Transform Your Brand Images with Midjourney

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You know those moments when a product photo just isn’t quite right, an awkward reflection, a distracting background, or a missing bit of whitespace for your website banner? Fixing these usually means a back-and-forth with designers, eating up your time and slowing down campaigns.

But what if you could handle precise image edits and quick expansions yourself, right inside Midjourney? With inpainting and outpainting, you can make surgical tweaks or grow images on demand, no Photoshop skills required.

Let’s look at how we used these tools to transform business visuals in minutes.

How We Used Inpainting & Outpainting in Midjourney as a Brand Manager

Emulating a brand manager juggling tight deadlines, we needed to turn a cluttered product photo into a clean, web-ready banner—without rerunning a photo shoot. Midjourney’s inpainting and outpainting features made it possible to erase unwanted objects and expand the background, all in one workflow.

Why Midjourney’s Inpainting & Outpainting Work

• Pinpoints & edits only what you need—no more redoing the whole image for a small fix

• Extends backgrounds or adds whitespace for banners, ads, and social posts in seconds

• Lets you update prompts for creative changes—from minor touch-ups to full-on scene shifts

• Generates multiple variations to choose the best fit for your brand

• Saves hours on revisions compared to manual editing or waiting on external designers

How We Did It

Here’s how we used Midjourney’s editor to clean up and extend a product image—perfect for banners, ads, and more.

1. Open the Editor from Your Image

We started by selecting the product photo in Midjourney, and under “More” choose “Edit”.

This brought up the editing interface, which defaults to the erase tool.

2. Use Inpainting to Fix Details

We highlighted the distracting object (a stray hand in the shot) with the eraser. To avoid obvious seams, we selected a slightly larger area than needed. You can tweak the prompt in the editor if you want a creative change, or leave it as is for simple fixes.

3. Submit & Review Variations 

After submitting, Midjourney generated several corrected images. We reviewed the options and picked the one with the cleanest fix. If nothing was perfect, we tried again—each round takes just seconds.

💫 Level Up

Transform your design workflow with Midjourney Mastery

The Midjourney Mastery Course unlocks the secrets of AI-driven image creation, enabling you to craft vivid, original visuals with ease. Gain proficiency in writing compelling prompts, leveraging image references, and perfecting your output through hands-on editing—all within Midjourney's intuitive platform.

• Navigate Midjourney’s interface and customize your account for optimal workflow

• Apply advanced composition, lighting, and style techniques to elevate your images

• Personalize image upscaling and quality control for professional-grade results

• Master prompt crafting: from basic to sophisticated uses of image blending and references

• Utilize cutting-edge editing tools like panning, zooming, and inpainting to fine-tune your artwork

• From concept to creation—unlock endless possibilities with AI.

4. Switch to Outpainting for Background Expansion

Next, we wanted to turn the square product shot into a widescreen banner. In the editor, we selected beyond the image’s edges to add space on both sides. The editor let us move and shrink the original image inside the new frame.

5. Smooth the Transition

To blend the new background, we gently erased the outer edges of the original image before submitting the outpaint. This helped avoid harsh lines where the old and new parts met.

6. Choose Frame Size for Consistency 

For a website header, we picked the 16:9 aspect ratio from the editor’s menu. This ensured our final image fit perfectly into the site’s design, no extra cropping needed.

This approach took less than 20 minutes and saved us the hassle of a reshoot or outsourcing edits. The result? A polished, on-brand image ready to deploy.

Other Ways to Use This

Midjourney’s inpainting and outpainting aren’t just for product shots. They’re a business editing shortcut for all kinds of visuals. Try this workflow for:

• Ecommerce owners: Fixing photo flaws or adding whitespace for product listings

• Social media managers: Extending images for story banners or post carousels

• Marketers: Creating wide-format ads or editing event photos for campaigns

• Content creators: Updating headshots with new backgrounds or removing distractions

• Agencies: Rapidly prototyping creative variations for client approval

💡Bonus Pro Tips

• Edit Your Prompt for Big Changes: When altering major parts of an image, rewrite the prompt as if describing a whole new scene. This helps Midjourney generate more aligned results.

• Expand Gradually: For large outpaints, do it in stages—extend one side, review, then extend again. This keeps transitions smoother and the quality higher.

• Compare Multiple Renders: Don’t settle for the first output—submit again for different variations and pick the one that fits your brand best.

⏭️ What’s Next

Looking ahead, we’ll bring you the important parts of the newest in AI on Thursday, as always.

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