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Magnific.

Episodes
23
First seen
003 JUL 23 2024
Last seen
077 AUG 09 2026
Spoken mentions
143

The Fast Hours take

Rory and Drew pay for Magnific despite wishing they didn't have to — Rory jokes about asking Midjourney to 'take me off Magnific' since its upscaler can't match Magnific's skin and grain detail (Ep. 3, 6). It's the benchmark every rival upscaler gets measured against, with Topaz's new Bloom model judged 'good but not Magnific yet' (Ep. 44) — though it can fade a moodboard's colors toward brown (Ep. 28) and distorts text or logos at almost any creativity setting above zero (Ep. 46).

Into it 15Mixed 5 Not sold 0Discussed 3 oldest → newest

Receipts about Magnific

“The only problem with what I find with Magnific is that if you have text or graphic or something like on a t-shirt or like logo or whatever, like if you use any sort of level of creativity, zero, one, even, it changes it.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 46 Why even minimal creativity settings distort text and logos in Magnific Play from 10:56
“there's a very distinct color that you're going for, and so I think in one of the ones, mine had sort of like a warm hue to it. And then I noticed when I was putting in Magnific, it was gone.”
Drew Brucker Ep. 28 Magnific's upscaler quietly draining color from a mood-board image Play from 56:43
“It's expensive. Don't get me wrong. I wish I... you know, personally, I love the tool. I wish it wasn't as expensive.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 6 Why Rory still pays for Magnific Play from 57:30
“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.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 5 Why Rory still upscales outside Midjourney Play from 10:33
“If you guys can take me off Magnific, please do. I would like to save some money. That'd be awesome.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 3 Wishing Midjourney's own upscaler replaced a paid tool Play from 3:42

Every episode with Magnific

  1. Episode 77 AUG 09 2026 How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds Praised as creator-first: office visits, a direct Slack channel, and a CEO who engages personally with builders. Into it
  2. Episode 71 JUN 23 2026 Midjourney's Wildest Move Yet: Full Body Medical Scans. Accessed through its own MCP inside Claude chat to generate and vary images without leaving the thread. Into it
  3. Episode 69 MAY 24 2026 Google Dropped Too Many AI Tools. Which Ones Matter? Named as a model aggregator that may need yet another model option added. Discussed
  4. Episode 67 APR 26 2026 GPT Image 2 Is Good. But Is It Nano Good? Named as a typical upscaler for sharpening a GPT Image 2 output's micro-text after export. Discussed
  5. Episode 61 JAN 10 2026 Live Visual AI AMA: You Asked. And We Went There A shared "who lost their Magnific credits" scare, plus Freepik's incomplete Magnific slider/model integration. Mixed
  6. Episode 56 NOV 16 2025 Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game Mystic 3 · State-of-the-art 4K model impresses on skin, hand and food texture, though eyelashes and utensils still glitch. Into it
  7. Episode 55 NOV 09 2025 Nodes Are Eating the Creative World And You’re Already Late Mystic, structure reference · Turns a rough Midjourney storyboard sketch into a photoreal cinematic frame while preserving exact composition and lighting. Into it
  8. Episode 54 NOV 02 2025 Midjourney’s Quietly Evolving + One Personalization Hack You (Probably) Didn't Know Precision V2 · New Sublime vs. Photo modes with smart grain and sharpening; still Drew and Rory's go-to for detail Into it
  9. Episode 46 JUL 25 2025 Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown New precision-upscaling update adds grain and sharpness control, but distorts text/logos above zero creativity Mixed
  10. Episode 45 JUL 06 2025 Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2 Upscale step in Rory's Weavy frame-extractor flow Into it
  11. Episode 44 JUN 20 2025 Midjourney Video is Here! Nerds React + New --SRef System Chop-Up Benchmark Rory measures Topaz's new Bloom upscaler against; says Bloom is good but 'not Magnific yet' Into it
  12. Episode 43 JUN 15 2025 Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System Repeated benchmark that Topaz's new Astra and Bloom upscalers are measured against and still trail Into it
  13. Episode 36 APR 05 2025 Midjourney V7 is (Finally) Here! Draft Mode, Hot Takes, And A Mild Identity Crisis Used to upscale V7 renders; already texture-heavy V7 images can get overcooked, so Rory dials HDR and fractality down Mixed
  14. Episode 35 MAR 31 2025 ChatGPT Image Gen Just Went Nuclear! + A (Final) Midjourney V7 Preview Used to upscale and add polish to Reve outputs Into it
  15. Episode 33 MAR 09 2025 Midjourney After Dark—Organized Chaos & Wabi-Sabi Used to upscale and sharpen a Midjourney image series after generation Discussed
  16. Episode 28 JAN 26 2025 Midjourney Mood Boards: (Literally) Everything You Need to Know Drew's upscaler of choice, but he finds it can quietly fade distinct mood-board colors toward brown Mixed
  17. Episode 21 DEC 08 2024 Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA New editorial-portraits and macro features impressed, though results can look too 'real' or literal Into it
  18. Episode 15 OCT 27 2024 Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 1) Rory says upscaling a deliberately blemished, natural-looking portrait through it would still pass as a real photo Into it
  19. Episode 12 SEP 29 2024 Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2) Rory's go-to for upscaling faces and product shots; dialing up 'fractality' fixes small or blurry faces Into it
  20. Episode 11 SEP 22 2024 The Next Gen (AI) Toolkit for Creatives feat. Chris Branch V1 · Chris credits 'Magnific version 1' for the 500MB print upscales behind the Frida Kahlo Foundation gallery show Into it
  21. Episode 6 AUG 11 2024 5 AI Tools To Mix With Midjourney for Intoxicating Results Rory's top pick for realistic skin texture and fine detail on upscales, despite the cost Into it
  22. Episode 5 AUG 04 2024 Midjourney v6.1 Just Broke Reality Preferred over Midjourney's own upscalers for sharper grain, pores, and skin detail Into it
  23. Episode 3 JUL 23 2024 Prompt Theory in Midjourney: Our Best (Proven) Tips Rory wishes Midjourney's own upscaler were good enough that he could stop paying for this instead Mixed

Quick answers

When did Fast Hours first talk about Magnific?

Magnific first came up in Episode 3, “Prompt Theory in Midjourney: Our Best (Proven) Tips”, published July 23, 2024.

What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Magnific?

The most recent is Episode 77, “How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds” (August 9, 2026).

How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Magnific?

23 episodes so far. In the 23 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 15 times, mixed 5, not sold 0, and simply discussed it 3.

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