Midjourney, an AI image generation company with more than 21 million Discord users, recently released an exciting new tool - Patchwork. This world-building tool marks Midjourney's move from simple image generation to more complex creative collaboration, providing users with an unprecedented creative platform. Patchwork allows users to collaboratively build stories and worlds on an unlimited canvas, and supports up to 100 users to participate in creation at the same time, providing powerful support for team creation. By integrating Midjourney's image generation capabilities and unique interactive interface, Patchwork lowers the barriers to world building, making it easier for users to transform the ideas in their minds into vivid virtual worlds.
Midjourney is a popular AI image generation startup with over 21 million Discord users. Recently, the company announced that it will launch a new world-building tool "Patchwork", marking their expansion from image creation into more complex creative collaboration areas.
"Patchwork" is presented via livestream on Midjourney's Discord channel, and users need to connect their Midjourney Discord account to their Google account to access Patchwork's research previews.
The tool provides a white infinite canvas with a toolbox on the left where users can use various buttons to add elements such as characters, events, factions, locations, props, and more. The "Save" function allows users to download a JSON file containing links to all Midjourney images generated on the canvas.
To generate a new world, the user enters a text prompt into the editor bar at the top of the "create" screen and selects one or more from a set of 10 different image styles.
This then generates a new whiteboard with a bunch of new still image assets and text boxes or entities (called "scraps"), including input that allows the user to prompt for new images or settings that fit the initial world description boxes, and even new AI-generated character descriptions.
New character boxes can be added and the user can then be prompted to create a name and characteristics. At the same time, users can create connections between characters and compose action sequences and scene descriptions.
The sharing function allows multiple users to collaborate in real time. A world can support up to 100 users operating on the same canvas. However, the more users there are, the more chaotic the collaboration on the canvas may be.
In a future update, Midjourney plans to allow non-users to view these creative boards so that more creative groups can use the tool. A V7 version of Midjourney will also be launched, supporting character consistency across different images. In addition, Kreminski mentioned that there are three large language models operating behind Patchwork, including an open source model customized for Midjourney.
Kreminski said that in the future, "Patchwork" is expected to develop into more detailed and interactive 3D virtual scenes, but this goal may still be several years away. At the same time, Midjourney founder David Holz revealed in a live broadcast that multiple personalized model modes will be launched in the near future, allowing users to adjust the generated content according to their preferences.
Holz also mentioned that Midjourney will launch a video model and an updated AI image generator V7 after Christmas to improve the ability to understand prompts. In addition, the company is also developing three to four new hardware projects and plans to gradually announce more related information in the coming months.
Project entrance: https://patchwork.midjourney.com/
Highlights:
? Midjourney’s new tool “Patchwork” allows users to collaboratively build stories and worlds on an endless canvas.
? The tool supports real-time co-creation with up to 100 users and provides a variety of characters, events and scene elements.
? Midjourney will launch personalized models and video generation capabilities in the near future, and continue to expand its functions and application scenarios.
All in all, Midjourney's Patchwork is not only a powerful world-building tool, but also a bold exploration of AI creation models. It perfectly integrates image generation, collaborative creation and world building, providing users with unlimited creative possibilities. In the future, with the continuous improvement and updating of functions, Patchwork will surely become an emerging force in the creative field, providing powerful support for artists, game developers and story writers. Look forward to Midjourney bringing more surprises in the future!