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Main Authors: Kim, Namu, Kweon, Wonbin, Kim, Minsoo, Yu, Hwanjo
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21090
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author Kim, Namu
Kweon, Wonbin
Kim, Minsoo
Yu, Hwanjo
author_facet Kim, Namu
Kweon, Wonbin
Kim, Minsoo
Yu, Hwanjo
contents We observe that zero-shot appearance transfer with large-scale image generation models faces a significant challenge: Attention Leakage. This challenge arises when the semantic mapping between two images is captured by the Query-Key alignment. To tackle this issue, we introduce Q-Align, utilizing Query-Query alignment to mitigate attention leakage and improve the semantic alignment in zero-shot appearance transfer. Q-Align incorporates three core contributions: (1) Query-Query alignment, facilitating the sophisticated spatial semantic mapping between two images; (2) Key-Value rearrangement, enhancing feature correspondence through realignment; and (3) Attention refinement using rearranged keys and values to maintain semantic consistency. We validate the effectiveness of Q-Align through extensive experiments and analysis, and Q-Align outperforms state-of-the-art methods in appearance fidelity while maintaining competitive structure preservation.
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spellingShingle Q-Align: Alleviating Attention Leakage in Zero-Shot Appearance Transfer via Query-Query Alignment
Kim, Namu
Kweon, Wonbin
Kim, Minsoo
Yu, Hwanjo
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
We observe that zero-shot appearance transfer with large-scale image generation models faces a significant challenge: Attention Leakage. This challenge arises when the semantic mapping between two images is captured by the Query-Key alignment. To tackle this issue, we introduce Q-Align, utilizing Query-Query alignment to mitigate attention leakage and improve the semantic alignment in zero-shot appearance transfer. Q-Align incorporates three core contributions: (1) Query-Query alignment, facilitating the sophisticated spatial semantic mapping between two images; (2) Key-Value rearrangement, enhancing feature correspondence through realignment; and (3) Attention refinement using rearranged keys and values to maintain semantic consistency. We validate the effectiveness of Q-Align through extensive experiments and analysis, and Q-Align outperforms state-of-the-art methods in appearance fidelity while maintaining competitive structure preservation.
title Q-Align: Alleviating Attention Leakage in Zero-Shot Appearance Transfer via Query-Query Alignment
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21090