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Midjourney Fast Hours

Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn
Midjourney Fast Hours
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  • Midjourney Edit Models + Nano Banana Pro: Eating Lunches in the Upside Down
    Rory and Drew celebrate crawling their way to 30k subs, then immediately prove they are barely qualified to handle it by turning a Stranger Things binge into a full-blown lecture on composition, lighting, and how to reverse-engineer blockbuster shots into Midjourney and Nano Banana Pro prompts. They talk like film school dropouts who discovered prompts instead of lenses. From there, they unpack fresh Midjourney office hours: the upcoming UI/UX overhaul with continuous scrolling, better color control, a reworked style system, and the big one: parallel edit models that finally keep you inside Midjourney instead of forcing you into five other tools. They break down what โ€œbetter text handlingโ€ could realistically mean for real-world client work, what to expect from Midjourney V8 training in January, and why business use cases will decide who actually wins this model war. Then itโ€™s a long, dangerous slide into Nano Banana Pro obsession. They show how they are using it for real campaigns: ingredient flat-lay diagrams with perfect labels, knolling that actually respects object counts, thumbnail iterations in minutes, hyper-real food tweaks (โ€œmake the cheese more brown and bubblyโ€) and product work where text on bottles and labels actually holds up. Think: turning moodboards into branded cars, movie-poster typography onto existing art, and multi-shot car sequences that are clean enough to use as video keyframes. In the back half, they zoom out into systems: building custom Nano tools in Google AI Studio, using JSON prompts, if-then logic, and style libraries to create reusable pipelines for teams that are not prompt nerds. They rant about broken N8N workflows, fake Instagram โ€œAI automationโ€ grifts, and share where affiliate tools actually see conversions today across YouTube, X, and LinkedIn. It is part Midjourney V8 rumor mill, part Nano Banana Pro clinic, part therapy session for creatives trying to stay sane in an algorithm that clearly prefers trolls and evolving Pokรฉmon. --โฑ๏ธ Midjourney Fast Hour00:00 Midjourney Fast Hours hits 30k subs01:28 Stranger Things S5, film craft & AI framing05:39 Turning cinematic shots into AI prompts07:33 Pop culture prompts, memes & brand tie-ins08:38 Nano Banana branding tricks & model hype cycle09:38 Midjourney swag, โ€œnon-sponsored sponsorsโ€10:12 Midjourney UI overhaul & scrolling-style feed15:46 Midjourney edit models and in-app image editing20:16 Midjourney V8 timing, text handling & business use24:41 Midjourney vs other models for real client work26:47 Free image tools, casual users & competition30:57 Nano Banana Pro: real-world client use cases36:31 Micro edits, product shots & text stress tests42:33 Product versioning, depth tests & asset variants44:25 Car branding, moodboards & Nano video keyframes46:20 Polaroid race car branding & design details50:09 Building custom Nano tools in Google AI Studio55:21 Style libraries, handoff workflows & reverse prompts59:17 If-then logic for prompts, GPTs & image systems01:03:01 From tokens to full-blown image systems01:04:21 Instagram grifts, empty funnels & manychat rage01:05:15 Platforms that actually convert for AI tools01:06:38 Algorithm chaos, Pokรฉmon and death threats01:06:58 Midjourney swag, the Faye cameo & water bottle talk01:07:58 Future video model hype, skepticism & sign-off
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  • Two Midjourney Drops in 48 Hours + Nano Banana Pro Pulls Up with a Nuke
    Drew and Rory pull up to Episode 57 running on fumes and caffeine, only to get smacked in the face by one of the wildest AI weeks of the year. Midjourney drops two new features back-to-back like itโ€™s nothing, Google drops Nano Banana Pro into the world like a nuke, and both guys are out here pretending theyโ€™re emotionally prepared (theyโ€™re not).They clown themselves for completely misusing Style Creator on day one, break down how user profiles actually work, and speculate on whether v8 is hiding the surgical editing tools everyoneโ€™s been begging for.Then the Nano Banana Pro segment hits and things get unhinged: micro-edits that used to take an hour now take a second, text layouts that look like a designer touched them, coherence hacks, refraction tricks, split-stack continuity workflows, and some examples from the community that genuinely feel illegal.If youโ€™re trying to stay ahead in Midjourney, Gemini, or AI creative workflows in general, this episode is basically the โ€œdonโ€™t-get-left-behindโ€ starter pack.---โฑ๏ธ Midjourney Fast Hour 00:00 โ€“ Cold open + Thanksgiving chaos01:16 โ€“ Stream kickoff + why this week exploded01:47 โ€“ Midjourney drops two features in two days02:23 โ€“ First reactions to Style Creator04:52 โ€“ How Style Creator confuses everyone at first06:18 โ€“ Refining styles + the 5โ€“15 refinement rule07:40 โ€“ Style history, safety nets, and code tracking08:36 โ€“ Eliminating style-drift anxiety09:25 โ€“ What Style Creator still gets wrong10:21 โ€“ Smart Search wish-list + missing features11:29 โ€“ Does refinement actually improve downstream results?12:15 โ€“ Style Creator verdict: fun, but who needs it?13:26 โ€“ Ending sessions + saving yourself from randomness14:38 โ€“ Style Creator wrap-up15:08 โ€“ Midjourney user profiles deep dive17:34 โ€“ Spotlight, archive, and profile curation18:43 โ€“ Private vs stealth vs public image management20:47 โ€“ Social linking + hopping across profiles22:52 โ€“ Portfolio potential + whatโ€™s still missing27:22 โ€“ The V8 conversation: what MJ still owes creators29:50 โ€“ The editing limitations everyone wants fixed30:24 โ€“ Nano Banana Pro enters the chat31:57 โ€“ Googleโ€™s naming chaos (again)32:53 โ€“ Nano Banana Proโ€™s first real test: auto-summarizing video35:30 โ€“ Split-stacks, keyframes, micro-sequences41:34 โ€“ Refraction, distortion, and text-on-glass tricks45:35 โ€“ Micro-editing breakthrough examples48:33 โ€“ Best platforms for running Nano Banana Pro50:13 โ€“ Gemini Studio vs Weavy workflows52:13 โ€“ Multi-step layouts: text + objects + composition55:18 โ€“ Design briefs, ingestion, and real client examples57:57 โ€“ Why every team now needs a Nano Pro person01:01:02 โ€“ The โ€œsegment anythingโ€ Meta update + VFX workflow talk01:03:00 โ€“ Minority Report future of editing01:04:20 โ€“ Feeling behind while the internet shows off01:05:40 โ€“ Lighting setup extraction examples01:06:04 โ€“ Thanksgiving scheduling + next weekโ€™s plan01:06:35 โ€“ The โ€œfull sprintโ€ AI moment01:07:19 โ€“ Outro
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  • Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game
    Drew and Rory start with eyeball horror, Stranger Things hype, and the idea of AI-powered contact lenses before stumbling straight into the real mind-melt: Midjourney, Grok Imagine, Mystic 3, and Flux all colliding in one episode. They roast their own prompts, trigger an accidental NSF-DoubleU moment live inside Grok, argue about โ€œflux face,โ€ and still somehow manage to pull out real, practical tips for people trying to make better AI images without losing their minds.Across an hour of chaos, they unpack Midjourney v8โ€™s subtle shifts, hidden personalization signals, Style Explorer tricks, Smart Search shortcuts, Grokโ€™s Sora-style infinite feed, Mystic 3โ€™s scary-good skin detail, and why Midjourney still owns lo-fi, lived-in, โ€œshot-on-a-phoneโ€ energy. If you care about composition, cinematic ratios, editorial portraits, food realism, or just want to hear two people dunk on Flux and node editors while actually teaching you something, this one hits.Listeners will come away knowing how to use stills archive for composition, when to skip upscales for more analog realism, how Grok Imagineโ€™s image + video workflow really behaves, and where Mystic 3 can replace Midjourney in a serious portrait or product stack.--โฑ๏ธ Midjourney Fast Hour0:00 Intro, eyeballs, and a Friday brain check2:05 Contact lens horror stories, Mission Impossible, Black Mirror eyes3:07 Stranger Things Season 5 hype and binge vs weekly TV4:51 Movies, biopics, sports docs, and couch season setting in6:23 Cowboys documentary, sports pipelines, and TV as passive story feed7:00 AI overload, nobody keeping up, and why this pod exists8:30 Midjourney profiles, Style Creator, and new personalization talk9:29 Like/dislike buttons as hidden training data and 7:3 aspect ratio love10:35 Stills Archive, cinematic framing, and cleaner compositions12:00 Style Explorer vs old-school SREF and what quietly vanished13:16 Three under-the-radar Midjourney Smart Search + right-click + Option-upscale tweaks15:35 V8, fewer wall-of-text prompts, and a move toward visual controls18:12 First look at Grok Imagineโ€™s interface and infinite scroll feel19:35 Sora-style endless bottom feed, variants, and โ€œmake videoโ€ in Grok22:51 Cinematic looks, color grading, and Grok as โ€œidea and curateโ€ engine24:19 Live NSFW surprise inside Grok Imagine and instant rating change25:23 Finding Grok history, stills, and video exports with sound26:31 Who actually gets Grok video and Drewโ€™s first real reaction to using it27:38 Mystic 3 enters the chat and upscaling less for analog vibes29:02 Why โ€œtoo sharpโ€ screams AI and how grain + smart detail saves realism30:18 Outpainting, editing, and why Midjourney still wins surgical compositing35:01 Mystic 3 V3 screen-share and first impressions35:45 Editorial portraits, skin detail, eyelashes, and hands that finally look human37:26 Mystic 3 model comparisons: Zen, State-of-the-Art, and weird description blur39:16 Zooming all the way into pores, fingerprints, and micro skin texture43:44 Cocktail and food prompts where Mystic falls behind Midjourney50:05 Nano Banana 2 rumors, native 4K wishes, and how Midjourney might respond50:58 Why Midjourney still rules lo-fi, disposable camera, and Polaroid-style shots52:16 Grok Imagine vs Flux vs Midjourney for lived-in Y2K flash photos53:39 Flux face, direct flash tests, and โ€œgo flux yourselfโ€ is born55:30 Nodes, Grok workflows, and why scrolling is faster than wiring graphs56:01 Why Midjourney is avoiding node-based interfaces on purpose57:05 Final sendoff: go flux yourself and get out of here
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  • Nodes Are Eating the Creative World (And Youโ€™re Already Late)
    Rory and Drew return from Halloween with coffee, chaos, and a nerdfest on node-based creation. They speed-run Midjourney office hours, gripe about missing โ€œmake him smileโ€ buttons, then crack open the new wave: nodes in Krea, Freepik Spaces, and Weavy...batching, branching, and wiring prompts like a patch bay. Drew admits heโ€™s been using v6 personalization inside v7 like a goblin. Rory shows how to spin one image into 20+ shots and auto-write video prompts, then turns pencil sketches into cinematic frames with structure-reference wizardry. Itโ€™s equal parts workshop and roast of their past selves.--โฑ๏ธ Midjourney Fast Hour0:01 โ€“ "Tell your dog walker to subscribeโ€ 1:08 โ€“ 55 episodes in: what Midjourney Fast Hours is really about3:25 โ€“ Midjourney Office Hours recap: dev updates, bugs, and feature requests5:02 โ€“ Multiple feature drops teased for next week6:39 โ€“ v7 release timing + hopes for a true creative studio UI9:02 โ€“ Wishlist: multi-character control, angles, expressions, and seed editing12:29 โ€“ Prompting real facial expressions (test simple โ†’ build complexity)15:13 โ€“ Pro tip: community rating = free Fast Hours learning16:02 โ€“ Hack: using v6 personalization codes inside v717:12 โ€“ The Node Revolution begins โ€” why nodes fix creative workflow pain22:12 โ€“ Krea Nodes deep dive: blueprints, drag-to-wire, product-swap demo31:39 โ€“ Image-to-video inside Krea: turning stills into motion35:04 โ€“ Batch-generation magic: LLM โ†’ 10 prompts โ†’ parallel image runs43:07 โ€“ Weavy โ€œapp viewโ€ โ€” simplified node interface for creators45:58 โ€“ Freepik Spaces walkthrough: collaborative canvas + node workflows48:25 โ€“ Quick win: โ€œ4 on demandโ€ + unlimited Nano runs in Freepik49:18 โ€“ Rumor mill: Nano Banana 2 incoming50:25 โ€“ Seedream vs Nano: angle agility vs object consistency55:27 โ€“ Merch detour: Fast Hours T-shirt mockups built with nodes59:26 โ€“ Sketch-to-cinema using Mystic (Magnific) for structure-reference1:05:38 โ€“ Wrap-up: whatโ€™s next for nodes and upcoming Midjourney updates1:07:08 โ€“ Tease: live AMA event coming in November
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  • Midjourneyโ€™s Whole System Is Quietly Evolving + a Personalization Hack You (Probably) Didn't Know
    Itโ€™s spooky season, and Midjourneyโ€™s acting possessed โ€” new UI, style creator, and a personalization trick you werenโ€™t supposed to find.Drew and Rory break down why Midjourneyโ€™s entire system is quietly evolvingโ€”from Style Creator and V6 personalization inside V7 to what V8 might unlock. They also unpack Figmaโ€™s surprise grab of Weavy, Adobe Maxโ€™s wild AI experiments, and Googleโ€™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---โฑ๏ธ Midjourney Fast Hour00:00 โ€“ Halloween cold open, 80s kid-movie nostalgia (Stranger Things, Sandlot, Little Giants)04:18 โ€“ AI โ†’ physical: tees, stickers, and print-on-demand in minutes06:05 โ€“ Midjourney Office Hours: UI first, then V8; timing shifts to Jan-Feb range07:45 โ€“ New UI before V8; hopes and fears about โ€œchattyโ€ editors09:28 โ€“ Style Creator incoming; sharing styles like SRF codes; what creation might look like12:17 โ€“ Editing wishlist: Nano-style natural-language edits, object/text consistency14:01 โ€“ Character & product consistency: why keyframes still morph and how to fix it15:32 โ€“ Typography rant: fonts, spacing, and why AI text still isnโ€™t there yet20:21 โ€“ Live unlock: using V6 profile codes inside V7 (and what counts as an โ€œimageโ€)28:07 โ€“ Upscale behavior confirmed; where Magnific/Topaz still help33:31 โ€“ Magnific Precision V2: Sublime vs Photo; smart grain and practical settings37:13 โ€“ Weavy โ†’ Figma: why a 13-person team got acquired in 4 months40:00 โ€“ Aggregator era: Runway, Freepik, Adobe, node canvases, and UX moats44:23 โ€“ Adobe Max recap: node workflows, Surface/Trace/Light tools, imageโ†’3D, camera moves51:10 โ€“ Live lighting tweak (Light Touch) and perspective shifts; finishing vs. generation1:01:33 โ€“ AI โ†’ physical again: Womp and useful 3D prints (beyond desk toys)1:04:18 โ€“ Google Pomelli: drop a URL, get brand-on-voice ad concepts fast1:10:04 โ€“ T-shirt workflow: face/style refs โ†’ Printify in ~1 hour1:16:28 โ€“ Wrap: โ€œweeks are shortโ€ in AI; Midjourney says V8 is their most exciting yet
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธThe first and only podcast for Midjourney degenerates Join Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker as they share invaluable tips, clever tricks, and in-depth tutorials. Each week, they explore how Midjourney is reshaping the creative landscape all while keeping the banter nerdier than a Star Trek convention. ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜–๐˜”๐˜– ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต.
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