Free$^2$Guide: Training-Free Text-to-Video Alignment using Image LVLM

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17041v2
• Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 03:30:40 GMT
• Title: Free$^2$Guide: Training-Free Text-to-Video Alignment using Image LVLM
• Abstract summary: Free$2$Guide is a gradient-free and training-free framework for aligning generated videos with text prompts.<n>Our framework supports the flexible ensembling of multiple reward models to enhance alignment without significant computational overhead.
• Score: 54.755023509791364
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Diffusion models have achieved impressive results in generative tasks for text-to-video (T2V) synthesis. However, achieving accurate text alignment in T2V generation remains challenging due to the complex temporal dependencies across frames. Existing reinforcement learning (RL)-based approaches to enhance text alignment often require differentiable reward functions trained for videos, hindering their scalability and applicability. In this paper, we propose \textbf{Free$^2$Guide}, a novel gradient-free and training-free framework for aligning generated videos with text prompts. Specifically, leveraging principles from path integral control, Free$^2$Guide approximates guidance for diffusion models using non-differentiable reward functions, thereby enabling the integration of powerful black-box Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) as reward models. To enable image-trained LVLMs to assess text-to-video alignment, we leverage \textit{stitching} between video frames and use system prompts to capture sequential attributions. Our framework supports the flexible ensembling of multiple reward models to synergistically enhance alignment without significant computational overhead. Experimental results confirm that Free$^2$Guide using image-trained LVLMs significantly improves text-to-video alignment, thereby enhancing the overall video quality. Our results and code are available at https://kjm981995.github.io/free2guide/

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