AI Art Community Newsletter

Midjourney v5.2 & new Stable Diffusion 🎊

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Hey folks! Welcome to the AI Art Community Newsletter. Your weekly delivery of News in AI, community spotlights, memes and more.

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🏎️ Midjourney v 5.2

Mere seconds after I sent out last week’s letter, Midjourney went and dropped a bomb. Always a delight to see a new version. Midjourney v5.2 includes…

Zoom Out (1.5x, 2x, custom)

The marquee of this release is Zoom Out; from a single, starting image, zoom out at 1.5x, 2x and Custom. Despite viral videos of smooth mega zooms, Midjourney does not offer any sort of video compilation feature. People are taking stacks of zoom outs and feeding them into CapCut / Stable Diffusion.

Two great threads:

Midjourney v5.2 just dropped, and it's incredible.
This new AI feature allows anyone to "Zoom Out" of any photo.
Here are 10 mind-blowing examples, with a tutorial at the end 🧵:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung)
2:47 PM • Jun 26, 2023

Midjourney’s zoom out feature made into VIDEO is amazing.
But many people don’t know how to.
Here is a Tutorial (plus a FREE alternative to Midjourney):
— Alvaro Cintas (@dr_cintas)
1:45 PM • Jun 25, 2023

/shorten

A successor to “/describe”, “/shorten” tells you what words actually make a difference. Helpful in theory! I tried and it seems… fine?

PS. that middle top left one tho…

—stylize [1-1000]

Stylize is now more powerful. I ran it on “big camel” for that extra floof.

Make Square

Take an image of non-square aspect ratio and make it square by outpainting.

Imagine All

After using “/describe”, you can go straight ahead and imagine all 4 prompt suggestions with the click of a button.

🪜 Stable Diffusion SDXL 0.9

Overshadowed by Midjourney’s release, Stable Diffusion delivered a rather larger cosmetic upgrade this week. Here’s their press release and a few aliens to hammer home the level up:

Massive tbh.

🗞️ More AI News

Last week, Marvel & The Beatles embrace AI. This week, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Unity, Stream and Bing Vision.

Thank you as always to our trusty crew of Newsies. This week’s links powered by: twilight_dreams123, @focused.instability, @f1uxu.s, @realschism

Not art, still cool

Prompt Injection attacks lead to ChatGPT offering up Windows 11 keys (how does ChatGPT have access to such things??)
The fabled Bing Vision coming soon…
AI’s out there reading ancient tablets
AI-powered robot that can roll, fly and walk

Got a link? Just reply.

Artist spotlights

The best section, artist spotlights ✨. Taking time to highlight our very own: zookeepers, mother of twins and writers, from USA, Australia, Nepal annd Germany.

Want a feature? Let me know!

@queenshadowrama (CA, USA) - currently an office admin at a video game company, but before that I was a zookeeper for 10 years. In my free time I love going to the movies, gaming, and tending to my pets 😁

@airresistiblecaptures (Allgäu, Germany) - At the moment SAHM (stay at home mom) to twins.

@lebeulon (Nepal) - Writing and graphic design, and photography

@theparkinglotcities (Michigan, USA) - I went to school for creative writing/film, and have played around with illustration/graphic design as a hobby, but never really felt "at home" creatively until I started doing AI art in December. Genuinely one of the most satisfying creative experiences of my life. Will start a substack soon to talk about the controversies. Basically, I love everything that's going on with AI & art right now.

@aiart_queen (Canada) - Writer

Twitter tips: “Gossamer haze”

Always on the lookout for interesting prompt tips and challenges from the bird app. Here’s one from our very own, @AIFinity76.

Do you want to add a layer of light mist or a touch of melancholy to your images?
Token: gossamer haze
Prompt --> ALT.
#mi#midjourneyV52i#aiartcommunitye#GenerativeAII#AIartttwitter.com/i/web/status/1…t
— Ann (@AIFinity76)
5:34 PM • Jun 29, 2023

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