It’s spooky season, and Midjourney’s acting possessed — new UI, style creator, and a personalization trick you weren’t supposed to find.
Drew and Rory break down why Midjourney’s entire system is quietly evolving—from Style Creator and V6 personalization inside V7 to what V8 might unlock.
They also unpack Figma’s surprise grab of Weavy, Adobe Max’s wild AI experiments, and Google’s Pomelli quietly rewriting ad generation.
This episode connects the dots: how personalization, node-based canvases, and real creative workflows are converging into one massive shift.
Topics: Midjourney V8, Style Creator, personalization, V6 profiles, V7 update, Weavy Figma acquisition, Adobe Max AI, node workflows, Pomelli AI ads, Magnific Precision V2, creative OS, AI image generation, design evolution, Google Pomelli
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⏱️ Midjourney Fast Hour
00:00 – Halloween cold open, 80s kid-movie nostalgia (Stranger Things, Sandlot, Little Giants)
04:18 – AI → physical: tees, stickers, and print-on-demand in minutes
06:05 – Midjourney Office Hours: UI first, then V8; timing shifts to Jan-Feb range
07:45 – New UI before V8; hopes and fears about “chatty” editors
09:28 – Style Creator incoming; sharing styles like SRF codes; what creation might look like
12:17 – Editing wishlist: Nano-style natural-language edits, object/text consistency
14:01 – Character & product consistency: why keyframes still morph and how to fix it
15:32 – Typography rant: fonts, spacing, and why AI text still isn’t there yet
20:21 – Live unlock: using V6 profile codes inside V7 (and what counts as an “image”)
28:07 – Upscale behavior confirmed; where Magnific/Topaz still help
33:31 – Magnific Precision V2: Sublime vs Photo; smart grain and practical settings
37:13 – Weavy → Figma: why a 13-person team got acquired in 4 months
40:00 – Aggregator era: Runway, Freepik, Adobe, node canvases, and UX moats
44:23 – Adobe Max recap: node workflows, Surface/Trace/Light tools, image→3D, camera moves
51:10 – Live lighting tweak (Light Touch) and perspective shifts; finishing vs. generation
1:01:33 – AI → physical again: Womp and useful 3D prints (beyond desk toys)
1:04:18 – Google Pomelli: drop a URL, get brand-on-voice ad concepts fast
1:10:04 – T-shirt workflow: face/style refs → Printify in ~1 hour
1:16:28 – Wrap: “weeks are short” in AI; Midjourney says V8 is their most exciting yet
