Midjourney Roadmap Insights: Video Features & Business Strategy

Here is a look at the latest updates from Midjourney's office hours on June 25th. The team shared news about their ongoing work, focusing on business operations and exciting new features coming to the platform.

Business Operations and Cost Management

One of Midjourney's main goals is to lower the cost of their cloud services. Video generation uses a lot of resources, and the company wants to be a profitable business.

Relax Mode Adjustments

Relax Mode allows users to generate images without using Fast Hours, generally when system capacity allows. However, many people are now running automated jobs, which puts a strain on the system.

Midjourney's founder, David, explained that Relax Mode was built for times when there was extra capacity. But that extra capacity is now gone. Because of this, they might change Relax Mode by adding longer wait times or reducing the number of jobs users can run at once. It means Relax Mode is not likely to become available for more subscription plans right now. The team will watch usage patterns throughout the month to see if anything changes.

David compared Midjourney's business model to a gym. A very profitable gym has many members, but not all of them show up at the same time. If everyone came at once, the gym would be too crowded to use. This analogy helps explain why managing system capacity is important.

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Advancements in Video Generation

Midjourney wants to train a larger video model, but this is very expensive. They are talking with other companies about training a bigger model together, but they would prefer to be independent.

David noted that video coherence (how consistent a video looks) often comes from the model's size, while beauty comes from fine-tuning.

New Video Features in Development

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There is a new video rating part on the website's task menu. You can rate videos there to earn more Fast Hours.

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They are working on a video upscaler. The team thinks it looks good, but it still has some small visual flaws. They also want to make sure the upscaler is an affordable option.

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A "start and end frame" feature is in development. This feature would allow videos to loop seamlessly, which many users have asked for.

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The Niji team was working on a video model specifically for Niji, but they are not happy with its progress so far.

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A general update to the video model is also in the works. It is still too early to say when it will be ready or what new abilities it will bring.

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Future Research and Upcoming Features

The Midjourney team is doing research for aspects of their upcoming Version 8 model. They might be able to integrate some of these new additions into the current Version 7 model, but they are still exploring these possibilities.

Other Things in Progress

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New settings might be coming that will make mood board performance better. These are still in the testing phase.

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Work on the style explorer is still ongoing. The team expects many interesting developments from this feature.

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A "turbo mode" for video generation might also be on its way.

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Midjourney continues to push the boundaries of AI-generated art and video. As they refine their business model and introduce powerful new features, the platform aims to provide even more creative tools for its users. Stay tuned for more updates on these exciting developments!

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