: Generating several similar images and stitching them together manually.
While the topic title suggests the AI could "animate everything you can think of" in 2022, this was actually an oversimplification of its early capabilities. In 2022, Midjourney was strictly a . True animation features—allowing users to turn static images into 5-second videos—were not officially integrated into the platform until much later, around mid-2025 . In 2022, "animation" was achieved by creative workarounds: : Generating several similar images and stitching them
Reviewers at the time described the experience as "spinning a wheel" because the AI had a "predictable dose of randomness" that often resulted in "very cool images you weren't expecting". Midjourney AI Art Review - Robb Wallace around mid-2025 . In 2022