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With competition intensifying in the AI imaging market from companies like Elon Musk’s indulgent Grok-2 (based on Black Forest Labs’ open-source Flux.1), one leader is stepping up.
Means of travelwhich many AI artists and designers praise as an outstanding and top-quality AI image generator, unveiled a fresh, updated version of its website last night featuring a fresh editor interface that unifies various existing features such as inpainting (repainting parts of an image with fresh AI-generated visualizations using text hints), outpaining/canvas extension (stretching the image boundaries in different directions and filling the fresh space with fresh AI visualizations), and many others into a single view.
Watch a video tutorial on how to operate the fresh Midjourney menu below:
Additionally, the fresh web editor includes a fresh virtual “brush”-like painting tool, replacing the previous square and lasso selector tools and allowing for greater precision when using AI to edit parts of a previously generated image.
The fresh website editor is now live and available to all users who have created at least 10 images on the platform. Users can access the tool by visiting midjourney.com/imagine.
Previously, these features were available to Midjourney users on the web, nested within more diverse menus. The goal, according to Discord message from Midjourney CEO David Holzaims to make editing artificial intelligence generations easier and more capable.
As Holz put it, “We think this will make editing MJ photos much smoother than before and it’s a huge step forward.”
Indeed, early user reactions are generally positive:
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In addition to the web editor, Midjourney has introduced another feature aimed at improving communication between the web communities and Discord. Messages sent in some web rooms are now mirrored in the corresponding Discord channels, and vice versa. This integration ensures that users on both platforms can stay in sync, regardless of where they choose to interact. Rooms with message mirroring include prompt-craft, general-1, and a special superuser room for those who have created more than 1,000 images.
It comes at a controversial time for Midjourney and AI art in general.
The release of the fresh web editor and messaging feature underscores Midjourney’s commitment to continually improving the social tools and experiences it offers its users, even in the face of a class action lawsuit filed by a group of artists who accuse the startup of copyright infringement by allegedly mass training on their (and many others’) copyrighted images without permission.
Last week, the judge in the case denied motions by Midjourney and other AI-making defendants to dismiss the case. The case is now moving toward discovery, which should allow lawyers representing the artists who are suing to review internal documents from the AI-making companies and disclose more information to the public about their training practices and data sets.
Holz also expressed his gratitude to the community for their patience during the development process and encouraged users to explore the fresh capabilities provided by the editor.
As Midjourney continues to innovate and evolve its platform, users can expect more updates and features aimed at improving the overall innovative process and building a more inclusive community.