RefineEdit is a training‑free prompt‑to‑prompt image editing framework that uses a Generative Refinement Network to edit images by refining binary image codes. It couples edit localization with content generation, selecting editable positions based on signed probability differences between an editing branch and a source branch, and stabilizes edits with adaptive spatial freezing and finite bit locking. The method requires no additional training, external masks, or attention control, and outperforms other methods on PIE‑Bench in background‑preservation metrics and CLIP scores.
By Yulong Chen, Ziqian Zhang, Haoyu Zhang, Ao He, Senmao Li, Kai Wang
arXiv:2605. 09233v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recent advances in visual generative models have enabled high-fidelity image editing guided by human instructions.
By Zilai Zeng, Mingdeng Cao, Zijie Li, Xiaochen Lian, Yichun Shi, Peihao Zhu, Chen Sun, Peng Wang
Replacing an object with one that differs in category or shape requires complete source removal, natural target formation unconstrained by the source silhouette, and preservation of unrelated content. Existing training-free editors either localize edits from terminal predictions under source and target prompts or preserve unrelated content through spatially unselective source-feature reuse without explicit region discovery.
arXiv:2607. 21318v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Replacing an object with one that differs in category or shape requires complete source removal, natural target formation unconstrained by the source silhouette, and preservation of unrelated content.
By Jian Zhang, Zhijun Zhang
The paper introduces WeGenEditBench, a benchmark with 2,740 evaluation instances and 148 task types for image editing, focusing on local failure detection and prioritization for model improvement. It also presents WeGenEvoStudio, a multi‑agent harness that supports recursive self‑improvement by diagnosing failures, constructing retrieval‑grounded data, and adapting models. Experiments show that models such as GPT‑Image‑2 and Seedream‑5.0‑Pro excel in single‑image and text‑intensive editing, and evolution experiments demonstrate significant targeted gains on selected benchmarks.
By Jun He, Canmiao Fu, Ying Zhang, Zhipeng Huang, Chenyu Mu, Yazhen Xie, Chen Li, Jing Lyu, Weijia Li, Xiang Zhang
arXiv:2610.29248v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: One-step generative models enable fast text-guided image editing, yet they often introduce unintended changes to regions that should remain unchanged....
By Peize Li, Hanzhen Zhao, Xingguo Xu, Yilong Fan, Zhen Tao, Bo Yin, Zhifei Liu, Qingdong He, Xiaobin Hu
The paper introduces "overpainting," a localized, context-aware image editing technique that allows users to specify precise or loose editing regions via a trimap. The method adapts a pretrained diffusion model with joint attention and low‑rank adaptation, incorporating attention‑dropout to balance noise, source, and mask inputs. An automated pipeline generates training data by pairing images from language‑based editing models, curating them, and extracting trimaps, enabling the model to perform a wide range of editing tasks.
By Sam Sartor, Iliyan Georgiev, Michael Fischer, Valentin Deschaintre, Pieter Peers
arXiv:2608. 06929v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Regional image editing has attracted considerable attention for its spatial controllability.
By Rui Xu, Yang Yong, Shunzi Yang, Ruihao Gong, Chengtao Lv
Edit‑VAR is a training‑free, inversion‑free framework that uses a pretrained visual autoregressive video model for text‑guided video editing. It encodes the source video into multi‑scale discrete tokens and applies probability‑guided conditional token replacement, attention‑guided token‑wise and scale‑aware modulation, and scale‑decoupled generation to preserve source appearance while enabling precise edits. The method also includes residual‑guided token pruning to reduce inference cost, and experimental results show it outperforms existing training‑free video editing methods in fidelity, source preservation, temporal coherence, and efficiency.
By Chongbo Zhao, Jiangming Wang, Xilai Wang, Xinyu Wang, Jingyi Tang, Chunjie Hao, Pengjie Song, Yue Ma
arXiv:2607.18227v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: In line with the prevailing direction of vision research, we explore the integration of both generation and editing capabilities for video and imag...
By Dingyun Zhang, Lixue Gong, Wei Liu
PreciseEdit is a new one‑step image editing framework that improves semantic transport by applying strong target‑directed changes only along reliable directions and spatial locations. It is model‑agnostic, training‑free, and inversion‑free, and uses a dual‑noise‑scale strategy to balance strong editing with background fidelity and structural consistency. Experiments on PIE‑Bench show that PreciseEdit outperforms existing methods across a range of editing tasks.
By Jingyi Wang, Xiao Lu
Strong single-turn editing performance does not guarantee reliable multi-turn interaction: as edited outputs are repeatedly reused, small unintended changes can accumulate into severe visual drift. Th...