MIDJOURNEY FEATURE · MIDJOURNEY HYPED PILLAR, BUMPY LAUNCH
Omni-Reference.
- Episodes
- 10
- First seen
- 035 MAR 31 2025
- Last seen
- 048 AUG 16 2025
- Spoken mentions
- 57
The Fast Hours take
Rory and Drew anticipated Omni-Reference as V7's pillar feature, more important to Rory than any aesthetic upgrade (Ep. 35), shipping as a genuine Character Reference replacement strong on faces and product textures (Ep. 39). The hype met a bumpier reality — weaker hands, no combining with editing (Ep. 39), 'trial and error' next to SREF (Ep. 41), still 'not as consistent as rivals' months later (Ep. 46) — even as Rory kept building with it, from caricature avatars to an Object-Weight test (Ep. 44, 48).
Into it 5Mixed 3 Not sold 0Discussed 2 oldest → newest
Receipts about Omni-Reference
“I hate to say that we're going back in time, but for whatever reason with OmniRef, the hands are worse. And especially the further away they get from the frame, the more mangled they get.”
“Naturally, his freckles are not going to be one-to-one from image to image. But like, the imperfection on this made it awesome too, because he's got this weird kind of nose, and that sort of shows up in everything.”
“It helped the hands too. Don't ask me why. When I was using it, I was getting better hands.”
Every episode with Omni-Reference
- Episode 48 AUG 16 2025 Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist Rory's deep Object-Weight test: low values keep just the subject, high values pull in background Into it
- Episode 46 JUL 25 2025 Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown Rory says it still needs work: it gets him there but isn't as consistent as rivals Mixed
- Episode 44 JUN 20 2025 Midjourney Video is Here! Nerds React + New --SRef System Chop-Up Used to build talking-head caricature avatars of both hosts and to test a sneaker image against a jungle SREF Into it
- Episode 42 JUN 09 2025 Can Midjourney Actually Compete in Video? +Sref & Monetization Talk Multi-Omni-Reference confirmed absent from office-hours notes; hosts conclude it's delayed until V8 Discussed
- Episode 41 JUN 01 2025 Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread But Make It Funny Rory calls it still 'trial and error' compared to how predictable style-reference is Mixed
- Episode 40 MAY 26 2025 Veo 3 Makes Yesterday's Best Look Like a Beta Test +Runway & Midjourney Check-In Multi-subject referencing listed as a near-term roadmap priority right after the next --sref update Into it
- Episode 39 MAY 09 2025 Midjourney Omni-Reference and --exp: Showing You How They Actually Work New V1 feature replacing Character Reference; strong on faces and product textures, weak on hands, can't be combined with editing Mixed
- Episode 37 APR 13 2025 Midjourney V7 Showed Up in Crocs and Cooked Not yet shipped; one-shot character sheets in base V7 already hold consistent hair, jewelry and texture, building anticipation for the full feature Into it
- Episode 36 APR 05 2025 Midjourney V7 is (Finally) Here! Draft Mode, Hot Takes, And A Mild Identity Crisis Not yet shipped; Midjourney's roadmap targets character/object reference within 60 days, but Rory says he'd rather wait than get overwhelmed by too much at once Discussed
- Episode 35 MAR 31 2025 ChatGPT Image Gen Just Went Nuclear! + A (Final) Midjourney V7 Preview Not yet released; Rory says a well-executed version will be the pillar feature of V7, more important than any aesthetic upgrade Into it
Quick answers
When did Fast Hours first talk about Omni-Reference?
Omni-Reference first came up in Episode 35, “ChatGPT Image Gen Just Went Nuclear! + A (Final) Midjourney V7 Preview”, published March 31, 2025.
What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Omni-Reference?
The most recent is Episode 48, “Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist” (August 16, 2025).
How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Omni-Reference?
10 episodes so far. In the 10 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 5 times, mixed 3, not sold 0, and simply discussed it 2.
