Welcome to a comprehensive Midjourney guide, inspired by the content I create for Kiki and Mozart, my AI art newsletter. The Midjourney team is known for their prompt implementation of new features, and I plan to maintain the accuracy and relevance of this guide.

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🎯 Below is a breakdown of the topics covered in this guide. Lots more to come! Feel free to navigate directly to the section that piques your interest.

Midjourney Introduction

Midjourney is the leading text-to-image AI generator – it transforms your text prompts into images. Right now, it’s available only via Discord, but we expect the release of a mobile application and a stand-alone website for image generation pretty soon.

You can generate images in Midjourney Discord, or via private messages with the Midjourney bot, or by inviting the Midjourney bot to your own server.

Generating images with Midjourney is pretty straightforward:

  1. Type /imagine prompt: and then, enter your text prompt.
  2. Midjourney will generate an image grid with 4 alternative images.

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  1. You have multiple options now:
    1. To upscale one of the images, if you like it (with U1, U2, U3, and U4 buttons).
    2. To request a variation of an image that you almost like (with V1, V2, V3, and V4 buttons).
    3. To re-roll the same prompt once again (with the remaining blue button).
  2. When you upscale the image you like, you get another set of options.
    1. Save the image with the right mouth click.
    2. Upscale (2x or 4x).
    3. Request variations (strong, subtle, or of a specific region).
    4. Zoom an image out.
    5. Extend an image into one of the four directions using the arrows.

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In this guide, I’ll cover in detail how these different options work as well as how to write a “good” text prompt, and how to use parameters and settings for better control over the image generation.

I also want to mention that you can view the images and prompts of other creators in the Midjourney feed (you’ll need to register first via Discord). Your own images that you upscaled are also available in a separate gallery.

Finally, as for now, Midjourney is not available for free. You’ll need to buy a monthly subscription for $10, $30, $60, or $120. With the $ 10 plan, you’ll get 200 minutes of GPU time, which is equivalent to about 200 image generations.

Writing Prompts