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Delta Denoising Score

arXiv 2304.07090 ↗First posted 14 Apr 2023cs.CV cs.GR cs.LGcited by 120

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Abstract (arXiv)

We introduce Delta Denoising Score (DDS), a novel scoring function for text-based image editing that guides minimal modifications of an input image towards the content described in a target prompt. DDS leverages the rich generative prior of text-to-image diffusion models and can be used as a loss term in an optimization problem to steer an image towards a desired direction dictated by a text. DDS utilizes the Score Distillation Sampling (SDS) mechanism for the purpose of image editing. We show that using only SDS often produces non-detailed and blurry outputs due to noisy gradients. To address this issue, DDS uses a prompt that matches the input image to identify and remove undesired erroneous directions of SDS. Our key premise is that SDS should be zero when calculated on pairs of matched prompts and images, meaning that if the score is non-zero, its gradients can be attributed to the erroneous component of SDS. Our analysis demonstrates the competence of DDS for text based image-to-image translation. We further show that DDS can be used to train an effective zero-shot image translation model. Experimental results indicate that DDS outperforms existing methods in terms of stability and quality, highlighting its potential for real-world applications in text-based image editing.

Key facts. Cited by 120 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Builds on 39 of its 48 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 14 Apr 2023.

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  18. 2024DreamFlow: High-Quality Text-to-3D Generation by Approximating Probability Flowcited by 26
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  21. 2024DreamSampler: Unifying Diffusion Sampling and Score Distillation for Image Manipulationcited by 22
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  24. 2023Learn to Optimize Denoising Scores for 3D Generation: A Unified and Improved Diffusion Prior on NeRF and 3D Gaussian Splattingcited by 20
  25. 2025Personalized Image Generation with Deep Generative Models: A Decade Surveycited by 20
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  30. 2024MeshUp: Multi-Target Mesh Deformation via Blended Score Distillationcited by 17
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  32. 2024FreeCompose: Generic Zero-Shot Image Composition with Diffusion Priorcited by 16
  33. 2024Retrieval-Augmented Score Distillation for Text-to-3D Generationcited by 14
  34. 2024DreamCatalyst: Fast and High-Quality 3D Editing via Controlling Editability and Identity Preservationcited by 13
  35. 2024GS-VTON: Controllable 3D Virtual Try-on with Gaussian Splattingcited by 13
  36. 2025Uni-Instruct: One-step Diffusion Model through Unified Diffusion Divergence Instructioncited by 13
  37. 2024LDMol: A Text-to-Molecule Diffusion Model with Structurally Informative Latent Space Surpasses AR Modelscited by 11
  38. 2024Text2Place: Affordance-aware Text Guided Human Placementcited by 11

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