Midjourney V5 Is Finally Here! How Does It Stack Up?
Better late than never: Midjourney version 5 is out at last! I take it for a spin and run a comparison between V5 and the previous versions of Midjourney.
Two months later than expected, but Midjourney V5 has officially landed.
The raw, alpha version 5 was released to everyone on Discord yesterday, which means you—yes, you—can test it out for yourself right now!
But what’s changed in this version and how does it compare to what came before?
Let’s go right ahead and find out!
Important note: The current alpha release is still being tested and fine-tuned. The final, stable release of V5 may end up having a different default aesthetic. I’ll make sure to update this post with any future changes.
Edit 04-05-2023: The new V5.1 is here!
What is Midjourney V5?
Midjourney version 5 is the latest iteration of Midjourney’s text-to-image algorithm, which is regularly updated and improved. The chronology so far has looked like this:
Version 1: March 2022
Version 2: April 2022
Version 3: July 2022
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