Image Conductor: Precision Control for Interactive Video Synthesis

Filmmaking and animation production often require sophisticated techniques for coordinating camera transitions and object movements, typically involving labor-intensive real-world capturing. Despite advancements in generative AI for video creation, achieving precise control over motion for interactive video asset generation remains challenging. To this end, we propose Image Conductor, a method for precise control of camera transitions and object movements to generate video assets from a single image. An well-cultivated training strategy is proposed to separate distinct camera and object motion by camera LoRA weights and object LoRA weights. To further eliminate motion ambiguity from ill-posed trajectories, we introduce a camera-free guidance technique during inference process, enhancing object movements while eliminating camera transitions. Additionally, we develop a trajectory-oriented video motion data curation pipeline for training. Quantitative and qualitative experiments demonstrate our method's precision and fine-grained control in generating motion-controllable videos from images, advancing the practical application of interactive video synthesis.

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Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
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2025-04-11
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https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v39i5.32533
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4
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Advanced Vision and Imaging
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Abstract

Filmmaking and animation production often require sophisticated techniques for coordinating camera transitions and object movements, typically involving labor-intensive real-world capturing. Despite advancements in generative AI for video creation, achieving precise control over motion for interactive video asset generation remains challenging. To this end, we propose Image Conductor, a method for precise control of camera transitions and object movements to generate video assets from a single image. An well-cultivated training strategy is proposed to separate distinct camera and object motion by camera LoRA weights and object LoRA weights. To further eliminate motion ambiguity from ill-posed trajectories, we introduce a camera-free guidance technique during inference process, enhancing object movements while eliminating camera transitions. Additionally, we develop a trajectory-oriented video motion data curation pipeline for training. Quantitative and qualitative experiments demonstrate our method's precision and fine-grained control in generating motion-controllable videos from images, advancing the practical application of interactive video synthesis.

Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial IntelligenceVol. 39(5)
Nanyang Technological University (SG), Peking University (CN), University of Macau (MO), Tencent (China) (CN), Tsinghua University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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