EditGuard: Versatile Image Watermarking for Tamper Localization and Copyright Protection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08883v1
• Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:41:24 GMT
• Title: EditGuard: Versatile Image Watermarking for Tamper Localization and Copyright Protection
• Authors: Xuanyu Zhang, Runyi Li, Jiwen Yu, Youmin Xu, Weiqi Li, Jian Zhang
• Abstract summary: We propose a proactive forensics framework EditGuard to unify copyright protection and tamper-agnostic localization. It can offer a meticulous embedding of imperceptible watermarks and precise decoding of tampered areas and copyright information. Our experiments demonstrate that EditGuard balances the tamper localization accuracy, copyright recovery precision, and generalizability to various AIGC-based tampering methods.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: In the era where AI-generated content (AIGC) models can produce stunning and lifelike images, the lingering shadow of unauthorized reproductions and malicious tampering poses imminent threats to copyright integrity and information security. Current image watermarking methods, while widely accepted for safeguarding visual content, can only protect copyright and ensure traceability. They fall short in localizing increasingly realistic image tampering, potentially leading to trust crises, privacy violations, and legal disputes. To solve this challenge, we propose an innovative proactive forensics framework EditGuard, to unify copyright protection and tamper-agnostic localization, especially for AIGC-based editing methods. It can offer a meticulous embedding of imperceptible watermarks and precise decoding of tampered areas and copyright information. Leveraging our observed fragility and locality of image-into-image steganography, the realization of EditGuard can be converted into a united image-bit steganography issue, thus completely decoupling the training process from the tampering types. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our EditGuard balances the tamper localization accuracy, copyright recovery precision, and generalizability to various AIGC-based tampering methods, especially for image forgery that is difficult for the naked eye to detect. The project page is available at https://xuanyuzhang21.github.io/project/editguard/.

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