The Beginner Guide To Getting Started With MidJourney (A.I. Art)

[@fullygamingforya]

As a student artist, I see my career being doomed before it started lol

[@pratiknaikedu]

Not true, creatives will find a way to use tools in a creative way to forge paths that may not exist just yet. keep going, art background just amplifies how much better you can use these tools to get results beyond what others may get too.

[@Shoosmita]

Agreed

[@Shoosmita]

Creativity cannot be replaced by ai. They work on provided data and they enhance. Every individual has a unique though process that's why each artist is unique. Find your signature. Use software to enhance the visuals - not to replace thought process

[@Charles.Foster.Offdensen]

@@Shoosmita could not have said it better!t tired of these nay saying sad people trying to sling mud at this & give up on themselves

[@giolopeztattoo2553]

Try Tattoos you’ll be fine until they create the tattoo booth robot lol

[@sunso1991]

i just started playing with MidJouney, it is amazing! i am recreating some of my dreams with it and touch it up with photoshop after I started a dream journal and this is just phenomenal

[@PeacefullJourney]

Sir why everytime i get message like this " this interaction failed" . I am using android phone

[@sunso1991]

@@PeacefullJourney not sure I mostly use computer. I haven't seen that before. If anything UTube just silently delete my comment sometimes

[@nicholasking49]

New journey my friend, very cool never had the technical skills hopefully I'll make the next Mona lisa with my mind lmao I'll show respect 🙏

[@okey4435]

This is awesome are you sharing the results?

[@BobectorGamesBobector]

Thats a great idea

[@HCforLife1]

My tip: don't use for idea generation full quality. Just add --q 0.25 flag - this is the fastest way to generate images. Until you get the prompt you want - use this to not block you and others from getting relaxed generations.

[@pratiknaikedu]

That's a great tip x

[@merc9nine]

Or just pay for it

[@Shoosmita]

💙💙💙

[@kiwikiwi1586]

@@merc9nine damn u offering?

[@jaydmatacarita]

How do you then remove the delimiter after you find what you want.

[@kristinakashtanova6313]

It's super useful for filmmakers to make storyboards. I am loving it

[@pratiknaikedu]

Indeed!

[@matatumbac]

More for Concep art

[@Randomnesssss]

You're not a film maker.... What would you know?

[@shxdxw_]

FR

[@kuroro8435]

Definitely for concept art and not storyboarding.

[@maryflores-camacho48]

Great intro to a new medium I wasn't aware of. I introduced it to my daughter, son-in-law, and grandkids. We created a few together. It was so cool to create a piece of art as a family. I have a feeling I will be subscribing. You're the best, Pratik!

[@pratiknaikedu]

Mary that is wonderful! I love hearing stories like this. I hope you had a great time together. Now it makes me happy I made this video !

[@morganthus6323]

'You created'? 🤔

[@leandrobelizan8238]

@@morganthus6323 Sad because your family doesn't love you huh?

[@Tigerhearty]

the secret of these ai bllshit is they use python prompts, that's it, and emphasis on what you want with parenthesis.

[@RafaWasHere]

0:00 - Introduction 0:54 - Installing and using discord 1:27 - Getting started with Midjouney 2:51 - How to generate images using prompts 5:44 - Using options to refine the image 7:35 - Saving images 8:13 - Further refinement of the image 8:51 - Inspiration for future prompts 8:59 Subscriptions 9:53 - Community Feeds 11:01 - Organizing your images 12:28 - Outroduction

[@pratiknaikedu]

Thank you! I can't believe I didn't add them in earlier! Just edited the post and credited you for it.

[@CarrieHamptonPhotography]

What is discord? I am just getting started to learn mid journey I haven’t even downloaded it yet but I keep seeing the word discord

[@grim789]

Just purchased there $50 a month plan this is so freaking awesome. I have always had Ideas I wanted to portray in art but don't have art skills this is perfect to express that. Love supporting this group to be able to do that.

[@y.a9473]

what comes with the montlhy plan?

[@b.a265]

@@y.a9473 unlimited renders, renders in private (DM)

[@makingastardestroyer3066]

@RsD88 then fuck it.

[@Prajwal____]

@RsD88 with 50$ it does is private truly

[@mhm6]

Does it come with the ability to render Hitler? … asking for myself

[@JackieTab68]

Thank you you’re the only person who made a helpful video on how to get on the Discord group and use it

[@naphtalieh.gbolahan2568]

Thanks!

[@DeanWilson]

I did everything you said but the discord says "you do not have permission to post messages" and that's in every area. what am I doing wrong?

[@1mollymom]

Thank you, Pratik, for taking the time to do this great intro! Just a little FYI: at the 3:15 mark, you say to type “back slash imagine” but you were actually typing a regular (forward) slash. Thanks again, I appreciate your generosity. 🥰

[@pratiknaikedu]

Whoops! I mixed it up! Thank you for catching that 🙏

[@ariadne6104]

Thank you! No wonder it wasn’t working

[@shammariba]

I like the step by step guide you provided for beginners. Excellent vedio. I have seen others' vedios who were trying to explain Midjourney, but failed to explain it to viewers who are beginners. And that was daunting. But, your vedio is excellent! Keep it up for the beginners.

[@Patrick-kh9hy]

I have just tried it. I would never suspect that generating some random images (just a hint of direction given by me) would be so much fun. I used my 25 free credits in 10 minutes and it sucked me in. The images are totally different from what i am thinking and yet better than what i wanted. Arwen from Lotr as a catgirl in Cyberpunk futuristic style is the love of my life now

[@productperc]

Bro there is a trick on KZbin with that trick you can create unlimited images I am using that it is amazing and easy

[@khaledkhaldd1915]

@@productperc link plz

[@DailyDose926]

@@productperc Nothing like posting about how there's a "trick" you learned and then you can't be bothered to post the KZbin link.🤡🤡🤡

[@LSD209]

Creative fields will, for lack of better wordl..... -merge. Using A.I. as a tool. As for the rest of the work-world's position's and roles and not excluding all the way up into the administrative/clerical positions, it could be a bit of a debacle.

[@DoowTael]

Thank you so much for this video! I had NO idea how to make AI art and was so frustrated with the apps on Android. I listened to your video in the car and then watched it when I got home and spent the following 5 hours making ai artwork. They have a new subscriber because of your video, I don't think I ever would have found this had it not been for you. Thank you thank you thank you 👏😁❤

[@movielessons7103]

You can also use your reference image, and instruct it to render it, as your will.

[@LL-vd3qi]

Thanks for creating this vid for everyone. Very helpful.

[@evanmantziosphotography6722]

This is absolutely mind blowing!!! i have a couple of days that i discovered it and i an just speachless! thanks for the tutorial!!!

[@pratiknaikedu]

You are welcome :D!

[@HalkerVeil]

The fact is certain words work well for the AI. They are like levers and buttons. Nobody copyrights a button.

[@zhebinwu7223]

Thanks a lot! Pratik. It's very useful. Now I can use MidJourney by myself.

[@Pilps]

I joined the discord but there is no newbie channel?

[@romainvicta3076]

The only big negative with this is for small time artists who achieve a similar standard . AI could potentially make alot of young artists obsolete unless they are top tier artists

[@ryann6919]

I'm hooked! This is the coolest thing!

[@ByteDreams]

Thank you - I needed that! Whew!

[@pratiknaikedu]

You are welcome!

[@marianaz2015]

amazing video, i started playing with mid journey, it's really fun.

[@potentialpictures]

This is the best intro to Midjourney. Thank you!!!

[@pratiknaikedu]

Thank you for checking it out!

[@KELLENKASH]

Thank you I am having fun creating.

[@johnswano]

Great video Pratik. Thanks so much for sharing. Would love to see a video of you mixing in one of your own images and with the creative elements of A.I to what creations could be made.

[@pratiknaikedu]

I appreciate you checking out the video! 🙏

[@jaymavs]

Appreciate this video! I'm just about to get started with MJ, so thanks again.

[@pratiknaikedu]

You're so welcome! 🙌

[@bamboocake]

Wish they had not chosen discord for this amazing technology. Discord is by far one of the most messed up, amateurish and confusing software's I have come across.

[@creativityandthecreative9304]

Thank very, VERY much for this! So appreciated

[@t1mboslic3]

Took some screenshots form your IG, TY!! Soo helpful!

[@PaintWithPauline]

Thank you, I cannot wait to try this

[@morgannwilliams967]

I keep TRYING to get into MidJourney and it says I have to join Discord to use MidJourney and so I joined and now I see nowhere of how to use MidJourney and instead all of thid Discord blah chat is happening. How in the world do I get to use MidJourney??

[@rohitpathak1818]

is there a way if I can keep my midjourney arts private and not share it with people?

[@jamieread10]

hello. it's saying I don't have permission to send messages in this channel...any help?

[@erindegroot8324]

Good tip about DMing the bot…someone took one of my first images and I was so annoyed hahaha

[@pratiknaikedu]

Prompts seem to get passed around like Halloween candy!

[@miklov275]

What do you mean yours?

[@nazka412]

@@miklov275 he means his images?

[@miklov275]

@@nazka412 the images you create are not yours XD??

[@nazka412]

@@miklov275 Well they technically are so i would just not overcomplicate it

[@Francis-Kanja]

Why is Midjourney tied to discord? Why can't it be on a site by itself?

[@thesexrace]

The standard option he said gives you the right to use the image commercially. But it also gives them the right to use it any way they want. So what if the user creates a successful business and it becomes their logo. Does the AI company get residuals? Can they piggy back off the popularity and use it for other business ideas?

[@globalenergeticscoaching2885]

Thank you for this tutorial. Was able to create a book cover while following your instructions!

[@gearboxxxrox1]

11:01 Was a life saver. i was hoping this info was in here! Thanks again! This is to create and only see your images.

[@dommyshan]

Thank you! I clicked on beta and was confused why I joined the Discord server. Your video made sense of everything. :)

[@LOCKSHADES]

Imagine in the future . This AI mediating your dreams, and replaying it for another or for record later.

[@pratiknaikedu]

It will come sooner than later

[@OgdenSikel]

Am I the only one that thinks ai art is going to be literally game changing for stock photos in the future? Like for photoshop worldbuilding art this could be incredible

[@josenadesan]

how do you get MJ to edit an existing photo on your Google Drive?

[@brendangolledge8312]

I've gotten mixed results with Midjourney. I think this AI learns from experience, so if you want to get the result you want, you either need to choose a prompt similar to everybody else's prompts, or you need to select a prompt that is abstract enough so that you can be happy with it even if it isn't exactly what you want. I'll give some examples of what I have done. Half the pictures people do on here are of pretty women, so if you prompt a picture of a pretty woman, you'll get a very high quality picture of a pretty woman. It seems in general to be pretty good at faces. I got abstract pictures I was happy with from these prompts: "The Burning Bush says, 'I am that I am...'" (it was a long prompt and I didn't write it all) "The AI which designs itself approaches God faster and faster for all time, but never arrives" "Gay pride colored fire and brimstone falls on Gomorrah." Results that were different than I expected, but I kept them because they still looked good: "One Punch Man and Tom Bombandil having a good time in Tom's enchanted Forest." The two guys it generated didn't look like OPM or Tom Bombadiil, but the forest was pretty and it really did look like they were having a good time, so I kept it. I tried to get it to generate for me a beautiful green forest with elves singing a capella in it, but it could only either generate a forest like I described, or some elves (of the santa claus variety rather than the LOTR variety like I had wanted). But the scenery was still pretty, so I kept some of the forest pictures. Prompts that did not yield good results: "A dragon greets you with the temperament of a Golden Retriever" In general it seems to be bad at dragons. Maybe dragons don't have consistent-enough body plans for the AI to easily understand what is expected. It showed me a happy golden-retriever head on a golden snake body. The closest thing I was able to get to a dragon was, "giant winged snake flying over the country-side breathing fire." It got the snake prompt right, except that it left out the wings. "Anatomically correct human hand" It only generated monstrosities. Maybe human hands aren't as popular as human faces, so it didn't train much on this, but they still have to look exactly right or else they are ugly.

[@MuhGail]

I would love to see the gay pride falling Gomorrah 😂

[@pleb2dev]

Channels are the rooms inside where people type. The different Discord places on the left are called Discord Servers.

[@prinessotes]

Thank you for this introduction video

[@rh9967]

How to use midjourney: 1: steal prompt from inter webs or, find picture you like from inter webs and use prompt generator to generate prompt. 2: copy and paste said prompt into midjourney. 3: wait. 4: midjourney will spit out a bunch of images. 5: select “cool!” “amazing!” image. 6: post to instagram, tik tok, etc. 7: sit back with a coke and reap the benefits of your hard work. You deserve it!

[@CristinaMalakhai]

Can I use some image for a Cover Art of a music single (independent small artist), with the trial version?

[@whoisharo4689]

This is actually great if you're a painter without models or resources. You can create something on midjourney then paint it.

[@Jdeadevil]

You said you'd explain the difference between copy command and copy prompt, but I don't remember you explaining the difference?

[@OlegDC]

awesome, thanks for vid. will definately try it out

[@vanessameansis8133]

Thank you Pratik, I finally understand. Excellent video.

[@pratiknaikedu]

I'm so happy to hear that!

[@sandeepmakam24]

absolutely cool and very helpful for someone starting off. this opens up a world of imagination, thank you so much!

[@RRM693]

It really is as simple as typing words into a search bar!

[@RBYW1234]

I need to make larger pictures, but they seem to scale well. I made a giant Turtle Robot, looked so cool, then I made another one then looked better. This is gonna start so many stories just based on the art content....

[@jernischild6879]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@johndurrett3573]

This may be great for any endeavor where you don't plan on having Intellectual property (IP) rights. Control sale, marketing, distribution, royalties etc. There is no business model for using this service and making money that Midjourney doesn't claim the same right to itself. I wouldn't trade off actual programs , expensive as they may be, for something who's end result you have no control over.

[@martiee6882]

I got In and was excited to try it out with deep emotions positive and negative. But then when I got to the agreement it stated that they can sell and use my data and listed what that would be. One red flag for me is that I am letting them have my social security number. Why is that needed. Unless I am not understanding that right. And I know that over the last few years maybe since 2017 this tech has been around in ways. Even built into filers and software without us thinking of it. What are you feelings about the data collection that is happening through this? How can an artist protect themselves and their identity. Also I see people uploading their faces and I know that this could get weird fast. I just do not know. I guess our faces and video capture of our Live Photo;s are collected already through AI phone applications too. But are we through exchange of using the tech -- letting them have our photo's and our family photo's for commercial use without protection. Is there a video on this?

[@walkerlucas]

Ok, but it pulls from a database of images and combines them to make the image. So, while it's still cool, other artists already created the base images. At least for now, real creativity is still a human domain.

[@Shoosmita]

Agreed

[@visionentertainment8006]

That's what Humans do.

[@drew4176]

Why is it only through discord?

[@ron5755]

thanks for your amazing explanations!

[@vujobjelic8041]

Very well explained, can we insert our pictures and then work with them?

[@eileenzaballa]

Ff

[@redchurch1840]

can someone help me i cant do it i post it in the chat and nothing appears like its just a chat

[@antostark7713]

Awesome man💞💞

[@ReubenAStern]

I want to use it for concept art. Midjourney can make some properly futuristic looking stuff.

[@yazangg5842]

It's such a great source for inspiration

[@Alex-sy4tz]

Is there a way to keep your creations private, I mean only for me and avoid we take ur idea or copy the illustration u made ?

[@alexanderthegreat6679]

It's not yours, you are not the maker by putting in some words

[@Alex-sy4tz]

@@alexanderthegreat6679 don't be jealous, and the answer is yes. I think it is a great tool to use. I guess you never use it, cause that's not so simple to have a great result.

[@woritsez]

all looks a little too exhibitionist in the way it's set up to work for my introverted brain. tho the results look very good quality i didn't notice any option to derive the Perlin from a separate image, so inheriting the color or any other influence by any value you set, or aspect ratio or scale of increment for render quality.. like you could, possibly still can with Disco Diffusion plus, you need to be on Discord (just so not interested in discord). also for ease and polished UI there's Dall-E.. tho again there isn't the degree of control & options you have in Disco Diffusion. But like i said, the image quality, connection of lines, borders between objects does look to be better in MidJourney.. not sure how with the prompts ive seen used its got such good results, like where's it pulling its inspirational from? One of the problems i got with Disco Diffusion would be if i encouraged it to check Art Station as an influence on style it'd often Incorporate peoples water marks, logo, or name, tho distorted it's still not something you want. last thought on the topic is - why do they all have such problems with hands? Dall-e you can improve them in Dall-e edit.. and while in Dall-e edit you can gain a very wide or tall aspect ratio by rendering a 2nd, 3rd, 10th,12th square tailoring the prompt as you go along providing you with a huge picture or panorama.

[@shodan2002]

It says I don’t have permission to use Général image gen

[@DailyDose926]

I tried to find a newbie or general server and there wasn't any. I logged in and out several times. After multiple attempts I went to support. As of yesterday Mid journey is no longer offering trial's due to a high demand. So you now have to purchase in order to use the AI images.

[@tuhinbhattacharya6588]

Is there a way to create motion pictures using this software or taking the images generated here and create a movie concept using any other software?

[@YasinHasan]

there no MidJourney option on my discord

[@sedemboafo1857]

After you generate the images, are they yours? Can you sell them?

[@ShaddeyNNM]

Thanks for sharing, I have a question, once the art is generated, can someone else download and use the same art?

[@checkma8s]

So other people in chat can get your image? And they will know?

[@reneekeel7093]

Thank you for this video! I was finally able to render an image using the AI site.

[@ajieapen]

Looks like what you generate on Midjourney can be used by others. Is there a way to keep one's images in a secure folder?

[@itsvmmc]

Wow! From my experience, this one gives better results than Dalle 2

[@NotTooShabbyChic]

I would love to see more videos!!!

[@TrocasMX]

There was one that you would import the image and it would transform it into a anime or illustration style Any idea on how to do that??

[@MikeLarremore]

Ayyy! What a fancy discord to open the video! 😂🎉

[@mohsinshah7117]

There was this sense of creation in art and something by a human mind and human hands was pretty much appreciated for it being unique , computer has now made art cheap and delusional with no expertise needed people who love the idea of art being made by someone would never buy a computer generated image which is a bunch of images combined together (stealing other artists work in a sense ) Art has lost its worth and so have the artist, I wanted to be a concept artist but looking at this Ai generated art I’ll be giving up on my dreamv

[@Elsynce]

Don’t give up :) Nothing can’t compare a hand made craft and art! It will be even more expensive and rare now because of this for sure! It’s like paying to watch a concert of your favorite band recorded on a video with the use of a lot of autotune, than going to see them live ;) Can’t compare it right? Even if it looks very cool and pretty it looks very cheap to me , just because i know it was made in just a seconds by a computer and there is no meaning behind it at all… 😅

[@mohsinshah7117]

This is true to some extent we would still be needing tiny things done which still the computer can’t understand

[@tomd4748]

Invaluable tool for writers

[@fortytwocrayons3485]

They said that about photography once upon a time. Do what you love.

[@marijotells]

Tom D: How is it good for writers?

[@craiggehlert]

thank you for this clear and concise how to vid!

[@pratiknaikedu]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@stefanmaass7053]

Great introduction into MidJourney! Thank you for taking the time and effort showing every step! Wondering how you achieve bigger resolutions than 16xx pixel width or height or what your special formula for resizing those .jpg files is :)?

[@pratiknaikedu]

Sadly it is quite limited in resolution but I do hear Topaz has an A.I. Upscaler that's really good!

[@SimplyKyeDavine]

This was my issue as well. Attempting to upgrade the quality to make some posters for my home but 1024x1024 is as large as I have been able to achieve.

[@IngoGarza]

As you stated you are new to Discord I'm going to give you a tip. If you don't enjoy scrolling the feed you can always start your own discord and just set up the bot there.

[@Pixelando]

Good tip! How can we do this? Thanks

[@jona.427]

Great idea! Any chance you could explain how to do this?

[@yehezkielpurba4149]

can you please educate us

[@jcoo76]

I really enjoyed your intro. However I would like more information on getting started on MidJourney. Have you done any more detailed videos on MidJourney? Thank you

[@mrcipos]

Hi Pratik, thanks for this useful information. Now, I'm interested to find an Ai tool for creating garments desing, do you have any Ideea? 🙏

[@Paulieinspiration]

This looks like it would be good for reference pic,turns for drawing.

[@pratiknaikedu]

It really is!

[@Paulieinspiration]

@@pratiknaikedu have you tried it? For drawing

[@DawnDBoyerPhD]

I am in the system but seriously can not figure how to get from General Image Gen to the next step? What is this about joining 'servers'? or adding users? ANd I am seeing "you do not have permission to send messages in this channel' where you are typing in to generate images. Help?

[@claudialeos6297]

Thanks for this. I just joined and created my first portraits.

[@friendlyatheist9589]

i only initially watched your video and now it's been 3 hours since I am creating images.

[@michaelspector92]

Thanks for sharing !

[@silkroute.concepts]

A usefull one, thanks bro!

[@satyasanatan5100]

HI I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. IF ANY ARTIST IS USING A.I SERVICE like STABLE DIFFUSION, DALL:E TO CREATE ANY ARTWORK. AND SELL IT FOR A PROFIT ,CAN THESE A.I COMPANIES ASK FOR ANY FEES? ARE THERE ANY FREE AI WEBSITES, OR ANDROID APP THAT ALLOW , AI FOR FREE COMMERCIAL USAGE

[@NhattyBeatsTube]

Can you tell how to change softal instrunt in Serum, please ?!

[@Thehiddentruthshow1]

Why does it say I don’t have permission to send messages in chat?

[@chiaragerevasi6699]

After I insert the prompt and click enter, nothing happens, what I typed, does not come up; any help please? What am I doing wrong?

[@jamesf2697]

Another way to find your stuff easier is to ho in the top right and search for your user tag.

[@pratiknaikedu]

Thank you! I did not know that!