ViBiDSampler: Enhancing Video Interpolation Using Bidirectional Diffusion Sampler
<|reference_start|>ViBiDSampler: Enhancing Video Interpolation Using Bidirectional Diffusion Sampler: Recent progress in large-scale text-to-video (T2V) and image-to-video (I2V) diffusion models has greatly enhanced video generation, especially in terms of keyframe interpolation. However, current image-to-video diffusion models, while powerful in generating videos from a single conditioning frame, need adaptation for two-frame (start & end) conditioned generation, which is essential for effective bounded interpolation. Unfortunately, existing approaches that fuse temporally forward and backward paths in parallel often suffer from off-manifold issues, leading to artifacts or requiring multiple iterative re-noising steps. In this work, we introduce a novel, bidirectional sampling strategy to address these off-manifold issues without requiring extensive re-noising or fine-tuning. Our method employs sequential sampling along both forward and backward paths, conditioned on the start and end frames, respectively, ensuring more coherent and on-manifold generation of intermediate frames. Additionally, we incorporate advanced guidance techniques, CFG++ and DDS, to further enhance the interpolation process. By integrating these, our method achieves state-of-the-art performance, efficiently generating high-quality, smooth videos between keyframes. On a single 3090 GPU, our method can interpolate 25 frames at 1024 x 576 resolution in just 195 seconds, establishing it as a leading solution for keyframe interpolation.<|reference_end|>
@article{yang2024vibidsampler:,
    title={ViBiDSampler: Enhancing Video Interpolation Using Bidirectional
  Diffusion Sampler},
    author={Serin Yang, Taesung Kwon, Jong Chul Ye},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.05651},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2410.05651},
    primaryClass={cs.CV cs.AI cs.LG}
}