What if tasks that took dozens of minutes in Photoshop could be completed with just a single command? Midjourney's Edit and Personalize features make exactly this kind of magic possible. By properly utilizing just these two features, you can achieve amazing results by training specific styles and applying them infinitely.
Getting Started with Edit: Two Approaches
There are two ways to activate the Edit feature. The first is to click on a generated image and press 'Edit', and the second is to upload an image directly from the Edit tab.
When you press Edit on a generated image, a simple editing window appears, but to access the truly powerful features, you need to click 'Open in Editor' in the bottom right corner. This is where all the editing capabilities truly shine.
Revolutionary Understanding of the Canvas Concept
The key to understanding Midjourney Edit is grasping the canvas concept. Unlike traditional Photoshop, Midjourney operates with a structure where images sit on top of a canvas. What does this mean?
For example, if you upload a 1:1 ratio image and set it to 16:9 ratio, empty spaces appear. This is where something amazing happens. The Edit feature naturally fills these empty spaces to expand the image.
In practice, when you input a prompt like "move the composition to the left and expand the image," it maintains the existing image while perfectly filling the empty spaces, creating four different results. This isn't simple cropping—it's true image expansion.
What's even more remarkable is that for portrait photos where limbs or arms are cut off, resetting the frame and composition can regenerate the missing parts. This was impossible with traditional image editing tools.
Smart Editing Tools
If you can't think of an appropriate prompt while editing, you can use the 'Suggest Prompt' feature in the top left. This function suggests prompts that match your photo. For example, after changing a vertical image to horizontal, setting the composition, clicking 'Suggest Prompt', and then 'Submit Edit', you can complete high-quality image editing with just four clicks.
The paint function is also revolutionary. Select 'Erase' and drag across the image to remove specific parts, then press 'Restore' to recover the erased sections. After erasing specific parts and entering a new prompt, partial modifications become possible, allowing you to create various styled photos from a single model photograph.
An important tip here is that when editing specific areas, you should erase slightly wider than needed, considering the final image, to achieve natural-looking edits.
Amazing Accuracy in Original Preservation
One of the most impressive features of Midjourney Edit is that unselected areas of the original image are preserved almost 100%. For example, you can erase a person from a photo and make edits with just a simple prompt, while the unselected parts remain exactly as they were in the original.
This shows a clear difference compared to other AI tools like ChatGPT. Other tools often damage the original image, but Midjourney preserves the original image as much as possible.
The brush for specifying edit areas is adjustable in size and can be finely controlled by scrolling the mouse wheel. The 'Smart Select' feature at the bottom enables precise object selection.
Layers and Advanced Features
Using the layer function in the bottom left, you can overlay multiple canvases. You can upload photos, set size and composition, then input background prompts to create new photos, or combine multiple background photos into one.
The Retexture feature is a unique function that transforms image textures. Upload a photo and input textures or materials to transform the texture of subjects in the photo. This is particularly useful for resolving awkwardness caused by texture differences when multiple photos are combined and edited.
Personalize: The Revolution of Style Replication
The Personalize feature allows you to infinitely replicate specific styles or character feels. The Profile function references the style of learned images. Click 'Create Character Profile' to select multiple photos and create a profile.
For example, if you train a profile exclusively with hand-drawn illustration-style photos, any subsequent prompt will be expressed in an illustration style. This is extremely useful when generating large amounts of content with consistent style.
Moodboard: The Secret to Unparalleled Results
The Moodboard feature shows truly unparalleled results. Click 'Create Moodboard' and upload images of a specific style, and subsequently created images will reference not only the learned image's style but also the character feel.
For more consistent photos, you can include the character's clothing or style in the prompt. Using the median function, you can easily create images of multiple scenes with a single prompt input.
Infinite Possibilities for Practical Application
These features can be utilized by almost everyone. Architects can train their portfolios and generate unlimited architectural ideas with simple prompts. By training popular pop song album covers, you can create unlimited trendy cover photos with just one or two keywords.
In all fields where images are used—advertising posters, brand logos, etc.—the Moodboard feature can extract extreme efficiency. This goes beyond simple image generation to enable brand identity building and consistent visual communication.
Technical Limitations and Solutions
Of course, it's not a perfect tool. When selecting photos, it's important to choose images with as consistent a style as possible. If you're not getting photos in the desired style, you can press keyboard key 3 to skip images.
For the Profile feature, many users don't feel significant benefits since the previously introduced SRF function can adequately substitute for it. However, the Moodboard feature definitely provides unparalleled results.
In conclusion, Midjourney's Edit and Personalize features have completely transformed the existing image editing paradigm. Tasks that took dozens of minutes in Photoshop can now be completed with just a few clicks, and the ability to train specific styles and apply them infinitely opens new possibilities for creators.
Whether you're an individual creator or a corporation, properly utilizing these tools enables efficient mass production of high-quality visual content. However, understanding technical limitations and establishing appropriate workflows is key to successful utilization.