Show Me: Unifying Instructional Image and Video Generation with Diffusion Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17839v1
• Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:24:28 GMT
• Title: Show Me: Unifying Instructional Image and Video Generation with Diffusion Models
• Authors: Yujiang Pu, Zhanbo Huang, Vishnu Boddeti, Yu Kong,
• Abstract summary: We propose a unified framework that enables image manipulation and video prediction.<n>We introduce structure and motion consistency rewards to improve structural fidelity and temporal coherence.<n> Experiments on diverse benchmarks demonstrate that our method outperforms expert models in both instructional image and video generation.
• Score: 16.324312147741495
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Generating visual instructions in a given context is essential for developing interactive world simulators. While prior works address this problem through either text-guided image manipulation or video prediction, these tasks are typically treated in isolation. This separation reveals a fundamental issue: image manipulation methods overlook how actions unfold over time, while video prediction models often ignore the intended outcomes. To this end, we propose ShowMe, a unified framework that enables both tasks by selectively activating the spatial and temporal components of video diffusion models. In addition, we introduce structure and motion consistency rewards to improve structural fidelity and temporal coherence. Notably, this unification brings dual benefits: the spatial knowledge gained through video pretraining enhances contextual consistency and realism in non-rigid image edits, while the instruction-guided manipulation stage equips the model with stronger goal-oriented reasoning for video prediction. Experiments on diverse benchmarks demonstrate that our method outperforms expert models in both instructional image and video generation, highlighting the strength of video diffusion models as a unified action-object state transformer.

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