Finally saw the difference between Midjourney and Stable Diffusion side by side

I ran the same prompt through both last night, a simple landscape with a red barn and hills. Midjourney gave me something that looked like a Bob Ross painting right out of the gate, while Stable Diffusion needed about 15 tries and some tweaking to even look passable. But after that 15th try, I actually liked the Stable Diffusion version more because it had this gritty realism that Midjourney's version was too smooth. Has anyone else found one tool works way better for your style than the other?

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holly_gonzalez6115d ago

Figure it's kind of like that thing with tools in general. Sometimes the one that's easy right away gives you something good but not really yours, while the one that makes you work for it ends up matching your taste better. I've noticed that with a lot of things, like when I learned to bake bread. The first recipe I tried was super simple and gave me a decent loaf, but it felt too perfect and fake. Then I tried a more complicated method that took a few failures, and the bread I finally got had that rough, real look I actually wanted. So yeah, sometimes the harder tool just fits you better because you have to put more of yourself into it.

the_henry15d ago

@holly_gonzalez61 I totally agree, the simple loaf felt fake to me too, so I stopped using quick recipes.