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About this paper

Zhenyu Wang, Aoxue Li, Zhenguo Li, Xihui Liu

GenArtist unifies diverse image generation and editing capabilities into a single system by employing a Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM) as an intelligent agent. This system leverages a comprehensive tool library, a planning tree with step-by-step verification and self-correction, and position-aware execution to reliably handle complex user instructions and generate accurate visual content.

Key insights

  • An MLLM agent can effectively orchestrate a diverse library of specialized image generation and editing tools, enabling a unified system for complex creative tasks.
  • Implementing a hierarchical planning tree with step-by-step verification and self-correction significantly enhances the reliability and controllability of generated images against user intent.
  • Compensating for the MLLM's inherent lack of precise positional awareness by integrating auxiliary localization tools and explicitly feeding position information to the agent is crucial for accurate object-level manipulation.

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