arXiv Computer Vision

SketchDirector: Complex Scene Sketching via Agentic Layout Reasoning and Detail Refinement

SketchDirector is a new framework for generating complex scene sketches guided by text prompts. It uses a large language model to break a scene into draft assets described by Bézier curves, then an agentic reasoning loop plans their spatial arrangement with evolving memory, and finally a diffusion-based refinement module improves sketch quality while keeping geometry intact. The authors also release the MCSketch8K dataset, providing editable vector assets, compositional layouts, and object-level manipulation annotations to support future research.

Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 10

SI-Edit: Toward Sketch-Instruction Guided Local Image Editing with Pixel-Level Precision

Despite rapid advances in generative models, achieving pixel-level precision in sketch-based image editing remains a persistent challenge, particularly for fine-grained local deformations. This gap stems primarily from the critical shortage of high-quality, publicly available benchmark datasets that jointly provide geometric constraints and semantic instructions.

arXiv AI
Jun 24

IV-CoT: Implicit Visual Chain-of-Thought for Structure-Aware Text-to-Image Generation

arXiv:2606. 24849v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Unified multi-modal large language models (MLLMs) have achieved strong text-to-image generation quality, but still struggle with structure-aware prompt following, where object counts, spatial relations, attribute bindings, and coarse layouts must be preserved.

By Zixuan Li, Haokun Lin, Yicheng Xiao, Zhiwei Li, Xinyang Song, Zelong Zheng, Yong He, Heng Yao, Ke Ding, Chao Yu, Chuan Yuan, Qi Li, Zhenan Sun
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jun 23

IV-CoT: Implicit Visual Chain-of-Thought for Structure-Aware Text-to-Image Generation

Unified multi-modal large language models (MLLMs) have achieved strong text-to-image generation quality, but still struggle with structure-aware prompt following, where object counts, spatial relations, attribute bindings, and coarse layouts must be preserved. We attribute this limitation in part to the entanglement of structural planning and appearance rendering within a single conditioning stream.

arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 1

PlanCraft: Sketch, Refine, and Furnish for Architect-Inspired Progressive 3D Residential Scene Generation

PlanCraft introduces a progressive approach to 3D residential scene generation that mirrors how architects design: starting with rough sketches and refining them over time. It leverages a large dataset of real floor plans to train a SketchPlan module that generates partial sketches at various completion levels, a PlanCraft‑Diff module that sharpens these sketches into precise vector floor plans, and a PlanCraft‑Agent that furnishes rooms within the established spatial contract. The method outperforms existing 2D and 3D baselines, achieving a 61.1% lower FID and a 15‑point lead in expert‑rated spatial rationality, even with only 25% sketch completion.

By Pengyu Zeng, Yuqin Dai, Jun Yin, Ziyang Han, Ng Cheuk Hei, Jing Zhong, Chaoyang Shi, ZhanXiang Jin, Maowei Jiang, Shuai Lu
arXiv AI
Aug 7

CoCo: Code as CoT for Text-to-Image Preview and Rare Concept Generation

arXiv:2603. 08652v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recent advancements in Unified Multimodal Models (UMMs) have significantly advanced text-to-image (T2I) generation, particularly through the integration of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning.

By Haodong Li, Chunmei Qing, Huanyu Zhang, Dongzhi Jiang, Yihang Zou, Hongbo Peng, Dingming Li, Yuhong Dai, ZePeng Lin, Juanxi Tian, Yi Zhou, Siqi Dai, Jingwei Wu, Pheng-Ann Heng
arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 5

ProgressNet: Sketching and Prompting with a Frozen Text-to-Image Model

ProgressNet is a training‑free framework that enables a frozen text‑to‑image model to follow a sketching session in real time. It allows strokes to be added or erased, prompts to be revised, and produces an updated image in about a second per turn without adding new parameters. The method uses three inference‑time mechanisms—Previous‑Concept Memory, Layer‑Selective K/V Injection, and Banded Adaptive Control—to maintain fidelity and coherence across sketch domains, outperforming existing approaches especially when sketches are partially erased.

By Arkaprabha Basu, Chaitat Utintu, Yi-Zhe Song