IMAGE MODEL · KREA REAL RIVAL, THEN AGGREGATOR
Krea.
- Episodes
- 19
- First seen
- 006 AUG 11 2024
- Last seen
- 083 SEP 20 2026
- Spoken mentions
- 54
The Fast Hours take
Rory and Drew watched Krea grow from a free upscaler into, for a while, 'Midjourney's real creative competitor,' prized for its real-time canvas and creator program (Ep. 27, 45). That edge dulled once it pivoted toward being a model aggregator — revisited months later, the interface felt 'more sterile,' having lost its playful personality (Ep. 45, 53) — but it won fresh respect for building its own model instead of staying a wrapper, becoming Rory's primary LoRA-training platform (Ep. 80, 83).
Into it 13Mixed 3 Not sold 0Discussed 3 oldest → newest
Receipts about Krea
“Twelve to fifteen images, and it even gets my sunglasses — it nails those, the ones I was wearing that day. Some of these images, I could pass off. I could pass that off as an image.”
Every episode with Krea
- Episode 83 SEP 20 2026 20 Year Creative Vet Sold Golden Wolf to Doodles, Then Went All-In on AI Krea 2 · Primary LoRA-training platform; says its own trainer beats local training by a wide margin Into it
- Episode 80 AUG 30 2026 A 24 Year Old AI Creative Director Gives Away Her Playbook K2 · Respects that Krea built its own model instead of staying a wrapper, though she admits she hasn't adopted it much yet Mixed
- Episode 77 AUG 09 2026 How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds The first platform where he trained a custom style instead of relying on Midjourney's random style lottery. Into it
- Episode 75 JUL 26 2026 How to Make AI Images That Don’t Scream “I Used AI” Credited for copying Midjourney's smart move: pairing a specialized model with its own front-end harness. Into it
- Episode 57 NOV 22 2025 Two Midjourney Drops in 48 Hours + Nano Banana Pro Pulls Up with a Nuke Credited by Drew as an early mover in splitting off into its own creative niche beyond general image gen. Into it
- Episode 55 NOV 09 2025 Nodes Are Eating the Creative World And You’re Already Late Beta node editor's stand-out feature is true batch processing: one LLM call fans into many distinct parallel generations. Into it
- Episode 53 OCT 26 2025 Cracking Midjourney’s Style Explorer + Freepik’s Rise + Higgsfield Prompt Hack Revisited after months away; interface now feels 'more sterile,' having lost its playful real-time-generation personality Mixed
- Episode 45 JUL 06 2025 Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2 Rory says it was Midjourney's real creative competitor for a while, before pivoting into an aggregator Mixed
- Episode 39 MAY 09 2025 Midjourney Omni-Reference and --exp: Showing You How They Actually Work Krea Canvas layers an arrow-drawing UI over an image-edit model so users can point at where a composited element should go Into it
- Episode 34 MAR 17 2025 Letting AI Cook & The Final Countdown for v7 Feat. Allar Haltsonen Rory calls it genuinely strong for AI image editing, alongside Midjourney's built-in editor Into it
- Episode 32 MAR 07 2025 Midjourney Questions Answered Recommended for training small custom models (e.g. a Walkman) and inpainting objects via image reference Into it
- Episode 30 FEB 09 2025 Midjourney Moodboards The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets Positioned as an aggregator that links out to render through several other video models Discussed
- Episode 27 JAN 19 2025 Midjourney From Dall E 2 creative freedom Julie Wieland Rory's favorite all-in-one tool for its real-time generation canvas, pricing and creator program Into it
- Episode 22 DEC 15 2024 130k YouTuber Spills Tea on Current State of Gen AI Tools Called the most capable option for generating across many underlying models in one place Into it
- Episode 21 DEC 08 2024 Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA Praised as an easy, consolidated way to try many models; Rory trains a personal LoRA live in 10 minutes Into it
- Overtime OCT 18 2024 Gen AI for Creators | Pulse Check: Midjourney, Runway, Minimax, Krea, Flux & More Praised for quietly expanding into a real-time editor with LoRA uploads and Flux built in Into it
- Episode 12 SEP 29 2024 Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2) Named as an upscaling alternative to Magnific for sharpening faces before sending images to video tools Discussed
- Episode 11 SEP 22 2024 The Next Gen (AI) Toolkit for Creatives feat. Chris Branch Named by Drew as another upscaling option alongside Magnific for restoring old or low-res client art Discussed
- Episode 6 AUG 11 2024 5 AI Tools To Mix With Midjourney for Intoxicating Results Free AI upscaling, enhance, and photo restoration; has an underused free video upscaler Into it
Quick answers
When did Fast Hours first talk about Krea?
Krea first came up in Episode 6, “5 AI Tools To Mix With Midjourney for Intoxicating Results”, published August 11, 2024.
What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Krea?
The most recent is Episode 83, “20 Year Creative Vet Sold Golden Wolf to Doodles, Then Went All-In on AI” (September 20, 2026).
How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Krea?
19 episodes so far. In the 19 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 13 times, mixed 3, not sold 0, and simply discussed it 3.
