Midjourney's NEW Secret Weapon - Style Reference

Midjourney's new Style Reference feature (--sref) lets create images that all share the same artistic flair. Learn this powerful tool! ✨
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In this video I'll show you how to:
- Upload images as style references for your Midjourney creations.
- Achieve consistent styles across multiple generations.
- Ditch text prompts! Let the image guide Midjourney's artistic direction.
This is perfect for artists who want to:
- Clone a specific artistic style.
- Explore variations within a chosen aesthetic.
- Combine styles for unique results.
No experience needed! We'll walk you through the process step-by-step, making Style Reference a breeze.
This video is for you if:
- You're new to Midjourney v6.
- You miss the Style Tuner from previous versions.
- You want to unlock the full potential of AI art creation.
Ready to take your Midjourney skills to the next level? Click play and discover the magic of Style Reference!
0:00 Introduction
0:22 What is --sref?
1:13 Midjourney's style parameters review
3:17 Why use style reference?
4:50 How to use --sref
7:49 Get More from Style Reference
8:38 How to Weight Style References
9:36 How to use Image Prompts and Style References in same prompt
11:14 Blend multiple style references
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[@TheFuzzypuddle]

Great video. I haven't used MJ since several months ago. I remember trying to create consistent styles by adding multiple images to the prompt, and even with using weights, it was still tedious with many iterations. This new system seems much easier. The new website looks great too. I didn't realize MJ had moved out of discord. I'm looking forward to trying out the website.

[@MakingPhoto]

Yes. Lots of changes over on MIdjourney. They're planning a --cref tool, too. A character reference tool.

[@tatianaassumpcao4195]

Please make a video about fashion prompts, love your vídeos🫶🏼

[@MakingPhoto]

Great idea!

[@TheJereld]

Thanks, Jen! --sref is going to be fun and helpful!!!

[@photoshopeandotv]

Hi, it's been a while since I've watched one of your videos! Glad to see you keep creating such useful content, thanks for sharing your talents!!

[@LASartor]

Totally agree!!

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

This was so well explained. Thank you for putting this together.

[@thestranger3907]

Please make a video on how to get good hands in niji. I use detailed hands, detailed fingers, neg: no extra fingers,bad anatomy, deformed hands. Still somehow I end up getting messed up hands and fingers😭😭

[@MakingPhoto]

It's better than it was but not perfect. MJ isn't really good with the negative prompts.

[@LDMTX6]

As someone who's new to AI, it's mind boggling to think where this technology will be in ten years. I'm just astonished.

[@MakingPhoto]

It is amazing! But you might not have to wait 10 years. Check back this time next year.

[@thewebstylist]

Fantastic video and Fantastic fav prompt -sref!!🎉🎉🎉

[@MakingPhoto]

Thanks! The tool is super useful!

[@KarenSchmautz]

This was an excellent tutorial and comes at a perfect time for me. Thank you so much.

[@MakingPhoto]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chas4barclay]

Another information packed video. Love using sref to get the look now am playing with chaos and stylize to fine tune. Will have to explore combining image prompts and style refs. This is yet another rabbit hole I can explore. Thanks as always 😊

[@MakingPhoto]

😀🐇let us know what you find out!

[@aipicsarts]

Thank you! Very useful information! 🤩

[@MakingPhoto]

No problem! It's a really useful tool!

[@sanjaynakate4955]

Superb thanks for posting

[@Garou0410]

Great explanation. Thank you for the video and the content examples

[@oysterboulevard6623]

Thank you

[@cherelleart]

Thanks!

[@MakingPhoto]

Thank you so much!! I'm glad to help

[@mr-peabody]

00:09:08 wow Klimt as a style is really lowering the bar ! I wonder what style Jimi Hendrix would have chosen. Thankfully he chose his own.

[@leodistefano7424]

Grazie, sempre interessante

[@MakingPhoto]

No problem!

[@zahrafirouzian8182]

Hi, I want to start creating images with Midjourney. Where should I start? Can you please guide me?

[@joaquinfanjul8592]

Good afternoon, tomorrow May 5 in Spain is Mother's Day, with the previous version of MID JOURNEY on Discord I knew how to fit your face on another character but now I use the alpha version, could you help me to remember my mother and give her a new character. In short, how can you include a face in a character, a portrait, in the alpha version? Thank you very much in advance

[@rtbrain]

Why doesn't my alpha MJ page give me a style reference box? When I upload images, it only gives me the image box reference. What's the trick?

[@MakingPhoto]

They just changed the website when --cref came out. I think it's more confusing now and I hope they change it back! In the bottom corner of the image there should be icons. The paperclip is the --sref.

[@rtbrain]

@@MakingPhoto took me awhile but I figured it out. Thanks for responding!

[@MrAmmarTV]

your texts are all over the prompts and I can not see it :(

[@RaiseYourVibes333]

I’ve watched TONS of vids AND tuitorials on Ai software, prompts etc the past 2 weeks and in the process after taking copious notes, just came across your channel and heard recently that Midjourney is currently being SUED! 🧐 You said in a video posted LY which is the one I just came across first on worsting now prompts ...that Dalle 2 es better than MJ an dithers have also concurred. So my question is : “Which one do you use NOW mostly and that’s you like better ?” TIA 🤗💖🤗 @MakingPhoto

[@MakingPhoto]

Midjourney being sued isn't new. This has been going on for more than a year. And it's not just Midjourney - it's Ai image generators like Stable Diffusion, too. A lot of the large language models are also being sued like OpenAI (Dall-e). Currently, the question seems to be whether the companies got their training data legally. To answer your question, I use Midjourney mostly, but DALL-E 3 comes in a close second. I like the Midjourney aesthetic and beauty. DALL-E 3 listens to my prompts more closely, but there's a very strong DALL-E 3 aesthetic - all the image LOOK like DALL-E.

[@kenpremieretuts]

I like your voice. Are you a voice actress?

[@ashkaydad]

It seems that if it is not a style Midjourney already has in its database then it struggles to get anything close

[@MakingPhoto]

Are you showing Midjourney the style with an image?

[@ashkaydad]

Yes

[@LouisGedo]

Hi

[@MakingPhoto]

🙋‍♀️

[@RocketdogandSeptembr]

Whyy are you going over style raw and stylize before you get to the new feature that the video is about? It takes you 5 minutes to actually start talking about the title.

[@MakingPhoto]

You might not be confused, but a lot of viewers are - just skip to the next section.

[@RocketdogandSeptembr]

@MakingPhoto You could explain the new feature perfectly fine without explaining the old features though? There would be no confusion whatsoever. And there was so much dead noise in this video, where an animation was finishing up for 4 whole seconds before the speaking resumed. It's just so inefficiently made, it drives me nuts when tutorial youtubers do this

[@taraaliyeva1813]

I was checking this but for some reason it stop working