# EGVD: Event-Guided Video Diffusion Model for Physically Realistic Large-Motion Frame Interpolation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20268 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.20268/

## Key facts

- Cited by 6 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Video generation, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models.
- Builds on 27 of its 42 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 26 Mar 2025.

## Placed in

- Diffusion models / [Video generation](https://mlsanity.com/diffusion/video-generation/)

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

- [Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.11239/) (2020)
- [High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.10752/) (2021)
- [Classifier-Free Diffusion Guidance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2207.12598/) (2022)
- [Elucidating the Design Space of Diffusion-Based Generative Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.00364/) (2022)
- [Stable Video Diffusion: Scaling Latent Video Diffusion Models to Large Datasets](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.15127/) (2023)
- [Deep Multi-scale Convolutional Neural Network for Dynamic Scene Deblurring](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1612.02177/) (2016)
- [Super SloMo: High Quality Estimation of Multiple Intermediate Frames for Video Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1712.00080/) (2017)
- [Depth-Aware Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1904.00830/) (2019)
- [Video Frame Interpolation via Adaptive Separable Convolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1708.01692/) (2017)
- [Real-Time Intermediate Flow Estimation for Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2011.06294/) (2020)
- [TimeLens: Event-based Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.07286/) (2021)
- [XVFI: eXtreme Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.16206/) (2021)
- [Video Frame Interpolation Transformer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2111.13817/) (2021)
- [Time Lens++: Event-based Frame Interpolation with Parametric Non-linear Flow and Multi-scale Fusion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.17191/) (2022)
- [LDMVFI: Video Frame Interpolation with Latent Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.09508/) (2023)
- [Video Interpolation with Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.01203/) (2024)
- [PhaseNet for Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.00884/) (2018)
- [An Empirical Study of Spatial Attention Mechanisms in Deep Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1904.05873/) (2019)
- [Generative Inbetweening: Adapting Image-to-Video Models for Keyframe Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.15239/) (2024)
- [Optimizing Video Prediction via Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.13454/) (2022)
- [Event-Based Video Frame Interpolation With Cross-Modal Asymmetric Bidirectional Motion Fields](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.13716/) (2025)
- [Repurposing Pre-trained Video Diffusion Models for Event-based Video Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.07761/) (2024)
- [Temporal Attention for Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.02093/) (2022)
- [Motion-aware Latent Diffusion Models for Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.13534/) (2024)
- [Video Colorization with Pre-trained Text-to-Image Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.01732/) (2023)
- [From Sim-to-Real: Toward General Event-based Low-light Frame Interpolation with Per-scene Optimization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.08090/) (2024)
- [Event-Based Motion Magnification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.11957/) (2024)

## Built on by (most cited first, 6 of 6)

- [AceVFI: A Comprehensive Survey of Advances in Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.01061/) (2025)
- [GS2E: Gaussian Splatting is an Effective Data Generator for Event Stream Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.15287/) (2025)
- [EventDiff: A Unified and Efficient Diffusion Model Framework for Event-based Video Frame Interpolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.08235/) (2025)
- [Towards Robust and Generalizable Continuous Space-Time Video Super-Resolution with Events](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.03833/) (2025)
- [DESSERT: Diffusion-based Event-driven Single-frame Synthesis via Residual Training](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.17323/) (2025)
- [Ego-InBetween: Generating Object State Transitions in Ego-Centric Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.17749/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Video frame interpolation (VFI) in scenarios with large motion remains challenging due to motion ambiguity between frames. While event cameras can capture high temporal resolution motion information, existing event-based VFI methods struggle with limited training data and complex motion patterns. In this paper, we introduce Event-Guided Video Diffusion Model (EGVD), a novel framework that leverages the powerful priors of pre-trained stable video diffusion models alongside the precise temporal information from event cameras. Our approach features a Multi-modal Motion Condition Generator (MMCG) that effectively integrates RGB frames and event signals to guide the diffusion process, producing physically realistic intermediate frames. We employ a selective fine-tuning strategy that preserves spatial modeling capabilities while efficiently incorporating event-guided temporal information. We incorporate input-output normalization techniques inspired by recent advances in diffusion modeling to enhance training stability across varying noise levels. To improve generalization, we construct a comprehensive dataset combining both real and simulated event data across diverse scenarios. Extensive experiments on both real and simulated datasets demonstrate that EGVD significantly outperforms existing methods in handling large motion and challenging lighting conditions, achieving substantial improvements in perceptual quality metrics (27.4% better LPIPS on Prophesee and 24.1% on BSRGB) while maintaining competitive fidelity measures. Code and datasets available at: https://github.com/OpenImagingLab/EGVD.