# Image & Video Generation

> Diffusion and transformer generation, conditioning, latent spaces, control, consistency, safety, and media evaluation.

Canonical: https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/concepts/image-video-generation

Diffusion and transformer generation, conditioning, latent spaces, control, consistency, safety, and media evaluation.

- Difficulty: core
- Tracks: Multimodal & Spatial Computing

## Mental model

Generative media iteratively maps noise or tokens into structured outputs under conditioning. Quality requires prompt/control alignment, temporal consistency, safety, and perceptual evaluation.



## Primary sources

- [Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.11239) (paper)

## Practice

### Design exercise: Image & Video Generation

Diffusion and transformer generation, conditioning, latent spaces, control, consistency, safety, and media evaluation. Implement designOutline() returning non-empty values for: conditioning, generationProcess, qualityEval. Each value must name a concrete mechanism or decision.

**Expected evidence:** A design outline with conditioning, generationProcess, qualityEval plus an explicit failure mode or trade-off.

## Review prompts

- Why is temporal consistency harder in video generation than image quality?

## Build evidence

- **Synthesize: Multimodal & Spatial Computing** — Connect vision, audio, generation, on-device intelligence, robotics, spatial interfaces, and HCI. Produce one working system, benchmark, or evidence-backed design that integrates the path.

## Prerequisites

- [Vision Models](https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/concepts/vision-models)

## Related concepts

- [Pose & Motion Tracking](https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/concepts/pose-motion-tracking)
- [Local & On-device Inference](https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/concepts/local-on-device-inference)

## Learning paths

- [12-Week Multimodal & Spatial Computing](https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/roadmaps/multimodal-spatial-12w)