It's Almost the Solstice
Quick, relevant links before the days start getting shorter
Midjourney Launches it’s Video Feature
Despite being the OG of my AI adventure, I had actually let my Midjourney subscription lapse a few months ago. With so many great tools available, I just wasn’t using it that much. I’ve watched a few previews on YouTube and the quality looks amazing, but I think I’ll wait another month before jumping back in. It seems like they still have a few issues to work out. Read more or check out Kelly’s work.
Wix Buys Vibe Coding tool Base44 for $80 Million
I’ve never built a site with Wix, but it’s improved in recent years and non-tech people tell me it’s easy to use and has an intuitive interface. Well, it just got a lot easier to use because soon they’ll be able to just describe the site they want. Last week, I said that they ‘Vibe Coding” revolution was a serious threat to tools like Webflow and Framer, and I expect them to make a similar move or acquisition in the near future. Read more
Adobe Finally Launches Firefly Boards
This was originally called “Project Concept”, while it was still in Beta and I’ve watched some very promising demos. If you work with a large, distributed team and you have an Adobe Pro Creative Cloud subscription, you might want to check this out. It’s like Figjam meets Firefly, but you’re not limited to just the Firefly model. You generate images and videos with Ideogram, Luma AI, Pika, Runway, Chat GPT, Google's Imagen 3/4 and Veo 2/3 and Black Forest Labs' Flux Read more
Flux Kontext is Amazing
I’ve been using Flux from Black Forest Labs for the last six months and it meets almost all of my AI image needs. Almost all of the major AI image generators now have some sort of conversational editing feature, where you can continue to refine and ‘Art Direct’ your original image. While these all have varying degrees of success, many reviewers agree that Flux Kontext is the best. Read about it. Try it on Flux Playground It’s also available on KreaAI, Freepik, Lightricks, OpenArt and LeonardoAI
How Creatives are Surviving the 2025 Slowdown
If you’re feeling stuck, or anxious that you’re going to lose your job, you might find some inspiration in this article from Creative Boom. There will always be work for creative people, but many of us will need to pivot or find new avenues. Read more
That’s it for today, hope you’re enjoying the weather. Here’s a reminder that AI still can’t do hands. It took me 12 tries to get this one with Runway’s reference images.
