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The 1st PortraitCraft Challenge: A CVPR 2026 Workshop Competition on Portrait Composition Understanding and Generation

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This paper presents an overview of the inaugural PortraitCraft Challenge, held as one of the official competitions at CVPR 2026. The challenge focuses on portrait composition understanding and generation, aiming to advance AI research in portrait aesthetics analysis and controllable image synthesis.

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