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Stroke-Size Control Improves Diffusion Model Performance

other · 2026-04-30

A new paper on arXiv proposes stroke-size control as a method to improve diffusion models in low signal-to-noise regimes. The authors draw an analogy to oil painting, where using a fine stroke throughout is ineffective. By adjusting the effective roughness of supervised targets, predictions, and perturbations across timesteps, they aim to ease the challenge of pixel-level predictions under high noise. The paper is available at arXiv:2603.26783.

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  • arXiv:2603.26783v2
  • Announce Type: replace-cross
  • Diffusion models face challenges in low signal-to-noise regimes
  • Stroke-size control is proposed as a controlled intervention
  • Analogy to oil painting with finest stroke
  • Changes effective roughness of supervised target, predictions, and perturbations across timesteps
  • Aims to ease low signal-to-noise challenge
  • Published on arXiv

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