A second discovery while learning the API, and evaluating it.

tnail = get_thumbnail(testfilename, '300x300', crop='center', force=True, quality=100)
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tnail = get_thumbnail(testfilename, '300x300', crop='center', force=True, quality=10)
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tnail = get_thumbnail(testfilename, '300x300', crop='center', force=True, format="PNG", quality=10)
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tnail = get_thumbnail(testfilename, '300x300', crop='center', force=True, format="PNG", THUMBNAIL_FORCE_FORMAT="PNG", quality=100)
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Pillow does allow the setting of quality for PNG's, which I use in my library. And I see the change in JPG format, so I'm not sure why this wouldn't be working for alternative graphic formats.