Midjourney Update | November 2024: V7 & Video Timeline, Storytelling Demo Scheduled!, SREF Explorer?

Summary

In the latest Midjourney update for November 2024, creator Woollyfern shares exciting developments and features on the horizon. The anticipated V7 model, originally expected by the end of the year, is postponed to early January 2025, alongside the V6 video model. Users can look forward to improvements in the character reference feature, allowing for multiple reference handling. Updates also introduce a new personalization system, batch size modifications, and a style explorer. The team is embarking on a new venture in 3D development with plans for an interactive world-building model. A demo of the storytelling tool scheduled for early December promises a peek into these innovative projects. Woollyfern also offers exclusive content through Patreon, now available at a discount, inviting all to join the creative journey. Stay tuned for more exhilarating content from this dynamic platform.

Highlights

• Midjourney V7 model delayed to early January 2025, promising enhanced features. 🚀
• Upcoming V6 video model to support image-to-video, but no text-to-video for now. 🎥
• New personalization process will make customizing aesthetics easier and faster. 🎨
• Batch size 8 image grids to enhance user experience on the website. 🖥️
• Interactive world-building model in development, demo in December. 🌍

Key Takeaways

• V7 & V6 video models postponed until January 2025. 📅
• Improved character reference feature in V7. 🖼️
• New personalization system coming soon! 🎨
• Midjourney exploring interactive world-building. 🌐
• Demo of storytelling tool scheduled for early December. 🎬

Overview

Midjourney fans, get ready for some thrilling updates! While the much-anticipated release of the V7 model has been pushed to early 2025, it promises to deliver exciting new features, including enhanced character references and improved personalization systems. The V6 video model will offer image-to-video capabilities, raising expectations for future releases. 📅🖼️

On the personalization front, things are getting more streamlined. A new system will soon be launched, allowing users to create custom profiles based on mood boards, making personalizing your experience easier than ever. Plus, bigger image grids are on their way, set to enhance your creative process online. 🎨✨

The future of 3D development looks bright as Midjourney shifts towards interactive world-building. A demo of their storytelling tool is set for December 11th, offering a sneak peek into this innovative realm. Stay tuned for these exhilarating developments and immerse yourself further with Woollyfern’s exclusive content! 🌍🎬

Midjourney Update | November 2024: V7 & Video Timeline, Storytelling Demo Scheduled!, SREF Explorer? Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 hey everyone this is a quick rundown of the mid Journey updates from November first let's talk about V7 and the V6 video model after some consideration with the holidays coming up it looks like we will have to wait until early January before we see a V7 release and the V6 video model as I've mentioned in previous updates the V7 model is expected to bring improvements to multiple areas one that I know many of you will be excited about is the updated character reference feature they've said that it will be able to hand hand
• 00:30 - 01:00 multiple reference characters right now there are a few workarounds for creating images with multiple reference characters I'll link a video but with CF and V7 perhaps we won't need to take those steps no specific updates with the V6 video model we know that it will be image to video and that you'll be able to submit text with the image but there will not be a text to video option video length and resolution R TBD I know it feels like we've been waiting a while for these new releases they've mentioned that they plan to in increase model
• 01:00 - 01:30 release frequency next year going from a couple to perhaps 6 to 8 so big expectations from mid journey in 2025 the release of the new personalization system was slightly delayed but it should be out any day now you'll be able to create multiple custom personalization profiles Define a personalization based on a mood board and there will be a faster setup process for personalization currently we need to rank at least 200 image pairs to teach mid Journey the Aesthetics that we like so I'm curious to see what the new process will be bigger image grids with
• 01:30 - 02:00 batch size 8 should closely follow the personalization release it requires a UI change and is expected to only be available on the website and not on Discord mid journey is considering creating a style Explorer in the next couple of months that lets you view sample images from multiple Sr codes at once you might know that style reference is my favorite feature so I think making style exploration easier for everyone is a great idea and if you don't have time to discover great s codes on your own I
• 02:00 - 02:30 have a carefully curated set of more than 300 srf codes that you can download below if you haven't seen what's possible with the new image editor I have a video showing everything from product mock-ups to home remodels retexturing using srf codes and even converting drawings to new images retexture was only available with the 6.1 model but now you can use it with ni6 as well just set it as your default in your settings or add-- n6 to your retexture prompt a quick note about 3D
• 02:30 - 03:00 development the team is Shifting to what they're calling an interactive World building or World simulation model they'll be gathering data for this in December and plan to start training in January so perhaps by February or March we'll start to see something emerge from that the first glimpse into this idea of World building is expected to come with a demo of the storytelling tool in less than 2 weeks the storytelling team will present a demo during office hours on December 11th if you're not famili familiar with office hours the CEO of
• 03:00 - 03:30 mid Journey holds these weekly on their Discord server as a way to connect with the community there is a new Luma event calendar that I mentioned last month you can go here and sign up to receive event updates or check out events on Mid Journey's Discord before we wrap up I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported my channel downloaded any of my mid Journey guides or joined the patreon community I started the year here with 154 wonderful subscribers and might just hit 10,000 before before the
• 03:30 - 04:00 year is up if you'd like even more mid Journey content you can check out my patreon you'll find mid Journey guides monthly prompt Collections and fun projects like my first attempt at an AI short film all paid tiers are 20% off right now and if you found this update helpful please consider liking subscribing all the things thanks for watching and I'll catch you in the next one [Music]