Midjourney V6 through Midjourney API!

Updated: Jan 3 by GoAPI

On December 21st 9:56pm PT , DavidH (founder and CEO of Midjourney) has officially announced in the Midjourney Discord Channel that the long-anticipated alpha-version of the Midjourney V6 model is finally here, perfect for us to test during the winter break! :)

Midjourney V6 Model Annoucement Screenshot — Midjourney V6 Model Annoucement in Midjourney's Discord Channel

So, what is new?

Given the relative lengthy announcement from the CEO, GoAPI has summarized the announcement into the points below to save you some time!

1. The V6 base model is a result of 9-month-training (from scratch) from Midjourney's AI superclusters!

2. Realism, realism realism (compared to previous models)!

3. Relearn Prompting everyone: be explicit , be precise !

4. Improved upscalers with both 'subtle' and 'creative' modes

5. Pan/zoom/vary/tune/describe aren't supported at the moment

6. How to select the V6 base model?

a. type the already-familiar '/setting' command, and you will be able select V6 Beta in the selection menu;

b. Or type '--v 6’ after the prompt (note only relaxed mode is supported at the moment

Image alt — Selecting Midjourney V6 base model from setting

Accessing Midjourney V6 model through API!

With this exciting update from Midjourney, the GoAPI team made sure that the current GoAPI code base supported the '--v 6' prompt suffix as soon as possible, and then released the relevant changelog announcing that the V6 base model is supported through GoAPI's API for Midjourney as well!

Screenshot of GoAPI's Midjourney API documentation showing our update on supporting Midjourney v6

Comparison between V5.2 and V6 Base Model!

Since we can now access the V6 Base Model through API provided by GoAPI, we made some side-by-side comparison between the --v 5.2 and --v 6 results, using the same prompts, for a variety scenarios including product design, decor design, realistic photography, scenic, and interior design!

Below are the unaltered, unedited, and straight out of Midjourney!

Soft colored prayer mat with white feminine pattern design

--v 5. 2

Pray mat image generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v5.2

--v 6

Pray mat image generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v6

A close up photography of young woman with beautiful shadows as optical illusions

--v 5. 2

Nike trainers images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v5.2

--v 6

Nike trainers images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v6

cute clay ghosts cartoon characters in a 3D effect

--v 5. 2

Close up photography images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v5.2

--v 6

Close up photography images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v6

beautiful picnic spring meadow on a sunny day as realistic photography

--v 5. 2

picnic spring meadow images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v5.2

--v 6

picnic spring meadow images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v6

Futuristic housing interior with curvature design elements and abundant outdoor lighting

--v 5. 2

futuristic housing interior images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v5.2

--v 6

futuristic housing interior images generated by GoAPI's API using Midjourney v6

Conclusion

As a conclusion, the V6 base model is definitely more advantageous towards realistic elements of image generation. With the quality of the images visibly higher than that of the previous model V5.2!

But of course, we are looking to incremental improvements to this base in the near future, and we are especially excited to try the model with other functions such as zoom, vary, pan and describe!

Thank you for reading everyone! Hope everyone have a lovely holiday season - happy tinkering with the V6! :p