diff --git a/swift/llm/template/base.py b/swift/llm/template/base.py
index 6ee8f247be..a5cc574699 100644
--- a/swift/llm/template/base.py
+++ b/swift/llm/template/base.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class MaxLengthError(ValueError):
 
 
 class Template(ProcessorMixin):
-    special_tokens = ['<image>', '<video>', '<audio>', '<bbox>', '<ref-object>', '<cot-process>']
+    special_tokens = ['<image>', '<video>', '<audio>', '<bbox>', '<ref-object>', '<cot-process>', '<start-image>']
     special_keys = ['images', 'videos', 'audios', 'objects']
 
     image_placeholder = ['<image>']
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ def _preprocess_inputs(
     ) -> None:
         if self.model_meta.is_multimodal:
             self._replace_image_tags(inputs)
+            self._replace_start_image_tags(inputs)
         images = inputs.images
         load_images = self.load_images or self.mode in {'vllm', 'lmdeploy'}
         load_images_origin = load_images
@@ -217,6 +218,19 @@ def _replace_image_tags(inputs: StdTemplateInputs):
             assert not inputs.images, f'images: {images}, inputs.images: {inputs.images}'
             inputs.images = images
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _replace_start_image_tags(inputs: StdTemplateInputs):
+        # compat
+        generate_mode = False
+        for message in inputs.messages:
+            content = message['content']
+            if not isinstance(content, str):
+                continue
+            if content.strip().endswith('<start-image>'):
+                generate_mode = True
+                message['content'] = re.sub('<start-image>', '', content).strip()  # remove the <start-image>
+        inputs.generate_mode = generate_mode
+
     def _rlhf_encode(self, inputs: StdTemplateInputs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         chosen_inputs, rejected_inputs = inputs, deepcopy(inputs)
         assert chosen_inputs.rejected_response is not None, f'inputs: {inputs}'
diff --git a/swift/llm/template/template/deepseek.py b/swift/llm/template/template/deepseek.py
index 3a3dd3b626..2b41d6dd37 100644
--- a/swift/llm/template/template/deepseek.py
+++ b/swift/llm/template/template/deepseek.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 # Copyright (c) Alibaba, Inc. and its affiliates.
+import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
+import numpy as np
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
+from PIL import Image
 
+from swift.utils import get_env_args
 from ..base import Template
 from ..constant import LLMTemplateType, MLLMTemplateType
 from ..register import TemplateMeta, register_template
@@ -40,6 +44,9 @@ class DeepseekTemplateMeta(TemplateMeta):
 class DeepseekVLTemplate(Template):
     image_placeholder = ['<image_placeholder>']
     skip_prompt = False
+    use_model = True
+
+    image_token_num_per_image: int = 576
 
     def _encode(self, inputs: StdTemplateInputs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         is_janus = getattr(self, 'is_janus', False)
@@ -48,48 +55,166 @@ def _encode(self, inputs: StdTemplateInputs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         images = inputs.images
         processor = self.processor
         input_ids, labels = encoded['input_ids'], encoded['labels']
-        idx_list = findall(input_ids, processor.image_id)  # '<image_placeholder>'
-        new_input_ids, new_labels = [], []
-        lo = 0
-        for hi in idx_list:
-            new_input_ids += input_ids[lo:hi]
+
+        if not inputs.generate_mode:  # understanding task
+            idx_list = findall(input_ids, processor.image_id)  # '<image_placeholder>'
+            new_input_ids, new_labels = [], []
+            lo = 0
+            for hi in idx_list:
+                new_input_ids += input_ids[lo:hi]
+                if labels is not None:
+                    new_labels += labels[lo:hi]
+                image_tokens = [processor.image_id] * processor.num_image_tokens
+                if is_janus:
+                    image_tokens = [processor.image_start_id] + image_tokens + [processor.image_end_id]
+                new_input_ids += image_tokens
+                new_labels += [-100] * len(image_tokens)
+                lo = hi + 1
+            new_input_ids += input_ids[lo:]
             if labels is not None:
-                new_labels += labels[lo:hi]
-            image_tokens = [processor.image_id] * processor.num_image_tokens
+                new_labels += labels[lo:]
+            else:
+                new_labels = None
             if is_janus:
-                image_tokens = [processor.image_start_id] + image_tokens + [processor.image_end_id]
-            new_input_ids += image_tokens
-            new_labels += [-100] * len(image_tokens)
-            lo = hi + 1
-        new_input_ids += input_ids[lo:]
-        if labels is not None:
-            new_labels += labels[lo:]
+                from janus.models.processing_vlm import VLChatProcessorOutput
+            else:
+                from deepseek_vl.models.processing_vlm import VLChatProcessorOutput
+
+            images_outputs = processor.image_processor(images, return_tensors='pt')
+            output = VLChatProcessorOutput(
+                sft_format=None,
+                input_ids=torch.tensor(new_input_ids),
+                pixel_values=images_outputs.pixel_values,
+                num_image_tokens=torch.tensor([processor.num_image_tokens] * len(idx_list)))
+            encoded = {'output': output, 'input_ids': new_input_ids, 'labels': new_labels}
+            return encoded
+
+        else:  # image generation task
+            if self.is_training:
+                raise NotImplementedError('Only support the inference of generation of Janus series models.')
+            sft_format = self.tokenizer.decode(input_ids)
+            prompt = sft_format + processor.image_start_tag
+            input_ids = processor.tokenizer.encode(prompt)
+            input_ids = torch.LongTensor(input_ids)
+
+            encoded = {'input_ids': input_ids, 'labels': labels, 'generate_mode': inputs.generate_mode}
+            return encoded
+
+    def _post_encode(self, model: nn.Module, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        if not inputs.get('generate_mode'):
+            inputs['pixel_values'] = inputs['pixel_values'].to(dtype=self.config.torch_dtype)
+            inputs_embeds = model.prepare_inputs_embeds(**inputs)
+            return {'inputs_embeds': inputs_embeds}
         else:
-            new_labels = None
-        if is_janus:
-            from janus.models.processing_vlm import VLChatProcessorOutput
+            return inputs
+
+    def _data_collator(self, batch: List[Dict[str, Any]], *, padding_to: Optional[int] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        gene_img_list = [b.get('generate_mode') for b in batch]
+        if all(gene_img_list):
+            generate_mode = True
+        elif not any(gene_img_list):
+            generate_mode = False
         else:
-            from deepseek_vl.models.processing_vlm import VLChatProcessorOutput
+            raise NotImplementedError('Do not support understanding and image generation tasks in one batch.')
 
-        images_outputs = processor.image_processor(images, return_tensors='pt')
-        output = VLChatProcessorOutput(
-            sft_format=None,
-            input_ids=torch.tensor(new_input_ids),
-            pixel_values=images_outputs.pixel_values,
-            num_image_tokens=torch.tensor([processor.num_image_tokens] * len(idx_list)))
-        encoded = {'output': output, 'input_ids': new_input_ids, 'labels': new_labels}
-        return encoded
+        if not generate_mode:
+            output = self.fetch_inputs(batch, ['output'])['output']
+            batched_output = dict(self.processor.batchify(output))
+            res = super()._data_collator(batch, padding_to=padding_to)
+            return {**batched_output, **res}
+        else:
+            res = super()._data_collator(batch, padding_to=padding_to)
+            res['generate_mode'] = generate_mode
+            return res
 
-    def _post_encode(self, model: nn.Module, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        inputs['pixel_values'] = inputs['pixel_values'].to(dtype=self.config.torch_dtype)
-        inputs_embeds = model.prepare_inputs_embeds(**inputs)
-        return {'inputs_embeds': inputs_embeds}
+    def generate(self, model, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not kwargs.get('generate_mode'):
+            return model.generate(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def _data_collator(self, batch: List[Dict[str, Any]], *, padding_to: Optional[int] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        output = self.fetch_inputs(batch, ['output'])['output']
-        batched_output = dict(self.processor.batchify(output))
-        res = super()._data_collator(batch, padding_to=padding_to)
-        return {**batched_output, **res}
+        else:
+            # generate how many number of images for each prompt, it is named parallel_size in the author's code
+            parallel_size = kwargs['generation_config'].num_return_sequences
+            temperature = kwargs['generation_config'].temperature
+            cfg_weight = get_env_args('cfg_weight', float, 5.0)
+
+            input_ids = kwargs['input_ids']  # [bsz, max_input_token_num]
+            bsz, max_input_token_num = input_ids.shape
+            tokens = torch.zeros((bsz, parallel_size * 2, max_input_token_num),
+                                 dtype=torch.int).cuda()  # [bsz, parallel_size*2, max_input_token_num]
+            for i in range(parallel_size * 2):
+                tokens[:, i, :] = input_ids
+                if i % 2 != 0:
+                    tokens[:, i, 1:-1] = self.processor.pad_id
+
+            inputs_embeds = model.language_model.get_input_embeddings()(
+                tokens)  # [bsz, parallel_size*2, max_input_token_num, 2048]
+
+            generated_tokens = torch.zeros(
+                (bsz, parallel_size, self.image_token_num_per_image),
+                dtype=torch.int).cuda()  # [bsz, 16, image_token_num_per_image] placeholder for the generated tokens
+
+            # set the first two dimensions into one dimension for batch size
+            inputs_embeds = inputs_embeds.reshape(bsz * parallel_size * 2, max_input_token_num, -1)
+            generated_tokens = generated_tokens.reshape(bsz * parallel_size, self.image_token_num_per_image)
+
+            for i in range(self.image_token_num_per_image):  # generate the tokens of image in a auto-regression way
+                outputs = model.language_model.model(
+                    inputs_embeds=inputs_embeds,
+                    use_cache=True,
+                    past_key_values=outputs.past_key_values if i != 0 else None)
+                hidden_states = outputs.last_hidden_state
+
+                logits = self.model.gen_head(hidden_states[:, -1, :])
+                logit_cond = logits[0::2, :]
+                logit_uncond = logits[1::2, :]
+
+                logits = logit_uncond + cfg_weight * (logit_cond - logit_uncond)
+                probs = torch.softmax(logits / temperature, dim=-1)
+
+                next_token = torch.multinomial(probs, num_samples=1)
+                generated_tokens[:, i] = next_token.squeeze(dim=-1)  # [parallel_size, self.image_token_num_per_image]
+
+                next_token = torch.cat([next_token.unsqueeze(dim=1), next_token.unsqueeze(dim=1)], dim=1).view(-1)
+                img_embeds = model.prepare_gen_img_embeds(next_token)  # [parallel_size * 2, 2048]
+                inputs_embeds = img_embeds.unsqueeze(dim=1)  # [parallel_size * 2, 1, 2048]
+
+            # no need to reset the original first two dimensions, waiting for the update of the upper layer
+            # inputs_embeds = inputs_embeds.reshape(bsz, parallel_size*2, -1)
+            # generated_tokens = generated_tokens.reshape(bsz, parallel_size, self.image_token_num_per_image)
+
+            return {'sequences': generated_tokens}
+
+    def decode(self, generate_ids: List[int], is_finished: bool = True, tokenizer_kwargs=None, **kwargs) -> Any:
+        if not kwargs['template_inputs'].generate_mode:
+            return super().decode(generate_ids, is_finished, tokenizer_kwargs, **kwargs)
+
+        else:
+            img_size = get_env_args('img_size', int, 384)
+            patch_size = 16
+
+            num_to_decode = 1  # for now, generate_ids is a 1D list
+
+            generate_ids = torch.tensor(generate_ids).unsqueeze(0)  # [num_to_decode=1, self.image_token_num_per_image]
+
+            dec = self.model.gen_vision_model.decode_code(
+                generate_ids.to(dtype=torch.int),
+                shape=[num_to_decode, 8, img_size // patch_size, img_size // patch_size])
+            dec = dec.to(torch.float32).cpu().numpy().transpose(0, 2, 3, 1)  # [num_to_decode, H, W, ch=3]
+
+            dec = np.clip((dec + 1) / 2 * 255, 0, 255)
+
+            visual_img = np.zeros((num_to_decode, img_size, img_size, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
+            visual_img[:, :, :] = dec
+
+            img_list = []
+            for i in range(num_to_decode):
+                cur_img = Image.fromarray(visual_img[i])
+                img_list.append({'type': 'image', 'image': cur_img})
+
+                os.makedirs('generated_images', exist_ok=True)
+                cur_img.save(os.path.join('generated_images', f'img_{i}.jpg'))
+
+            return img_list
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/tests/test_align/test_template/test_gene.py b/tests/test_align/test_template/test_gene.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..012eb1674b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_align/test_template/test_gene.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import os
+
+import torch
+
+os.environ['CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES'] = '0'
+os.environ['SWIFT_DEBUG'] = '1'
+
+
+def test_deepseek_janus_pro_gene():
+    from swift.llm import infer_main, InferArguments
+    args = InferArguments(
+        # model='deepseek-ai/Janus-Pro-1B',
+        model='/mnt/nas1/.cache/modelscope/hub/deepseek-ai/Janus-Pro-1B',
+        infer_backend='pt')
+    infer_main(args)
+
+
+def test_emu3_gen(infer_backend):
+    from swift.llm import infer_main, InferArguments
+    args = InferArguments(
+        model='BAAI/Emu3-Gen',
+        infer_backend=infer_backend,
+        stream=False,
+        use_chat_template=False,
+        top_k=2048,
+        max_new_tokens=40960)
+    infer_main(args)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # test_emu3_gen('pt')
+    test_deepseek_janus_pro_gene()