Creative AI News & Insights | July 21 - 27, 2023

A(i)rtifacts - Issue No.1

Hi,

Congratulations!

You have braved to be the first-ever recipient of this weekly Creative AI news and insights newsletter I call A(i)rtifacts. ❤️

Welcome, I’m glad you are here!

Without wasting any time - let’s get right into it.

Midjourney

July 26 - Weekly Office Hours

v5.3
- some inpainting is ready, but waiting on Discord to ship it
- no release date

v6
- some aspects are ready and could be released, but work continues to improve v6 before the release
- not going to be released in July
- no release date at this moment

Standalone Website
- remains a priority
- work in progress
- no release date

Other
- working on a secret project
- working on 3D, video, real-time stuff, etc.

RunwayML

A couple of updates.

July 21 - Image to Video

You can upload an image, e.g., generated in Midjourney, and generate a video from that image! The results can be a bit hit or miss, but you can get creative and create amazing masterpieces with Midjourney + RunwayML + Capcut, etc.
Wild times! Let’s goooo.

July 24 - New Unlimited Plan

$76/per month (billed annually)
$95/per month (billed monthly)

Kaiber AI

July 25 - Motion is coming!

You can sign up to be a Kaiber Beta User Here.

Stable Diffusion

July 26 - SDXL 1.0 is here!

There are a few places you can try this out.
Here’s one of them: Playgroundai.com - once you sign in/sign up, you have two options to choose from Board or Canvas. If you choose Canvas: 1.0 is the default here.

Learn Something New

1. Midjourney image to RunwayML Video

Once you are signed in, click/tap on the “Image to Video” located on the home page (pic below):

Upload your Midjourney-generated image.
Do not add any text to the prompt!

Generate.

2. Prompt Cycling Technique

This is something I do when I want to iterate quickly and test various elements’ effects in a prompt.

From the Toolbox

I’m compiling lists of words you can use in your prompts in as many styles, thematics, etc., as I can think of (thanks, ChatGPT, for the help - ha). This is a work in progress. I’m updating the current lists and adding more lists weekly. You get these lists here - straight out of the oven as they are published. 😊

That is it for this first-ever issue of A(i)rtifacts.

My goal is to provide useful, practical information and insights that you can immediately put to use.

I would love to hear your thoughts, comments, and suggestions. You can reply to this email 😉.

Alie