Alchemist: Turning Public Text-to-Image Data into Generative Gold

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Hauptverfasser: Startsev, Valerii, Ustyuzhanin, Alexander, Kirillov, Alexey, Baranchuk, Dmitry, Kastryulin, Sergey
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author Startsev, Valerii
Ustyuzhanin, Alexander
Kirillov, Alexey
Baranchuk, Dmitry
Kastryulin, Sergey
author_facet Startsev, Valerii
Ustyuzhanin, Alexander
Kirillov, Alexey
Baranchuk, Dmitry
Kastryulin, Sergey
contents Pre-training equips text-to-image (T2I) models with broad world knowledge, but this alone is often insufficient to achieve high aesthetic quality and alignment. Consequently, supervised fine-tuning (SFT) is crucial for further refinement. However, its effectiveness highly depends on the quality of the fine-tuning dataset. Existing public SFT datasets frequently target narrow domains (e.g., anime or specific art styles), and the creation of high-quality, general-purpose SFT datasets remains a significant challenge. Current curation methods are often costly and struggle to identify truly impactful samples. This challenge is further complicated by the scarcity of public general-purpose datasets, as leading models often rely on large, proprietary, and poorly documented internal data, hindering broader research progress. This paper introduces a novel methodology for creating general-purpose SFT datasets by leveraging a pre-trained generative model as an estimator of high-impact training samples. We apply this methodology to construct and release Alchemist, a compact (3,350 samples) yet highly effective SFT dataset. Experiments demonstrate that Alchemist substantially improves the generative quality of five public T2I models while preserving diversity and style. Additionally, we release the fine-tuned models' weights to the public.
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spellingShingle Alchemist: Turning Public Text-to-Image Data into Generative Gold
Startsev, Valerii
Ustyuzhanin, Alexander
Kirillov, Alexey
Baranchuk, Dmitry
Kastryulin, Sergey
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Pre-training equips text-to-image (T2I) models with broad world knowledge, but this alone is often insufficient to achieve high aesthetic quality and alignment. Consequently, supervised fine-tuning (SFT) is crucial for further refinement. However, its effectiveness highly depends on the quality of the fine-tuning dataset. Existing public SFT datasets frequently target narrow domains (e.g., anime or specific art styles), and the creation of high-quality, general-purpose SFT datasets remains a significant challenge. Current curation methods are often costly and struggle to identify truly impactful samples. This challenge is further complicated by the scarcity of public general-purpose datasets, as leading models often rely on large, proprietary, and poorly documented internal data, hindering broader research progress. This paper introduces a novel methodology for creating general-purpose SFT datasets by leveraging a pre-trained generative model as an estimator of high-impact training samples. We apply this methodology to construct and release Alchemist, a compact (3,350 samples) yet highly effective SFT dataset. Experiments demonstrate that Alchemist substantially improves the generative quality of five public T2I models while preserving diversity and style. Additionally, we release the fine-tuned models' weights to the public.
title Alchemist: Turning Public Text-to-Image Data into Generative Gold
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.19297