NTIRE 2026 The 3rd Restore Any Image Model (RAIM) Challenge: AI Flash Portrait (Track 3)

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11230v1
• Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:30:56 GMT
• Title: NTIRE 2026 The 3rd Restore Any Image Model (RAIM) Challenge: AI Flash Portrait (Track 3)
• Abstract summary: We present a comprehensive overview of the NTIRE 2026 3rd Restore Any Image Model (RAIM) challenge.<n>This challenge aims to establish a novel benchmark for real-world low-light portrait restoration.<n>This report details the motivation behind the challenge, the dataset construction process, the evaluation metrics, and the various phases of the competition.
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• Abstract: In this paper, we present a comprehensive overview of the NTIRE 2026 3rd Restore Any Image Model (RAIM) challenge, with a specific focus on Track 3: AI Flash Portrait. Despite significant advancements in deep learning for image restoration, existing models still encounter substantial challenges in real-world low-light portrait scenarios. Specifically, they struggle to achieve an optimal balance among noise suppression, detail preservation, and faithful illumination and color reproduction. To bridge this gap, this challenge aims to establish a novel benchmark for real-world low-light portrait restoration. We comprehensively evaluate the proposed algorithms utilizing a hybrid evaluation system that integrates objective quantitative metrics with rigorous subjective assessment protocols. For this competition, we provide a dataset containing 800 groups of real-captured low-light portrait data. Each group consists of a 1K-resolution low-light input image, a 1K ground truth (GT), and a 1K person mask. This challenge has garnered widespread attention from both academia and industry, attracting over 100 participating teams and receiving more than 3,000 valid submissions. This report details the motivation behind the challenge, the dataset construction process, the evaluation metrics, and the various phases of the competition. The released dataset and baseline code for this track are publicly available from the same \href{https://github.com/zsn1434/AI_Flash-BaseLine/tree/main}{GitHub repository}, and the official challenge webpage is hosted on \href{https://www.codabench.org/competitions/12885/}{CodaBench}.

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