diff --git a/server/src/services/smart-info.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/smart-info.service.spec.ts
index f7a12598e..5ae6c8213 100644
--- a/server/src/services/smart-info.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/smart-info.service.spec.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,36 @@ describe(SmartInfoService.name, () => {
       expect(mocks.search.upsert).toHaveBeenCalledWith(asset.id, '[0.01, 0.02, 0.03]');
     });
 
+    it('should use the edited preview when both preview variants exist', async () => {
+      const asset = AssetFactory.from()
+        .file({ type: AssetFileType.Preview, isEdited: false, path: 'original-preview' })
+        .file({ type: AssetFileType.Preview, isEdited: true, path: 'edited-preview' })
+        .build();
+      mocks.machineLearning.encodeImage.mockResolvedValue('[0.01, 0.02, 0.03]');
+      mocks.assetJob.getForClipEncoding.mockResolvedValue(asset);
+
+      expect(await sut.handleEncodeClip({ id: asset.id })).toEqual(JobStatus.Success);
+      expect(mocks.machineLearning.encodeImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'edited-preview',
+        expect.objectContaining({ modelName: 'ViT-B-32__openai' }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should select the edited preview regardless of file order', async () => {
+      const asset = AssetFactory.from()
+        .file({ type: AssetFileType.Preview, isEdited: true, path: 'edited-preview' })
+        .file({ type: AssetFileType.Preview, isEdited: false, path: 'original-preview' })
+        .build();
+      mocks.machineLearning.encodeImage.mockResolvedValue('[0.01, 0.02, 0.03]');
+      mocks.assetJob.getForClipEncoding.mockResolvedValue(asset);
+
+      expect(await sut.handleEncodeClip({ id: asset.id })).toEqual(JobStatus.Success);
+      expect(mocks.machineLearning.encodeImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'edited-preview',
+        expect.objectContaining({ modelName: 'ViT-B-32__openai' }),
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should skip invisible assets', async () => {
       const asset = AssetFactory.from({ visibility: AssetVisibility.Hidden })
         .file({ type: AssetFileType.Preview })
diff --git a/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts b/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts
index 7c5641288..d645bb929 100644
--- a/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ export class SmartInfoService extends BaseService {
     }
 
     const asset = await this.assetJobRepository.getForClipEncoding(id);
-    if (!asset || asset.files.length !== 1) {
+    const previewFile = asset?.files.find((file) => file.isEdited) ?? asset?.files[0];
+    if (!asset || !previewFile) {
       return JobStatus.Failed;
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ export class SmartInfoService extends BaseService {
       return JobStatus.Skipped;
     }
 
-    const embedding = await this.machineLearningRepository.encodeImage(asset.files[0].path, machineLearning.clip);
+    const embedding = await this.machineLearningRepository.encodeImage(previewFile.path, machineLearning.clip);
 
     if (this.databaseRepository.isBusy(DatabaseLock.CLIPDimSize)) {
       this.logger.verbose(`Waiting for CLIP dimension size to be updated`);