Shadow Generation for Composite Image Using Diffusion Model

Qingyang Liu, Junqi You, Jianting Wang, Xinhao Tao, Bo Zhang, Li Niu; Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2024, pp. 8121-8130

In the realm of image composition generating realistic shadow for the inserted foreground remains a formidable challenge. Previous works have developed image-to-image translation models which are trained on paired training data. However they are struggling to generate shadows with accurate shapes and intensities hindered by data scarcity and inherent task complexity. In this paper we resort to foundation model with rich prior knowledge of natural shadow images. Specifically we first adapt ControlNet to our task and then propose intensity modulation modules to improve the shadow intensity. Moreover we extend the small-scale DESOBA dataset to DESOBAv2 using a novel data acquisition pipeline. Experimental results on both DESOBA and DESOBAv2 datasets as well as real composite images demonstrate the superior capability of our model for shadow generation task. The dataset code and model are released at https://github.com/bcmi/Object-Shadow-Generation-Dataset-DESOBAv2.