Fei Peng, Junqiang Wu, Haoxian Tan, Jun Zhou, Jie Hu, Xiaoming Wei, Jie Guo, Xiu Li
Numerous distillation methods have been developed to accelerate diffusion models. Recent research indicates that hybrid strategies---blending different paradigms---yield superior results compared to single-method approaches. However, current works predominantly rely on a simple combination of objectives, leaving the question of how to effectively synergize them largely underexplored. In this paper, we specifically investigate the synergy between Score Distillation and Adversarial Distillation. We reveal that their operating zones are distinct and complementary: Score Distillation is effective in high-noise regimes for capturing the global distribution yet lacks fine-grained supervision in low-noise regions. Conversely, Adversarial Distillation is effective in low-noise regions but is prone to instability and suffers from discriminator failure when applied to high-noise intervals. Leveraging this insight, we propose Efficient Adversarial Score Distillation (EASD), a framework that synergizes these objectives via a regime-adaptive sampling strategy, directing each objective to focus on its effective interval. We further apply this paradigm to DiT-based Flow Matching models. Empirically, our method achieves a promising one-step FID of 1.39 on ImageNet 256$\times$256 using the SiT-XL/2+REPA model. This work provides a concrete guideline for maximizing the potential of hybrid distillation. Our code and model are available at https://github.com/pf0607/EASD .
Visual commissions require image agents to integrate heterogeneous source materials, preserve requirements across dependent stages, and produce coordinated deliverables. Existing evaluations examine specific capabilities and execution settings, leaving end-to-end commission completion less understood. We introduce Visual Commission Bench (VCB), comprising 600 tasks across 12 categories and three complementary tiers, from capability-focused tasks to complete commissions. VCB uses 5,039 requirement checks and separate visual quality ratings to assess content correctness, visual realization, constraint preservation, and delivery completeness without prescribing an internal workflow. We present V-Protocol, a reference agent that dynamically composes reusable task, cognitive, and expression modules at inference time. Task modules organize delivery, cognitive modules derive content, and expression modules guide visual realization. The modules exchange structured intermediate artifacts, while a shared execution harness tracks artifact revisions and dependencies, manages tool execution, and checks completion. With the same controller and image generator as the agent baselines, V-Protocol achieves 69.0\% strict task success on VCB, compared with 42.0\% for SCOPE. On Mind-Bench, strict accuracy increases from 39.2\% to 45.4\%.