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High-Quality Facial Albedo Generation for 3D Face Reconstruction from a Single Image using a Coarse-to-Fine Approach

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2025-06-17 v1

Abstract

Facial texture generation is crucial for high-fidelity 3D face reconstruction from a single image. However, existing methods struggle to generate UV albedo maps with high-frequency details. To address this challenge, we propose a novel end-to-end coarse-to-fine approach for UV albedo map generation. Our method first utilizes a UV Albedo Parametric Model (UVAPM), driven by low-dimensional coefficients, to generate coarse albedo maps with skin tones and low-frequency texture details. To capture high-frequency details, we train a detail generator using a decoupled albedo map dataset, producing high-resolution albedo maps. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method can generate high-fidelity textures from a single image, outperforming existing methods in terms of texture quality and realism. The code and pre-trained model are publicly available at https://github.com/MVIC-DAI/UVAPM, facilitating reproducibility and further research.

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@article{arxiv.2506.13233,
  title  = {High-Quality Facial Albedo Generation for 3D Face Reconstruction from a Single Image using a Coarse-to-Fine Approach},
  author = {Jiashu Dai and Along Wang and Binfan Ni and Tao Cao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.13233},
  year   = {2025}
}