Overtime: Midjourney Style Creator: Live Tutorial + First Reactions

0:00Confusing new style creator

Play from 0:00 8:88 0:00 I was been I've been really excited about the the style creator to see how that was going to be rolled out. I think like looking at it the first time I was a little bit confused to be honest. I was like what wait what am I doing? Like and then I realized what was going on and

Play from 0:13 8:88 0:13 I was too go through this. Okay. So then let's start there then because I I was I was feeling the same way actually. I like went through it two separate times and I felt like an idiot and I was like am I not doing this right?

Play from 0:29 8:88 0:29 Yeah. You know what I mean? So, like, let's just let's put something in. We'll run through this together. I'm just going to do my favorite short emoji prompt here. And let's let's talk about what you did wrong because for me, I know I did just about everything wrong before I did it right.

Play from 0:47 8:88 0:47 Yeah. I was like, wait, what am I like? Am I choosing multiple ones? Am I choosing like just one? And then I would keep hitting skip grid once I hit like cuz I was like I didn't know that you had to then refine style. So I mean if you want to we should probably go through this. First off it's on the left on your left hand side. It says style.

1:02Understanding the interface

Play from 1:07 8:88 1:07 Yeah. Right here in beta. Is this is this on alpha or is this on regular now too? This is on regular.

Play from 1:13 8:88 1:13 Regular. Okay. So yeah that's there. And then you'll get this grid of I think this is what 18. Uh no 21 images. You can also on the right above select styles, you can make the grid smaller, right? So that's the one thing. Trim it back down to uh to 10 images. I was looking at it in this view to make it easier for myself.

Play from 1:35 8:88 1:35 Same. It apparently the way this thing works is you have to just run through this a couple times. You have to go through a few different styles that you want to like and a few different uh few different avenues to sort of refine your style. We'll have [name] make a guest appearance here to say hi.

Play from 1:55 8:88 1:55 Hey, baby [name]. What's going on, girl? Yeah, she's she's like, "Oh, yeah. You guys are talking about Midjourney. Let me in."

Play from 2:01 8:88 2:01 It must be Friday. You idiots are talking again. God. Yeah. But there's uh So, that was what first got me. I was like, "Wait, do I hit refine style now after I clicked on one or do I

2:05Refining the style process

Play from 2:12 8:88 2:12 I mean, I was so confused or do I Yeah, I I I went here. Choose a prompt to refine." I'm like, "Okay, I I think I did that right. Select your favorite style." So, I'm thinking favorite means heart.

Play from 2:25 8:88 2:25 Ah, okay. So, I'm going through and I'm like hitting these, right? And I'm not seeing anything change. Like, so I'm like, "Okay, like." And then I'm like, "Okay." So, then I go down here and it says submit to receive a new grid. So, then I'm hovering this and it says submit. And so I'm like hitting submit and I'm like going through this process for like 15 20 minutes and I'm like I don't think this is getting any closer to anything that I'm trying to do. And so I was like wait a second that's that's not right.

Play from 2:56 8:88 2:56 Like what am I supposed to be doing? And I went back and watched that video that quick video that that Midjourney dropped and it was like oh just you know click it. And I was like oh idiot. I'm an idiot. Also you know it says submit to receive. I think they need to to sort of refine that by saying click refine style, right? Because

Play from 3:15 8:88 3:15 I was hovering this and I I thought this meant submit, right? And so I was just like, yeah, it took me a while to sort of like get my bearings on that. I was really really confused. But

Play from 3:27 8:88 3:27 um I think those are all the ways you can fail with this. So that we covered the bases with that. But the idea is that right, you're selecting your favorite styles that you're trying to go for withever look that you're going to. And first reaction, Rory, this feels a lot like style tuner, bro. Lot like style tuner.

3:29Comparing with style tuner

Play from 3:46 8:88 3:46 Very much so. Um, so you know, you can select one, you can select multiple, right? But each time you're selecting these and then you're going to hit refine style and it updates your style. Um, if you don't like any of these, to your point, you can skip this grid entirely. We get a brand new grid, right? So, you're not necessarily confined to that either. Um, and then, you know, like so like let's just let's maybe go through this. Let's just say this and this. We're going to refine the style.

Play from 4:17 8:88 4:17 This starts to generate here. Uh, and then I think I saw something from Mid. It's like, hey, you you probably need at least five uh to feel like a solidified output on this. Um, but you could go up to 15, 20, 30, right? And I think probably the more that you do, uh, the more solidified it would get. Um, but it was just, yeah, it was really interesting to kind of like go through that process for the first time. I didn't think it was super intuitive. Um, and it makes me feel better that you got wrong, too, actually. So,

Play from 4:47 8:88 4:47 cuz then I'm like, what's happening on the side here? Like, what are these four images that are generating? And then I'm like I'm trying to click on them. They can't happen. It took me like a minute to realize that it was popping up in the in the create.

4:52Progress tracking features

Play from 4:56 8:88 4:56 And then and then and I didn't want to like click over and lose my spot either. So like I open up a new tab and I'm like, "Oh, okay. So this is what it would currently look like. Okay,

Play from 5:06 8:88 5:06 let's, you know, let's do something else." This is going to generate a unique uh style number for you, style code. Y

Play from 5:15 8:88 5:15 So you're going to get that. So that's essentially the output that you're going for here. Um, I don't know. I'm just picking ones that I that I think are cool here. Do that. We'll click refine style again. That's four. Uh, I don't know. These are kind of cool.

Play from 5:30 8:88 5:30 This is This is one thing. If you go back to your create page, I think everyone should should highlight or just at least know, which I am happy about this feature is that each one of these new like ref.

Play from 5:42 8:88 5:42 Yeah. So, it's like even if you like it's not like you lose your progress and like you it's like it wiped out if you like selected a style and it totally like bombs it. It's like all right, I can still have like go back

Play from 5:51 8:88 5:51 to that made me feel good cuz I I it eliminated the anxiety of [ __ ] it up. You know what I mean? I was like I don't know if I want to pick this one. Is this one going to mess it all up? You know, but yeah, that's a great point. That's a great point

Play from 6:04 8:88 6:04 because I, you know, I want to play with it. Like I want to see like what does this like random style thrown in here do which is good. And that's, you know, something that I was I was pretty impressed with, which I was like, "Okay, good thought." Because I know that's exactly what the first thing that would go through my head was, if I'm going to keep doing this, it's going to keep updating in real time. I'm going to want to have some like history tracking on that.

6:26Organization challenges

Play from 6:26 8:88 6:26 100%. I'm glad they did that. That was really smart. Yeah, I like that. I think the one thing just like with all codes though, uh, where can I save this? You know, I got to create a folder for this. you know, the ones I really like,

Play from 6:40 8:88 6:40 you know, it's gonna be hard to keep track, right? Yeah. I would say smart folder if that's the best way to do it. You're going to use a style code as the as the parameter there to save in the smart folder and then you can save your styles that way. It's just Yeah, I mean it's going to be organization isn't my thing.

Play from 7:00 8:88 7:00 It's not my thing either. So, yeah, we're effed either way. But, um yeah, I think this is super interesting. What are what are your I mean with you being so like I just remember you were so excited about style style tuner was your baby. I don't know how deep you've gone into this yet. Like how excited are you for this feature? Does this feel like something that you're going to use?

7:22Desired tool improvements

Play from 7:22 8:88 7:22 I would like a little bit more control. I guess when we thought about like what was going to go into this, it still feels a little bit random, like I'm just creating like a mood board from random images at this point, which I'm like, you know, I'm not upset about. I think it's pretty cool that you can do this. Um, and it's fun to blend, but it's it's like basically up to the curation of image sets that you get in your grid to see if you like it. It's like, what if I like none of them and I'm swiping through five times and I'm just like, all right, it's not what I'm looking for. Not what I'm looking for.

Play from 7:54 8:88 7:54 Not what I'm looking for. Not what I'm looking for. I'd like to have like maybe a functionality where I could drop in an image and be like, "All right." Or like use

Play from 8:02 8:88 8:02 Yeah. like like the search function on that some way to like go through the styles and like click the ones that I'm looking for. Like how you can do this not not just the smart search but search in the styles.

Play from 8:14 8:88 8:14 Um this feels a little random still and it's not a bad thing. It's just like I'm, you know, sometimes I'm I want to looking for certain colors or I'm looking for certain, you know, textures or whatever. Um, you know, I'm saying this like I've used it a million times. I've used it twice. I think

Play from 8:30 8:88 8:30 I think those No, but those are good those are good call outs though, man. I I'm with you 100% on those. Like if you could use the smart search in here, like let's just say you, you know, you used like the the little smart search, little magnifying glass search on one of those styles and it brought up the other styles like like in the explore page.

Play from 8:50 8:88 8:50 That would be dope. Yeah. To almost like quickly refine within that sort of aesthetic. Yeah.

Play from 8:57 8:88 8:57 Yes. So yeah, like that. That's sort of where my head's at with those because like right now I kind of you know again this feels like SRF random. I like it. I feel like it's I feel like it's also getting the more you refine the a little bit more tailored it's getting downstream. Like it's a little less random. So it's a little bit more like in tune with what the style already is.

Play from 9:19 8:88 9:19 I might be wrong on that, but that's just sort of how I was interpreting it as it moved along. Yeah. And and you'll notice that I clicked uh complete tutorial here and this changed.

9:24Overall utility and verdict

Play from 9:31 8:88 9:31 So this is now showing these in a little bit of a larger format. Says the ideal minimum

Play from 9:38 8:88 9:38 showcases your OG blah blah blah. Tells you how many times you refined it. Okay. I liked OG as a original generation. Okay. I like

Play from 9:46 8:88 9:46 OG. Yeah. And in and in true live fashion, I have to I have to go close my door real quick. So just just just continue on without me for one second.

Play from 9:59 8:88 9:59 I mean, you should have just left and gauge my reaction of like what the hell's going on here. But see you.

Play from 10:05 88:88 10:05 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, man. This is interesting. I mean, um I I love that this is here. I think um to your point, I like the recommendations that you just sort of pointed out. maybe some areas that you could add that seem relatively easy or quick that would maybe dial this in, save you a little bit of time on the exploration side of it, maybe even get a little bit better cur curation from that standpoint. Um, my knock outside of just like the intuitiveness of like getting in here for the first time and we're just like keeping it real 100% here. I mean, is I just I don't know how much I need this.

Play from 10:44 88:88 10:44 Yeah, it's fun. just another fun to do. It's fun. I I just um I don't know if I need it, right? Like it's like uh we've we've got style codes, we've got style explorer. Um you can blend codes, right? I It's just kind of like it it continues to go deeper and deeper into that. And I don't know, it's I don't know. For me, I I I don't know. It it remains to be seen how often I'll use this, but uh I do think it's always fun to get something new. And uh it's just a different way to get to um maybe a unique result that you could use in a project in that sense.

Play from 11:16 88:88 11:16 It's definitely a good way to burn some Fast Hours like just refine like continuously refining and running through this stuff. Um and then also I think we should probably also noted you have to remember if you like that code to sort of end session that's one thing to that was one thing I noticed that it came back going back in there.

11:36Ending the session

Play from 11:36 88:88 11:36 Yeah. And then so there is there a benefit of clicking end session then that's well if you don't it's just going to keep evolving the style with all the the style like the history tracking in there right so it's going to keep if you want to start fresh like

Play from 11:50 88:88 11:50 oh I'm looking for an animated style versus like a photorealistic style right like it's all going to sort of start to blend if you don't end

Play from 11:57 88:88 11:57 oh that is true right so if you leave and yeah maybe come back and it's still open and you forget correct you see over here it has your like your refinement number one two three four, five, six, seven, eight.

Play from 12:08 88:88 12:08 When you end session, it'll go back to OG. Yep. That's a good point, man.

Play from 12:14 88:88 12:14 So, that was that was definitely something that I noticed like, oh, okay, I have to stop this or else or else who who knows what it be like when I just tag like 15 mood boards in an image to see what it'll get me. See how random it'll be.

Play from 12:28 88:88 12:28 I know, right? Like, let me just check all these and let's see what happens. Um, so with that said, let's end this. Um, yeah, so this is what this, you know, this is the screen it takes you to when you get here. I think, you know, if you haven't been in here yet, learn from us. Uh maybe save yourself a good 30 minutes or an hour in case you're idiots just like us and you do everything that

Play from 12:51 88:88 12:51 you you're not supposed to do before you can do what you're supposed