RealCustom: Achieve Real-Time Text-to-Image Customization with Unparalleled Control

Want to generate custom images from text that perfectly match your vision? Discover RealCustom, a revolutionary approach to text-to-image customization that delivers unmatched subject fidelity and textual control in real-time. See how it works and why it's a game-changer!

The Challenge: Balancing Fidelity and Control in Text-to-Image Generation

Existing subject-driven image generation methods often struggle to reconcile visual and textual inputs. This creates a frustrating trade-off:

• Subject Fidelity: Maintaining the likeness of the subject matter.
• Textual Controllability: Accurately reflecting the prompt's instructions.

RealCustom solves this problem by disentangling these two key features, enabling simultaneous optimization of both.

Introducing RealCustom: The Real-World Solution for Image Customization

RealCustom bridges the gap between text and visuals by:

• Representing Subjects as Real Words: It treats subjects as interchangeable real words, seamlessly integrating them into text prompts.
• Disentangling Influences: It separates the visual aspects from textual instructions, giving you precise control.

How RealCustom Works: A Step-by-Step Guide

Ready to create stunning personalized images? RealCustom simplifies the process into two easy steps:

Step 1: Character Creation - Define Your Subject (Character)

1. Character Image: This is your reference image. Ideally, use a high-quality, close-up image with a simple, distraction-free background. The subject should be clear and prominent.
2. Character Description: Create a brief description that highlights the subject and its key features.

Step 2: Character-Driven Image Generation - Unleash Your Creativity

1. Input Prompt: Craft your desired image prompt, but instead of directly mentioning the subject, use the "character" you defined in Step 1.
2. Fine-Tune: Use "Face Reference Strength" and "Body Reference Strength" to fine-tune the visual fidelity and likeness of your subject.

Benefits of Using RealCustom

• Simultaneous Optimization: Achieve high subject fidelity and precise textual control at the same time.
• Real-Time Performance: Experience quick image generation turn around.
• Enhanced Customization: Enjoy advanced algorithms previously accessible only via commercial applications like Dreamina and Doubao.
• Simplified Workflow: Get started fast with an intuitive and user-friendly process.

Get Started with RealCustom Today!

Ready to experience the future of text-to-image customization? Here's how to get started:

Installation

1. Install Requirements: Refer to the project's README for a list of dependencies.
2. Download Models: Download the necessary pre-trained models from Hugging Face and place them in the designated "ckpts/" directory.

Inference

• Run the provided inference script: bash inference/inference_single_image.sh.
• Explore the Gradio demo for an interactive experience.
• Try RealCustom on Dreamina for an elevated experience!

New Customization Framework: UNO

Check out the latest advancement! The UNO customization framework enhances RealCustom, offering even greater control and fidelity.

Citation

If RealCustom accelerates your research, cite the relevant papers:

@inproceedings { huang2024realcustom,
 title = { RealCustom: narrowing real text word for real-time open-domain text-to-image customization},
 author = { Huang, Mengqi and Mao, Zhendong and Liu, Mingcong and He, Qian and Zhang, Yongdong},
 booktitle = { Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition},
 pages = { 7476--7485},
 year = { 2024}
}
@article { mao2024realcustom++,
 title = { Realcustom++: Representing images as real-word for real-time customization},
 author = { Mao, Zhendong and Huang, Mengqi and Ding, Fei and Liu, Mingcong and He, Qian and Zhang, Yongdong},
 journal = { arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.09744},
 year = { 2024}
}
@article { wu2025less,
 title = { Less-to-More Generalization: Unlocking More Controllability by In-Context Generation},
 author = { Wu, Shaojin and Huang, Mengqi and Wu, Wenxu and Cheng, Yufeng and Ding, Fei and He, Qian},
 journal = { arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.02160},
 year = { 2025}
}

RealCustom: Where Innovation Meets Imagination.

Unlock the power of RealCustom and bring your creative visions to life with unprecedented control and detail. Real-time text-to-image customization is now within your reach!