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InstructGIE: Towards Generalizable Image Editing

arXiv 2403.05018 ↗First posted 8 Mar 2024cs.CVcited by 11

On the map: Diffusion models → Image generation, text-to-image and editing

Abstract (arXiv)

Recent advances in image editing have been driven by the development of denoising diffusion models, marking a significant leap forward in this field. Despite these advances, the generalization capabilities of recent image editing approaches remain constrained. In response to this challenge, our study introduces a novel image editing framework with enhanced generalization robustness by boosting in-context learning capability and unifying language instruction. This framework incorporates a module specifically optimized for image editing tasks, leveraging the VMamba Block and an editing-shift matching strategy to augment in-context learning. Furthermore, we unveil a selective area-matching technique specifically engineered to address and rectify corrupted details in generated images, such as human facial features, to further improve the quality. Another key innovation of our approach is the integration of a language unification technique, which aligns language embeddings with editing semantics to elevate the quality of image editing. Moreover, we compile the first dataset for image editing with visual prompts and editing instructions that could be used to enhance in-context capability. Trained on this dataset, our methodology not only achieves superior synthesis quality for trained tasks, but also demonstrates robust generalization capability across unseen vision tasks through tailored prompts.

Key facts. Cited by 11 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Image generation, text-to-image and editing, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 36 of its 43 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 8 Mar 2024.

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36 of 43 references.

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  1. 2024Diffusion Model-Based Image Editing: A Survey27 Feb
  2. 2023In-Context Learning Unlocked for Diffusion Models1 May
  3. 2023Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Models10 Feb
  4. 2022InstructPix2Pix: Learning to Follow Image Editing Instructions17 Nov
  5. 2022Imagic: Text-Based Real Image Editing with Diffusion Models17 Oct
  6. 2022Diffusion-based Image Translation using Disentangled Style and Content Representation30 Sep
  7. 2021More Control for Free! Image Synthesis with Semantic Diffusion Guidance10 Dec

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  2. 2022Prompt-to-Prompt Image Editing with Cross Attention Controlcited by 2,409
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  1. 2025Learning an Image Editing Model without Image Editing Pairs
  2. 2025Uniworld-V2: Reinforce Image Editing with Diffusion Negative-aware Finetuning and MLLM Implicit Feedback
  3. 2025SuperEdit: Rectifying and Facilitating Supervision for Instruction-Based Image Editing
  4. 2025In-Context Edit: Enabling Instructional Image Editing with In-Context Generation in Large Scale Diffusion Transformer
  5. 2026Edit2Restore:Few-Shot Image Restoration via Parameter-Efficient Adaptation of Pre-trained Editing Models
  6. 2025FireEdit: Fine-grained Instruction-based Image Editing via Region-aware Vision Language Model
  7. 2026Editing on the Generative Manifold: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of General Diffusion-Based Image Editing Trade-offs
  8. 2025Lego-Edit: A General Image Editing Framework with Model-Level Bricks and MLLM Builder