Introduction
Midjourney expands from still images into image-to-video as a step toward interactive world models. V1 here identifies the video model, not the original V1 image model.
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Constructing short movements from a selected still image.
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Release and use
Midjourney released its V1 video model on 18 June 2025. The interface centres on animating an image, using an automatic motion description or a user-written one, with low- and high-motion choices. Users can also upload their own starting image. The announcement describes extending a clip in successive steps. Its basic unit is a short image-led sequence, not an entire long film generated in one operation.
Section sources: Introducing Our V1 Video Model
Change in creative practice
Selecting a still establishes composition and atmosphere before movement is negotiated, a different sequence from starting with text. The trade-off between motion and image stability is itself a creative decision. Understanding a work therefore benefits from its starting image, motion prompt and extension choices as well as the final clip.
Section sources: Introducing Our V1 Video Model
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