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Training-Free Multi-Concept Image Editing

arXiv 2602.20839 ↗First posted 24 Feb 2026cs.CVcited by 0

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

Abstract (arXiv)

Training-free image editing with diffusion models is highly desirable yet is complex and remains a significant challenge. While recent optimisation-based methods achieve strong zero-shot edits from text, they still struggle to preserve identity and capture intricate details, such as facial structure, surface texture, or object-specific geometry, that exist below the level of linguistic abstraction. To address this fundamental gap, we propose Concept Distillation Sampling (CDS). To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to introduce a unified, training-free framework for target-less, multi-concept image editing. CDS overcomes this linguistic bottleneck of previous methods by anchoring the editing process in the certainty of pretrained LoRA adapters. We integrate a highly stable distillation backbone (featuring ordered timesteps, regularisation, and negative-prompt guidance) with a novel dynamic weighting mechanism. This approach enables the composition and control of multiple visual concepts directly within the diffusion process, utilising spatially-aware priors from pretrained LoRA adapters without causing concept clashing. Our method preserves instance concept identity without requiring reference samples of the desired edit. Extensive quantitative and qualitative evaluations demonstrate that CDS establishes a new state-of-the-art over existing training-free editing and multi-LoRA composition methods on the InstructPix2Pix and ComposLoRA benchmarks. Project Page: https://nickyfot.github.io/cds/.

Key facts. No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Image generation, text-to-image and editing, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 41 of its 55 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 24 Feb 2026.

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