Exploring the Zoom Out, Custom Zoom, and Make Square Features in Midjourney
Zoom Out, Custom Zoom, and Make Square are features in Midjourney, an image generation model.
These features allow you to expand the canvas around an upscaled image and fill in the new space based on cues from the original image and your prompt.
Here’s a breakdown of each feature:
1. Make Square
This action adds canvas space around your original image, making it square-shaped. The added canvas is automatically filled in using cues from the prompt and the image itself. Your original image remains intact at the center, surrounded by the newly generated content.
2. Zoom Out 1.5x and Zoom Out 2x
These actions also add canvas space around your original image but zoom out by a factor of 1.5 or 2. The added canvas is filled in using cues from the prompt and the image, similar to Make Square. Again, your original image remains intact in the center.
3. Custom Zoom
This feature gives you more control over the outpainting process. When you choose Custom Zoom, a remix window opens where you can modify or replace the prompt. You can adjust the zoom level, edit the prompt text, add or remove parameters, and even use image references and weights. The modifications you make will apply only to the newly added canvas, while your original image remains unchanged.
It’s important to note the following:
1. Your original image always remains intact, and it’s the prompt that influences what is generated in the added canvas space
2. After a zoom action, rerolls will only affect the newly added canvas, not the original image.
3. Be cautious not to reset the canvas by using variation buttons, as they will repaint the entire canvas according to the prompt, erasing your previous work.
4. Zoom features are actions, not modes, meaning they are applied when clicked and don’t repeat during rerolls or remixes.
5. Some images may exhibit recursive zoom effects, where the generated content resembles a zoomed version of the original image. Adjustments to the prompt using Custom Zoom can help correct these effects if desired.
6. The zoom effects can result in artistic and unusual outcomes. The generated content may become progressively weirder after two levels of zoom, or if the prompt’s total weight value is set to 0.5 or below. This weirdness can be embraced for artistic purposes or limited by keeping the zoom level or weight values within specific ranges.
These features provide creative possibilities for expanding and manipulating images while keeping the original content at the centre of attention.
