Dear readers, this week I want to resume the speech from where we had left: the Midjourney Retexture command. In recent weeks I have decided to Take it to the testby testing their muscles and potential with a real project.
After exploring the Retexture starting from a sketch generated with a prompt, I wondered: What if I tried to use it for a real job? Would it be powerful enough to meet the needs of a real customer? The answersurprisingly, Well yesbut getting an excellent result requires some skills and a few more steps.
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The project: a modern Mediterranean style interior
In recent weeks I have been asked to produce some interior views for a real project: a modern Mediterranean style cuisine. The customer’s requests were precise:
- Wooden roof with exposed beams.
- Raw stone wall.
- Clear flooring.
- Kitchen in line with an island, taken in reference by a minimal and modern catalog.
Step 1: modeling and first render base
I started the job modeling the space in sketchuptaking care of the geometries and reaching the level of detail necessary for the project. Once the modeling is completed, I created a first one Fast reignization in V-Raywithout dwelling too much on materials and lights.
The result? A make rough, with dull lights, poorly defined materials It is a rather flat general aspect. A very basic output, but perfect for testing the real potential of the Retexture command.
Step 2: Retexture with Midjourney
At this point, I have Imported the render in Midjourney and I have started experimenting with the network command. I tested different variants of prompt To explore combinations of materials and lights. The results? Interesting, but not without challenges.
The textures and lights generated were of high quality and rich in details. However, the car struggled to maintain consistency with the original projectintroducing small distortions or reinterpreting materials and geometries so inaccurate.
As you can see, The visual impact is remarkablebut when working on a real project, the precision on customer requests and respect for design geometries are fundamental. Here the crucial point emerges: Midjourney is a powerful tool, but For a faithful output to the project, additional skills are needed and integration with other tools.
Step 3: the role of photoshop and compositing
To get the final image, I intervened in Photoshop, using a composite approach. Ho generated multiple versions on Midjourney, each with different details:
- From one I took the wooden roof.
- From another the flooring.
- From another still the stone wall, etc.
I have quintthe assembled these “pieces” to obtain a final image that respects the geometries of the original render and the customer’s requests.
Final considerations: a look at the present and the future
The final result is of high quality: a well -defined image, with Realistic materials and a light yield that is difficult to reach only with Sketchup and V-Rayless than hours of settings and renderings. But this experience taught me some fundamental things:
- Midjourney is a powerful, but not (still) self -sufficient tool: For complex projects, it is necessary to support it with tools such as photoshop and have good post-production skills.
- AI evolves quickly: what requires compositing today could be automated tomorrow. Let’s not forget that the network command is still in the beta phaseand its potential will grow in the coming months.
- The value of human experience: creativity, aesthetic taste and the ability to assemble the best more output remain irreplaceable.
I hope this journey through my work process has been useful to you and has shown you the potential (and current limits) of this technology.
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