PGDiff: Guiding Diffusion Models for Versatile Face Restoration via Partial Guidance

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10810v1
• Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:51:33 GMT
• Title: PGDiff: Guiding Diffusion Models for Versatile Face Restoration via Partial Guidance
• Authors: Peiqing Yang, Shangchen Zhou, Qingyi Tao, Chen Change Loy
• Abstract summary: Previous works have achieved noteworthy success by limiting the solution space using explicit degradation models. We propose PGDiff by introducing partial guidance, a fresh perspective that is more adaptable to real-world degradations. Our method not only outperforms existing diffusion-prior-based approaches but also competes favorably with task-specific models.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Exploiting pre-trained diffusion models for restoration has recently become a favored alternative to the traditional task-specific training approach. Previous works have achieved noteworthy success by limiting the solution space using explicit degradation models. However, these methods often fall short when faced with complex degradations as they generally cannot be precisely modeled. In this paper, we propose PGDiff by introducing partial guidance, a fresh perspective that is more adaptable to real-world degradations compared to existing works. Rather than specifically defining the degradation process, our approach models the desired properties, such as image structure and color statistics of high-quality images, and applies this guidance during the reverse diffusion process. These properties are readily available and make no assumptions about the degradation process. When combined with a diffusion prior, this partial guidance can deliver appealing results across a range of restoration tasks. Additionally, PGDiff can be extended to handle composite tasks by consolidating multiple high-quality image properties, achieved by integrating the guidance from respective tasks. Experimental results demonstrate that our method not only outperforms existing diffusion-prior-based approaches but also competes favorably with task-specific models.

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