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Auteurs principaux: Wang, Kaibo, Mao, Jianda, Wu, Tong, Xiang, Yang
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Publié: 2025
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author Wang, Kaibo
Mao, Jianda
Wu, Tong
Xiang, Yang
author_facet Wang, Kaibo
Mao, Jianda
Wu, Tong
Xiang, Yang
contents Classifier-Free Guidance (CFG) is an essential component of text-to-image diffusion models, and understanding and advancing its operational mechanisms remains a central focus of research. Existing approaches stem from divergent theoretical interpretations, thereby limiting the design space and obscuring key design choices. To address this, we propose a unified perspective that reframes conditional guidance as fixed point iterations, seeking to identify a golden path where latents produce consistent outputs under both conditional and unconditional generation. We demonstrate that CFG and its variants constitute a special case of single-step short-interval iteration, which is theoretically proven to exhibit inefficiency. To this end, we introduce Foresight Guidance (FSG), which prioritizes solving longer-interval subproblems in early diffusion stages with increased iterations. Extensive experiments across diverse datasets and model architectures validate the superiority of FSG over state-of-the-art methods in both image quality and computational efficiency. Our work offers novel perspectives for conditional guidance and unlocks the potential of adaptive design.
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spellingShingle Towards a Golden Classifier-Free Guidance Path via Foresight Fixed Point Iterations
Wang, Kaibo
Mao, Jianda
Wu, Tong
Xiang, Yang
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Classifier-Free Guidance (CFG) is an essential component of text-to-image diffusion models, and understanding and advancing its operational mechanisms remains a central focus of research. Existing approaches stem from divergent theoretical interpretations, thereby limiting the design space and obscuring key design choices. To address this, we propose a unified perspective that reframes conditional guidance as fixed point iterations, seeking to identify a golden path where latents produce consistent outputs under both conditional and unconditional generation. We demonstrate that CFG and its variants constitute a special case of single-step short-interval iteration, which is theoretically proven to exhibit inefficiency. To this end, we introduce Foresight Guidance (FSG), which prioritizes solving longer-interval subproblems in early diffusion stages with increased iterations. Extensive experiments across diverse datasets and model architectures validate the superiority of FSG over state-of-the-art methods in both image quality and computational efficiency. Our work offers novel perspectives for conditional guidance and unlocks the potential of adaptive design.
title Towards a Golden Classifier-Free Guidance Path via Foresight Fixed Point Iterations
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21512