DreamVideo-2: Zero-Shot Subject-Driven Video Customization with Precise Motion Control

TL;DR

DreamVideo-2 is a zero-shot video customization framework that generates subject-specific videos with precise motion control from a single image and bounding box sequence, without test-time fine-tuning.

Contribution

It introduces reference attention and a mask-guided motion module, along with two key designs to balance subject learning and motion control, advancing zero-shot video customization.

Findings

Outperforms state-of-the-art in subject customization

Achieves precise motion control in generated videos

Operates without test-time fine-tuning

Abstract

Recent advances in customized video generation have enabled users to create videos tailored to both specific subjects and motion trajectories. However, existing methods often require complicated test-time fine-tuning and struggle with balancing subject learning and motion control, limiting their real-world applications. In this paper, we present DreamVideo-2, a zero-shot video customization framework capable of generating videos with a specific subject and motion trajectory, guided by a single image and a bounding box sequence, respectively, and without the need for test-time fine-tuning. Specifically, we introduce reference attention, which leverages the model's inherent capabilities for subject learning, and devise a mask-guided motion module to achieve precise motion control by fully utilizing the robust motion signal of box masks derived from bounding boxes. While these two components achieve their intended functions, we empirically observe that motion control tends to dominate over subject learning. To address this, we propose two key designs: 1) the masked reference attention, which integrates a blended latent mask modeling scheme into reference attention to enhance subject representations at the desired positions, and 2) a reweighted diffusion loss, which differentiates the contributions of regions inside and outside the bounding boxes to ensure a balance between subject and motion control. Extensive experimental results on a newly curated dataset demonstrate that DreamVideo-2 outperforms state-of-the-art methods in both subject customization and motion control. The dataset, code, and models will be made publicly available.