Midjourney Website Beginner's Guide: Basic Prompting, Tips & Techniques for Customization

[@woollyferncreative]

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[@karenjukes]

Your videos are the most helpful midjourney tutorials I have found so far. Thank you for putting them together in such a clear and concise way. It is very much appreciated!

[@woollyferncreative]

Thank you for the kind words! 🙂

[@kiwinesss]

This was exactly what I needed, it helped me through my first day with Midjourney today. Thank you! A part two would be fantastic!

[@woollyferncreative]

Great to hear, thanks!

[@arieshok]

Your videos are truly amazing. It's straightforward to understand as you are putting in a good amount of effort to explain this from a beginner's/layman's perspective. I would be grateful if you could come up with a video on how to write a prompt for beginners: I would like to understand what should come first in the prompt followed by the next and so on (Subject, Format, Style, Setting, Mood, etc.) Thank You!!!

[@woollyferncreative]

Thank you so much for the kind comments and input!

[@billywhitaker6658]

Simply the best midjourney channel out there. Thanks for what you do! 😊

[@woollyferncreative]

Not me reading "simply the best" and instantly hearing Tina Turner in my head 🙂. I appreciate that very much, thank you!

[@billywhitaker6658]

@@woollyferncreative 🤣 💀 better than all the rest.

[@normaorozco-j2x]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS and I definitely would like a video with a more in-depth prompt structure tip guide

[@woollyferncreative]

Thank you, I really appreciate that!

[@ricardourroz9322]

This was a very good video, specially for newbies like myself. Was very useful. Thank you. I will look more of your videos specially de parameters one.

[@woollyferncreative]

Thank you, glad it was helpful!

[@KarolinaLoboda]

This was excellent! Thank you

[@woollyferncreative]

Wonderful, thank you so much! 🙂

[@wa2lds]

Great video. Verry helpful!

[@woollyferncreative]

Happy to hear, thanks!

[@luan_nucci]

Great tutorial! Liked

[@woollyferncreative]

Thanks!

[@shesinspiredbycreativity6185]

Thank you for this.

[@woollyferncreative]

No problem!

[@nofixedplans69]

I just started my journey 🙄and am mostly groping around in the dark. Having said that, I'll have to agree with others who commented that your channel is one of the best. AI is evolving so quickly and the website interface has so much potential. A question for you, do you know of a way to create 'characters' that are not people? More specifically, I want to create a consistent rendering of a specific sailboat model. Is that even possible?

[@woollyferncreative]

Thanks, I really appreciate that! Midjourney's CREF feature looks for the T-shaped area (forehead, eyes, nose, chin) of the face. Using CREF for objects or characters that do not have a distinct "T zone" is difficult. You'll get something that looks similar, but it's not going to work as well. Your best bet for creating a consistent rendering of an object may be to use a combination of an Image Reference, CREF, and a detailed text prompt. CREF Deep Dive Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIDKon6Bh7lqf6c Using Images in Prompts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/garVXqGNqdVksJo

[@nofixedplans69]

@@woollyferncreative Thanks! I'll take a deep dive and then give it a try.

[@MademoiselleRose40]

This video has been most helpful. I was wondering about the discord/midjourney interfaces. I have tried both - still a beginner so stumbling around and experimenting - I found I was getting more what I wanted on discord, but obviously it is more work. Why do you get better results on discord do you think? Also I tried to generate a seed so I didn't have to keep putting in the url of my picture style, but the seed thing didn't work. I'm wondering why that is. I came to your site on another video and I saw you can save the url so I will try that instead. I was trying some ballerinas, some of them came up beautifully, but on close inspection half an arm missing, knees on the back of their legs, etc, haha! So annoying, it's not like you're going to want pictures of people with knees on backwards! And once it started that nonsense, it wouldn't stop.

[@woollyferncreative]

Thank you so much for the kind comments! You shouldn't see a difference in results on Discord vs the website, because they use the same Midjourney models. Creating images of ballerinas and any human or animal doing a movement other than standing still can be challenging! It often takes a combination of detailed prompting and persistence. If you are trying to get a specific pose, sometimes using an image reference can be helpful to give Midjourney guidance on the composition. It's not foolproof, but it can help. Image References go at the beginning of the prompt. Here's a video about ways to use images in prompts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/garVXqGNqdVksJo Re: the seed parameter, using --seed tells Midjourney to start with a specific visual noise pattern and can be helpful for direct comparisons across prompts. More on that here: woollyferncreative.com/2024/02/26/how-to-use-seed-number-in-midjourney/

[@HarviMartinSanstilla]

Nice 👍

[@H_0735]

Is discord no longer the preferred place to generate images? Is it helpful to still learn on discord as well or should I just focus on learning on the website? Thank you!

[@woollyferncreative]

I think the website is easier for beginners and has the Image Editor, which combines features such as Vary(Region)/Repaint, Zoom Out, and Pan into a single easy-to-use tool. There's also now a "Full Image Editor" that lets you upload external images and Retexture - this is not available on Discord. I think the main benefits of Discord at the moment are 1) it is easier to be connected to the Midjourney community through the Discord server's plentiful channels for chatting and creating, 2) the weekly Office Hours (led by Midjourney's CEO) are held on their Discord server, and 3) there are a few commands and prompting methods that are only available on Discord (for now). It all comes down to personal preference. You can totally become proficient with Midjourney by only using the website.

[@H_0735]

@@woollyferncreative Omg! Thank you so much for your in-depth reply! This is so helpful for a newbie like me. I really appreciate it 🥰🙏

[@puja1985]

Is it possible to delete an image that has already been generated on the Midjourney website?

[@woollyferncreative]

There is a Hide button, which will hide them from your Organize page. There is not a way to delete.

[@KevinDoyl3]

Great video - Thanks!