Imagine Weekly – Issue 26 [December 1st]

Welcome to Issue 26 of Imagine Weekly 👋

Midjourney is working hard to make their upcoming video and image model outstanding. The new video model, inspired by the V6 image model, and the enhanced V7 image model promise to elevate video and image generation capabilities. Alongside these advancements, Midjourney is developing world models, personalization features, and storytelling tools to enhance user experience.

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In this issue you’ll find:

  • 📖 TL;DR; Weekly Recap of the Office Hours (or the extended recap)

  • 🛠️ Tools to explore

  • 🎨 Some new srefs to tinker with

📅 Office Hours TL;DR; Recap 2024-11-27

🎥 Video & Image Models: New video model akin to V6; V7 image model with major updates.

🌍 World Models: Data collection in December, training in January, features by February.

🖌️ Editor & Personalization: New retexture mode, mood boards, and profiles for personalization.

📖 Storytelling Tool: World-building focus, enhanced with V7, launching in two weeks.

🔄 Creation Flow: Improved batch processing and style exploration in development.

🏢 Organizational Goals: Increase model releases, new data and architecture teams.

💻 Additional Tools: Desktop app in consideration for standalone use and file syncing.

If you want to get more info, read the extended recap.

Ever heard of the Uncanny Valley?

2024 feels like the year of image to video, maybe next year will ne the year of image to 3d.

🛠️ Tools

🎨 Inspiration, Prompts and Srefs

See you next week 👋🤖

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