Creative GenerationVerified
Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Midjourney deployed a web-based image editor in August 2024 that lets users modify AI-generated or uploaded images using AI-powered tools. Users can repaint specific areas of an image using text prompts (inpainting) or expand an image's canvas beyond its original borders (outpainting).
Details
The Midjourney Image Editor (launched August 16, 2024 on midjourney.com) consolidates inpainting (called 'Vary Region,' which regenerates selected areas of an image guided by a text prompt), outpainting/canvas extension (extending the image boundaries and filling new space with AI-generated visuals), panning, zooming, and remixing into a single interface. A virtual brush tool replaced older square-selector and lasso tools for greater precision. The editor is available to users who have generated at least 10 images and is accessible only on the website, not through Discord. It is included in all subscription plans.
Products affected
Midjourney Web (midjourney.com)
Sources & Evidence
Cite this record
Trace Foundation. (2026). Midjourney: Midjourney deployed a web-based image editor in August 2024 that lets users modify AI-generated or uploaded images using AI-powered tools. Users can repaint specific areas of an image using text prompts (inpainting) or expand an image's canvas beyond its original borders (outpainting) (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/69a67e23-53b9-455e-9a3d-0446441b5a2b. Accessed October 5, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/69a67e23-53b9-455e-9a3d-0446441b5a2b
- Data as of
- May 11, 2026
- Last verified
- Not recorded
Other practices by Midjourney
Creative GenMidjourney deployed an AI image generator that creates original artwork from text descriptions typed by users. Since its open beta launch in July 2022, any paying subscriber can type a written prompt and receive four AI-generated images within about a minute.Creative GenMidjourney offers a specialized image generation model called Niji, developed in collaboration with Spellbrush, that focuses on Eastern and anime illustration aesthetics. It is available to all paying Midjourney subscribers and has its own dedicated website and Discord server.OtherMidjourney trains its AI image and video generation models on datasets that include billions of images crawled from the public web, licensed data, and user-submitted prompts and outputs. This training practice is active and ongoing since 2022.
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