GeRM: A Generative Rendering Model From Physically Realistic to Photorealistic

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09304v1
• Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:13:51 GMT
• Title: GeRM: A Generative Rendering Model From Physically Realistic to Photorealistic
• Abstract summary: This paper presents the problem, data, and approach of mitigating P2P gap, followed by the first multi-modal generative rendering model, dubbed GeRM.<n>GeRM integrates physical attributes like G-buffers with text prompts, and progressive incremental injection to generate controllable photorealistic images.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: For decades, Physically-Based Rendering (PBR) is the fundation of synthesizing photorealisitic images, and therefore sometimes roughly referred as Photorealistic Rendering (PRR). While PBR is indeed a mathematical simulation of light transport that guarantees physical reality, photorealism has additional reliance on the realistic digital model of geometry and appearance of the real world, leaving a barely explored gap from PBR to PRR (P2P). Consequently, the path toward photorealism faces a critical dilemma: the explicit simulation of PRR encumbered by unreachable realistic digital models for real-world existence, while implicit generation models sacrifice controllability and geometric consistency. Based on this insight, this paper presents the problem, data, and approach of mitigating P2P gap, followed by the first multi-modal generative rendering model, dubbed GeRM, to unify PBR and PRR. GeRM integrates physical attributes like G-buffers with text prompts, and progressive incremental injection to generate controllable photorealistic images, allowing users to fluidly navigate the continuum between strict physical fidelity and perceptual photorealism. Technically, we model the transition between PBR and PRR images as a distribution transfer and aim to learn a distribution transfer vector field (DTV Field) to guide this process. To define the learning objective, we first leverage a multi-agent VLM framework to construct an expert-guided pairwise P2P transfer dataset, named P2P-50K, where each paired sample in the dataset corresponds to a transfer vector in the DTV Field. Subsequently, we propose a multi-condition ControlNet to learn the DTV Field, which synthesizes PBR images and progressively transitions them into PRR images, guided by G-buffers, text prompts, and cues for enhanced regions.

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