# CustomCrafter: Customized Video Generation with Preserving Motion and Concept Composition Abilities

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13239 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.13239/

## Key facts

- Cited by 60 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 46 of its 61 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 23 Aug 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 30 of 46)

- [Learning Transferable Visual Models From Natural Language Supervision](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.00020/) (2021)
- [Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.11239/) (2020)
- [LoRA: Low-Rank Adaptation of Large Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.09685/) (2021)
- [Denoising Diffusion Implicit Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.02502/) (2020)
- [Deep Unsupervised Learning using Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1503.03585/) (2015)
- [Hierarchical Text-Conditional Image Generation with CLIP Latents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.06125/) (2022)
- [SDXL: Improving Latent Diffusion Models for High-Resolution Image Synthesis](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.01952/) (2023)
- [GLIDE: Towards Photorealistic Image Generation and Editing with Text-Guided Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.10741/) (2021)
- [DreamBooth: Fine Tuning Text-to-Image Diffusion Models for Subject-Driven Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.12242/) (2022)
- [An Image is Worth One Word: Personalizing Text-to-Image Generation using Textual Inversion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.01618/) (2022)
- [Imagen Video: High Definition Video Generation with Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.02303/) (2022)
- [LAION-400M: Open Dataset of CLIP-Filtered 400 Million Image-Text Pairs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2111.02114/) (2021)
- [AnimateDiff: Animate Your Personalized Text-to-Image Diffusion Models without Specific Tuning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.04725/) (2023)
- [DINO: DETR with Improved DeNoising Anchor Boxes for End-to-End Object Detection](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.03605/) (2022)
- [Multi-Concept Customization of Text-to-Image Diffusion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.04488/) (2022)
- [eDiff-I: Text-to-Image Diffusion Models with an Ensemble of Expert Denoisers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.01324/) (2022)
- [MasaCtrl: Tuning-Free Mutual Self-Attention Control for Consistent Image Synthesis and Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.08465/) (2023)
- [ModelScope Text-to-Video Technical Report](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.06571/) (2023)
- [Structure and Content-Guided Video Synthesis with Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.03011/) (2023)
- [VideoCrafter1: Open Diffusion Models for High-Quality Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.19512/) (2023)
- [BLIP-Diffusion: Pre-trained Subject Representation for Controllable Text-to-Image Generation and Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.14720/) (2023)
- [InstantID: Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.07519/) (2024)
- [AnyDoor: Zero-shot Object-level Image Customization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.09481/) (2023)
- [InstantBooth: Personalized Text-to-Image Generation without Test-Time Finetuning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.03411/) (2023)
- [SVDiff: Compact Parameter Space for Diffusion Fine-Tuning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.11305/) (2023)
- [FastComposer: Tuning-Free Multi-Subject Image Generation with Localized Attention](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.10431/) (2023)
- [Preserve Your Own Correlation: A Noise Prior for Video Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.10474/) (2023)
- [Mix-of-Show: Decentralized Low-Rank Adaptation for Multi-Concept Customization of Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.18292/) (2023)
- [LayoutDiffusion: Controllable Diffusion Model for Layout-to-image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.17189/) (2023)
- [Subject-Diffusion:Open Domain Personalized Text-to-Image Generation without Test-time Fine-tuning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.11410/) (2023)

## Built on by (most cited first, 30 of 60)

- [CamI2V: Camera-Controlled Image-to-Video Diffusion Model](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2410.15957/) (2024)
- [Adaptive Caching for Faster Video Generation with Diffusion Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2411.02397/) (2024)
- [Controllable Video Generation: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.16869/) (2025)
- [HunyuanCustom: A Multimodal-Driven Architecture for Customized Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.04512/) (2025)
- [Multi-subject Open-set Personalization in Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.06187/) (2025)
- [DeCo: Frequency-Decoupled Pixel Diffusion for End-to-End Image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.19365/) (2025)
- [RealCam-I2V: Real-World Image-to-Video Generation with Interactive Complex Camera Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.10059/) (2025)
- [DreamVideo-2: Zero-Shot Subject-Driven Video Customization with Precise Motion Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2410.13830/) (2024)
- [VideoAnydoor: High-fidelity Video Object Insertion with Precise Motion Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.01427/) (2025)
- [MagCache: Fast Video Generation with Magnitude-Aware Cache](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.09045/) (2025)
- [PersonalVideo: High ID-Fidelity Video Customization without Dynamic and Semantic Degradation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2411.17048/) (2024)
- [Movie Weaver: Tuning-Free Multi-Concept Video Personalization with Anchored Prompts](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.07802/) (2025)
- [ContextFlow: Training-Free Video Object Editing via Adaptive Context Enrichment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.17818/) (2025)
- [DreamRelation: Relation-Centric Video Customization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.07602/) (2025)
- [MAGREF: Masked Guidance for Any-Reference Video Generation with Subject Disentanglement](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.23742/) (2025)
- [CINEMA: Coherent Multi-Subject Video Generation via MLLM-Based Guidance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.10391/) (2025)
- [Generative AI for Cel-Animation: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.06250/) (2025)
- [MagicID: Hybrid Preference Optimization for ID-Consistent and Dynamic-Preserved Video Customization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.12689/) (2025)
- [OmniVCus: Feedforward Subject-driven Video Customization with Multimodal Control Conditions](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.23361/) (2025)
- [VideoMaker: Zero-shot Customized Video Generation with the Inherent Force of Video Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.19645/) (2024)
- [SketchVideo: Sketch-based Video Generation and Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.23284/) (2025)
- [PolyVivid: Vivid Multi-Subject Video Generation with Cross-Modal Interaction and Enhancement](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.07848/) (2025)
- [Simulating the Visual World with Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.08585/) (2025)
- [Ingredients: Blending Custom Photos with Video Diffusion Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.01790/) (2025)
- [RULER-Bench: Probing Rule-based Reasoning Abilities of Next-level Video Generation Models for Vision Foundation Intelligence](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.02622/) (2025)
- [Extrapolating and Decoupling Image-to-Video Generation Models: Motion Modeling is Easier Than You Think](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.00948/) (2025)
- [CustomVideoX: 3D Reference Attention Driven Dynamic Adaptation for Zero-Shot Customized Video Diffusion Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.06527/) (2025)
- [DualReal: Adaptive Joint Training for Lossless Identity-Motion Fusion in Video Customization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.02192/) (2025)
- [SMRABooth: Subject and Motion Representation Alignment for Customized Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.12193/) (2025)
- [TokenMotion: Decoupled Motion Control via Token Disentanglement for Human-centric Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.08181/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Customized video generation aims to generate high-quality videos guided by text prompts and subject's reference images. However, since it is only trained on static images, the fine-tuning process of subject learning disrupts abilities of video diffusion models (VDMs) to combine concepts and generate motions. To restore these abilities, some methods use additional video similar to the prompt to fine-tune or guide the model. This requires frequent changes of guiding videos and even re-tuning of the model when generating different motions, which is very inconvenient for users. In this paper, we propose CustomCrafter, a novel framework that preserves the model's motion generation and conceptual combination abilities without additional video and fine-tuning to recovery. For preserving conceptual combination ability, we design a plug-and-play module to update few parameters in VDMs, enhancing the model's ability to capture the appearance details and the ability of concept combinations for new subjects. For motion generation, we observed that VDMs tend to restore the motion of video in the early stage of denoising, while focusing on the recovery of subject details in the later stage. Therefore, we propose Dynamic Weighted Video Sampling Strategy. Using the pluggability of our subject learning modules, we reduce the impact of this module on motion generation in the early stage of denoising, preserving the ability to generate motion of VDMs. In the later stage of denoising, we restore this module to repair the appearance details of the specified subject, thereby ensuring the fidelity of the subject's appearance. Experimental results show that our method has a significant improvement compared to previous methods. Code is available at https://github.com/WuTao-CS/CustomCrafter