Imagine Weekly – Issue 34 [February 6th]

Welcome to Issue 34 of Imagine Weekly 👋

Midjourney's V7 model is making waves with its promising advancements. A month into its training, V7 is already showcasing significant improvements in image quality over its predecessor, V6. The team is currently running two training experiments: one with enhanced text data and another with less, aiming to finalize their choice by the end of the week. The focus remains on refining the model architecture, as the core dataset has remained largely unchanged since V4.

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In this issue you’ll find:

  • 📖 Office Hours TL;DR

  • 🛠️ Tools to explore

  • 🎨 Some new srefs to tinker with and other sources of inspiration

📖 TL;DR

🚀 V7 Model: Significant image quality improvements; final training choice soon. ⚡ Speed Optimization: Distillation process to enhance speed; crucial for user experience.

📊 Dataset: New data not ready for V7; future updates to include cleaned, expanded data.

🔮 V8 Plans: Simplified V7; V8 may reintroduce complexity for enhanced performance.

🎥 Video Development: Promising results; exploring in-house, partnerships, or hybrid strategies.

🖼️ 3D Features: Achievable 3D generalization; plans for camera movement and re-rendering.

🌐 UI Enhancements: Infrastructure updates; exploring advanced editing and personalization features.

🛠️ Tools

🎨 Inspiration, Prompts and Srefs

See you next week 👋🤖

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