EP 005 · 61 MIN OUR PERSONALIZATION CODES KEPT CHANGING
Midjourney v6.1 Just Broke Reality
The short version
Episode 5 is an emergency reaction podcast to Midjourney V6.1, the first model update in eight or nine months. Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker use matching seeds to compare V6 against V6.1 side by side, finding real gains in texture, contrast, and fine detail (skin, mud, fabric) but no major jump in hand accuracy or prompt coherence. They also notice their personalization codes changing unexpectedly and pitch V7 wishlist features like auto-selected aspect ratios and stackable pan-and-zoom edits.
Key takeaways
- 01
Use matching seed values to A/B V6 against V6.1 on the same starting point; that's how Rory found V6.1's real gains in skin/fabric texture and contrast.
- 02
The quality parameter is worth using again: Rory calls its return "the biggest improvement" for texture-heavy prompts, after feeling ignored since V4/V5.
- 03
V6.1 didn't meaningfully fix hands, legs, or prompt coherence; Drew says those still need the same rerun-and-pray workarounds as before.
- 04
Personalization codes can silently regenerate: Rory went from one static P-code to seven unexplained ones, possibly tied to prompting far outside his normal style.
- 05
The creative upscaler (not just the subtle one) can sometimes correct distorted faces or hands on its own, according to a tip Drew heard on office hours.
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Repaint gets dramatically better results when you select a large area instead of just the broken object; selecting only a messed-up hand or drink rarely regenerates cleanly.
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Both hosts want Midjourney to let you stack edits (pan plus zoom, off-center crop) in a single pass, instead of chaining separate zoom, reframe, and repaint generations.
Receipts · said on the record
“They brought back the quality parameter. That one feels like it's been ghosted for a long time. … But it makes a difference.”
“My biggest gripe with Mid Journey and their upscalers, why I keep going back to tools like Magnific, is it just softens things too much.”
“I don't know if you've been getting multiple codes. I have like seven now. I don't know where they came from.”
“The idea that you could do like a repaint and almost like a smart object selection within the repaint, that would be, that'd be fire.”
“It's honestly the bigger the area, the better the regen for me.”
Chapters
Questions this episode answers
What did Fast Hours think of Midjourney V6.1?
Rory and Drew found real gains in texture, contrast and fine detail (skin, mud, fabric) when comparing matched-seed images against V6, largely thanks to the quality parameter's return, but said hands, legs and prompt coherence didn't meaningfully improve.
How do you fairly compare two Midjourney model versions?
Rory's method: copy the seed value from a V6 image, then run the same prompt on V6.1 with that seed pasted in, so both versions start from the same point and any difference comes from the model, not randomness.
Why did my Midjourney personalization code change?
Neither host had a confirmed answer, but Rory suspected his P-code shifted after he prompted far outside his usual style while testing. He went from one stable code to seven within days without explanation.
Is Magnific or Midjourney's own upscaler better?
Rory prefers Magnific for anything detail-critical, saying Midjourney's upscalers soften skin, pores and fine texture too much, even though Drew notes the lesser-used creative upscaler can sometimes fix distorted faces or hands.
What Midjourney features did Rory and Drew want fixed by V7?
Their wishlist included auto-selecting the best aspect ratio for a prompt, exporting multiple images as one shareable link, a smart-object-style selection for repaint, removing repaint's minimum selection size, and stacking pan-and-zoom into a single edit.
Show notes
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨
Midjourney v6.1 just dropped, and it's breaking the internet!
Drew and Rory are back to dissect the update.
In this episode: • Discover the subtle game-changing improvements • Compare mind-blowing before-and-after images • Debate the evolution of P-codes • Dream up feature wishlists for v7
Plus, hear their hot takes on what's still missing and their wild ideas for Midjourney's future.
It's an AI art party, and you're invited!
