MidJourney V5 Is Live! Here's EVERYTHING You Need To Know

MidJourney Version 5 launched today and they did a 3 1/2 hour livestream for the launch. I sat through the entire thing and took notes on every little detail about what we need to know for this new version and this video is the TLDR of all of the changes and improvements that came with MidJourney V5! I'm posting this at 11:30pm because I was on the stream all day and working on this video ever since. LOL

Enjoy!

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[JacksonTaylorandTheSinners]

I’ve spent my entire life honing my craft as a songwriter and Musician and the last 3 years learning how to write, pencil, ink & color my own comic books and it’s all literally moot now. If not today in the next two years. Anyone will be able to write songs, draw, paint etc… in my style. Good thing, I get the most value from the process of improving myself and not in the products I’ve created. What people who don’t get their value from self improvement are going to do… I have no idea. Life as we know it is over.

[ganinduravihara]

Wow, thank you so much for putting together this amazing TLDR of the MidJourney V5 launch! I can't even imagine sitting through the entire 3 1/2 hour livestream, so I really appreciate you taking the time to compile all of the important changes and improvements for us. Your hard work and dedication to getting this video out so quickly is truly impressive

[wholeness]

You can tell it’s beginning like v4 began, in about 2 weeks resolution will be clearer and it will have less blur and fading.

[DavidPaykin]

Calling it now. "Midjourney Magazine" will be the "Action Comics #1" of the AI world 👀

[ancientchaos]

Two corrections:
1) Image weight 0 does nothing, it's limited to 0.5-2 (0 just doesn't currently throw back an error and is the same as not specifying an image weight/using iw 1)
2) Remixing is a different feature, what you showed was just regular image prompting/blending. Remix can be turned on with /prefer remix or by enabling it in /settings. It changes the way the V buttons work by allowing you to edit the prompt.

Glad you're enjoying it, yesterday was exhausting. 😅

[livingwithhighcholesterol]

Fantastic video, as always! I would actually welcome a longer one :) was glued to this! So we finally 'understand' version 4, and here comes version 5 where we speak to it! Brand-new learning ahead, please keep making more of these fantastic videos as it's only because of people like you that I'm able to do this (at nearly 50 :)))

[turnerEturnal]

I love the restructured prompting. this was how i was originally creating my prompts and had to relearn the process with v4

[JasonMcGarva]

What a great video. I so appreciate you distilling the office hours for us. I'm definitely going to try V5. Keep up the great work with your channel.

[Lazarusart]

YOU Sir, are just the best for Midjourney updates !! I have learnt so much for you. Thank you 🙏

[DrNothing]

OMG, the SKULLS it makes now...
PERFECT!
Kudos to the team!
Interesting how it gens from black noise now, or whatever it's actually called.
Dark background coming into shape.

[jenkem]

Blend function works really really well. Great to use with your own artwork, random scraps of styles, and/or photos instead of leaning heavily on existing or currently live commercial artists.

[aiartlounge]

Thanks man I appreciate your hard work to help us learn and grow. It's so fun!!!

[seraiahdaniella]

Matt, THANK YOU! Excellent video as always. I wasn't able to attend so I greatly appreciate you taking such thorough notes and walking us through the V5 update. I'm going to play with it now. Have a great day ☺️

[neepers]

awesome job. Thanks for putting this into a nutshell! I was sleepy after work, about to head to bed--bored, and then I saw your video and I watched the whole thing.

[MaxDerhund]

Thanks for reporting out on all these changes, with examples no less. It would be difficult to keep up up with all these changes without your vids!

[trallalla]

They didn't mention anything about improving the ability to recreate the same characters in different prompts? I'm surprised as that was one of the most requested features, people really want to use MJ to create graphic novels

[claudianreyn]

First impressions:
1. It takes words more literally, you can use more complex prompts, it really understands more context.
2. It can be less artistical if you don't type specific words. V4 prompts can look ugly on v5.
3. The resolution is smaller and really bad. V5 adds way more details, but they are shattered by the lack of pixel. Upscalers can do a little, but still it's not enough.

[brennakohlhase]

I am loving the art styles -especially painting styles much better in 5. I have always used narration to set up the prompts and it seems like it is listening to all the info, instead of focusing on the first 5 words and then getting hit or miss with your in between stuff. Very exciting!

[leolustig]

Thank you Matt! Your videos are the shiznit! Love the way you breakdown things for us. I am a relatively new viewer to your channel and you have already helped me a great deal. You're the man! 💯

[yeastydynasty]

Would have been cooler to have the ability to have two consistent characters in one image and then persist in a series of other images like in a comic book. v5's focus was the photo realism of images.