Selecting Photos for use as Thumbnails and Backgrounds in Photo Sections

Currently there doesn't seem to be a way to select a photo form the current library or album to be used as the thumbnail or the background.  We have to manually upload, which I would think would create a duplicate file – or we can link to a photo.  It would be convenient to see a grid of small thumbnails representing the photos in the album as an option for selecting photos for use as thumbnails and backgrounds.  I think an easy way to implement this would be to have them as part of the "..." menu for each photo.  One option for album thumbnail and another for background.