Instructions to use LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B", trust_remote_code=True) messages = [ { "role": "user", "content": [ {"type": "image", "url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/p-blog/candy.JPG"}, {"type": "text", "text": "What animal is on the candy?"} ] }, ] pipe(text=messages)# pip install -U transformers accelerate # Load model directly from transformers import AutoModelForImageTextToText model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B", trust_remote_code=True, device_map="auto") - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- vLLM
How to use LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Describe this image in one sentence." }, { "type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg" } } ] } ] }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B
- SGLang
How to use LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B with SGLang:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install SGLang from pip: pip install sglang # Start the SGLang server: python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Describe this image in one sentence." }, { "type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg" } } ] } ] }'Use Docker images
docker run --gpus all \ --shm-size 32g \ -p 30000:30000 \ -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \ --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \ --ipc=host \ lmsysorg/sglang:latest \ python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Describe this image in one sentence." }, { "type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg" } } ] } ] }' - Docker Model Runner
How to use LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM3-VL-2B
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import math
import warnings
from collections.abc import Iterable
import torch
from torchvision.transforms.v2 import functional as tvF
from transformers.image_processing_backends import TorchvisionBackend
from transformers.image_processing_utils import BatchFeature
from transformers.image_transforms import group_images_by_shape, reorder_images
from transformers.image_utils import ImageInput, PILImageResampling, SizeDict
from transformers.processing_utils import ImagesKwargs, Unpack
from transformers.utils import TensorType, auto_docstring
class Lfm3VlImageProcessorKwargs(ImagesKwargs, total=False):
r"""
min_pixels (`int`, *optional*, defaults to `56 * 56`):
The min pixels of the image to resize the image.
max_pixels (`int`, *optional*, defaults to `28 * 28 * 1280`):
The max pixels of the image to resize the image.
patch_size (`int`, *optional*, defaults to 14):
The spatial patch size of the vision encoder.
temporal_patch_size (`int`, *optional*, defaults to 2):
The temporal patch size of the vision encoder.
merge_size (`int`, *optional*, defaults to 2):
The merge size of the vision encoder to llm encoder.
"""
min_pixels: int
max_pixels: int
patch_size: int
temporal_patch_size: int
merge_size: int
def smart_resize(
height: int, width: int, factor: int = 28, min_pixels: int = 56 * 56, max_pixels: int = 14 * 14 * 4 * 1280
):
"""Rescales the image so that the following conditions are met:
1. Both dimensions (height and width) are divisible by 'factor'.
2. The total number of pixels is within the range ['min_pixels', 'max_pixels'].
3. The aspect ratio of the image is maintained as closely as possible.
"""
if max(height, width) / min(height, width) > 200:
raise ValueError(
f"absolute aspect ratio must be smaller than 200, got {max(height, width) / min(height, width)}"
)
h_bar = round(height / factor) * factor
w_bar = round(width / factor) * factor
if h_bar * w_bar > max_pixels:
beta = math.sqrt((height * width) / max_pixels)
h_bar = max(factor, math.floor(height / beta / factor) * factor)
w_bar = max(factor, math.floor(width / beta / factor) * factor)
elif h_bar * w_bar < min_pixels:
beta = math.sqrt(min_pixels / (height * width))
h_bar = math.ceil(height * beta / factor) * factor
w_bar = math.ceil(width * beta / factor) * factor
return h_bar, w_bar
@auto_docstring
class Lfm3VlImageProcessor(TorchvisionBackend):
do_resize = True
resample = PILImageResampling.BICUBIC
size = {"shortest_edge": 65_536, "longest_edge": 16_777_216}
default_to_square = False
do_rescale = True
do_normalize = True
image_mean = [0.5, 0.5, 0.5]
image_std = [0.5, 0.5, 0.5]
do_convert_rgb = True
patch_size = 16
temporal_patch_size = 2
merge_size = 2
valid_kwargs = Lfm3VlImageProcessorKwargs
model_input_names = ["pixel_values", "image_grid_thw"]
def __init__(self, **kwargs: Unpack[Lfm3VlImageProcessorKwargs]):
# backward compatibility: override size with min_pixels and max_pixels if they are provided
size = kwargs.pop("size", None)
size = dict(self.size) if size is None else size
if (min_pixels := kwargs.pop("min_pixels", None)) is not None:
size["shortest_edge"] = min_pixels
size.pop("min_pixels", None)
if (max_pixels := kwargs.pop("max_pixels", None)) is not None:
size["longest_edge"] = max_pixels
size.pop("max_pixels", None)
super().__init__(size=size, **kwargs)
def _standardize_kwargs(
self,
size: int | Iterable[int] | dict[str, int] | SizeDict | None = None,
min_pixels: int | None = None,
max_pixels: int | None = None,
**kwargs,
) -> dict:
if min_pixels is not None or max_pixels is not None:
warnings.warn(
"Passing `min_pixels` and `max_pixels` to a processor call is deprecated and will be removed in v5.23. "
"Pass in `size={'longest_edge': xxx, 'shortest_edge': xxx} to override the target size.`",
FutureWarning,
)
size_dict = dict(size) if isinstance(size, (dict, SizeDict)) else {}
if min_pixels is not None:
size_dict["shortest_edge"] = min_pixels
if max_pixels is not None:
size_dict["longest_edge"] = max_pixels
size = SizeDict(**size_dict)
return super()._standardize_kwargs(size=size, **kwargs)
@auto_docstring
def preprocess(
self,
images: ImageInput,
**kwargs: Unpack[Lfm3VlImageProcessorKwargs],
) -> BatchFeature:
return super().preprocess(images, **kwargs)
def resize(
self,
images: "torch.Tensor",
size: SizeDict,
resample: "PILImageResampling | tvF.InterpolationMode | int | None",
factor: int,
**kwargs,
) -> "torch.Tensor":
"""Resize dynamically based on input image aspect ratio."""
if not size.shortest_edge or not size.longest_edge:
raise ValueError(f"`size` dict must contain 'shortest_edge' and 'longest_edge' keys but got {size}.")
height, width = images.shape[-2:]
resized_height, resized_width = smart_resize(
height,
width,
factor=factor,
min_pixels=size.shortest_edge,
max_pixels=size.longest_edge,
)
return super().resize(
image=images,
size=SizeDict(height=resized_height, width=resized_width),
resample=resample,
)
def patchify(
self,
images: "torch.Tensor",
patch_size: int,
merge_size: int,
temporal_patch_size: int,
) -> tuple["torch.Tensor", int, int]:
"""Patchifies each image into flat layout of shape (`seq_len`, `patch_dim`) so we can concat dynamically shaped pixels."""
batch_size, channel, resized_height, resized_width = images.shape
grid_h, grid_w = resized_height // patch_size, resized_width // patch_size
patches = images.reshape(
batch_size,
channel,
grid_h // merge_size,
merge_size,
patch_size,
grid_w // merge_size,
merge_size,
patch_size,
)
# Reorder dimensions to group grid and patch information for subsequent flattening.
# [batch, grid_h/merge, grid_w/merge, merge, merge, channel, patch, patch]
patches = patches.permute(0, 2, 5, 3, 6, 1, 4, 7)
flatten_patches = (
patches.unsqueeze(6)
.expand(-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, temporal_patch_size, -1, -1)
.reshape(
batch_size,
grid_h * grid_w,
channel * temporal_patch_size * patch_size * patch_size,
)
)
return flatten_patches, grid_h, grid_w
def _preprocess(
self,
images: list["torch.Tensor"],
do_resize: bool,
size: SizeDict,
resample: "PILImageResampling | tvF.InterpolationMode | int | None",
do_rescale: bool,
rescale_factor: float,
do_normalize: bool,
image_mean: float | list[float] | None,
image_std: float | list[float] | None,
patch_size: int,
temporal_patch_size: int,
merge_size: int,
disable_grouping: bool | None,
return_tensors: str | TensorType | None,
**kwargs,
) -> BatchFeature:
grouped_images, grouped_images_index = group_images_by_shape(images, disable_grouping=disable_grouping)
resized_images_grouped = {}
for shape, stacked_images in grouped_images.items():
if do_resize:
stacked_images = self.resize(
images=stacked_images,
size=size,
resample=resample,
factor=patch_size * merge_size,
)
resized_images_grouped[shape] = stacked_images
resized_images = reorder_images(resized_images_grouped, grouped_images_index)
grouped_images, grouped_images_index = group_images_by_shape(resized_images, disable_grouping=disable_grouping)
processed_images_grouped = {}
processed_grids = {}
for shape, stacked_images in grouped_images.items():
stacked_images = self.rescale_and_normalize(
stacked_images, do_rescale, rescale_factor, do_normalize, image_mean, image_std
)
patches, grid_h, grid_w = self.patchify(
stacked_images,
patch_size=patch_size,
merge_size=merge_size,
temporal_patch_size=temporal_patch_size,
)
processed_images_grouped[shape] = patches
processed_grids[shape] = [[1, grid_h, grid_w]] * len(stacked_images)
processed_images = reorder_images(processed_images_grouped, grouped_images_index)
processed_grids_ordered = reorder_images(processed_grids, grouped_images_index)
pixel_values = processed_images[0] if len(processed_images) == 1 else torch.cat(processed_images, dim=0)
image_grid_thw = torch.tensor(processed_grids_ordered, dtype=torch.long)
return BatchFeature(
data={"pixel_values": pixel_values, "image_grid_thw": image_grid_thw}, tensor_type=return_tensors
)
def get_number_of_image_patches(self, height: int, width: int, images_kwargs: dict | None = None) -> int:
"""
A utility that returns number of image patches for a given image size.
Note: Do not remove this method! It is used by vLLM to infer the number of patches and placeholders
without an image input.
Args:
height (`int`):
Height of the input image.
width (`int`):
Width of the input image.
images_kwargs (`dict`, *optional*)
Any kwargs to override defaults of the image processor.
Returns:
`int`: Number of image patches per image.
"""
# `size` is the supported override (`min_pixels` / `max_pixels` are deprecated): count with the budget the
# preprocessing applies
images_kwargs = dict(images_kwargs or {})
size = images_kwargs.pop("size", None) or self.size
images_kwargs.setdefault("min_pixels", size["shortest_edge"])
images_kwargs.setdefault("max_pixels", size["longest_edge"])
images_kwargs = images_kwargs or {}
min_pixels = images_kwargs["min_pixels"] if "min_pixels" in images_kwargs else self.size["shortest_edge"]
max_pixels = images_kwargs["max_pixels"] if "max_pixels" in images_kwargs else self.size["longest_edge"]
patch_size = images_kwargs.get("patch_size", self.patch_size)
merge_size = images_kwargs.get("merge_size", self.merge_size)
factor = patch_size * merge_size
resized_height, resized_width = smart_resize(
height, width, factor, min_pixels=min_pixels, max_pixels=max_pixels
)
grid_h, grid_w = resized_height // patch_size, resized_width // patch_size
return grid_h * grid_w
__all__ = ["Lfm3VlImageProcessor"]
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