NEW Midjourney UPDATE - Niji V6 Anime Generator

Summary

The transcript discusses the alpha launch of Midjourney's new AI art generator nii version 6, focused on anime-style images. It highlights two access methods: via the Midjourney bot using 'nj6', or through Midjourney's nii server. It demonstrates generating images with text, noting simple 1-3 word phrases work best. It advises using 'variation strong' to improve text legibility. Additional tips include removing the anime style with '--style raw', minimal impact from 'stylize' except 0 and 1000 values, and keeping 'chaos' low, from 0-6. Overall, it previews the new nii v6capabilities and how to leverage them for anime-focused AI art.

Takeaways

• 👨‍💻There are two ways to access the new nii anime AI - through the Midjourney bot by typing "/nii nji 6" or through the nii Discord server
• 🔢Nii is currently in alpha so features like inpainting, panning and zooming are not available yet
• 🖼️The nii AI generates impressive anime-style images from text prompts with characters and text
• ✏️You can add 1-3 words of text to images by putting them in quotation marks in the prompt
• 🔧Using the "variation strong" feature helps the AI improve text generation in images
• 😊Nii works very well for getting anime characters to pose together compared to previous versions
• 🌟Including "style:raw" tones down the anime aesthetic for a more realistic look
• 🔢Varying the "stylize" value from 100-1000 has little effect except at the extremes
• ❌Higher "chaos" values above 10-12 start generating nonsensical images
• 🎉Overall nii v6 represents a major leap in AI image generation, especially for anime style images

Outlines

00:00

✨ Introducing MidJourney's new NII v6 anime-focused algorithm

Paragraph 1 introduces the major update to MidJourney called NII v6, which is an anime-focused algorithm that can be accessed in two ways: through the MidJourney bot by typing "D-nii n ji 6" or through the NII server. It shows examples of images generated using NII v6 like Batman eating pizza. Key things to know are that NII v6 is currently in alpha without inpainting or zoom/pan enabled and it has subtle/creative upscaling.

05:00

🖼️ Tips for generating better images with text using NII v6

Paragraph 2 provides tips for generating better images with text using NII v6. It shows that stylize values don't make much difference except potentially 1000 and 0. It recommends keeping chaos low between 0-6 and not higher. The key overall takeaway is that NII v6 is a playground to experiment with different prompts and settings to see what generates the best images.

Keywords

💡Mid Journey

Mid Journey is an AI system that generates images from text prompts. It was updated with a new anime-focused version called nii v6, which is the main topic of the video. The video describes how to access and use this new anime version to create illustrated images.

💡anime

Anime refers to the Japanese animation art style. The nii v6 update to Mid Journey is focused on generating images in an anime aesthetic. This means the images have exaggerated cartoonish features like large eyes, colorful hair, and stylized outfits.

💡text prompts

Text prompts are the text descriptions that users provide to Mid Journey to generate an image. The video gives examples like "Batman wearing a yellow bat suit" to showcase how nii v6 can create detailed anime illustrations from imaginative text prompts.

💡variation

Variation in Mid Journey refers to generating different variations of the same prompt. The video advises using the 'variation strong' feature to improve text generation within images, by creating variations until the text looks clear.

💡stylize

The stylize value controls the abstraction and style strength in Mid Journey images. The video tests different values and finds the default of 100 is best for nii v6, with minimal changes until the extremes of 0 and 1000.

💡chaos

Chaos controls how much randomness is allowed when Mid Journey generates images. The video recommends keeping chaos low, between 0-6, to get clear results from nii v6.

💡seed

A seed number allows Mid Journey users to recreate the same image generation result. The video uses fixed seeds to compare how the stylize value changes a single prompt.

💡text generation

Text generation refers to Mid Journey's ability to realistically generate text and words within an image. The nii v6 update greatly improves text generation in anime style images.

💡access

The video outlines two methods to access the new nii v6 system - through the Mid Journey bot with a special code, or through a direct link to the nii server.

💡anime aesthetic

The anime aesthetic describes the distinctive artistic style of anime, which nii v6 is designed to replicate. This includes features like colorful hair, large expressive eyes, dynamic poses, and visually exaggerated character designs.

Highlights

Mid Journey launched nii version 6, an anime focused algorithm

Access nii v6 through the Mid Journey bot or nii server invite link

Nii v6 has subtle upscaling and strong creative upscaling

Add text to images in nii v6 with quotes around the words

Use variation strong on close text results to improve generation

Nii v6 excels at generating anime style portraits

Use 'style raw' to tone down the anime aesthetic

Nii v6 can accurately position two characters together

The stylize value has little effect except at 0 and 1000

Keep chaos values low, between 0-6 for best results

Seed numbers can compare similar prompts with variation

Leave feedback on best use cases for nii v6

Access is currently limited to text prompts without zoom/pan

Full nii v6 launch with more features in about a month

Try different prompt styles to explore nii v6 capabilities

Transcripts

there was a big update to Mid Journey

last night let me tell you all about it

it was actually the alpha launch of nii

version 6 that's the anime focused

algorithm and there are two ways to

access it the first is through the mid

Journey bot you can type in D- nii n ji

space then the number six at the end of

your prompt to access this version and

check this out Batman wearing a yellow

bat suit Batman is eating a pizza in the

Batcave oh my God look how good that

looks it listened to the prompt amazing

that's probably the coolest part but the

visuals itself like that's that's the

Batman eating some zah personally can't

ask for much more than that I just want

to remind you that this is in Alpha

meaning we don't have access to

inpainting or panning or zooming out but

they say those things will be there at

the full launch in about a month from

now at the moment we only have a subtle

upscaler a creative upscaler very subtle

and very strong the other way to access

the nii bot is through the nii server if

you don't have access to the nii server

I'll leave an invite Link in the

description below once you're on the

server you can join one of these image

generation channels and then from there

if you create an image and then react to

it with an envelope Emoji you'll be sent

a direct message where you can interact

with the bot there and then from here

you can go into your settings and make

sure nii version 6 is highlighted and

this might be a good time to point out

that you can add text to your images

simple text don't try for anything too

crazy no runon sentences but a word or

two or maybe three and I think you'll be

okay a pirate

saying we got some pretty cool images

through this generation I like that one

she's pretty cool I like him as well and

the way you do this is by inputting the

words you want within quotation marks

Batman saying nii till I die or you

could write a little more Batman sitting

at a cafe having an espresso latte a

speech bubble says nii till I die it's

pretty cool and then I want you to check

these out future Tech pilot logo

quotation marks future Tech pilot look

how well the text is written perfectly

written in one and four and then we're

getting somewhere in two and three but I

need to show you how I got here I used

variation strong on this image down here

that is the key like look at the rest of

this grid and then look here that is not

perfect but it was close enough so when

we hit the variation button mid Journey

will sort of course correct itself and

that's how I found I would get the best

results generate text find something

that looks sort of close and then hit

the variation strong button underneath

and upscale by the way my name is Nolan

and it's my goal to make learning AI as

straightforward as possible if you've

learned anything new so far please

consider leaving a like on this video so

we could share it with more people

thanks there are a couple more things I

want to show you but here is is a great

example of how powerful nii version 6 is

and just really how powerful AI has

become if you try to get two characters

to sit together in any previous version

to put it simply it just wouldn't work

and now we have Diva and Tracer from

OverWatch sitting on a bench that is

Diva and that is Tracer I can't believe

this picture came out so good I am

thoroughly impressed and I can't wait to

see what you all come up with now

remember that this model was trained on

anime this is an anime Focus generator

like if you type in portrait of an

Instagram model fism style ni6 this is

the type of look you'll get but if for

some reason you're not a fan of this

look there is one thing you can do and

that's including style raw Dash Dash

style raw into your prompt this will

sort of tone back the cartoonish anime

aesthetic and it can make a really big

difference in your prompts I think you'd

agree that these images are quite

different so please let me know in the

comments below if you find any perfect

use cases for this and the last thing I

think you should know about nii version

six has to do with the styliz value

normally I would suggest you try all

different type of stylized values

however it's not really going to make a

difference and I can prove it first take

a look at this prompt Fierce Galactic

Warrior protector of the stars and first

born of the infinite this is at the

default value stylize 100 but I

specified a seed number in this case

35253 it doesn't matter what seed you

pick the point is to look at what it

generates try and take a m al image of

what you see here because when we

increase the value to stylize 200 we get

these now is there a big difference I

think number one is familiar and I think

number three is familiar maybe I can do

a back and forth really quick but we

have two that are new okay that's a

start but when we move to

300 not much of a difference at all okay

fine one new one sure chalk that up but

then look at 400 no difference barely

any that is proof that the style I value

is not changing the prompt very much at

all here is 500 600 700 8 900 okay I

know what you're thinking great now I

don't have to use the stylize values

however I did notice two values that

seem to make a difference one of those

is all the way at stylize 1000 that is

the highest you can go and take a look

at number four we have not seen that

before is that worth trying stylize

1,000 for the chance of seeing something

new maybe I'll leave that up to you but

you might also want to check out a

stylized value lower than 100 because at

zero we get these now you might not

think these are very beautiful at all

but they are clearly different than the

rest of the values so it might also be

worth trying in your opinion one last

piece of advice I would really recommend

keeping your chaos values low you can

choose a number between 0 and 100 zero

is the default I don't even think you

should go as high as 12 here's a future

Tech pilot logo quotation marks future

Tech pilot look what I get at chaos 12

these are nonsense like what what are

you even looking at here I recommend

staying between like 0o and 6 but again

it's up to you go up to 12 go higher

than that if you want mid journey nii

journey it's your playground or it's

your slot machine pull the lever as many

times as you want I hope that's a quick

introduction to nii V6 for you if you

want more tips on how to generate text

inside of your images you can check out

this video here I hope you're doing well

take care and I'll see you next time

peace