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Those of you who use Midjourney to create AI-powered images can now tap into an editor to help you fine-tune your work. On Sunday, Midjourney released a dedicated image editor that allows you to modify an image after the AI has created it. 

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Other AI-based image generators also let you edit an image after it's been generated. Microsoft's Designer image generator offers an editor through which you can crop or rotate the image, blur or replace the background, add text, and modify brightness and other aspects. But Midjourney's image editor seems unique in the way it lets you change and regenerate a specific area of an image using the AI's own abilities. 

Here's how the editor works.

How to use Midjourney's AI image editor 

1. Open Midjourney

Assuming you already subscribe to and use Midjourney, head to Midjourney's website and click the Create tab on the left. In the prompt at the top, describe the type of image you want and submit your request. 

If you already have a batch of images you've generated in the past, click one of them you'd like to tweak. In the lower right corner, click the button for Editor.

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2. Adjust the scale

First, you might want to scale the image to zoom in or zoom out. Move the Scale slider at the top to the left or right, depending on how you want to resize the image. After that, you can move the image around the canvas by dragging the four-arrow icon in the middle. 

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You could also change the aspect ratio based on how you want the image to appear. For example, you can shrink the image if you want to add more content to the left, right, top, or bottom. Play around with each of these factors to size and position your image.

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3. Add new elements 

One of the editor's coolest features is its ability to change parts of the image based on revisions to your prompt. For instance, you could add a new element to your image by tweaking the prompt, erasing the part of the image that you want to change, and then submitting your new prompt. 

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Perhaps you want to add more elements to the image, such as another person. First, make sure you've created enough white space on the canvas for the new person. Modify the prompt based on what you want to add and then submit it. Exit the editor and return to the Imagine screen to see four new images based on your revised prompt. Open the image you want to refine further.

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4. Modify details

Next, you can modify a specific area on the image. For example, maybe the people in the image are wearing hats, and you want to change the details of those hats. Click the Erase button at the top and move the slider with the two circles to decrease or increase the size of the erase brush. Erase the elements on the image that you want to see tweaked.

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Revise the prompt by typing the details you'd like to add to the image and then click Submit. Return to the Imagine screen to see four new images based on your new prompt. Open the image you like best. When you're done with your edits, click one of the icons in the upper right and you can copy or download the image.

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