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Haiyan Wei, Yunlong Wang, Huaibo Huang, Zhenan Sun, Kunbo Zhang

MIEdit introduces a training-free image editing framework that leverages multi-history-step SDE inversion with a power-interpolated beta schedule for enhanced stability and editing plasticity. The system incorporates an Inversion-Time Automatic Semantic Angle Masking (IASM) mechanism, which automatically generates precise semantic masks during the inversion phase, leading to superior regional awareness and instruction fidelity for text-guided image manipulation with improved computational efficiency.

Key insights

  • Leveraging a multi-history-step predictor–corrector mechanism within SDE inversion significantly improves both reconstruction accuracy and computational efficiency for image editing.
  • Stabilizing the latent trajectory's variance through a power-interpolated beta schedule during inference is crucial for enhancing editing plasticity and preventing artifact generation, particularly for large-scale image modifications.
  • Classifier-Free Guidance, when repurposed during inversion for semantic angle mask computation, can automatically provide consistent and fine-grained regional control for edited and unedited areas without explicit user input.

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