Mastering Midjourney: Prompt Engineering for Generative AI

Midjourney is a text-to-image AI that generates pictures from prompts like a dog. Sign up via Google or Discord, explore examples, and practice using both methods in this course.

Create a free Discord account using the browser version, complete sign-up with email, display name, username, password, and birth date, then authorize the Midjourney bot to start generating images.

Log in to Midjourney using Google instead of Discord by clicking continue with Google, choosing or creating a Google account, and start creating your first images.

Select a paid Midjourney plan, start with the basic monthly option, and upgrade later for more GPU time and commercial use, whether you use the web version or Discord.

Subscribe to Midjourney's basic plan, complete payment via Stripe, and activate your subscription to start generating your first images on Discord by entering a description.

Create your first images with Midjourney on the web by entering prompts, generating four images at once, and learning how GPU time and credits shape your process.

Explore the web version of Midjourney with a basic introduction to core features. Navigate explore, create, edit, personalize, and organize sections for future in-depth walkthroughs.

Explore page overview: discover top and daily images, like and save favorites, view exact prompts and parameters, copy or download prompts, and enter your own prompt on explore.

Master the create function in Midjourney by writing prompts, uploading external images, and using style and character references on discord, exploring parameters and draft mode.

Explore how to use the edit function in Midjourney's web version to modify images with AI prompts, adjust aspect ratio, erase elements, apply variety, and upscale results.

Rank images with the personalize function in Midjourney to reveal your style and build project profiles, while noting v6 and v7 ranking requirements.

Organize your generated images in Midjourney, view prompts with timestamps, reuse or edit pictures, and apply upscaling or creative tweaks; use filters, profiles, and saved searches to structure your gallery.

Explore the chat and tasks features in Midjourney's web version, rank images, participate in surveys, and collaborate in real-time voice and text chats to craft prompts and meet daily themes.

Learn how to create folders in the Midjourney web interface to organize generated and uploaded images, move images between folders, and reuse image descriptions as new prompts.

Discover that Midjourney can interpret prompts in languages like German or French, but for highly specific images, English prompts often yield more precise results; explore this in prompt engineering.

learn to join the Midjourney Discord server, set up your account, accept terms of service, and generate images with slash imagine prompts using the Midjourney bot.

Learn how to create and manage your own Discord server for using Midjourney, compare private vs official servers, set up the Midjourney bot, and organize generated images.

Learn to navigate Discord, manage direct messages and calls, join or create servers, and use the Midjourney bot to support your ai workflows.

Learn to create text and voice channels on your server using the create channel icon, choosing channel types, naming channels, and managing permissions. Organize access with private channels and categories.

Configure your Discord server for Midjourney by adjusting invite links, server name, icon, roles and permissions, welcome messages, and basic safety and integration settings.

Discover why you must start prompts with a slash in Midjourney on Discord, ensuring the bot generates images and exposes built-in and Midjourney commands.

Learn to adjust Midjourney bot settings with slash settings, selecting models and parameters such as raw mode, stylize, public mode, remix, variation, turbo and relax, noting GPU time impact.

Master advanced slash commands in Midjourney, using describe to turn images into prompts, and explore fast mode, remix, stealth, turbo, and subscribe options.

Explore whether to use Midjourney's web version or Discord, as updates now offer a create function and comparable features, and decide based on your preference after trying both.

Master prompt engineering for Midjourney by defining prompts and applying key strategies and parameters to craft specific, satisfying images and begin by creating your own images to gain first impressions.

Learn how prompts function as concise descriptions and call-to-actions for AI tools like Midjourney to generate specific images across AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Sora.

Master prompt engineering with Midjourney by crafting level one, level two, and level three prompts to control detail, from simple 'dog in a park' to highly specific scenes.

Master the art of prompt engineering by using specific, detailed words to transform text into images with Midjourney and other text-to-image ai systems from level one to level three prompts.

Determine that more information is useful depending on your goals; use level one, two, or three prompts based on desired specificity, but avoid excessively long prompts that exceed Midjourney's capacity.

Explore negative prompts, learn to specify what you do not want alongside basic prompts, and compare direct input versus prompt parameters in Midjourney for shaping outputs.

Learn how to use different prompt generator tools, including the Midjourney prompt generator, to craft and optimize prompts with parameters like aspect ratio, version, quality, and negative prompts.

Explore how to use Midjourney parameters, starting with the version parameter, including short and long forms, web and discord workflows, and options like upscaling, variations, and zoom out.

Use the aspect ratio parameter to adjust image dimensions, via Discord with the --ar flag or the web version's dimension picker, choosing common ratios like 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, and 9:16.

Master the --no negative prompts in Midjourney to exclude items from prompts, using the no parameter to omit sun, fruits, or other elements in prompts for Discord or web versions.

Explore how Midjourney's chaos parameter, from 0 to 100, controls image variety and style, with practical prompts and examples of photorealistic, painting, or cartoon outputs.

Learn to use Midjourney’s stop parameter to end image generation at a percentage, save GPU time, and compare 80% vs 30% stops with a turtle prompt, noting version seven limitations.

Explore how the --q quality parameter controls image detail and gpu usage in Midjourney, with default quality at 1 and higher or lower values for better or faster results.

Learn to use the repeat parameter in Midjourney to generate multiple results from one prompt with four images. See how version 6.1 produces two messages based on the same prompt.

Master how the stylize parameter in Midjourney balances fidelity and creativity in prompts, using the default 100 within a 0–1000 range.

Explore prompt engineering for generative AI with Midjourney, compare web and Discord versions, and use the Niji parameter and Niji model v6 to generate anime images.

Explore the Midjourney weird parameter, a tool to spice up images with unusual, out-of-the-box results by taking creative risks, distinct from the stylized and chaos parameters.

Master how to control image visibility in Midjourney by using public and stealth modes, with pro or mega plan access, and adjust settings in Discord or web versions.

Choose fast, relax, or turbo modes to manage GPU time in Midjourney. Use --turbo or --relax to adjust speed, with web or discord options and a default fast setting.

Learn to use the style reference parameter (--sref) to preserve a chosen image style across Midjourney prompts, via Discord or web, with a 0–1000 influence setting.

Learn how to use the character reference in Midjourney, compare version 6 and version 7, switch to the omni reference when needed, and control character weight (cw) for precise prompts.

Explore the differences between Midjourney v6 and v7, including the default model shift, improved image generation, text to video, draft mode, and new reference modes.

Discover the new v7 of Midjourney, including omni reference and draft mode, and learn how to set, verify, and maximize GPU efficiency on basic plans.

Discover how to use Midjourney draft mode to save GPU time by enabling version 7 and applying --draft for a single prompt or all future generations, on Discord or web.

Explore image prompts in Midjourney by pairing a single image with a text prompt to guide photorealistic results, using upload or drag-and-drop on the web version.

Learn to blend multiple images into one using image prompts without text prompts, by selecting at least two images and dropping them into image prompts, or using discord's slash blend.

combine multiple image prompts with a text prompt to guide midjourney. use several images and parameters to shape consistent styles, then apply variety mode.

Midjourney's edit tool lets you reuse images by selecting from sources or uploading via web or discord, then apply AI-driven edits, move, resize, and erase backgrounds.

Learn to create a personalized Midjourney profile on the web, choose between V6, V7, or Niji modes, and rank images to tailor prompts for future projects.

Explore how to retrospectively change aspect ratio and zoom out images using Midjourney, including in-discord upscaling and web-based edit tools for extending composition.

Explore seeds in Midjourney: learn what seeds are, how to use style, character, and omni references, and how seeds let you test and compare prompt effects.

Learn to use color palettes and presets to craft precise prompts for Midjourney, shaping mood, style, and atmosphere with warm earth tones, pastel hues, and targeted color names.

Master mood and atmosphere in Midjourney prompts by using emotional keywords, weather and light, time of day, colors, and brief storytelling to shape visuals.

Explore using Discord on your smartphone to generate images with Midjourney, manage servers and messages, and customize profiles and privacy on mobile.

Discover how to use Midjourney on your smartphone within Discord, including prompts, upscaling, blending two images, and adjusting settings with slash imagine and parameters.

Learn how to use Midjourney web on your smartphone by accessing the browser version, logging in with Google or Discord, and understanding why there is no dedicated app.