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DragLoRA: Online Optimization of LoRA Adapters for Drag-based Image Editing in Diffusion Model

arXiv 2505.12427 ↗First posted 18 May 2025cs.CVcited by 9

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

Abstract (arXiv)

Drag-based editing within pretrained diffusion model provides a precise and flexible way to manipulate foreground objects. Traditional methods optimize the input feature obtained from DDIM inversion directly, adjusting them iteratively to guide handle points towards target locations. However, these approaches often suffer from limited accuracy due to the low representation ability of the feature in motion supervision, as well as inefficiencies caused by the large search space required for point tracking. To address these limitations, we present DragLoRA, a novel framework that integrates LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) adapters into the drag-based editing pipeline. To enhance the training of LoRA adapters, we introduce an additional denoising score distillation loss which regularizes the online model by aligning its output with that of the original model. Additionally, we improve the consistency of motion supervision by adapting the input features using the updated LoRA, giving a more stable and accurate input feature for subsequent operations. Building on this, we design an adaptive optimization scheme that dynamically toggles between two modes, prioritizing efficiency without compromising precision. Extensive experiments demonstrate that DragLoRA significantly enhances the control precision and computational efficiency for drag-based image editing. The Codes of DragLoRA are available at: https://github.com/Sylvie-X/DragLoRA.

Key facts. Cited by 9 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Image generation, text-to-image and editing, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 39 of its 44 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 18 May 2025.

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39 of 44 references.

Closest ancestors · 15

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  1. 2024AdaptiveDrag: Semantic-Driven Dragging on Diffusion-Based Image Editing16 Oct
  2. 2024RegionDrag: Fast Region-Based Image Editing with Diffusion Models25 Jul
  3. 2024GoodDrag: Towards Good Practices for Drag Editing with Diffusion Models10 Apr
  4. 2024DiffEditor: Boosting Accuracy and Flexibility on Diffusion-based Image Editing4 Feb
  5. 2023The Blessing of Randomness: SDE Beats ODE in General Diffusion-based Image Editing2 Nov
  6. 2023IP-Adapter: Text Compatible Image Prompt Adapter for Text-to-Image Diffusion Models13 Aug
  7. 2023DragonDiffusion: Enabling Drag-style Manipulation on Diffusion Models5 Jul
  8. 2023DragDiffusion: Harnessing Diffusion Models for Interactive Point-based Image Editing26 Jun
  9. 2023Emergent Correspondence from Image Diffusion6 Jun
  10. 2023Negative-prompt Inversion: Fast Image Inversion for Editing with Text-guided Diffusion Models26 May
  11. 2023Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Models10 Feb
  12. 2022Multi-Concept Customization of Text-to-Image Diffusion8 Dec
3 more
  1. 2022UniTune: Text-Driven Image Editing by Fine Tuning a Diffusion Model on a Single Image17 Oct
  2. 2022Imagic: Text-Based Real Image Editing with Diffusion Models17 Oct
  3. 2022DreamBooth: Fine Tuning Text-to-Image Diffusion Models for Subject-Driven Generation25 Aug

Other references · 24

  1. 2021Learning Transferable Visual Models From Natural Language Supervisioncited by 33,744
  2. 2020Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Modelscited by 21,076
  3. 2021High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Modelscited by 18,863
  4. 2018The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Features as a Perceptual Metriccited by 11,177
  5. 2020Denoising Diffusion Implicit Modelscited by 9,781
  6. 2020Score-Based Generative Modeling through Stochastic Differential Equationscited by 9,122
  7. 2021Diffusion Models Beat GANs on Image Synthesiscited by 8,255
  8. 2022DreamFusion: Text-to-3D using 2D Diffusioncited by 3,025
  9. 2022Prompt-to-Prompt Image Editing with Cross Attention Controlcited by 2,431
  10. 2022An Image is Worth One Word: Personalizing Text-to-Image Generation using Textual Inversioncited by 2,245
  11. 2021SDEdit: Guided Image Synthesis and Editing with Stochastic Differential Equationscited by 1,937
  12. 2022Plug-and-Play Diffusion Features for Text-Driven Image-to-Image Translationcited by 906
12 more
  1. 2023MasaCtrl: Tuning-Free Mutual Self-Attention Control for Consistent Image Synthesis and Editingcited by 727
  2. 2023ELITE: Encoding Visual Concepts into Textual Embeddings for Customized Text-to-Image Generationcited by 416
  3. 2021VITON-HD: High-Resolution Virtual Try-On via Misalignment-Aware Normalizationcited by 287
  4. 2023Drag Your GAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation on the Generative Image Manifoldcited by 219
  5. 2023Delta Denoising Scorecited by 121
  6. 2024Drag Your Noise: Interactive Point-based Editing via Diffusion Semantic Propagationcited by 51
  7. 2024PALP: Prompt Aligned Personalization of Text-to-Image Modelscited by 35
  8. 2024InstantDrag: Improving Interactivity in Drag-based Image Editingcited by 31
  9. 2023FreeDrag: Feature Dragging for Reliable Point-based Image Editingcited by 29
  10. 2024StableDrag: Stable Dragging for Point-based Image Editingcited by 28
  11. 2024LightningDrag: Lightning Fast and Accurate Drag-based Image Editing Emerging from Videoscited by 19
  12. 2024DragText: Rethinking Text Embedding in Point-based Image Editingcited by 13

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  1. 2026Reproducing DragDiffusion: Interactive Point-Based Editing with Diffusion Models
  2. 2025LoRA-Edit: Controllable First-Frame-Guided Video Editing via Mask-Aware LoRA Fine-Tuning
  3. 2025LiON-LoRA: Rethinking LoRA Fusion to Unify Controllable Spatial and Temporal Generation for Video Diffusion
  4. 2023DragVideo: Interactive Drag-style Video Editing
  5. 2024Motion Guidance: Diffusion-Based Image Editing with Differentiable Motion Estimators
  6. 2025LazyDrag: Enabling Stable Drag-Based Editing on Multi-Modal Diffusion Transformers via Explicit Correspondence
  7. 2023LoRA-Enhanced Distillation on Guided Diffusion Models
  8. 2024DiffUHaul: A Training-Free Method for Object Dragging in Images