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Bayesian Optimization for Controlled Image Editing via LLMs

Chengkun Cai, Haoliang Liu, Xu Zhao, Zhongyu Jiang, Tianfang Zhang, Zongkai Wu, John Lee, Jenq-Neng Hwang

Abstract

In the rapidly evolving field of image generation, achieving precise control over generated content and maintaining semantic consistency remain significant limitations, particularly concerning grounding techniques and the necessity for model fine-tuning. To address these challenges, we propose BayesGenie, an off-the-shelf approach that integrates Large Language Models (LLMs) with Bayesian Optimization to facilitate precise and user-friendly image editing. Our method enables users to modify images through natural language descriptions without manual area marking, while preserving the original image’s semantic integrity. Unlike existing techniques that require extensive pre-training or fine-tuning, our approach demonstrates remarkable adaptability across various LLMs through its model-agnostic design. BayesGenie employs an adapted Bayesian optimization strategy to automatically refine the inference process parameters, achieving high-precision image editing with minimal user intervention. Through extensive experiments across diverse scenarios, we demonstrate that our framework outperforms existing methods in both editing accuracy and semantic preservation, as validated using different LLMs including Claude3 and GPT-4.

BibTeX
@inproceedings{cai-etal-2025-bayesian,
    title = "{B}ayesian Optimization for Controlled Image Editing via {LLM}s",
    author = "Cai, Chengkun  and
      Liu, Haoliang  and
      Zhao, Xu  and
      Jiang, Zhongyu  and
      Zhang, Tianfang  and
      Wu, Zongkai  and
      Lee, John  and
      Hwang, Jenq-Neng  and
      Li, Lei",
    editor = "Che, Wanxiang  and
      Nabende, Joyce  and
      Shutova, Ekaterina  and
      Pilehvar, Mohammad Taher",
    booktitle = "Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2025",
    month = jul,
    year = "2025",
    address = "Vienna, Austria",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    url = "https://aclanthology.org/2025.findings-acl.523/",
    doi = "10.18653/v1/2025.findings-acl.523",
    pages = "10045--10056",
    ISBN = "979-8-89176-256-5"
}
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