A Single Parameter for Various Granularities in Diffusion-Based Synthesis
Omegance controls how much detail a diffusion model generates with a single parameter ω, with no retraining, no architectural change, and negligible overhead.
In this work, we show that we only need a single parameter ω to effectively control granularity in diffusion-based synthesis. This parameter is incorporated during the denoising steps of the diffusion model's reverse process. This simple approach does not require model retraining or architectural modifications and incurs negligible computational overhead, yet enables precise control over the level of details in the generated outputs. Moreover, spatial masks or denoising schedules with varying ω values can be applied to achieve region-specific or timestep-specific granularity control. External control signals or reference images can guide the creation of precise ω masks, allowing targeted granularity adjustments. Despite its simplicity, the method demonstrates impressive performance across various image and video synthesis tasks and is adaptable to advanced diffusion models.
Each slider sweeps ω for a single generation. The layout stays put, and only the amount of fine structure changes.
The left half of each view is the original output. Pick another example from the thumbnails.
The same ω drops straight into video diffusion models and reshapes granularity coherently over time.
A cartoon panda in a sparkly bowtie performs a cheerful dance in a bamboo forest.
Original
OmeganceA panda surfing in the ocean, realistic, high quality.
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Omegance@inproceedings{hou2025omegance,
title = {{Omegance}: A Single Parameter for Various Granularities in Diffusion-Based Synthesis},
author = {Hou, Xinyu and Yue, Zongsheng and Li, Xiaoming and Loy, Chen Change},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)},
year = {2025}
}