpp
@@ -637,6 +637,9 @@ void Canvas::drawq(Quad *quad, float x, float y, float angle, float sx, float sy
 
 void Canvas::setFilter(const Texture::Filter &f)
 {
+	if (!validateFilter(f, false))
+		throw love::Exception("Invalid texture filter.");
+
 	filter = f;
 	gl.bindTexture(texture);
 	gl.setTextureFilter(filter);
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Font.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Font.cpp
index 5cb062cb3..df51c302d 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Font.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ float Font::getSpacing() const
 
 void Font::setFilter(const Texture::Filter &f)
 {
+	if (!Texture::validateFilter(f, false))
+		throw love::Exception("Invalid texture filter.");
+
 	filter = f;
 
 	for (auto it = textures.begin(); it != textures.end(); ++it)
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp
index aee31ce30..d36cae05b 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp
@@ -423,10 +423,10 @@ void Graphics::discardStencil()
 	activeStencil = false;
 }
 
-Image *Graphics::newImage(love::image::ImageData *data, Image::Format format)
+Image *Graphics::newImage(love::image::ImageData *data, const Image::Flags &flags)
 {
 	// Create the image.
-	Image *image = new Image(data, format);
+	Image *image = new Image(data, flags);
 
 	if (!isCreated())
 		return image;
@@ -444,16 +444,16 @@ Image *Graphics::newImage(love::image::ImageData *data, Image::Format format)
 	if (!success)
 	{
 		image->release();
-		return 0;
+		return nullptr;
 	}
 
 	return image;
 }
 
-Image *Graphics::newImage(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, Image::Format format)
+Image *Graphics::newImage(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, const Image::Flags &flags)
 {
 	// Create the image.
-	Image *image = new Image(cdata, format);
+	Image *image = new Image(cdata, flags);
 
 	if (!isCreated())
 		return image;
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Image *Graphics::newImage(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, Image::Format form
 	if (!success)
 	{
 		image->release();
-		return 0;
+		return nullptr;
 	}
 
 	return image;
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h
index f68fc0c07..52fc6e3bd 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Creates an Image object with padding and/or optimization.
 	 **/
-	Image *newImage(love::image::ImageData *data, Image::Format format = Image::FORMAT_NORMAL);
-	Image *newImage(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, Image::Format format = Image::FORMAT_NORMAL);
+	Image *newImage(love::image::ImageData *data, const Image::Flags &flags);
+	Image *newImage(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, const Image::Flags &flags);
 
 	Quad *newQuad(Quad::Viewport v, float sw, float sh);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.cpp
index e6cb81ca4..7a391c071 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.cpp
@@ -33,17 +33,16 @@ namespace opengl
 
 float Image::maxMipmapSharpness = 0.0f;
 
-Texture::FilterMode Image::defaultMipmapFilter = Texture::FILTER_NONE;
+Texture::FilterMode Image::defaultMipmapFilter = Texture::FILTER_NEAREST;
 float Image::defaultMipmapSharpness = 0.0f;
 
-Image::Image(love::image::ImageData *data, Format format)
+Image::Image(love::image::ImageData *data, const Flags &flags)
 	: data(data)
 	, cdata(nullptr)
 	, texture(0)
 	, mipmapSharpness(defaultMipmapSharpness)
-	, mipmapsCreated(false)
 	, compressed(false)
-	, format(format)
+	, flags(flags)
 	, usingDefaultTexture(false)
 {
 	width = data->getWidth();
@@ -53,14 +52,13 @@ Image::Image(love::image::ImageData *data, Format format)
 	preload();
 }
 
-Image::Image(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, Format format)
+Image::Image(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, const Flags &flags)
 	: data(nullptr)
 	, cdata(cdata)
 	, texture(0)
 	, mipmapSharpness(defaultMipmapSharpness)
-	, mipmapsCreated(false)
 	, compressed(true)
-	, format(format)
+	, flags(flags)
 	, usingDefaultTexture(false)
 {
 	width = cdata->getWidth(0);
@@ -119,99 +117,16 @@ GLuint Image::getGLTexture() const
 	return texture;
 }
 
-void Image::uploadCompressedMipmaps()
-{
-	if (!isCompressed() || !cdata || !hasCompressedTextureSupport(cdata->getFormat()))
-		return;
-
-	bind();
-
-	int count = cdata->getMipmapCount();
-
-	// We have to inform OpenGL if the image doesn't have all mipmap levels.
-	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, count - 1);
-
-	for (int i = 1; i < count; i++)
-	{
-		glCompressedTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
-		                       i,
-		                       getCompressedFormat(cdata->getFormat()),
-		                       cdata->getWidth(i),
-		                       cdata->getHeight(i),
-		                       0,
-		                       GLsizei(cdata->getSize(i)),
-		                       cdata->getData(i));
-	}
-}
-
-void Image::createMipmaps()
-{
-	// Only valid for Images created with ImageData.
-	if (!data || isCompressed())
-		return;
-
-	// Some old drivers claim support for NPOT textures, but fail when creating
-	// mipmaps. We can't detect which systems will do this, so we fail gracefully
-	// for all NPOT images.
-	int w = int(width), h = int(height);
-	if (w != next_p2(w) || h != next_p2(h))
-	{
-		throw love::Exception("Cannot create mipmaps: "
-		      "image does not have power of two dimensions.");
-	}
-
-	bind();
-
-	// Prevent other threads from changing the ImageData while we upload it.
-	love::thread::Lock lock(data->getMutex());
-
-	if (GLEE_VERSION_3_0 || GLEE_ARB_framebuffer_object)
-	{
-		if (gl.getVendor() == OpenGL::VENDOR_ATI_AMD)
-		{
-			// AMD/ATI drivers have several bugs when generating mipmaps,
-			// re-uploading the entire base image seems to be required.
-			uploadTexture();
-
-			// More bugs: http://www.opengl.org/wiki/Common_Mistakes#Automatic_mipmap_generation
-			glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
-		}
-
-		glGenerateMipmap(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP, GL_TRUE);
-		glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
-		                0,
-		                0,
-		                0,
-		                (GLsizei)width,
-		                (GLsizei)height,
-		                GL_RGBA,
-		                GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
-		                data->getData());
-		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP, GL_FALSE);
-	}
-}
-
-void Image::checkMipmapsCreated()
-{
-	if (mipmapsCreated || filter.mipmap == FILTER_NONE || usingDefaultTexture)
-		return;
-
-	if (isCompressed() && cdata && hasCompressedTextureSupport(cdata->getFormat()))
-		uploadCompressedMipmaps();
-	else if (data)
-		createMipmaps();
-	else
-		return;
-
-	mipmapsCreated = true;
-}
-
 void Image::setFilter(const Texture::Filter &f)
 {
+	if (!validateFilter(f, flags.mipmaps))
+	{
+		if (f.mipmap != FILTER_NONE && !flags.mipmaps)
+			throw love::Exception("Non-mipmapped image cannot have mipmap filtering.");
+		else
+			throw love::Exception("Invalid texture filter.");
+	}
+
 	filter = f;
 
 	// We don't want filtering or (attempted) mipmaps on the default texture.
@@ -223,7 +138,6 @@ void Image::setFilter(const Texture::Filter &f)
 
 	bind();
 	gl.setTextureFilter(filter);
-	checkMipmapsCreated();
 }
 
 void Image::setWrap(const Texture::Wrap &w)
@@ -260,6 +174,7 @@ void Image::bind() const
 
 void Image::preload()
 {
+	// For colors.
 	memset(vertices, 255, sizeof(Vertex)*4);
 
 	vertices[0].x = 0;
@@ -280,7 +195,8 @@ void Image::preload()
 	vertices[3].s = 1;
 	vertices[3].t = 0;
 
-	filter.mipmap = defaultMipmapFilter;
+	if (flags.mipmaps)
+		filter.mipmap = defaultMipmapFilter;
 }
 
 bool Image::load()
@@ -293,9 +209,85 @@ void Image::unload()
 	return unloadVolatile();
 }
 
+void Image::uploadCompressedData()
+{
+	GLenum format = getCompressedFormat(cdata->getFormat());
+	int count = flags.mipmaps ? cdata->getMipmapCount() : 1;
+
+	// We have to inform OpenGL if the image doesn't have all mipmap levels.
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, count - 1);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+	{
+		glCompressedTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
+		                       i,
+		                       format,
+		                       cdata->getWidth(i),
+		                       cdata->getHeight(i),
+		                       0,
+		                       GLsizei(cdata->getSize(i)),
+		                       cdata->getData(i));
+	}
+}
+
+void Image::uploadImageData()
+{
+	if (flags.mipmaps)
+	{
+		// NPOT mipmap generation isn't always supported on old GPUs/drivers...
+		if (width != next_p2(width) || height != next_p2(height))
+		{
+			throw love::Exception("Cannot create mipmaps: "
+			                      "image does not have power-of-two dimensions.");
+		}
+
+		if (!GLEE_VERSION_3_0 && !GLEE_ARB_framebuffer_object)
+			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP, GL_TRUE);
+	}
+
+	GLenum iformat = flags.sRGB ? GL_SRGB8_ALPHA8 : GL_RGBA8;
+
+	{
+		love::thread::Lock lock(data->getMutex());
+		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
+		             0,
+		             iformat,
+		             (GLsizei)width,
+		             (GLsizei)height,
+		             0,
+		             GL_RGBA,
+		             GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
+		             data->getData());
+	}
+
+	if (flags.mipmaps)
+	{
+		if (GLEE_VERSION_3_0 || GLEE_ARB_framebuffer_object)
+		{
+			// Driver bug: http://www.opengl.org/wiki/Common_Mistakes#Automatic_mipmap_generation
+			if (gl.getVendor() == OpenGL::VENDOR_ATI_AMD)
+				glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+
+			glGenerateMipmap(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+		}
+		else
+			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP, GL_FALSE);
+	}
+}
+
+void Image::uploadTexture()
+{
+	bind();
+
+	if (isCompressed() && cdata)
+		uploadCompressedData();
+	else if (data)
+		uploadImageData();
+}
+
 bool Image::loadVolatile()
 {
-	if (format == FORMAT_SRGB && !hasSRGBSupport())
+	if (flags.sRGB && !hasSRGBSupport())
 		throw love::Exception("sRGB images are not supported on this system.");
 
 	if (isCompressed() && cdata && !hasCompressedTextureSupport(cdata->getFormat()))
@@ -320,6 +312,9 @@ bool Image::loadVolatile()
 	gl.setTextureWrap(wrap);
 	setMipmapSharpness(mipmapSharpness);
 
+	if (!flags.mipmaps)
+		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+
 	// Use a default texture if the size is too big for the system.
 	if (width > gl.getMaxTextureSize() || height > gl.getMaxTextureSize())
 	{
@@ -327,55 +322,27 @@ bool Image::loadVolatile()
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	// Mutex lock will potentially cover texture loading and mipmap creation.
-	love::thread::EmptyLock lock;
-	if (data)
-		lock.setLock(data->getMutex());
-
 	while (glGetError() != GL_NO_ERROR); // Clear errors.
 
-	uploadTexture();
+	try
+	{
+		uploadTexture();
 
-	GLenum glerr = glGetError();
-	if (glerr != GL_NO_ERROR)
-		throw love::Exception("Cannot create image (error code 0x%x)", glerr);
+		GLenum glerr = glGetError();
+		if (glerr != GL_NO_ERROR)
+			throw love::Exception("Cannot create image (error code 0x%x)", glerr);
+	}
+	catch (love::Exception &)
+	{
+		gl.deleteTexture(texture);
+		texture = 0;
+		throw;
+	}
 
 	usingDefaultTexture = false;
-	mipmapsCreated = false;
-	checkMipmapsCreated();
-
 	return true;
 }
 
-void Image::uploadTexture()
-{
-	if (isCompressed() && cdata)
-	{
-		GLenum format = getCompressedFormat(cdata->getFormat());
-		glCompressedTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
-		                       0,
-		                       format,
-		                       cdata->getWidth(0),
-		                       cdata->getHeight(0),
-		                       0,
-		                       GLsizei(cdata->getSize(0)),
-		                       cdata->getData(0));
-	}
-	else if (data)
-	{
-		GLenum iformat = (format == FORMAT_SRGB) ? GL_SRGB8_ALPHA8 : GL_RGBA8;
-		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
-		             0,
-		             iformat,
-		             (GLsizei)width,
-		             (GLsizei)height,
-		             0,
-		             GL_RGBA,
-		             GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
-		             data->getData());
-	}
-}
-
 void Image::unloadVolatile()
 {
 	// Delete the hardware texture.
@@ -398,32 +365,20 @@ bool Image::refresh()
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	// We want this lock to potentially cover mipmap creation as well.
-	love::thread::EmptyLock lock;
-
-	bind();
-
-	if (data && !isCompressed())
-		lock.setLock(data->getMutex());
-
 	while (glGetError() != GL_NO_ERROR); // Clear errors.
 
 	uploadTexture();
 
-	if (glGetError() != GL_NO_ERROR)
-		uploadDefaultTexture();
-	else
-		usingDefaultTexture = false;
-
-	mipmapsCreated = false;
-	checkMipmapsCreated();
+	GLenum glerr = glGetError();
+	if (glerr != GL_NO_ERROR)
+		throw love::Exception("Cannot refresh image (error code 0x%x)", glerr);
 
 	return true;
 }
 
-Image::Format Image::getFormat() const
+const Image::Flags &Image::getFlags() const
 {
-	return format;
+	return flags;
 }
 
 void Image::uploadDefaultTexture()
@@ -492,22 +447,20 @@ bool Image::isCompressed() const
 
 GLenum Image::getCompressedFormat(image::CompressedData::Format cformat) const
 {
-	bool srgb = format == FORMAT_SRGB;
-
 	switch (cformat)
 	{
 	case image::CompressedData::FORMAT_DXT1:
-		if (srgb)
+		if (flags.sRGB)
 			return GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_S3TC_DXT1_EXT;
 		else
 			return GL_COMPRESSED_RGB_S3TC_DXT1_EXT;
 	case image::CompressedData::FORMAT_DXT3:
-		if (srgb)
+		if (flags.sRGB)
 			return GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_S3TC_DXT3_EXT;
 		else
 			return GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT3_EXT;
 	case image::CompressedData::FORMAT_DXT5:
-		if (srgb)
+		if (flags.sRGB)
 			return GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_S3TC_DXT5_EXT;
 		else
 			return GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT5_EXT;
@@ -520,7 +473,7 @@ GLenum Image::getCompressedFormat(image::CompressedData::Format cformat) const
 	case image::CompressedData::FORMAT_BC5s:
 		return GL_COMPRESSED_SIGNED_RG_RGTC2;
 	default:
-		if (srgb)
+		if (flags.sRGB)
 			return GL_SRGB8_ALPHA8;
 		else
 			return GL_RGBA8;
@@ -557,23 +510,23 @@ bool Image::hasSRGBSupport()
 	return GLEE_VERSION_2_1 || GLEE_EXT_texture_sRGB;
 }
 
-bool Image::getConstant(const char *in, Format &out)
+bool Image::getConstant(const char *in, FlagType &out)
 {
-	return formats.find(in, out);
+	return flagNames.find(in, out);
 }
 
-bool Image::getConstant(Format in, const char *&out)
+bool Image::getConstant(FlagType in, const char *&out)
 {
-	return formats.find(in, out);
+	return flagNames.find(in, out);
 }
 
-StringMap<Image::Format, Image::FORMAT_MAX_ENUM>::Entry Image::formatEntries[] =
+StringMap<Image::FlagType, Image::FLAG_TYPE_MAX_ENUM>::Entry Image::flagNameEntries[] =
 {
-	{"normal", Image::FORMAT_NORMAL},
-	{"srgb", Image::FORMAT_SRGB},
+	{"mipmaps", Image::FLAG_TYPE_MIPMAPS},
+	{"srgb", Image::FLAG_TYPE_SRGB},
 };
 
-StringMap<Image::Format, Image::FORMAT_MAX_ENUM> Image::formats(Image::formatEntries, sizeof(Image::formatEntries));
+StringMap<Image::FlagType, Image::FLAG_TYPE_MAX_ENUM> Image::flagNames(Image::flagNameEntries, sizeof(Image::flagNameEntries));
 
 } // opengl
 } // graphics
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.h b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.h
index ab8c62fcd..1c8bfc88e 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Image.h
@@ -51,11 +51,19 @@ class Image : public Texture
 {
 public:
 
-	enum Format
+	enum FlagType
 	{
-		FORMAT_NORMAL,
-		FORMAT_SRGB,
-		FORMAT_MAX_ENUM
+		FLAG_TYPE_MIPMAPS,
+		FLAG_TYPE_SRGB,
+		FLAG_TYPE_MAX_ENUM
+	};
+
+	struct Flags
+	{
+		bool mipmaps;
+		bool sRGB;
+
+		Flags() : mipmaps(false), sRGB(false) {}
 	};
 
 	/**
@@ -64,14 +72,14 @@ public:
 	 *
 	 * @param data The data from which to load the image.
 	 **/
-	Image(love::image::ImageData *data, Format format = FORMAT_NORMAL);
+	Image(love::image::ImageData *data, const Flags &flags);
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new Image with compressed image data.
 	 *
 	 * @param cdata The compressed data from which to load the image.
 	 **/
-	Image(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, Format format = FORMAT_NORMAL);
+	Image(love::image::CompressedData *cdata, const Flags &flags);
 
 	/**
 	 * Destructor. Deletes the hardware texture and other resources.
@@ -123,12 +131,11 @@ public:
 
 	/**
 	 * Re-uploads the ImageData or CompressedData associated with this Image to
-	 * the GPU, allowing situations where lovers modify an ImageData after image
-	 * creation from the ImageData, and apply the changes with Image:refresh().
+	 * the GPU.
 	 **/
 	bool refresh();
 
-	Format getFormat() const;
+	const Flags &getFlags() const;
 
 	static void setDefaultMipmapSharpness(float sharpness);
 	static float getDefaultMipmapSharpness();
@@ -139,8 +146,8 @@ public:
 	static bool hasCompressedTextureSupport(image::CompressedData::Format format);
 	static bool hasSRGBSupport();
 
-	static bool getConstant(const char *in, Format &out);
-	static bool getConstant(Format in, const char *&out);
+	static bool getConstant(const char *in, FlagType &out);
+	static bool getConstant(FlagType in, const char *&out);
 
 private:
 
@@ -162,14 +169,11 @@ private:
 	// Mipmap texture LOD bias (sharpness) value.
 	float mipmapSharpness;
 
-	// True if mipmaps have been created for this Image.
-	bool mipmapsCreated;
-
 	// Whether this Image is using a compressed texture.
 	bool compressed;
 
-	// The format to interpret the image's data as.
-	Format format;
+	// The flags used to initialize this Image.
+	Flags flags;
 
 	// True if the image wasn't able to be properly created and it had to fall
 	// back to a default texture.
@@ -177,12 +181,10 @@ private:
 
 	void preload();
 
+	void uploadCompressedData();
+	void uploadImageData();
 	void uploadTexture();
 
-	void uploadCompressedMipmaps();
-	void createMipmaps();
-	void checkMipmapsCreated();
-
 	static float maxMipmapSharpness;
 
 	static FilterMode defaultMipmapFilter;
@@ -190,8 +192,8 @@ private:
 
 	GLenum getCompressedFormat(image::CompressedData::Format cformat) const;
 
-	static StringMap<Format, FORMAT_MAX_ENUM>::Entry formatEntries[];
-	static StringMap<Format, FORMAT_MAX_ENUM> formats;
+	static StringMap<FlagType, FLAG_TYPE_MAX_ENUM>::Entry flagNameEntries[];
+	static StringMap<FlagType, FLAG_TYPE_MAX_ENUM> flagNames;
 
 }; // Image
 
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Graphics.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Graphics.cpp
index 929edd263..6a04042d0 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Graphics.cpp
@@ -146,16 +146,24 @@ int w_setInvertedStencil(lua_State *L)
 	return setStencil(L, true);
 }
 
+static const char *imageFlagName(Image::FlagType flagtype)
+{
+	const char *name = nullptr;
+	Image::getConstant(flagtype, name);
+	return name;
+}
+
 int w_newImage(lua_State *L)
 {
 	love::image::ImageData *data = nullptr;
 	love::image::CompressedData *cdata = nullptr;
 
-	Image::Format format = Image::FORMAT_NORMAL;
-	const char *fstr = lua_isnoneornil(L, 2) ? nullptr : luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
-
-	if (fstr != nullptr && !Image::getConstant(fstr, format))
-		return luaL_error(L, "Invalid Image format: %s", fstr);
+	Image::Flags flags;
+	if (!lua_isnoneornil(L, 2))
+	{
+		flags.mipmaps = luax_boolflag(L, 2, imageFlagName(Image::FLAG_TYPE_MIPMAPS), flags.mipmaps);
+		flags.sRGB = luax_boolflag(L, 2, imageFlagName(Image::FLAG_TYPE_SRGB), flags.sRGB);
+	}
 
 	bool releasedata = false;
 
@@ -199,9 +207,9 @@ int w_newImage(lua_State *L)
 	luax_catchexcept(L,
 		[&]() {
 			if (cdata)
-				image = instance->newImage(cdata, format);
+				image = instance->newImage(cdata, flags);
 			else if (data)
-				image = instance->newImage(data, format);
+				image = instance->newImage(data, flags);
 		},
 		[&]() {
 			if (releasedata && data)
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Image.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Image.cpp
index da9107e5a..79102d531 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Image.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/wrap_Image.cpp
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ int w_Image_setMipmapFilter(lua_State *L)
 	}
 
 	luax_catchexcept(L, [&](){ t->setFilter(f); });
-
-	float sharpness = (float) luaL_optnumber(L, 3, 0);
-	t->setMipmapSharpness(sharpness);
+	t->setMipmapSharpness((float) luaL_optnumber(L, 3, 0.0));
 
 	return 0;
 }