SMART-Editor: A Multi-Agent Framework for Human-Like Design Editing with Structural Integrity (2026.findings-eacl)
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| Challenge: | SMART-EDITOR is a framework for compositional layout and content editing for structured visual domains. |
| Approach: | They introduce a framework for compositional editing for structured images like posters or websites . SMART-EDITOR maintains global coherence through two complementary strategies . |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework maintains global coherence through two complementary strategies. |
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