# simpleposter: A simple baseline for product poster generation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08784 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.08784/

## Key facts

- Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 26 of its 36 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 9 May 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 26 of 26)

- [Exploring the Limits of Transfer Learning with a Unified Text-to-Text Transformer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1910.10683/) (2019)
- [Scalable Diffusion Models with Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.09748/) (2022)
- [Qwen2.5-VL Technical Report](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.13923/) (2025)
- [Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.05543/) (2023)
- [RoFormer: Enhanced Transformer with Rotary Position Embedding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.09864/) (2021)
- [Scaling Rectified Flow Transformers for High-Resolution Image Synthesis](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.03206/) (2024)
- [FLUX.1 Kontext: Flow Matching for In-Context Image Generation and Editing in Latent Space](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.15742/) (2025)
- [Step1X-Edit: A Practical Framework for General Image Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.17761/) (2025)
- [Seedream 4.0: Toward Next-generation Multimodal Image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.20427/) (2025)
- [AnyText: Multilingual Visual Text Generation And Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.03054/) (2023)
- [GlyphControl: Glyph Conditional Control for Visual Text Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.18259/) (2023)
- [Glyph-ByT5: A Customized Text Encoder for Accurate Visual Text Rendering](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.09622/) (2024)
- [Attentive Eraser: Unleashing Diffusion Model's Object Removal Potential via Self-Attention Redirection Guidance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.12974/) (2024)
- [SeedEdit 3.0: Fast and High-Quality Generative Image Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.05083/) (2025)
- [PosterMaker: Towards High-Quality Product Poster Generation with Accurate Text Rendering](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.06632/) (2025)
- [AutoPoster: A Highly Automatic and Content-aware Design System for Advertising Poster Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.01095/) (2023)
- [DesignDiffusion: High-Quality Text-to-Design Image Generation with Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.01645/) (2025)
- [PosterCraft: Rethinking High-Quality Aesthetic Poster Generation in a Unified Framework](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.10741/) (2025)
- [POSTA: A Go-to Framework for Customized Artistic Poster Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.14908/) (2025)
- [Erase Diffusion: Empowering Object Removal Through Calibrating Diffusion Pathways](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.07026/) (2025)
- [Generate E-commerce Product Background by Integrating Category Commonality and Personalized Style](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.13309/) (2023)
- [Towards Reliable Advertising Image Generation Using Human Feedback](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.00418/) (2024)
- [DreamPoster: A Unified Framework for Image-Conditioned Generative Poster Design](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.04218/) (2025)
- [Diffusion Probe: Generated Image Result Prediction Using CNN Probes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.23783/) (2026)
- [TC-Pad'e: Trajectory-Consistent Pad'e Approximation for Diffusion Acceleration](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.02943/) (2026)
- [T-Stars-Poster: A Framework for Product-Centric Advertising Image Design](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.14316/) (2025)

## Built on by (most cited first, 4 of 4)

- [MetaVideoAgent: Automated Video-Agent Evolution for Long-Form Video Understanding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.04587/) (2026)
- [Fully Unleashing the Multimodal Attacker: Meta-Adaptive Jailbreaking of Vision-Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.27531/) (2026)
- [EvoHarmBench: Breaking Content Moderation with Iterative Human-Like Evasion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.27844/) (2026)
- [InfoVis: Unified Slide Image Generation and Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.16784/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Product poster generation poses distinct challenges beyond general poster design, requiring both faithful preservation of product appearance and precise control over dense, multi-line text layouts. Prior methods typically adopt inpainting frameworks augmented with auxiliary modules such as ControlNet and OCR encoders. However, these approaches introduce architectural complexity and computational overhead while still suffering from text errors and subject extension artifacts. We present SimplePoster, a simple yet effective inpainting-based framework that achieves faithful subject preservation and accurate, position-controllable text rendering without external controllers. Our approach builds on two observations: (1) full-parameter fine-tuning of the base model effectively suppresses subject extension, outperforming ControlNet-based alternatives; and (2) a zero-cost character-level position encoding enables geometry-aware text generation without dedicated layout modules. Experiments show that SimplePoster achieves a 98.7% subject preservation rate, compared to 55.2% for SeedEdit 3.0 and 85.3% for PosterMaker, while also improving text rendering accuracy. Code, models, benchmark and a part of training data will be available at https://github.com/Alibaba-YuFeng/SIMPLEPOSTER