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LLM Blueprint: Enabling Text-to-Image Generation with Complex and Detailed Prompts (2310.10640v2)

Published 16 Oct 2023 in cs.CV

Abstract: Diffusion-based generative models have significantly advanced text-to-image generation but encounter challenges when processing lengthy and intricate text prompts describing complex scenes with multiple objects. While excelling in generating images from short, single-object descriptions, these models often struggle to faithfully capture all the nuanced details within longer and more elaborate textual inputs. In response, we present a novel approach leveraging LLMs to extract critical components from text prompts, including bounding box coordinates for foreground objects, detailed textual descriptions for individual objects, and a succinct background context. These components form the foundation of our layout-to-image generation model, which operates in two phases. The initial Global Scene Generation utilizes object layouts and background context to create an initial scene but often falls short in faithfully representing object characteristics as specified in the prompts. To address this limitation, we introduce an Iterative Refinement Scheme that iteratively evaluates and refines box-level content to align them with their textual descriptions, recomposing objects as needed to ensure consistency. Our evaluation on complex prompts featuring multiple objects demonstrates a substantial improvement in recall compared to baseline diffusion models. This is further validated by a user study, underscoring the efficacy of our approach in generating coherent and detailed scenes from intricate textual inputs.

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The paper "LLM Blueprint: Enabling Text-to-Image Generation with Complex and Detailed Prompts" addresses a prevalent challenge within text-to-image generative models, specifically their limited efficacy in processing lengthy and intricate textual descriptions. This issue is particularly evident in diffusion-based generative models which, despite substantial advancements, often fail to capture the full scope of details in complex scenes. The authors present a novel method involving LLMs to extract essential elements from text prompts to form a structured Scene Blueprint, which facilitates improved image generation fidelity.

Main Contributions and Methodology

The research presents several key contributions that enhance the capabilities of current diffusion models:

  1. Iterative Image Generation Framework: The approach involves a two-phase image generation strategy. Initially, a Global Scene Generation phase employs object layouts and background context to produce a basic image. This stage is enhanced through an Iterative Refinement Scheme, focusing on box-level content adjustment to better align the image with textual descriptions.
  2. Scene Blueprints via LLMs: By leveraging LLMs, the authors decompose text prompts into Scene Blueprints comprising object bounding boxes, individual object descriptions, and background context. This decomposition supports step-wise image generation, allowing the model to handle more extensive and detailed prompts.
  3. Enhanced Recall and Coherence: Quantitative evaluation indicates a significant improvement in recall for complex scenes with multiple objects, demonstrating approximately 16% better performance in comparison to baseline models such as LayoutGPT. A user paper further corroborates these findings, highlighting improved efficacy in rendering coherent and detailed scenes from complex text inputs.

Theoretical and Practical Implications

The dual-phase image generation framework proposed in this paper offers critical theoretical insights. It underlines the necessity of breaking down complex tasks into manageable components, leveraging LLMs as a complementary technology to diffusion models. This approach not only improves generation accuracy but also paves the way for more nuanced AI systems capable of processing and synthesizing detailed multi-modal inputs.

Practically, this research can significantly impact industries reliant on content creation and digital media, where the ability to generate detailed images from comprehensive text inputs could revolutionize workflows in marketing, entertainment, and design. Beyond image generation, the integration of LLMs could catalyze advancements in various domains requiring sophisticated comprehension of complex textual data.

Future Developments

Future research in this area could explore the dynamic adjustment of box layouts during the iterative refinement process, enhancing flexibility and accuracy in object representation. Investigating strategies for optimizing overlapping box scenarios could further refine the model's output quality. Moreover, incorporating contextual relationships among objects could enhance scene coherence and realism, opening new avenues for the development of even more robust AI-driven content generation tools.

Overall, this paper offers a significant contribution to the field of AI-driven image synthesis, providing a compelling framework for integrating LLMs with generative image technologies to address some of the present limitations in capturing and visualizing rich textual descriptions.

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Authors (5)
  1. Hanan Gani (12 papers)
  2. Shariq Farooq Bhat (12 papers)
  3. Muzammal Naseer (67 papers)
  4. Salman Khan (244 papers)
  5. Peter Wonka (130 papers)
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