The released checkpoint was validated after each epoch with an 8-shard setup on a held-out KONIQ split.
Best SRCC was reached at epoch 3. The final released checkpoint corresponds to epoch 10. Sanitized training metadata is available in training_guidance/.
Load the model with a standard Transformers vision-language workflow. Provide one image and ask for an overall perceptual quality score in the 1 to 5 range. For easiest downstream parsing, request the final numeric score inside <answer>...</answer>.
Assess the overall perceptual quality of this image. Briefly explain your assessment, then output a final quality score as a float between 1 and 5, rounded to two decimal places, inside <answer>...</answer>.
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