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ACPO: Anchor-Constrained Perceptual Optimization for Diffusion Models with No-Reference Quality Guidance

Yang Yang , Feifan Meng , Han Fang , Weiming Zhang
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keywords diffusion modelsperceptual optimizationno-reference image quality assessmentanchor regularizationimage generationfine-tuning stability
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The pith

Anchor regularization lets diffusion models adopt no-reference perceptual guidance without instability or fidelity loss.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

Diffusion models are usually trained with pixel-wise matching to ground-truth images, an objective that can leave subjective visual appeal and semantic alignment short of what people prefer. Adding guidance from no-reference image quality assessment models directly creates a mismatch with the diffusion training goal, which produces unstable fine-tuning and unwanted shifts in the output distribution. The paper shows that an anchor term enforcing the same noise predictions as the original base model resolves enough of that mismatch to let perceptual signals steer the model toward higher-quality outputs. The resulting adaptation improves appearance and consistency while keeping the original generative behavior, diversity, and training stability intact.

Core claim

The authors establish that an anchor-constrained optimization framework, which pairs a learned no-reference image quality assessment signal with regularization that matches the fine-tuned model's noise predictions to those of the unfine-tuned base model, produces stable perceptual adaptation in diffusion models.

What carries the argument

Anchor-based regularization on noise prediction, which keeps the adapted model consistent with the base diffusion model while the no-reference quality assessment model supplies the perceptual guidance signal.

If this is right

  • Perceptual quality of generated images rises while generation diversity is retained.
  • Training stability holds and no large distributional drift occurs.
  • The adapted model remains consistent with the original generative behavior.
  • Controlled movement toward perceptually preferred outputs becomes possible without retraining from scratch.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same anchoring idea could be tested on other guidance signals, such as explicit semantic-consistency losses, to see whether stability benefits generalize.
  • Applying the method to video or 3D diffusion models would test whether noise-prediction consistency also preserves temporal or geometric coherence.
  • If the anchor proves robust across different no-reference quality models, it suggests many perception-based objectives could be added to diffusion training under similar constraints.

Load-bearing premise

The anchor regularization term is strong enough to eliminate the mismatch between perceptual optimization and the original diffusion objective.

What would settle it

A controlled fine-tuning experiment in which the anchor term is removed and no increase in instability or distributional drift appears, or in which the anchored version shows no gain in perceptual quality metrics or human preference, would disprove the central claim.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.26348 by Feifan Meng, Han Fang, Weiming Zhang, Yang Yang.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Teaser. Comparison between the baseline model view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of the Anchor-Constrained Perceptual Optimization (ACPO) framework. The framework integrates diffusion view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Qualitative comparison between the baseline DDPM and the proposed quality-aware diffusion model across multiple view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: The visual results of text-to-image generation between the baseline Stable Diffusion and our improved model. For view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Extended qualitative comparison between the baseline DDPM and our ACPO model across multiple datasets: CIFAR-10 view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Visual demonstration of improved semantic alignment on Stable Diffusion. Specific text prompts are indicated by the view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Qualitative results on the DrawBench benchmark. For each comparison, the baseline Stable Diffusion result is shown view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Generalization results on the PartiPrompts benchmark across various common object categories. Each pair consists view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Generalization results on the PartiPrompts benchmark across various common object categories. Each pair consists view at source ↗
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Diffusion models have achieved remarkable success in image generation, yet their training is predominantly driven by full-reference objectives that enforce pixel-wise similarity to ground-truth images.Such supervision, while effective for fidelity, may insufficient in terms of subjective visual perception quality and text-image semantic consistency. In this work, we investigate the problem of incorporating no-reference perceptual quality into diffusion training. A key challenge is that directly optimizing perceptual signals, such as those provided by no-reference image quality assessment (NR-IQA) models, introduces a mismatch with the original diffusion objective, leading to training instability and distributional drift during fine-tuning. To address this issue, we propose an anchor-constrained optimization framework that enables stable perceptual adaptation. Specifically, we leverage a learned NR-IQA model as a perceptual guidance signal, while introducing an anchor-based regularization that enforces consistency with the base diffusion model in terms of noise prediction. This design effectively balances perceptual quality improvement and generative fidelity, allowing controlled adaptation toward perceptually favorable outputs without compromising the original generative behavior. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method consistently enhances perceptual quality while preserving generation diversity and training stability, highlighting the effectiveness of anchor-constrained perceptual optimization for diffusion models.

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Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper proposes an anchor-constrained perceptual optimization (ACPO) framework for fine-tuning diffusion models. It uses a learned no-reference image quality assessment (NR-IQA) model to provide perceptual guidance while adding an anchor-based regularization term that enforces consistency between the fine-tuned model's noise predictions and those of the frozen base model. The combined objective is claimed to enable stable adaptation that improves perceptual quality without distributional drift or loss of generative fidelity, with extensive experiments demonstrating consistent gains in perceptual metrics while preserving diversity and stability.

Significance. If the central stability claim holds with proper supporting analysis, the work would offer a practical and generalizable approach to incorporating perceptual signals into diffusion training, addressing a recognized mismatch between pixel-wise diffusion objectives and subjective quality. The anchor regularization idea is a clear strength that could extend to other generative fine-tuning settings. However, the absence of theoretical grounding or isolating ablations reduces the immediate significance relative to prior perceptual guidance methods in diffusion literature.

major comments (2)
  1. [Method section] Method section (combined objective L = L_diff + λ L_anchor + μ L_NR-IQA): the claim that the anchor term fully mitigates distributional drift and training instability induced by direct NR-IQA gradients lacks any supporting analysis, such as bounds on the NR-IQA model's Lipschitz constant or perturbation analysis on the score function. This is load-bearing for the central claim of stable perceptual adaptation.
  2. [Experiments section] Experiments section: improved perceptual scores with stable FID are reported, yet no ablation varies the NR-IQA weighting μ while holding the anchor term fixed (or vice versa). Without such isolation, it remains possible that observed stability results from weak perceptual gradients rather than robust mitigation by the anchor, undermining the cross-setting claims.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the statement that the method 'consistently enhances perceptual quality while preserving generation diversity' would be strengthened by naming the specific NR-IQA model, datasets, and key metrics (e.g., FID, CLIP score) used in the experiments.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback and for recognizing the potential of the anchor regularization approach. We respond to each major comment below with clarifications based on the manuscript's empirical focus and propose targeted revisions to address the concerns.

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  1. Referee: [Method section] Method section (combined objective L = L_diff + λ L_anchor + μ L_NR-IQA): the claim that the anchor term fully mitigates distributional drift and training instability induced by direct NR-IQA gradients lacks any supporting analysis, such as bounds on the NR-IQA model's Lipschitz constant or perturbation analysis on the score function. This is load-bearing for the central claim of stable perceptual adaptation.

    Authors: We agree that theoretical supporting analysis such as Lipschitz bounds on the NR-IQA model or perturbation analysis on the score function would add rigor. Deriving such bounds is challenging because the NR-IQA model is a pre-trained black-box network. Our manuscript instead grounds the stability claim in extensive empirical results across multiple models and datasets, where the anchor term maintains stable FID, diversity, and training dynamics even as perceptual quality improves. The anchor explicitly regularizes noise predictions toward the frozen base model, which we show prevents the drift seen in direct NR-IQA optimization. We will revise the method section to expand the discussion of this empirical evidence and the design intuition behind the anchor without overstating theoretical guarantees. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Experiments section] Experiments section: improved perceptual scores with stable FID are reported, yet no ablation varies the NR-IQA weighting μ while holding the anchor term fixed (or vice versa). Without such isolation, it remains possible that observed stability results from weak perceptual gradients rather than robust mitigation by the anchor, undermining the cross-setting claims.

    Authors: We acknowledge the value of these isolating ablations. While our experiments vary the overall objective balance and report consistent stability, we did not explicitly fix λ and sweep μ (or the reverse). We will add these targeted ablations to the revised experiments section, demonstrating that the anchor enables stable use of higher μ values and that stability degrades without it. This will directly support the cross-setting claims. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; proposed composite objective is a design choice with independent content

full rationale

The paper defines a combined training objective L = L_diff + λ L_anchor + μ L_NR-IQA that adds an anchor regularization term to the standard diffusion loss and an NR-IQA perceptual term. This is presented as an engineering solution to balance objectives rather than a derivation that reduces any claimed prediction or result to a fitted parameter or self-referential quantity by construction. No equations are shown that make the anchor term equivalent to the input data or that rename a known result. No load-bearing self-citations or uniqueness theorems imported from prior author work appear in the provided text. The framework builds on external NR-IQA models and frozen base diffusion checkpoints, keeping the central claim self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

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axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Learned NR-IQA models supply reliable perceptual guidance signals suitable for guiding diffusion fine-tuning.
    The method treats the NR-IQA output as a usable training signal without further validation in the abstract.
invented entities (1)
  • Anchor-based regularization term no independent evidence
    purpose: Enforce consistency between the fine-tuned model's noise predictions and those of the base diffusion model to prevent instability and drift.
    Introduced specifically to balance perceptual adaptation against the original generative objective.

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