Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing identity-preserving image generation. The technique includes converting an identity image depicting a facial identity into an identity embedding. The technique further includes generating a combined embedding based on the identity embedding and a diffusion iteration identifier. The technique further includes converting, using a neural network and based on the combined embedding, a first input image that includes first noise into a first predicted image depicting one or more facial features that include one or more first facial identity features, wherein the one or more first facial identity features correspond to one or more respective second facial identity features of the identity image and are based at least on the identity embedding.