MAJOR Upgrades to AI Art Tools! & Open AI's new Image Gen!

In this episode, I cover the latest breakthroughs in AI image generation. First, I dive into Ideogram Canvas, demonstrating its outpainting, image extension, and MagicFill features. Next, we explore MidJourney's new image editor and retexturing capabilities. I also examine the newly released Stable Diffusion 3.5 from Stability AI and its capabilities, comparing it to models like Flux. Finally, I discuss OpenAI's new consistency models (SCMs), which enhance efficiency and image generation speed with just two sampling steps. Join me as I explore these exciting advancements, and don't forget to join our Discord for real-time updates from the AI community!

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00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:48 Exploring Ideogram Canvas
01:35 Hands-On with Ideogram Canvas
03:52 Advanced Features of Ideogram Canvas
08:39 Midjourney's New Updates
09:37 Generating and Filling Out Images
10:04 Complex Image Editing: Adding a Sweater
10:41 Retexturing Interiors with MidJourney
12:43 Comparing Ideogram and MidJourney
14:28 Stable Diffusion 3.5: A New Contender
16:42 OpenAI's Latest in Image Generation
18:18 Conclusion and Community Engagement

[kadenickel]

it's for anyone with a yearly membership, anyone with over 10k generations, or anyone who has had a subscription for the last 12 months

[craigington]

Love the ideogram extend...you were looking ripped!

[NahomieNaderi]

dopepics AI fixes this (AI Image Editor / Upscaler). AI art tools major upgrades

[viddarkking]

You didn't mention Comfy UI now being its own software now.
Are you waiting for it to leave Beta before making a video on it?
Also good to see Flux and the reaction to SD3 slapped Stability in the face hard enough to get them back on track.
Competition is always a win.

[MrAnthonyIII]

Good to see a lot of fun updates lately. I've been using Midjourney's retexture feature on the old traditional art I made, I've been able to make really nice things with it

[jay_sensz]

16:34 Keep in mind that the weights of SD 3.0 Large were never released, it was only ever accessible through Stability AI's API.
The model that people were unhappy with was SD 3.0 Medium, which does score lower than any FLUX.1 model in the comparison (although not low enough in my personal opinion).

[jonmichaelgalindo]

Also OmniGen released the model and code so you can install it locally. It's an LLM that you can give images in the prompt, like: "A woman is standing in an action pose. The woman is [image1] and the pose is [image2]." And it will follow the prompt using the images as references.

[lpanebr]

12:17 this retexture will be nice to try different styles for my garden!

[tommullinerart]

I'm looking forward to seeing Runway's Act One in use 🤗

[dnero]

It’s amazing to see how far you’ve come since those early tutorials, showing us how to run AI models on our own machines! But I feel like the shift to promoting paid options is moving away from what made your channel unique. Many of us initially followed you for the hands-on, practical knowledge – learning to use AI without relying on expensive platforms.

While it's understandable that companies now want your platform for promotion, the true value (and impact) lies in educating people on the "truly free" options, like setting up ComfyUI, or using open-source models in a more independent way. These videos empowered viewers by giving them control, rather than leading them toward paid trials or credit-limited platforms.

It’s great that you’re reaching new heights, but I hope you’ll consider revisiting that core educational content. People appreciate the skills you taught that helped them become independent in the AI space, and that’s what sets you apart. Looking forward to seeing more of that impactful content from you!

[tokyobobcat]

Just an FYI, I am not a yearly sub for Midjourney but I have the $60 monthly plan (I will be upgrading later to save money) but I saw this new feature was on my page and have been using it today. 10/24/2024 But I am also in the category of having 20k+ generations and had early access to alpha website, so maybe that is a reason why I can use it without the annual plan.

[AscendantStoic]

11:30 Most Likely they are using segmentation, it's the most reliable way to recognize objects in an image and isolate them then re-render them differently.

[Aux.Machina]

Ideogram Canvas sounds like it's taking AI-powered image editing to another level! When you said "it's pretty much perfect", that really sums up how far they've progressed it. I’m curious how it compares with traditional tools like Photoshop, especially for finer detail adjustments and layering. Do you think it could fully replace them someday?

[fluid]

It's getting harder to choose which image generators are the best and most useful now. Ideogram and Leonardo are my go to at the moment though

[ideogram_ai]

Thanks for the video Matt <3 Magic Fill and Extend are the same model.

[Vansafe]

I signed up for the yearly MJ sub. The inpainting quality is good. The adherence isn't that good, I had trouble even putting glasses on an image. Lastly the censoring is insane. Kind of wish I saw this ideogram feature before I subbed to MJ :P

[Albert_Riseal]

Amazing, thanks for your YouTube videos

[anony]

Nice to see Midjourney finally accepting image uploads

[kirkhunter]

You should explore the other tools in Ideogram's canvas feature.... such as the inpainting.

[Infinity]

Would really like to see OpenAI release the image gen capability of GPT-4o - they showed it off in the preview, and it looked really good, but I haven't seen any mention of it since. At this point, I would be surprised to see it released at all.