MidJourney’s NEW V4 Algorithm Is Insane

Image from MidJourney Discord. Cover by Jim Clyde Monge

The long-awaited release of the V4 algorithm for MidJourney is finally here. This update is meant to improve on details, composition, and realism.

Even though the model is still in the alpha test phase, the initial results are already incredible.

V4 is an entirely new codebase and totally new AI architecture. It’s our first model trained on a new Midjourney AI supercluster and has been in the works for over 9 months. V4 isn’t the final step, but our first step, and we hope you all feel it as the new beginning of something deep and unfathomable. — MidJourney

What’s New?

• Vastly more knowledge (of creatures, places, and more)
• Much better at getting small details right (in all situations)
• Handles more complex prompting (with multiple levels of detail)
• Better with multi-object / multi-character scenes
• Supports advanced functionality like image prompting and multi-prompts
• Supports — chaos arg (set it from 0 to 100) to control the variety of image grids