arxiv: 2605.09233 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-10 · 💻 cs.CV · cs.AI

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Towards Robust Sequential Decomposition for Complex Image Editing

Zilai Zeng , Mingdeng Cao , Zijie Li , Xiaochen Lian , Yichun Shi , Peihao Zhu , Chen Sun , Peng Wang

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keywords image editingsequential decompositionsynthetic datasim-to-real transfercomplex instructionsgenerative modelsin-context editing

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Finetuning on synthetic decomposed sequences makes sequential editing robust for complex image instructions and transferable to real photos.

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

The paper establishes that single-pass editing often misparses complex multi-step instructions while naive sequential editing accumulates errors, but a unified framework shows that sequential decomposition can be made reliable by training on synthetic tasks with known correct breakdowns. This matters because current generative models still fail when users request combinations of changes or steps that depend on prior results. The key step is building a pipeline to create large-scale synthetic editing examples that include both the final image and the step-by-step sequence, then finetuning so the model learns to produce those sequences. When this training is mixed with real editing data, the decomposition skill carries over, yielding better results as instruction complexity grows.

Core claim

By examining single-turn and sequential paradigms inside one in-context editing setup and training on a synthetic dataset of tasks with controlled complexity, the authors found that properly designed sequential decomposition produces robust gains even as the number of operations and inter-step dependencies increase. The decomposition abilities acquired from synthetic data further transfer to real images through co-training with real-world editing examples, showing that sim-to-real generalization is feasible for complex image editing.

What carries the argument

A synthetic data pipeline that generates editing tasks of graded complexity together with their correct decomposed sequences, used to finetune models under a unified in-context framework.

If this is right

Sequential decomposition scales with task complexity when editing paradigms are designed to limit error accumulation.
Decomposition skills acquired on synthetic sequences generalize to real images through co-training with real editing data.
A single unified framework can directly compare single-turn versus sequential approaches on identical inputs.
Complex instructions involving multiple operations or dependent steps become more reliably executable.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

The same synthetic-to-real transfer pattern could be tested on video editing or 3D scene manipulation where sequential dependencies are stronger.
If the pipeline truly replicates real dependencies, analogous synthetic construction might improve other generative tasks such as following detailed text prompts.
Evaluating the method on open-ended user instructions collected from actual editing sessions would provide a stronger test of practical utility.

Load-bearing premise

The synthetic data pipeline accurately constructs editing tasks that capture real inter-step dependencies and combinatorial complexity without introducing artifacts that do not appear in actual user instructions.

What would settle it

A benchmark of real user instructions with high combinatorial complexity where the co-trained sequential model shows no improvement or clear degradation relative to single-turn editing or baseline sequential methods.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.09233 by Chen Sun, Mingdeng Cao, Peihao Zhu, Peng Wang, Xiaochen Lian, Yichun Shi, Zijie Li, Zilai Zeng.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Single-Turn Editing versus Sequential Editing with a complex instruction: ”Move the speaker onto the modern coffee table, move the all-purpose cleaner forward, then add a shaver on the floor near the speaker, and replace the lightbulb with a basketball”. Incorrect edits are labeled with red boxes on the image. compelling images from complex instructions, their counterparts for image editing are often lim… view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Overview of Synthetic Data Pipeline. We build the synthetic data pipeline on Blender, in which we construct complex editing tasks by sequentially applying editing operations on a randomly initialized scene. After constructing the editing chain, we take the initial and final rendering of the scene as the editing pair and concatenate all operation descriptions as the corresponding complex instruction. with a… view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Qualitative comparisons on a synthetic task with inter-step dependency. Instruction: “Remove the hatchet, replace the basketball [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Qualitative comparisons on real-world editing tasks. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: Human Preference Study on Complex-Edit. Additionally, we perform a human preference study with 33 participants. Each participant was assigned 15 random tests comparing editing results from three finetuned BAGEL models—R (Single-Turn), SR (K = 1), and SR (K = 2, CGSE, γctx = 0.5). Each test asks the participant to select the best image based on instruction following & identity preservation (IF&IP), and perc… view at source ↗

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Recent advances in visual generative models have enabled high-fidelity image editing guided by human instructions. However, these models often struggle with complex instructions involving combinatorial editing operations or inter-step dependencies. This difficulty stems from the limitations of two canonical paradigms: (1) single-turn editing, which attempts to apply all instructed edits in one pass, often fails to parse the complex instruction accurately and causes undesired edits; and (2) sequential editing can decompose the task into simpler steps but suffers from compounding errors introduced by the sequential execution, leading to low-fidelity results. To derive a robust solution for complex image editing, we examine editing behaviors of different paradigms under a unified in-context editing framework, and study how the benefits of sequential decomposition can be balanced against its error-accumulation drawbacks. We further develop a synthetic data pipeline that constructs editing tasks of varying instruction complexity, allowing us to curate a large-scale editing dataset with high-quality decomposed sequences. By finetuning on synthetic data, we discovered that with properly designed editing paradigms, sequential decomposition yields robust improvements even as task complexity increases. Furthermore, the decomposition skills learned from synthetic tasks can transfer to real images by co-training with real-world editing data, demonstrating the promise of sim-to-real generalization for tackling complex image editing across broader domains.

Editorial analysis

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The paper's synthetic data pipeline for decomposed editing sequences yields scaling robustness and sim-to-real transfer, but the pipeline's fidelity to real inter-step dependencies lacks verification.

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The main point is that finetuning on synthetic decomposed sequences makes sequential editing more reliable for complex instructions, with the learned decomposition transferring to real images through co-training. They compare single-turn and sequential paradigms in one in-context framework, then build a pipeline that generates tasks at different complexity levels and produces high-quality step-by-step sequences. After finetuning, sequential decomposition improves as complexity rises instead of compounding errors, and mixing in real editing data lets the model generalize beyond the synthetic set. This is a concrete, practical move for instruction-guided image tools. The dataset construction and the scaling observation are the clearest additions, and the co-training step addresses a common sim-to-real gap directly. The soft spot is the unverified match between synthetic and real dependencies. The abstract describes curating tasks and sequences but gives no human realism ratings, distributional checks against actual user logs, or ablations on how the pipeline was built. If the generated sequences simplify inter-step relations or omit typical failure modes, the robustness gains and transfer results would not necessarily carry over to real editing sessions. Experiments will need tight baselines, error bars, and controls to show the improvements come from the decomposition design rather than other factors. This is aimed at people working on generative editing systems and data augmentation for vision models. Readers who need reliable multi-step instruction handling would get usable ideas from the pipeline. It deserves peer review because it targets a genuine limitation with a new data construction method and reports a transferable empirical finding, even though the synthetic validation will need strengthening.

Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript examines limitations of single-turn and sequential editing paradigms for complex image instructions in generative models. It introduces a synthetic data pipeline to construct tasks of varying combinatorial complexity with high-quality decomposed sequences, finetunes models on this data within a unified in-context framework, and claims that properly designed sequential decomposition yields robust improvements that scale with task complexity. It further claims that decomposition skills transfer to real images via co-training with real-world editing data, enabling sim-to-real generalization.

Significance. If the empirical results hold with proper validation, the work would be significant for advancing reliable complex image editing, as it directly addresses error accumulation in sequential approaches while leveraging synthetic data for scalable training. The demonstrated transfer to real domains could influence practical applications in instruction-guided generative AI.

major comments (2)

[Synthetic data pipeline] The synthetic data pipeline description provides no validation of fidelity to real inter-step dependencies or combinatorial complexity (e.g., no human realism ratings, distributional comparisons to real editing logs, or pipeline ablations). This is load-bearing for the central claims of robust improvements and sim-to-real transfer, as unverified artifacts could mean the gains do not generalize beyond the synthetic setting.
[Experiments] Experiments section: the manuscript reports 'robust improvements' and transfer but supplies no quantitative results, error bars, specific baseline comparisons, or measurement details to support these claims. Without such evidence, the strength of the empirical findings cannot be assessed.

minor comments (1)

[Abstract] The abstract would benefit from including at least one key quantitative result (e.g., a performance delta or scaling trend) to better convey the findings.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive review and for highlighting areas where additional evidence would strengthen the manuscript. We address each major comment below and will incorporate the suggested validations and quantitative details in the revised version.

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Referee: [Synthetic data pipeline] The synthetic data pipeline description provides no validation of fidelity to real inter-step dependencies or combinatorial complexity (e.g., no human realism ratings, distributional comparisons to real editing logs, or pipeline ablations). This is load-bearing for the central claims of robust improvements and sim-to-real transfer, as unverified artifacts could mean the gains do not generalize beyond the synthetic setting.

Authors: We agree that explicit validation of the synthetic pipeline is necessary to support the central claims. The current manuscript describes the pipeline for generating tasks of controlled combinatorial complexity but does not report human realism ratings, distributional comparisons against real editing logs, or component ablations. In the revision we will add these elements: (1) human ratings of sequence realism and inter-step dependency fidelity on a sampled subset, (2) statistical comparisons of generated editing distributions to real-world logs, and (3) ablations isolating the effect of each pipeline stage. These additions will directly address concerns about generalization beyond the synthetic setting. revision: yes
Referee: [Experiments] Experiments section: the manuscript reports 'robust improvements' and transfer but supplies no quantitative results, error bars, specific baseline comparisons, or measurement details to support these claims. Without such evidence, the strength of the empirical findings cannot be assessed.

Authors: We acknowledge that the experiments section currently emphasizes qualitative observations of robust improvements and sim-to-real transfer without sufficient quantitative backing. To enable proper assessment, the revision will include: specific numerical metrics with error bars from multiple runs, direct comparisons against single-turn and standard sequential baselines, and precise descriptions of evaluation protocols (e.g., how instruction adherence and edit fidelity are measured). These details will be added to both the synthetic and co-training experiments. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: empirical finetuning and data construction are self-contained

full rationale

The paper presents an empirical study: it examines editing paradigms under a unified framework, builds a synthetic data pipeline to generate tasks of varying complexity, curates a dataset, finetunes models, and reports observed improvements plus sim-to-real transfer via co-training. No equations, parameter fits, or derivations are described that reduce any claimed result to its own inputs by construction. The central claims rest on experimental outcomes rather than self-definitional loops, fitted inputs renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations that lack independent verification. This is a standard empirical ML pipeline whose validity can be checked against external real-image benchmarks, so the derivation chain is self-contained.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

Based on abstract only; no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are stated. The approach implicitly assumes generative models can be fine-tuned to follow decomposed instructions without additional architectural changes.

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Zijun Zhou, Yingying Deng, Xiangyu He, Weiming Dong, and Fan Tang. Multi-turn consistent image edit- ing.ArXiv, abs/2505.04320, 2025. 2 11 Towards Robust Sequential Decomposition for Complex Image Editing Supplementary Material A. Synthetic Data Generation A.1. Scene Initialization We implement our synthetic data generation pipeline on top of BlenderProc ...

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