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What does ToonCrafter claim and measure for generative cartoon in-betweening (inputs, frame counts, metrics, user study, failure modes) and what are the code/weights/data terms?

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ToonCrafter (arXiv v1, May 2024; SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 journal track per README) generates intermediate frames between two cartoon images with a fine-tuned image-to-video diffusion model, optionally guided by sparse sketches. Released model: 16 frames at 512x320 from a start and end image plus text. On its own 1K cartoon test set it reports FVD 43.92 vs 98.96 for the next best (SEINE) and a 24-person study with 68.98% preference for motion quality; it does not win LPIPS (0.1733 vs 0.1702 FILM). Stated failure modes: baselines fail on dis-occlusion and non-linear motion; unadapted priors leak live-action content; compressed latents cause flicker/detail loss; the maintainers state the success rate is not guaranteed.

ToonCrafter (arXiv v1, May 2024; SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 journal track per README) generates intermediate frames between two cartoon images with a fine-tuned image-to-video diffusion model, optionally guided by sparse sketches. Released model: 16 frames at 512x320 from a start and end image plus text. On its own 1K cartoon test set it reports FVD 43.92 vs 98.96 for the next best (SEINE) and a 24-person study with 68.98% preference for motion quality; it does not win LPIPS (0.1733 vs 0.1702 FILM). Stated failure modes: baselines fail on dis-occlusion and non-linear motion; unadapted priors leak live-action content; compressed latents cause flicker/detail loss; the maintainers state the success rate is not guaranteed. Curator qualifications: ToonCrafter: diffusion in-betweening between two cartoon frames, optional sketch guidance; 16 frames at 512x320; own test set. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://arxiv.org/html/2405.17933v1",
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      "url": "https://huggingface.co/Doubiiu/ToonCrafter",
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      "url": "https://github.com/Doubiiu/ToonCrafter",
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Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] ToonCrafter (arXiv v1, May 2024; SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 journal track per README) generates intermediate frames between two cartoon images with a fine-tuned image-to-video diffusion model, optionally guided by sparse sketches. Released model: 16 frames at 512x320 from a start and end image plus text. On its own 1K cartoon test set it reports FVD 43.92 vs 98.96 for the next best (SEINE) and a 24-person study with 68.98% preference for motion quality; it does not win LPIPS (0.1733 vs 0.1702 FILM). Stated failure modes: baselines fail on dis-occlusion and non-linear motion; unadapted priors leak live-action content; compressed latents cause flicker/detail loss; the maintainers state the success rate is not guaranteed. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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