arxiv: 2512.13592 · v2 · submitted 2025-12-15 · 💻 cs.LG · cs.CV

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Image Diffusion Preview with Consistency Solver

Fu-Yun Wang , Hao Zhou , Liangzhe Yuan , Sanghyun Woo , Boqing Gong , Bohyung Han , Ming-Hsuan Yang , Han Zhang

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Yukun Zhu Ting Liu Long Zhao

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keywords diffusion modelsimage generationconsistency solverreinforcement learningsampling accelerationpreview workflowlinear multistep methods

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A new RL-tuned solver produces consistent high-quality previews for diffusion models using far fewer steps than standard methods.

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

Diffusion models generate images too slowly for smooth interactive use, so the paper introduces a preview-and-refine workflow: a fast low-step sampler shows a draft image for quick user judgment, with full computation only if the draft passes. Current fast solvers and distilled models often produce poor previews or drift when the final image is generated. The authors derive ConsistencySolver from general linear multistep methods, then train it as a lightweight high-order solver with reinforcement learning to improve both preview quality and preview-to-final consistency. Experiments show it matches multistep DPM-Solver FID scores with 47 percent fewer steps and cuts measured user interaction time by nearly half.

Core claim

We introduce Diffusion Preview, a paradigm employing rapid, low-step sampling to generate preliminary outputs for user evaluation, deferring full-step refinement until the preview is deemed satisfactory. We propose ConsistencySolver derived from general linear multistep methods, a lightweight, trainable high-order solver optimized via Reinforcement Learning, that enhances preview quality and consistency. Experimental results demonstrate that ConsistencySolver significantly improves generation quality and consistency in low-step scenarios, achieving FID scores on-par with Multistep DPM-Solver using 47% fewer steps, while outperforming distillation baselines. User studies indicate our approach

What carries the argument

ConsistencySolver: a trainable high-order solver obtained from general linear multistep methods and optimized by reinforcement learning to stabilize low-step diffusion sampling.

If this is right

Low-step previews reach FID parity with multistep DPM-Solver while using 47 percent fewer function evaluations.
The method outperforms existing distillation baselines on both quality and consistency metrics in the preview regime.
User interaction time for image generation drops by nearly 50 percent in controlled studies without loss of final quality.
The preview-and-refine loop becomes practical because preview failures no longer waste full computation.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

The same RL-tuning approach could be applied to other linear multistep families to accelerate additional diffusion variants.
Preview consistency opens the door to interactive editing where users modify the low-step draft before full refinement.
If the solver generalizes, real-time creative tools could adopt diffusion backbones without sacrificing responsiveness.

Load-bearing premise

The reinforcement-learning-tuned parameters will transfer to new prompts and datasets without introducing preview artifacts or breaking consistency with full generations.

What would settle it

On a held-out prompt set drawn from a different distribution, low-step ConsistencySolver outputs show FID more than 10 points worse than the multistep baseline or fail visual consistency checks with the corresponding full-step images on more than 15 percent of cases.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2512.13592 by Bohyung Han, Boqing Gong, Fu-Yun Wang, Han Zhang, Hao Zhou, Liangzhe Yuan, Long Zhao, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Sanghyun Woo, Ting Liu, Yukun Zhu.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Overview of our Diffusion Preview framework for efficient image generation using diffusion models. Given a text prompt and a noise map, we first perform faster diffusion sampling to quickly generate a preview image. The user then decides whether the result is satisfactory. If not, they may refine the prompt or change the random seed. Once satisfied, full-step diffusion sampling is applied to generate th… view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Overview of our RL framework for optimizing a learnable ODE solver in diffusion sampling. Given a prompt and a noise map, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Visual comparison on Stable Diffusion for text-to-image generation. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Visual comparison on FLUX.1-Kontext for instructional [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: Workflow of the generalized learnable ODE solver [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_5.png] view at source ↗

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The slow inference process of image diffusion models significantly degrades interactive user experiences. To address this, we introduce Diffusion Preview, a novel paradigm employing rapid, low-step sampling to generate preliminary outputs for user evaluation, deferring full-step refinement until the preview is deemed satisfactory. Existing acceleration methods, including training-free solvers and post-training distillation, struggle to deliver high-quality previews or ensure consistency between previews and final outputs. We propose ConsistencySolver derived from general linear multistep methods, a lightweight, trainable high-order solver optimized via Reinforcement Learning, that enhances preview quality and consistency. Experimental results demonstrate that ConsistencySolver significantly improves generation quality and consistency in low-step scenarios, making it ideal for efficient preview-and-refine workflows. Notably, it achieves FID scores on-par with Multistep DPM-Solver using 47% fewer steps, while outperforming distillation baselines. Furthermore, user studies indicate our approach reduces overall user interaction time by nearly 50% while maintaining generation quality. Code is available at https://github.com/G-U-N/consolver.

Editorial analysis

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ConsistencySolver tunes multistep coefficients via RL for better low-step previews in diffusion, with solid reported speedups but generalization as the key open question.

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Hi, the main takeaway is that this paper introduces ConsistencySolver, which takes general linear multistep methods and makes them trainable with RL to improve preview quality and consistency in low-step diffusion sampling. What stands out positively is the empirical performance: it achieves FID scores on par with Multistep DPM-Solver using 47% fewer steps and outperforms distillation baselines, with a user study showing nearly 50% reduction in user interaction time. The public code is a good move for allowing verification. The softer aspect is the generalization of the RL-optimized parameters. The abstract leaves the reward design and training details somewhat open, so the possibility that the solver works well only on the training distribution and produces inconsistencies elsewhere is a point to verify in the full paper. If that holds, it strengthens the case; if not, the interactive workflow benefit is limited. This is relevant for researchers focused on making diffusion models faster for practical, user-facing applications. The work shows honest engagement with the problem and has verifiable claims, so it deserves peer review. Recommendation: send it to referees.

Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper introduces Diffusion Preview, a workflow using low-step sampling for rapid previews in diffusion models followed by full refinement only if the preview is satisfactory. It proposes ConsistencySolver, a trainable high-order solver derived from general linear multistep methods and optimized via reinforcement learning, claiming this yields FID scores on par with Multistep DPM-Solver at 47% fewer steps, outperforms distillation baselines, and reduces user interaction time by nearly 50% in studies while maintaining consistency between preview and final output.

Significance. If the RL-optimized coefficients generalize reliably, the work could meaningfully improve interactive diffusion applications by enabling trustworthy low-step previews. The availability of code at https://github.com/G-U-N/consolver is a positive for reproducibility.

major comments (2)

[Abstract] Abstract and Experimental Results: the central claim of FID parity with Multistep DPM-Solver using 47% fewer steps and reliable preview-to-final consistency rests on RL-optimized solver coefficients, yet no cross-prompt or cross-dataset ablation is reported to verify that the learned parameters do not overfit the training distribution and produce artifacts on diverse inputs.
[Method] Method section on RL optimization: the reward design, exact training prompts, and consistency metric used to tune the solver coefficients are summarized without sufficient detail, which is load-bearing for assessing whether the reported gains are robust or could require full regeneration in practice.

minor comments (1)

[Method] Notation for the linear multistep coefficients and the RL policy parameterization should be defined more explicitly with equations to aid reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We are grateful to the referee for the thoughtful review and constructive suggestions. We have revised the manuscript to incorporate additional ablations and detailed methodological descriptions as requested. Below we provide point-by-point responses to the major comments.

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Referee: [Abstract] Abstract and Experimental Results: the central claim of FID parity with Multistep DPM-Solver using 47% fewer steps and reliable preview-to-final consistency rests on RL-optimized solver coefficients, yet no cross-prompt or cross-dataset ablation is reported to verify that the learned parameters do not overfit the training distribution and produce artifacts on diverse inputs.

Authors: We thank the referee for highlighting this important point. While our experiments were conducted on standard benchmarks like ImageNet and COCO, we recognize the value of explicit cross-dataset and cross-prompt ablations. In the revised manuscript, we have included additional experiments demonstrating that the ConsistencySolver maintains FID parity and preview consistency across a variety of prompts and datasets without introducing artifacts. These results support the robustness of the learned coefficients. revision: yes
Referee: [Method] Method section on RL optimization: the reward design, exact training prompts, and consistency metric used to tune the solver coefficients are summarized without sufficient detail, which is load-bearing for assessing whether the reported gains are robust or could require full regeneration in practice.

Authors: We agree that providing more granular details on the RL optimization process is essential for reproducibility and assessing robustness. In the updated Method section, we now include the full specification of the reward design (including the weighting of quality, consistency, and efficiency terms), the exact set of training prompts used (drawn from a curated subset of LAION-5B), and the mathematical definition of the consistency metric (based on perceptual similarity measures). We believe this addresses the concern and allows readers to fully evaluate the approach. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in ConsistencySolver derivation

full rationale

The paper starts from established general linear multistep methods, introduces ConsistencySolver as a trainable high-order solver, and optimizes its parameters via Reinforcement Learning on external training signals. Reported gains (FID parity with 47% fewer steps, user study time reduction) are presented as empirical outcomes from separate evaluation protocols rather than quantities that reduce by definition or construction to the fitted coefficients or to self-citations. No load-bearing step equates a prediction to its own input parameters, and the RL objective is described as independent of the final test metrics.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The approach rests on adapting standard numerical methods to diffusion sampling and using RL for parameter tuning, with no new physical entities postulated.

free parameters (1)

solver coefficients
High-order multistep coefficients are made trainable and optimized via RL rather than fixed analytically.

axioms (1)

domain assumption General linear multistep methods apply to the probability flow ODE of diffusion models
The solver is explicitly derived from these methods for the diffusion setting.

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