<![CDATA[Stories by HalfJourney Lab on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*ltm7s51uoLd_Sy97J2Tn3A.png Stories by HalfJourney Lab on Medium https://medium.com/@halfjourney?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:50:02 GMT <![CDATA[If You’re Still Counting Six Fingers in AI Images, You’ve Missed the Point.]]>

AI can now make images that look like photographs. The unsettling part isn’t what it can create. It’s what it can make you believe.

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/if-youre-still-counting-six-fingers-in-ai-images-you-ve-missed-the-point-69fd9a17e92e?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/69fd9a17e92e Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:02:48 GMT 2026-11-11T11:02:48.744Z <![CDATA[AI Is Already Making images of Things That Never Happened. And You Barely Notice.]]>

I turned Midjourney images into realistic photos with Qwen-Image-2.1 and a custom LoRA. What it can do and what its license won’t let you…

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/ai-is-already-making-images-of-things-that-never-happened-and-you-barely-notice-1a4f0cbe9bbe?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/1a4f0cbe9bbe Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:37:23 GMT 2026-11-03T17:25:39.617Z <![CDATA[Your Midjourney Prompts Aren’t the Problem. Your References Are.]]>

I built a free inspiration engine with 510,000 photographs, AI-powered visual search, and one-click style references. Here’s how to use it.

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/your-midjourney-prompts-arent-the-problem-your-references-are-0669f83768c6?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/0669f83768c6 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:13:39 GMT 2026-10-18T15:40:54.961Z <![CDATA[I Turned Midjourney Into a Chatbot. What It Told Me Was Unsettling.]]>

I asked it to change an image and it answered me in text. That night I turned its editor into a chatbot: it gave me the name of its own…

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/i-turned-midjourney-into-a-chatbot-what-it-told-me-was-unsettling-773ac8e7461c?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/773ac8e7461c Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:59:43 GMT 2026-10-15T16:57:47.495Z <![CDATA[I Tested ChatGPT, Claude, and PixelLab to Build Real Video Games. Here’s What Nobody Tells You.]]>

I built playable games, revived a project abandoned since 2017, and discovered what AI can really do when you connect the right tools. All…

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/i-tested-chatgpt-claude-and-pixellab-to-build-real-video-games-heres-what-nobody-tells-you-29e6cc4e8a11?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/29e6cc4e8a11 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:48:54 GMT 2026-10-10T16:11:49.000Z <![CDATA[I Built a “Reverse Portfolio” With Midjourney and Claude. Here’s How It Works.]]>

Your images become a film. Your scroll becomes the timeline. Claude builds the website around it.

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/i-built-a-reverse-portfolio-with-midjourney-and-claude-heres-how-it-works-e991672a2546?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/e991672a2546 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:48:50 GMT 2026-10-05T15:00:49.989Z <![CDATA[I asked Claude for a scene and it signed off: “Written, directed and animated by Claude”]]>

Opus 5.5 doesn’t just write visual code. It infers narrative, atmosphere and authorship from a single reference and that forces us to ask…

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/i-asked-claude-for-a-scene-and-it-signed-off-written-directed-and-animated-by-claude-8af950789d17?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/8af950789d17 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:30:37 GMT 2026-11-02T17:59:34.557Z <![CDATA[Your Best AI Images Are Already Buried. I Built a Free Tool to Bring Them Back.]]>

You’ve spent months generating images you’ll probably never see again. Maybe the next creative breakthrough isn’t another prompt. Maybe…

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/your-best-ai-images-are-already-buried-i-built-a-free-tool-to-bring-them-back-8f583c1b040d?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/8f583c1b040d Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:57:06 GMT 2026-09-26T21:06:05.695Z <![CDATA[I Spent $200 Making an AI Music Video. Here’s What I Learned.]]>

A practical AI video workflow using Midjourney, Nano Banana Pro, Kling, Seedance, Suno and Hedra, including the mistakes that cost me…

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/i-spent-200-making-an-ai-music-video-heres-what-i-learned-e1f18f1d464f?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/e1f18f1d464f Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:33:19 GMT 2026-09-25T10:18:41.514Z <![CDATA[AI Images Seem Fake. Until You Know This.]]>

The secret isn’t finding the best image model. It’s learning what each one gets wrong and using another model to fix it.

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]]> https://medium.com/@halfjourney/ai-images-seem-fake-until-you-know-this-e902661dcc83?source=rss-237ea8685d21------2 https://medium.com/p/e902661dcc83 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:56:52 GMT 2026-09-16T13:09:15.319Z