arXiv:2606.21030eess.IVcs.CV2026-06

用单步流模型直接压缩图像,实现超低码率下高清还原。

FlowCodec: One-Step Flow Prior for Generative Image Compression

论文配图:FlowCodec: One-Step Flow Prior for Generative Image Compression
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  • 分两阶段:先压缩潜空间,再用预训练模型一步修复噪声。
  • 0.05比特/像素以下仍保持高画质,优于现有方法。
  • 无需额外训练,适配多种码率,适合快速部署。

基于扩散模型的图像压缩方法凭借强大的生成先验,在极低码率下展现出出色的感知质量。然而,将现代生成模型应用于压缩通常需要精心设计的条件输入或辅助分支,伴随大量重训练,且成本随模型规模上升。这引出一个关键问题:能否通过更简单、可扩展的设计整合更强的生成先验?为此,我们提出FlowCodec,一种简化框架,将预训练的大规模文生图先验(如Qwen-image-2512和FLUX.1-dev)直接融入超低码率编码器。FlowCodec将流程解耦为两个独立阶段:(1) 潜在空间压缩,将干净潜变量映射为受码率约束的噪声潜变量;(2) 潜在传输,利用预训练先验在单步内将噪声潜变量重构回干净版本。值得注意的是,FlowCodec无需额外条件信号或辅助网络。此外,仅通过轻量级适配,即可灵活支持多种码率,且可训练参数不足生成主干的0.54%。实验表明,FlowCodec在低于0.05比特/像素的码率下仍保持高视觉质量。Qwen-image版本在LPIPS和DISTS指标上显著优于现有方法,两种变体均在PSNR上表现更优,且编码速度明显快于现有单步扩散方法,其中FLUX变体也保持了竞争力的解码速度。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Diffusion-based image compression methods, leveraging powerful generative priors, have demonstrated remarkable perceptual quality at ultra-low bitrates. However, adapting modern generative models to image compression often relies on carefully engineered conditioning or auxiliary branches, together with substantial retraining, and these costs grow as the models scale. This motivates an open question: Can stronger generative priors be integrated into compression through a simpler, more extensible design? To answer this, we propose FlowCodec, a streamlined framework that plugs pretrained large-scale text-to-image priors (e.g., Qwen-image-2512 and FLUX.1-dev) into ultra-low-bitrate codecs. FlowCodec decomposes the pipeline into two decoupled stages: (1) Latent Compression, which maps clean latents to bitrate-constrained noisy latents; and (2) Latent Transport, which leverages the pretrained prior to refine the noisy latents toward the clean ones in a single step. Notably, FlowCodec requires neither additional conditioning signals nor auxiliary networks. Furthermore, with lightweight adaptation, it can flexibly support multiple bitrates while keeping the number of trainable parameters below 0.54% of the generative backbone. Experiments show that FlowCodec preserves high visual quality at bitrates below 0.05 bits per pixel. The Qwen-image variant significantly outperforms existing methods in terms of LPIPS and DISTS, while both variants deliver higher PSNR and clearly faster encoding than existing one-step diffusion-based methods, with the FLUX variant also maintaining competitive decoding speed.

图像压缩扩散模型生成先验低码率

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