🚀 Midjourney Office Hours Highlights: April 2nd

Midjourney V7 Launch: A New Era in AI Art Generation. The team recently concluded the "RELAX-ATHON" period, a strategic pause aimed at optimizing server performance for this major release. As excitement builds, the launch is slated for today (Thursday, April 3rd), promising a suite of enhancements that will redefine user experience.

I am curios about what people will create with it. The upcoming Imagine Weekly Issuel will probably be filled with many great creations. Stay tuned 🎉

For a quick overview, head straight to the TL;DR; section otherwise keep on reading.

Extended Recap

🎨 Enhanced Features and New Interface

V7 is set to deliver a host of improvements, including superior quality, enhanced textures, and better coherence in generated images. Users can also look forward to a more intuitive interface that streamlines the creative process. The update promises a deeper understanding of prompts, allowing for more precise and personalized outputs.

⚡ Speed Modes: Balancing Quality and Exploration

With the introduction of two distinct speed modes, Midjourney caters to diverse user needs. The standard mode prioritizes quality, ensuring that every detail is meticulously crafted. Meanwhile, the draft mode offers a faster, more conversational approach, perfect for brainstorming and exploring initial ideas. Although still in its fine-tuning phase, the draft mode is expected to stabilize shortly. Looking ahead, a super slow mode is being considered to meet user demands for even higher quality outputs.

🛠️ Features at Launch and What's Delayed

At launch, users will have access to style references, personalization options, variations, and negative prompts. V7 will seamlessly integrate with the V6 upscaler and editor. However, some features like Character Reference and Omni-reference are postponed for further refinement. The team is also working on an improved style reference and a new upscaler, with remix and multi-prompts slated for future updates. Despite these delays, the decision was made to proceed with the V7 release to deliver immediate value to users.

🔮 Future Developments and Weekly Releases

In the coming weeks, Midjourney plans to roll out weekly updates, each introducing at least one new feature. This phased approach ensures continuous enhancement and user engagement.

🎥 Video Models on the Horizon

Training for Midjourney's video models is progressing, with completion expected by month's end. While an immediate release isn't guaranteed, the aim is to launch an affordable model featuring text to video, image to video, and vary to video modes. To celebrate this milestone, a video rating party event might be in the works for next month.

TL;DR

🚀 V7 Launch: Midjourney's V7 launches today with improved quality, textures, coherence, and a new interface.

⚡ Speed Modes: Two modes—standard for quality and draft for fast exploration; a super slow mode is in consideration.

🛠️ Features: Style reference, personalization, variations, and negative prompts available; some features delayed.

🔮 Future Updates: Weekly releases over the next four weeks, each adding new features.

🎥 Video Models: Training underway for text to video, image to video, and vary to video modes; potential video rating event next month.

Stay tuned for more updates as Midjourney continues to innovate and enhance its platform!

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