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HD-Painter: High-Resolution and Prompt-Faithful Text-Guided Image Inpainting with Diffusion Models

arXiv 2312.14091 ↗First posted 21 Dec 2023cs.CVcited by 67

On the map: Diffusion models → 3D, point cloud and scene generation

Abstract (arXiv)

Recent progress in text-guided image inpainting, based on the unprecedented success of text-to-image diffusion models, has led to exceptionally realistic and visually plausible results. However, there is still significant potential for improvement in current text-to-image inpainting models, particularly in better aligning the inpainted area with user prompts and performing high-resolution inpainting. Therefore, we introduce HD-Painter, a training free approach that accurately follows prompts and coherently scales to high resolution image inpainting. To this end, we design the Prompt-Aware Introverted Attention (PAIntA) layer enhancing self-attention scores by prompt information resulting in better text aligned generations. To further improve the prompt coherence we introduce the Reweighting Attention Score Guidance (RASG) mechanism seamlessly integrating a post-hoc sampling strategy into the general form of DDIM to prevent out-of-distribution latent shifts. Moreover, HD-Painter allows extension to larger scales by introducing a specialized super-resolution technique customized for inpainting, enabling the completion of missing regions in images of up to 2K resolution. Our experiments demonstrate that HD-Painter surpasses existing state-of-the-art approaches quantitatively and qualitatively across multiple metrics and a user study. Code is publicly available at: https://github.com/Picsart-AI-Research/HD-Painter

Key facts. Cited by 67 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in 3D, point cloud and scene generation, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 41 of its 52 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 21 Dec 2023.

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  1. 2022SmartBrush: Text and Shape Guided Object Inpainting with Diffusion Model9 Dec

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  1. 2024Diffusion Model-Based Image Editing: A Surveycited by 212
  2. 2024BrushNet: A Plug-and-Play Image Inpainting Model with Decomposed Dual-Branch Diffusioncited by 202
  3. 2024Generative Image Layer Decomposition with Visual Effectscited by 34
  4. 2024BrushEdit: All-In-One Image Inpainting and Editingcited by 31
  5. 2024DreamOmni: Unified Image Generation and Editingcited by 30
  6. 2025Follow-Your-Preference: Towards Preference-Aligned Image Inpaintingcited by 18
  7. 2024PrefPaint: Aligning Image Inpainting Diffusion Model with Human Preferencecited by 17
  8. 2024Reflecting Reality: Enabling Diffusion Models to Produce Faithful Mirror Reflectionscited by 16
  9. 2025TurboFill: Adapting Few-step Text-to-image Model for Fast Image Inpaintingcited by 15
  10. 2025MTV-Inpaint: Multi-Task Long Video Inpaintingcited by 14
  11. 2025AdvPaint: Protecting Images from Inpainting Manipulation via Adversarial Attention Disruptioncited by 11
  12. 2024Zero-Painter: Training-Free Layout Control for Text-to-Image Synthesiscited by 9
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  2. 2025MirrorVerse: Pushing Diffusion Models to Realistically Reflect the Worldcited by 8
  3. 2025Object Isolated Attention for Consistent Story Visualizationcited by 7
  4. 2024Anywhere: A Multi-Agent Framework for User-Guided, Reliable, and Diverse Foreground-Conditioned Image Generationcited by 6
  5. 2024SOEDiff: Efficient Distillation for Small Object Editingcited by 5
  6. 2024StdGEN: Semantic-Decomposed 3D Character Generation from Single Imagescited by 5
  7. 2025Improving Editability in Image Generation with Layer-wise Memorycited by 5
  8. 2025Trans-Adapter: A Plug-and-Play Framework for Transparent Image Inpaintingcited by 5
  9. 2025ReTrack: Data Unlearning in Diffusion Models through Redirecting the Denoising Trajectorycited by 5
  10. 2025Test-Time Anchoring for Discrete Diffusion Posterior Samplingcited by 5
  11. 2025One Stone with Two Birds: A Null-Text-Null Frequency-Aware Diffusion Models for Text-Guided Image Inpaintingcited by 5
  12. 2026HiFi-Inpaint: Towards High-Fidelity Reference-Based Inpainting for Generating Detail-Preserving Human-Product Imagescited by 5
  13. 2024DA-HFNet: Progressive Fine-Grained Forgery Image Detection and Localization Based on Dual Attentioncited by 4
  14. 2024FreeCond: Free Lunch in the Input Conditions of Text-Guided Inpaintingcited by 4
  15. 2025OutDreamer: Video Outpainting with a Diffusion Transformercited by 4
  16. 2025SONIC: Spectral Optimization of Noise for Inpainting with Consistencycited by 4
  17. 2024Streamlining Image Editing with Layered Diffusion Brushescited by 2
  18. 2024AnyLogo: Symbiotic Subject-Driven Diffusion System with Gemini Statuscited by 2
  19. 2025Neural Scene Designer: Self-Styled Semantic Image Manipulationcited by 2
  20. 2025IS-Diff: Improving Diffusion-Based Inpainting with Better Initial Seedcited by 2
  21. 2025Ultra High-Resolution Image Inpainting with Patch-Based Content Consistency Adaptercited by 2
  22. 2026InverFill: One-Step Inversion for Enhanced Few-Step Diffusion Inpaintingcited by 2
  23. 2026Overpainting: Localized Context-aware Diffusion Image Editingcited by 2
  24. 2024Ali-AUG: Innovative Approaches to Labeled Data Augmentation using One-Step Diffusion Modelcited by 1
  25. 2024PainterNet: Adaptive Image Inpainting with Actual-Token Attention and Diverse Mask Controlcited by 1
  26. 2024Pinpoint Counterfactuals: Reducing social bias in foundation models via localized counterfactual generationcited by 1
  27. 2024CA-Edit: Causality-Aware Condition Adapter for High-Fidelity Local Facial Attribute Editingcited by 1
  28. 2025Towards Seamless Borders: A Method for Mitigating Inconsistencies in Image Inpainting and Outpaintingcited by 1
  29. 2025AttentionDrag: Exploiting Latent Correlation Knowledge in Pre-trained Diffusion Models for Image Editingcited by 1
  30. 2025NeXT-IMDL: Build Benchmark for NeXT-Generation Image Manipulation Detection & Localizationcited by 1
  31. 2026StdGEN++: A Comprehensive System for Semantic-Decomposed 3D Character Generationcited by 1
  32. 2026FineEdit: Fine-Grained Image Edit with Bounding Box Guidancecited by 1
  33. 2026FlashClear: Ultra-Fast Image Content Removal via Efficient Step Distillation and Feature Cachingcited by 1
  34. 2026Self-Prompting Diffusion Transformer for Open-Vocabulary Scene Text Editing via In-Context Learningcited by 1
  35. 2024Pinco: Position-induced Consistent Adapter for Diffusion Transformer in Foreground-conditioned Inpaintingcited by 0
  36. 2025Recovering Partially Corrupted Objects via Sketch-Guided Bidirectional Feature Interactioncited by 0
  37. 2025Single Point, Full Mask: Velocity-Guided Level Set Evolution for End-to-End Amodal Segmentationcited by 0
  38. 2025SPG: Style-Prompting Guidance for Style-Specific Content Creationcited by 0

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  3. 2023Uni-paint: A Unified Framework for Multimodal Image Inpainting with Pretrained Diffusion Model
  4. 2025GuidPaint: Class-Guided Image Inpainting with Diffusion Models
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  6. 2024Draw Like an Artist: Complex Scene Generation with Diffusion Model via Composition, Painting, and Retouching
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  8. 2024Coherent and Multi-modality Image Inpainting via Latent Space Optimization