Blend Images with Reverse Engineering in Midjourney

Folder: 2023-04-15 – Blend is Dead

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When v4 of Midjourney was first released, the ability to blend images together with image prompts was all the rage. I honestly think this was mostly supported by the excellent default stylization in v4, which made it incredibly easy for anyone to do this. And as many people seemed to struggle with how image prompts worked, the introduction of the /blend made it so much easier.

But with v5 I sometimes feel that image blending has lost its allure. Especially because I don't find the initial results very convincing anymore. I'm not entirely sure why, but it might have to do with the lack of default stylization.

However, we now have additional tools at our disposal that allow us to use novel approaches to achieve similar things. And these are especially helpful when you're not dead set on getting something that looks exactly the same as your image references.

These novel methods are:
1. Blended Reverse Engineering
2. Multiprompt Image Blending

I'm sure some people have already tried this and are using these methods. But very few people are talking about them publicly. I think they are fantastic alternatives to classic blending because they not only produce crisper and more varied results. They also give you far more control, so you can fine-tune your images too.

I strongly urge you to check out this video. I think it will teach you to be more creative in your Midjourney workflows :)

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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
00:00 Blend is Dead
00:44 The Greenhouse Hotel Lobby
02:45 Method 1: Blended Reverse Engineering
03:59 Method 2: Multiprompt Image Blending
08:23 Santorini in New York
15:22 More Examples

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[emx]

Chiming in and echoing everyone’s comments - thank you so much Christian for eloquently articulating your process and for pushing things forward. I think I know things but then you come in with a new perspective. Really appreciate the work you put into educating and wanted to give you the encouragement to continue to do so. You are incredible.

[eveFlower]

Blend is pretty amazing, the fact that you have no control and the result is a surprise is just part of the fun. My favourite images ever are a result of blending.

[caiosaulnier]

You're a prompt scientist! The tests, experimentations and care in your videos is absolutely insane, thank yo so much for sharing your knowledge

[BruceColthart]

Outstanding - you're a talented and empathetic presenter. The attention you pay to simplicity, brevity and details (such as how you show the prompts) is soooo worth it 🏆✔

[Mark_Hemmings]

This tutorial is exactly what I needed! I was stuck using /blend and couldn’t move forward. Thank you!

[TravnikovRN]

The greatest video about Midjourney I've seen for a while. Finally, someone started to make content with real tips and tricks !

[GotKundalini]

This was the best tutorial in mid journey that I have seen. I had no idea that there was a describe prompt total game changer. Thanks.

[Schmunzelfee]

Man, I love your channel so so much. It's helping me out a lot! Thank you so much for your time and effort to explain everything. Your explanations are so well structured it's so easy to reproduce everything in Midjourney.

[tonyh]

The best midjourney video I’ve seen, by far.

[iamgroot]

You're channel, this video, just took my MJ fun and skills to a whole new level!

[MirrorPeakFM]

You have become my go to person for all things Midjourney. Never would have thought of this method of blending on my own.

[hermancharlesserrano]

Great video, Christian, keep up the excellent work

[RaoniLima]

And people still say that it's "oh so easy to use Ai, and it's going to replace us". Look at how many steps this guy just had to do to get to the result he wanted. This is the "human" side, mixing and matching a bunch of techniques and methods to one or more AI tools. Really great video with lots of tricks and tips to achieve incredibly precise results. Thank you.

[alcyonem]

One of the best Midjourney tutorials I've watched hands feel like Picasso now. Lol

[efekarahanli]

such a great video to understand how prompts work in midjourney! thank you for detailed and step by step explanation.

[jeremyjames]

My stuff just increased in quality, thank you

[ProsperParabu]

Very Dope Alternative to just Blend. Your strategy is cool while allowing you to think outside of the box. Rhanks!

[kianbrazil]

one of the best videos I've seen about mid journey, prompt engineering and everything in between

you teach to think, not in ctrl c ctrl v

Best MJ trick I've learned in a long time. Thank you, you're a genius 😊

[goilo]

Some great tips there. I tried Blend when it first was introduced. Wasn’t overly thrilled with it, but now will have to have a try using these methods.