# Inversion-Free Video Style Transfer with Trajectory Reset Attention Control and Content-Style Bridging

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07363 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.07363/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 27 of its 35 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 10 Mar 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 27 of 27)

- [U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1505.04597/) (2015)
- [High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.10752/) (2021)
- [Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1405.0312/) (2014)
- [Denoising Diffusion Implicit Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.02502/) (2020)
- [Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.05543/) (2023)
- [Prompt-to-Prompt Image Editing with Cross Attention Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.01626/) (2022)
- [SDEdit: Guided Image Synthesis and Editing with Stochastic Differential Equations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2108.01073/) (2021)
- [IP-Adapter: Text Compatible Image Prompt Adapter for Text-to-Image Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.06721/) (2023)
- [AnimateDiff: Animate Your Personalized Text-to-Image Diffusion Models without Specific Tuning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.04725/) (2023)
- [MiniCPM-V: A GPT-4V Level MLLM on Your Phone](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.01800/) (2024)
- [Inversion-Based Style Transfer with Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.13203/) (2022)
- [Style Injection in Diffusion: A Training-free Approach for Adapting Large-scale Diffusion Models for Style Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.09008/) (2023)
- [AdaAttN: Revisit Attention Mechanism in Arbitrary Neural Style Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2108.03647/) (2021)
- [InstantStyle: Free Lunch towards Style-Preserving in Text-to-Image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.02733/) (2024)
- [StyleDiffusion: Controllable Disentangled Style Transfer via Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.07863/) (2023)
- [Diffusion-based Image Translation using Disentangled Style and Content Representation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2209.15264/) (2022)
- [Coherent Online Video Style Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1703.09211/) (2017)
- [Arbitrary Video Style Transfer via Multi-Channel Correlation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2009.08003/) (2020)
- [Visual Style Prompting with Swapping Self-Attention](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.12974/) (2024)
- [StyleShot: A Snapshot on Any Style](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.01414/) (2024)
- [ArtFID: Quantitative Evaluation of Neural Style Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2207.12280/) (2022)
- [Photoswap: Personalized Subject Swapping in Images](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.18286/) (2023)
- [Real-time Localized Photorealistic Video Style Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.10056/) (2020)
- [CAP-VSTNet: Content Affinity Preserved Versatile Style Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.17867/) (2023)
- [FreeTuner: Any Subject in Any Style with Training-free Diffusion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.14201/) (2024)
- [FreeStyle: Free Lunch for Text-guided Style Transfer using Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.15636/) (2024)
- [Two Birds, One Stone: A Unified Framework for Joint Learning of Image and Video Style Transfers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.11335/) (2023)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [FreeControl: Efficient, Training-Free Structural Control via One-Step Attention Extraction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.05219/) (2025)
- [StyleGallery: Training-free and Semantic-aware Personalized Style Transfer from Arbitrary Image References](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.10354/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Video style transfer aims to alter the style of a video while preserving its content. Previous methods often struggle with content leakage and style misalignment, particularly when using image-driven approaches that aim to transfer precise styles. In this work, we introduce Trajectory Reset Attention Control (TRAC), a novel method that allows for high-quality style transfer while preserving content integrity. TRAC operates by resetting the denoising trajectory and enforcing attention control, thus enhancing content consistency while significantly reducing the computational costs against inversion-based methods. Additionally, a concept termed Style Medium is introduced to bridge the gap between content and style, enabling a more precise and harmonious transfer of stylistic elements. Building upon these concepts, we present a tuning-free framework that offers a stable, flexible, and efficient solution for both image and video style transfer. Experimental results demonstrate that our proposed framework accommodates a wide range of stylized outputs, from precise content preservation to the production of visually striking results with vibrant and expressive styles.
