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MotionFlow: Attention-Driven Motion Transfer in Video Diffusion Models

arXiv 2412.05275 ↗First posted 6 Dec 2024cs.CV cs.AIcited by 17

On the map: Diffusion models → Video generation

Abstract (arXiv)

Text-to-video models have demonstrated impressive capabilities in producing diverse and captivating video content, showcasing a notable advancement in generative AI. However, these models generally lack fine-grained control over motion patterns, limiting their practical applicability. We introduce MotionFlow, a novel framework designed for motion transfer in video diffusion models. Our method utilizes cross-attention maps to accurately capture and manipulate spatial and temporal dynamics, enabling seamless motion transfers across various contexts. Our approach does not require training and works on test-time by leveraging the inherent capabilities of pre-trained video diffusion models. In contrast to traditional approaches, which struggle with comprehensive scene changes while maintaining consistent motion, MotionFlow successfully handles such complex transformations through its attention-based mechanism. Our qualitative and quantitative experiments demonstrate that MotionFlow significantly outperforms existing models in both fidelity and versatility even during drastic scene alterations.

Key facts. Cited by 17 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Video generation, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 30 of its 44 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 6 Dec 2024.

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30 of 44 references.

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  1. 2024CogVideoX: Text-to-Video Diffusion Models with An Expert Transformer12 Aug
  2. 2024Efficient Video Diffusion Models via Content-Frame Motion-Latent Decomposition21 Mar
  3. 2024Animate Your Motion: Turning Still Images into Dynamic Videos15 Mar
  4. 2024Customize-A-Video: One-Shot Motion Customization of Text-to-Video Diffusion Models22 Feb
  5. 2023TrailBlazer: Trajectory Control for Diffusion-Based Video Generation31 Dec
  6. 2023MotionCrafter: One-Shot Motion Customization of Diffusion Models8 Dec
  7. 2023LLM-grounded Video Diffusion Models29 Sep
  8. 2023ModelScope Text-to-Video Technical Report12 Aug
  9. 2023AnimateDiff: Animate Your Personalized Text-to-Image Diffusion Models without Specific Tuning10 Jul
  10. 2023Control-A-Video: Controllable Text-to-Video Diffusion Models with Motion Prior and Reward Feedback Learning23 May
  11. 2023ControlVideo: Training-free Controllable Text-to-Video Generation22 May
  12. 2023Motion-Conditioned Diffusion Model for Controllable Video Synthesis27 Apr
2 more
  1. 2022Tune-A-Video: One-Shot Tuning of Image Diffusion Models for Text-to-Video Generation22 Dec
  2. 2022MagicVideo: Efficient Video Generation With Latent Diffusion Models20 Nov

Other references · 16

  1. 2020Denoising Diffusion Implicit Modelscited by 9,781
  2. 2022Hierarchical Text-Conditional Image Generation with CLIP Latentscited by 6,585
  3. 2022Photorealistic Text-to-Image Diffusion Models with Deep Language Understandingcited by 6,355
  4. 2021GLIDE: Towards Photorealistic Image Generation and Editing with Text-Guided Diffusion Modelscited by 3,614
  5. 2022Prompt-to-Prompt Image Editing with Cross Attention Controlcited by 2,431
  6. 2022Make-A-Video: Text-to-Video Generation without Text-Video Datacited by 1,742
  7. 2022CogVideo: Large-scale Pretraining for Text-to-Video Generation via Transformerscited by 985
  8. 2023DragNUWA: Fine-grained Control in Video Generation by Integrating Text, Image, and Trajectorycited by 264
  9. 2022What the DAAM: Interpreting Stable Diffusion Using Cross Attentioncited by 236
  10. 2023VideoDirectorGPT: Consistent Multi-scene Video Generation via LLM-Guided Planningcited by 141
  11. 2024Boximator: Generating Rich and Controllable Motions for Video Synthesiscited by 107
  12. 2024Be Yourself: Bounded Attention for Multi-Subject Text-to-Image Generationcited by 69
4 more
  1. 2023CONFORM: Contrast is All You Need For High-Fidelity Text-to-Image Diffusion Modelscited by 54
  2. 2024UniEdit: A Unified Tuning-Free Framework for Video Motion and Appearance Editingcited by 48
  3. 2024Motion Inversion for Video Customizationcited by 30
  4. 2024Contrastive Test-Time Composition of Multiple LoRA Models for Image Generationcited by 10

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  1. 2025LoRAShop: Training-Free Multi-Concept Image Generation and Editing with Rectified Flow Transformerscited by 12
  2. 2025Dynamic View Synthesis as an Inverse Problemcited by 12
  3. 2025DualCamCtrl: Dual-Branch Diffusion Model for Geometry-Aware Camera-Controlled Video Generationcited by 11
  4. 2025SynMotion: Semantic-Visual Adaptation for Motion Customized Video Generationcited by 8
  5. 2026Prompt Relay: Inference-Time Temporal Control for Multi-Event Video Generationcited by 6
  6. 2026Versatile Editing of Video Content, Actions, and Dynamics without Trainingcited by 4
  7. 2025LMP: Leveraging Motion Prior in Zero-Shot Video Generation with Diffusion Transformercited by 3
  8. 2026ElasticTTT: Prior-Preserving Test-Time Tuning for Video Editingcited by 3
  9. 2025Towards Efficient Real-Time Video Motion Transfer via Generative Time Series Modelingcited by 2
  10. 2026IM-Animation: An Implicit Motion Representation for Identity-decoupled Character Animationcited by 1
  11. 2025STR-Match: Matching SpatioTemporal Relevance Score for Training-Free Video Editingcited by 0
  12. 2025VRWKV-Editor: Reducing quadratic complexity in transformer-based video editingcited by 0
5 more
  1. 2025Motion Marionette: Rethinking Rigid Motion Transfer via Prior Guidancecited by 0
  2. 2026CoMoGen: COntrollable MOtion Dynamics and Interactions with Mask-Guided Video GENerationcited by 0
  3. 2026DTG-Restore: Training-Free Diffusion Refinement for Generative Video Super-Resolutioncited by 0
  4. 2026ProxyUp: Training-Free Proxy-Conditioned Video Generation for Controllable Dynamicscited by 0
  5. 2026Diverse Motion Customization via Control-based Dynamic Optimizationcited by 0

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  1. 2025MotionFlow:Learning Implicit Motion Flow for Complex Camera Trajectory Control in Video Generation
  2. 2026MotionAdapter: Video Motion Transfer via Content-Aware Attention Customization
  3. 2025TransFlow: Motion Knowledge Transfer from Video Diffusion Models to Video Salient Object Detection
  4. 2024Video Motion Transfer with Diffusion Transformers
  5. 2026MotionSpaceFlow: Representation-Aware Flow Matching in Direct Motion Space
  6. 2025Decouple and Track: Benchmarking and Improving Video Diffusion Transformers for Motion Transfer
  7. 2026Moaw: Unleashing Motion Awareness for Video Diffusion Models
  8. 2025Follow-Your-Motion: Video Motion Transfer via Efficient Spatial-Temporal Decoupled Finetuning