DragEntity: Trajectory Guided Video Generation using Entity and Positional Relationships
On the map: Diffusion models → Video generation
Abstract (arXiv)
In recent years, diffusion models have achieved tremendous success in the field of video generation, with controllable video generation receiving significant attention. However, existing control methods still face two limitations: Firstly, control conditions (such as depth maps, 3D Mesh) are difficult for ordinary users to obtain directly. Secondly, it's challenging to drive multiple objects through complex motions with multiple trajectories simultaneously. In this paper, we introduce DragEntity, a video generation model that utilizes entity representation for controlling the motion of multiple objects. Compared to previous methods, DragEntity offers two main advantages: 1) Our method is more user-friendly for interaction because it allows users to drag entities within the image rather than individual pixels. 2) We use entity representation to represent any object in the image, and multiple objects can maintain relative spatial relationships. Therefore, we allow multiple trajectories to control multiple objects in the image with different levels of complexity simultaneously. Our experiments validate the effectiveness of DragEntity, demonstrating its excellent performance in fine-grained control in video generation.
Key facts. Cited by 9 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Video generation, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 30 of its 42 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 14 Oct 2024.
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30 of 42 references.
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Citing papers per year: 2024: 1; 2025: 5; 2026: 3.
9 papers.
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- 2024SG-I2V: Self-Guided Trajectory Control in Image-to-Video Generationcited by 68
- 2026VerseCrafter: Dynamic Realistic Video World Model with 4D Geometric Controlcited by 26
- 2025VidCRAFT3: Camera, Object, and Lighting Control for Image-to-Video Generationcited by 25
- 2025X-UniMotion: Animating Human Images with Expressive, Unified and Identity-Agnostic Motion Latentscited by 13
- 2025C-Drag: Chain-of-Thought Driven Motion Controller for Video Generationcited by 6
- 2025Learning to Generate Rigid Body Interactions with Video Diffusion Modelscited by 2
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- 2026VerseCrafter: Dynamic Realistic Video World Model with 4D Geometric Control8 Jan 2026
- 2025Learning to Generate Rigid Body Interactions with Video Diffusion Models2 Oct 2025
- 2025X-UniMotion: Animating Human Images with Expressive, Unified and Identity-Agnostic Motion Latents12 Aug 2025
- 2025Controllable Video Generation: A Survey22 Jul 2025
- 2025C-Drag: Chain-of-Thought Driven Motion Controller for Video Generation27 Feb 2025
- 2025VidCRAFT3: Camera, Object, and Lighting Control for Image-to-Video Generation11 Feb 2025
- 2024SG-I2V: Self-Guided Trajectory Control in Image-to-Video Generation7 Nov 2024
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