OVERTIME · 4 MIN MIDJOURNEY EDITOR: LESS PHOTOSHOP NEEDED
(NEW) Midjourney Editor Is Live! (Edit, Repaint, Crop, Zoom, Pan, and Scale—All In One)
The short version
Midjourney's new Editor merges inpainting, custom-ratio scaling, panning, and cropping into one tool, Drew Brucker explains. A free selection brush replaces the old lasso, images can scale down to 10 percent instead of just 1.5x or 2x zoom, and dragging repositions freely, cutting the need to finish edits in Photoshop.
Key takeaways
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Midjourney's new Editor merges inpainting, custom-ratio scaling, panning, and cropping into one tool, replacing the old separate zoom and repaint steps.
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A free selection brush replaces the old square-box and lasso tools for repainting parts of an image.
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You can now scale an image down to 10%, not just the old 1.5x or 2x zoom out, with Midjourney filling in the new space.
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Dragging the image freely inside the frame replaces the old fixed start-center-end placement, making reframing much faster.
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The update directly answers requests Rory and Drew made on the podcast for cropping, zooming out further, and a free selection repaint tool.
Receipts · said on the record
“Midjourney just dropped a bomb of an update. And when I say game changer, it's only because I don't have a better word to describe it.”
“I mean, you can really manipulate the hell out of these images now in a much, much faster way.”
“This is something that Rory and I have talked about ad nauseam on the Midjourney, Fast Hours podcast.”
Questions this episode answers
What does Midjourney's new Editor combine into one tool?
Drew Brucker explains it merges inpainting and repaint, a free selection brush, custom-ratio scaling down to 10%, panning, and cropping, all in a single Editor screen.
Does Midjourney's Editor reduce the need for Photoshop?
Drew says yes: generative fill and generative expand inside the new Editor cover cases that previously required leaving Midjourney for Photoshop.
Did Midjourney's Editor update answer requests from the Fast Hours hosts?
Drew says he and Rory had discussed wanting exactly these features, like cropping, zooming out further, and a free selection repaint tool, 'ad nauseam' on the podcast.
Show notes
Midjourney Editor
Midjourney just dropped its biggest update to an existing feature since...ever?
It's called Editor.
I'll show you everything you need to know in less than 4 minutes.
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to: ❑ Edit and repaint images with precision using the free selection brush ❑ Scale and outpaint your images dynamically effortlessly with custom ratios and aspect ratio presets. ❑ Make the most use of the Editor tool without having to leave platform and jump into Photoshop
UPDATE: Since recording this, we've uncovered a few more nuggets that you should know... →When you scale down to lower values for example: 10%, your image loses detail, even in things like faces, hands, etc.—something to be aware of as this wasn't the case with Zoom x1.5 and x2. → You can incorporate image and style references into your inpainting when you scale down
