diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/ParallelFor.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/ParallelFor.cs
index 4c14bb6e3..7aa50a9e3 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/ParallelFor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/ParallelFor.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,63 @@
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
 using SixLabors.Memory;
+using SixLabors.Primitives;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
 {
+    internal readonly struct RowInterval
+    {
+        public RowInterval(int min, int max)
+        {
+            this.Min = min;
+            this.Max = max;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the INCLUSIVE minimum
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Min { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the EXCLUSIVE maximum
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Max { get; }
+    }
+
+    internal static class ParallelHelper
+    {
+        public static void IterateRows(in Rectangle rectangle, Configuration configuration, Action<RowInterval> body)
+        {
+            int maxSteps = (int)Math.Ceiling(
+                (float)(rectangle.Width * rectangle.Height) / configuration.MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask);
+
+            int numOfSteps = Math.Min(configuration.MaxDegreeOfParallelism, maxSteps);
+
+            int step = rectangle.Height / numOfSteps;
+
+            var parallelOptions = new ParallelOptions() { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = numOfSteps };
+
+            int bottom = rectangle.Bottom;
+
+            Parallel.For(
+                0,
+                numOfSteps,
+                parallelOptions,
+                i =>
+                    {
+                        int yMin = i * step;
+                        int yMax = Math.Min(yMin + step, bottom);
+
+                        var rowInterval = new RowInterval(yMin, yMax);
+                        body(rowInterval);
+                    });
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Utility methods for Parallel.For() execution. Use this instead of raw <see cref="Parallel"/> calls!
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs
index 1b009bfed..4bd6bd9e5 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
 
         private int maxDegreeOfParallelism = Environment.ProcessorCount;
 
+        private int minimumPixelsPerTask = 2048;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Configuration" /> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the maximum number of concurrent tasks enabled in ImageSharp algorithms
         /// configured with this <see cref="Configuration"/> instance.
+        /// Initialized with <see cref="Environment.ProcessorCount"/> by default.
         /// </summary>
         public int MaxDegreeOfParallelism
         {
@@ -74,6 +77,24 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the minimum number of pixels being processed by a single task when parallelizing operations with TPL.
+        /// It's not worth to launch tasks processing pixels below this limit. Initialized with 2048 by default.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask
+        {
+            get => this.minimumPixelsPerTask;
+            set
+            {
+                if (value <= 0)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(this.MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask));
+                }
+
+                this.minimumPixelsPerTask = value;
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the currently registered <see cref="IImageFormat"/>s.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Buffer2DExtensions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Buffer2DExtensions.cs
index 107457ae7..a9edb9cfb 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Buffer2DExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Buffer2DExtensions.cs
@@ -96,15 +96,14 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
         /// <param name="buffer">The <see cref="Buffer2D{T}"/></param>
         /// <param name="rectangle">The rectangle subarea</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="BufferArea{T}"/></returns>
-        public static BufferArea<T> GetArea<T>(this Buffer2D<T> buffer, Rectangle rectangle)
+        public static BufferArea<T> GetArea<T>(this Buffer2D<T> buffer, in Rectangle rectangle)
             where T : struct => new BufferArea<T>(buffer, rectangle);
 
         public static BufferArea<T> GetArea<T>(this Buffer2D<T> buffer, int x, int y, int width, int height)
-            where T : struct
-        {
-            var rectangle = new Rectangle(x, y, width, height);
-            return new BufferArea<T>(buffer, rectangle);
-        }
+            where T : struct => new BufferArea<T>(buffer, new Rectangle(x, y, width, height));
+
+        public static BufferArea<T> GetAreaBetweenRows<T>(this Buffer2D<T> buffer, int minY, int maxY)
+            where T : struct => new BufferArea<T>(buffer, new Rectangle(0, minY, buffer.Width, maxY - minY));
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Return a <see cref="BufferArea{T}"/> to the whole area of 'buffer'
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Helpers/ParallelHelperTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Helpers/ParallelHelperTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca904f953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Helpers/ParallelHelperTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using System.Threading;
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
+using SixLabors.Primitives;
+
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Helpers
+{
+    public class ParallelHelperTests
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(1, 0, 100, -1, 100)]
+        [InlineData(2, 0, 9, 5, 4)]
+        [InlineData(2, 10, 19, 5, 4)]
+        [InlineData(4, 0, 200, 50, 50)]
+        [InlineData(4, 123, 323, 50, 50)]
+        public void IterateRows_OverMinimumPixelsLimit(
+            int maxDegreeOfParallelism,
+            int minY,
+            int maxY,
+            int expectedStep,
+            int expectedLastStep)
+        {
+            Configuration cfg = Configuration.Default.ShallowCopy();
+            cfg.MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask = 1;
+            cfg.MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxDegreeOfParallelism;
+
+            var rectangle = new Rectangle(0, minY, 10, maxY);
+
+            int actualNumberOfSteps = 0;
+            ParallelHelper.IterateRows(rectangle, cfg,
+                rows =>
+                    {
+                        Assert.True(rows.Min >= minY);
+                        int step = rows.Max - rows.Min;
+                        int expected = rows.Max < maxY ? expectedStep : expectedLastStep;
+
+                        Interlocked.Increment(ref actualNumberOfSteps);
+                        Assert.Equal(expected, step);
+                    });
+
+            Assert.Equal(maxDegreeOfParallelism, actualNumberOfSteps);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(2, 200, 50, 2, 1, -1, 2)]
+        [InlineData(2, 200, 200, 1, 1, -1, 1)]
+        [InlineData(4, 200, 100, 4, 2, 1, 1)]
+        [InlineData(4, 300, 100, 8, 3, 3, 2)]
+        public void IterateRows_WithEffectiveMinimumPixelsLimit(
+            int maxDegreeOfParallelism,
+            int minimumPixelsProcessedPerTask,
+            int width,
+            int height,
+            int expectedNumberOfSteps,
+            int expectedStep,
+            int expectedLastStep)
+        {
+            Configuration cfg = Configuration.Default.ShallowCopy();
+            cfg.MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask = minimumPixelsProcessedPerTask;
+            cfg.MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxDegreeOfParallelism;
+
+            var rectangle = new Rectangle(0, 0, width, height);
+
+            int actualNumberOfSteps = 0;
+            ParallelHelper.IterateRows(rectangle, cfg,
+                rows =>
+                    {
+                        int step = rows.Max - rows.Min;
+                        int expected = rows.Max < height ? expectedStep : expectedLastStep;
+
+                        Interlocked.Increment(ref actualNumberOfSteps);
+                        Assert.Equal(expected, step);
+                    });
+
+            Assert.Equal(expectedNumberOfSteps, actualNumberOfSteps);
+        }
+    }
+}
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