Generative Image Coding with Diffusion Prior

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13768v1
• Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:32:15 GMT
• Title: Generative Image Coding with Diffusion Prior
• Authors: Jianhui Chang,
• Abstract summary: We propose a novel generative coding framework leveraging diffusion priors to enhance compression performance at lows.<n>We show that our method outperforms existing methods in visual fidelity across lows encoder, (2) improves compression performance by up to 79% over H.266/VVC, and (3) offers an efficient solution for AI-generated content while being adaptable to broader content types.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: As generative technologies advance, visual content has evolved into a complex mix of natural and AI-generated images, driving the need for more efficient coding techniques that prioritize perceptual quality. Traditional codecs and learned methods struggle to maintain subjective quality at high compression ratios, while existing generative approaches face challenges in visual fidelity and generalization. To this end, we propose a novel generative coding framework leveraging diffusion priors to enhance compression performance at low bitrates. Our approach employs a pre-optimized encoder to generate generalized compressed-domain representations, integrated with the pretrained model's internal features via a lightweight adapter and an attentive fusion module. This framework effectively leverages existing pretrained diffusion models and enables efficient adaptation to different pretrained models for new requirements with minimal retraining costs. We also introduce a distribution renormalization method to further enhance reconstruction fidelity. Extensive experiments show that our method (1) outperforms existing methods in visual fidelity across low bitrates, (2) improves compression performance by up to 79% over H.266/VVC, and (3) offers an efficient solution for AI-generated content while being adaptable to broader content types.

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