M3DDM+: An improved video outpainting by a modified masking strategy

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Main Authors: Murakawa, Takuya, Fukuzawa, Takumi, Ding, Ning, Tamaki, Toru
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Published: 2026
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author Murakawa, Takuya
Fukuzawa, Takumi
Ding, Ning
Tamaki, Toru
author_facet Murakawa, Takuya
Fukuzawa, Takumi
Ding, Ning
Tamaki, Toru
contents M3DDM provides a computationally efficient framework for video outpainting via latent diffusion modeling. However, it exhibits significant quality degradation -- manifested as spatial blur and temporal inconsistency -- under challenging scenarios characterized by limited camera motion or large outpainting regions, where inter-frame information is limited. We identify the cause as a training-inference mismatch in the masking strategy: M3DDM's training applies random mask directions and widths across frames, whereas inference requires consistent directional outpainting throughout the video. To address this, we propose M3DDM+, which applies uniform mask direction and width across all frames during training, followed by fine-tuning of the pretrained M3DDM model. Experiments demonstrate that M3DDM+ substantially improves visual fidelity and temporal coherence in information-limited scenarios while maintaining computational efficiency. The code is available at https://github.com/tamaki-lab/M3DDM-Plus.
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spellingShingle M3DDM+: An improved video outpainting by a modified masking strategy
Murakawa, Takuya
Fukuzawa, Takumi
Ding, Ning
Tamaki, Toru
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
M3DDM provides a computationally efficient framework for video outpainting via latent diffusion modeling. However, it exhibits significant quality degradation -- manifested as spatial blur and temporal inconsistency -- under challenging scenarios characterized by limited camera motion or large outpainting regions, where inter-frame information is limited. We identify the cause as a training-inference mismatch in the masking strategy: M3DDM's training applies random mask directions and widths across frames, whereas inference requires consistent directional outpainting throughout the video. To address this, we propose M3DDM+, which applies uniform mask direction and width across all frames during training, followed by fine-tuning of the pretrained M3DDM model. Experiments demonstrate that M3DDM+ substantially improves visual fidelity and temporal coherence in information-limited scenarios while maintaining computational efficiency. The code is available at https://github.com/tamaki-lab/M3DDM-Plus.
title M3DDM+: An improved video outpainting by a modified masking strategy
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11048