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Enhancing Image Generation Fidelity via Progressive Prompts

arXiv 2501.07070 ↗First posted 13 Jan 2025cs.CVcited by 7

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

Abstract (arXiv)

The diffusion transformer (DiT) architecture has attracted significant attention in image generation, achieving better fidelity, performance, and diversity. However, most existing DiT - based image generation methods focus on global - aware synthesis, and regional prompt control has been less explored. In this paper, we propose a coarse - to - fine generation pipeline for regional prompt - following generation. Specifically, we first utilize the powerful large language model (LLM) to generate both high - level descriptions of the image (such as content, topic, and objects) and low - level descriptions (such as details and style). Then, we explore the influence of cross - attention layers at different depths. We find that deeper layers are always responsible for high - level content control, while shallow layers handle low - level content control. Various prompts are injected into the proposed regional cross - attention control for coarse - to - fine generation. By using the proposed pipeline, we enhance the controllability of DiT - based image generation. Extensive quantitative and qualitative results show that our pipeline can improve the performance of the generated images.

Key facts. Cited by 7 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 34 of its 39 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 13 Jan 2025.

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34 of 39 references.

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  2. 2024DiT4Edit: Diffusion Transformer for Image Editing5 Nov
  3. 2024Hunyuan-DiT: A Powerful Multi-Resolution Diffusion Transformer with Fine-Grained Chinese Understanding14 May
  4. 2023IP-Adapter: Text Compatible Image Prompt Adapter for Text-to-Image Diffusion Models13 Aug
  5. 2023MultiDiffusion: Fusing Diffusion Paths for Controlled Image Generation16 Feb
  6. 2023Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Models10 Feb
  7. 2023GLIGEN: Open-Set Grounded Text-to-Image Generation17 Jan
  8. 2022DreamBooth: Fine Tuning Text-to-Image Diffusion Models for Subject-Driven Generation25 Aug
  9. 2022Photorealistic Text-to-Image Diffusion Models with Deep Language Understanding23 May

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  5. 2026Prompt Reinjection: Alleviating Prompt Forgetting in Multimodal Diffusion Transformers for Text-to-Image Generation
  6. 2026Appearance Pointers -- Multimodal Region Control of Diffusion Transformers
  7. 2025Exploring Multimodal Diffusion Transformers for Enhanced Prompt-based Image Editing
  8. 2026ReaDiT Guidance: Control for Image and Video Generation using Diffusion Transformer Features