Midjourney’s New Image Editor & Web Workflow: A Practical Guide to Browsing, Managing, and Inpainting

Midjourney has recently made “generating images” feel more like a complete workflow: the web app is better for browsing and managing your work, and it has launched an Image Editor so you can make local edits and create variations directly in Midjourney. Below, in the order you’d use them in practice, is a clear walkthrough of how these new Midjourney features work.

Web experience upgrade: smoother scrolling in My Images

In the past, finding an older Midjourney image often meant scrolling for ages. Now, browsing in “My Images” on the web is much smoother, which makes it easier to quickly compare different versions. After you open any image, you can use your mouse wheel to move continuously through your previous and next works—saving time when you’re filtering for ideas.

It helps to keep a set of “baseline images” for the styles you use most. When you need to reuse a look, just scroll to that image on the Midjourney website and then move into the next editing or reference step—this can noticeably reduce redundant re-runs.

Midjourney Image Editor: inpainting without extra steps

The main value of Midjourney’s Image Editor is simple: “edit a part instead of redoing the whole image.” You can open an image you’ve already generated on the web, enter the editor, select/mask the area you want to change, and add a clearer description so Midjourney redraws only that section.

In practice, keep prompts short. Prioritize “what to change” and “what must stay the same.” For example, if you only want to replace the sky, write something like “cloudy sunset sky, keep the city and lighting”—Midjourney is more likely to preserve the main composition.

Edit external images too: how the External Image Editor works

If you’re not starting from a Midjourney generation and already have an image from elsewhere, you can also use Midjourney’s External Image Editor to bring it in for further creation. A common workflow: upload the image as a base, use a selection to define what should change, and let Midjourney add details, swap materials, or replace elements.

The biggest risk with this kind of edit is drift—each change can push the image farther away from what you want. My approach is to start with a small area for two or three rounds, confirm the direction of style and texture, and only then expand the edit region. Treat Midjourney like an editing desk, not a slot machine, and your success rate will be much higher.

Style referencing & personalization: helping Midjourney match your taste

Beyond the editor, Midjourney’s style referencing (the updated “style ref” series) is also more mature. You can use a style reference image to constrain the look of new generations, keeping visuals more consistent across projects. For brand key visuals, illustration series, or a unified set of UI icons, this consistency often matters more than making a single image look great.

Midjourney also offers a path toward personalization: after you’ve done enough ratings on the official image comparison voting page, you can add the corresponding parameter to your prompts to make Midjourney align more closely with your preferences. This is especially useful for people who generate images frequently—so the styles you like become a default bias over time.