Scene-graph conditioning improves faithfulness in prompt editing for text-to-image generation

StruPO learns a one-pass prompt editor that preserves object attributes and relations, outperforming iterative methods by leveraging structural feedback as a training signal.

Chinese Tech
Wentao Ye · Yali Ye · Zhiqing Xiao · Ru Peng · Xinpeng Ti · Liyao Li · +4 more

Zhejiang University · Tencent AI Lab · China Telecom Artificial Intelligence Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd

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Illustration: Scene-graph conditioning improves faithfulness in prompt editing for text-to-image generation

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StruPO uses calibrated scene graphs to learn prompt edits that improve image quality without changing the requested scene.

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When you describe a scene to an AI image generator, small changes to your description can accidentally alter important details like the color of an object or which objects are present. Automatic prompt rewriting often has this problem because it focuses on overall similarity instead of preserving the specific scene.

StruPO, a new prompt editor, first extracts a scene graph, a map of objects, their attributes, and relationships, from the original prompt. It then learns to make edits that modify only non-essential parts while keeping the core scene intact. The system uses feedback from generated images to improve its editing policy.

In tests across different generators and thousands of prompts, StruPO consistently preserved object relationships better than other methods, according to both automated checks and human judges. This means users get higher-quality images without losing the scene they intended.

How it works

stage by stage
STRUPO: EDITING AND TRAININGExtract andcalibrateOriginal wordingSceneconstraintsOptimized textRenderTraining imagesShared scene constraintsTraining feedback onlyUser promptUser promptCalibrated scene graph: Objects, attributes, relationshipsCalibrated scenegraphObjects, attributes,relationshipsStruPO prompt editor: Delete, reorder, insertStruPO prompteditorDelete, reorder, insertFrozen image generatorFrozen imagegeneratorGenerated imagesGenerated imagesImage-grounded reward: Checks images against the graphImage-groundedrewardChecks images againstthe graphTraining starts with synthetic edit pairs; image-based learning averages rewards across multiple renders.
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