Exploring Midjourney V7: Voice Prompts, Personal Style, and Faster Image Creation

Midjourney is a top tool for making images with AI. Its new version, Midjourney v7, is now available in an early testing phase. This update brings many exciting changes. Let's look at what's new and how it can help you make better pictures.

First Look at Midjourney V7 Alpha

The v7 alpha is not finished, but you can use it now. It adds features that are quite interesting. It tries new things to make the image creation process easier and the results better.

Write Prompts in Your Own Language

A big change, especially for those not using English, is that v7 now understands more languages. For example, you can write your prompts in Italian. This makes it much easier to describe what you want without needing to translate.

Just write out your idea, like "portrait of a realistic white owl. Night, nature photography." Midjourney v7 can handle it.

Better Images and Smarter Prompt Following

Version 7 improves the look of the images. It also does a better job of understanding and using the details you put in your prompt. This means the pictures you get will be more like what you imagined.

Talk to Create: The Conversational Mode

Perhaps the most interesting new feature is the conversational mode. You can speak your prompts directly to the Midjourney bot. It's like talking to the system to create your images. This is a new way to work and could be great for quickly trying out ideas.

To use it, you start the mode and then speak into your microphone. Midjourney listens and uses what you say to create the image. It even types out the prompt it heard for you. This mode feels smooth and natural, especially when you're just exploring different ideas for a picture.

Creating Your Personal Style Code

When you start using v7, the system asks you to create a unique code just for you. This code helps Midjourney understand your personal style preferences.

To get this code, you look at pairs of images and choose the one you like more. You do this about 200 times to teach the system your tastes. After that, you get a code. You can add this code to your prompts to help Midjourney create images that match your style more closely. It makes your pictures more personal.

Want to make using your personalized style code even easier? The TitanXT Midjourney Automation Suite at https://www.titanxt.io/midjourneyautomator can help manage your settings and profiles.

How Fast is V7?

Midjourney v7's "Fast" mode is very quick, much faster than before. It's more like a "Turbo" speed now. Be aware that this extra speed uses up your subscription hours faster. There is also a "Relax" mode which is slower but does not use your hours.

Comparing V6.1 and V7

Let's see how v7 stacks up against the previous version, 6.1, using the same prompts and settings (like seeds for comparison).

Portraits

A prompt like "Closeup of Woman" shows a big difference. V7 images look much more like real photos. Version 6.1 was good, but the results sometimes had a softer look that felt less real. V7 captures a higher level of realism right away.

Landscapes

For a prompt like "night photograph of a mountain landscape under a sky full of stars. The scene is illuminated by the brightness of the Moon," v7 images look much more realistic. The composition also seems more varied and interesting compared to v6.1.

Macro Photography

Giving a detailed prompt for a macro shot of an orchid shows v7's strength with fine details. While v6.1 did well, v7 images showed better natural lighting, color blending, and overall realism, even on close inspection. The textures and light felt more true to life.

The New Draft Mode

V7 includes a "Draft" mode. Adding `draft` to your prompt makes images much faster – potentially 10 times quicker. The quality is lower (think of it as quality 0.5), but it's perfect for quickly trying out ideas. It helps you see the basic composition, lighting, and framing quickly. Once you find a direction you like, you can then create higher-quality versions.

Using Draft mode also saves on your GPU hours, making it cost-effective for brainstorming.

Improving Images with the 'Ins' Button

In Draft mode (or maybe others, but shown with draft), you'll see an "ins" button for each image. This button doesn't upscale the image completely. Instead, it creates more images similar to the one you chose but at a better quality. It's like getting variations to help you refine your idea and get closer to the final image you want.

Speed up your Midjourney workflow and explore these new features efficiently with the help of the TitanXT Midjourney Automation Suite available at https://www.titanxt.io/midjourneyautomator.

Conclusion: Midjourney V7 is a Big Step Forward

Midjourney v7 introduces significant improvements and exciting new ways to create images. Support for more languages, better image quality, the ability to personalize your style, speedy draft creation, and especially the conversational mode are all powerful additions.

While it's still in alpha, v7 shows a clear path towards more realistic results and a more flexible, user-friendly creation process. The conversational mode feels natural and could change how many people use AI for images. Even with the new features, some repetition or fine-tuning is needed. Tools that automate repetitive tasks can still be very useful.

Let us know what you think about these new features in the comments!