Ultimate Midjourney Guide: Beginner to Advanced

Learn how to use Midjourney for ai art generation. Create hyperrealistic photography, logos, paintings, avatars with your face, and much more. A comprehensive Midjourney tutorial on setup, prompting, parameters, resources, and art techniques.

Updated FaceSwapping technique in this video:

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Parameters Quick Reference:
--ar [ratio] aspect ratio changes the width-to-height ratio of the generated image. Ratios are separated by a colon i.e. 16:9, 2:3, etc.
--s [0-1000] stylize influences how strongly Midjourney’s default style is applied. Low stylization produces images that closely match the prompt, but are less artistic. High stylization creates images that are very artistic but less connected to the prompt.
--q [.25, .5, 1] quality changes how much detail is added to the image. Has no impact on resolution.
--c [0-100] chaos value influences how varied the images are. High values produce more unusual and unexpected results. Lower values have more reliable, repeatable results.
--seed [seed] using the same seed number and prompt will produce similar ending images.
--no [subject] negative prompting tells Midjourney not to include the subject
--tile generates images that can be used as repeating tiles to create seamless patterns.
Multi-Prompts: adding a double colon :: to a prompt indicates that Midjourney should consider each part of the prompt as separate. [part 1]:: [part 2]
Prompt Weights: Adding a number immediately after the double colon assigns relative importance to that part of the prompt. [part 1]::2 [part 2]

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:23 Single word prompts and emojis
0:39 Celebrities
0:50 Setup
1:22 Private Discord server
1:55 Commands: /settings and /imagine
2:06 Prompting basics
2:18 Upscale and variations, remix and reroll
2:41 Tags
2:53 Style, artist, and medium examples
3:19 Midlibrary (free resource)
3:31 GitHub (free resource)
4:03 Parameters
6:30 Hyperrealistic photography
7:55 Logo creation
8:42 Image prompting / avatar creation
9:37 Image weights
10:00 Combine images
10:18 Prompting resource
10:41 /describe command
11:05 Twitter follows
11:23 Explore tab

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I seriously love your style. So straightforward without the “YouTube character” voice!

[CoachTopher]

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[Halidy]

Dude, you're guide has been the best yet. So concise, straight to the point and VERY informative.

[robsdaman]

This video is brilliant man. Your concise summaries and attention to detail is excellent. You don't waffle, you deliver SO much information in an easy to follow way, your videos are well constructed and most importantly will help many people to start discovering this incredible tool. I could genuinely watch you explaining anything. Thanks.

[JasonHauser]

This is a fantastic tutorial. I've been messing with Midjourny four or five days, and it's the most impressive thing I've just about ever seen in my life.

[dlfngfw]

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[paultoensing]

Yes please!! We’d appreciate more Mid-journey perspectives. Love your style and pacing. Much appreciated.

[vincentgames]

I was on the fence about signing up for Midjourney and this video changed that. It's already been said, but it is worth repeating. Hands down, the best AI prompt video out there. I've sifted through a lot of content to get to this. Excellent video; great production you have clearly worked very hard. Thank you for creating.

[theblowupdollsmusic]

Fantastic overview. We've come so far in such a short time. Thank you for taking the time to put all of this together. I am excited about the future of midjourney.

[dubstronaut]

I'm late to the game. I finally decided tonight to start researching "how can I create AI art". Your video is the first one that I watched when searching "how to use midjourney", and I'm absolutely floored. The way you display all the different variations with small tweaks to your prompts is amazing! The fox and landscape renditions are just stunning. the explanation for how to apply different artist styles was amazing. My head is flooded right now with all the possibilities! I shouldn't have looked into this tonight because now I've already felt a huge shift in my priorities.. All I can think about in this moment is getting my account(s) created and start experimenting with these tools and writing spells (prompts) that bring masterfully and magically expressed visions to life! Thank you for sharing the knowledge and resources to get us newcomers started out! I'm looking forward to seeing more videos. Subscribed!

[silentsage]

Thank you. As a complete beginner, this video has everything I could asked for + more. Really appreciate it!

[shalendra]

One of the best tutorial videos I've ever watched, on any topic! Fast, to the point, logical, ton of useful information and tips. This effort must be appreciated.👏👏👏👏

[RobertSmith-vxpr]

Amazing video! I'm a graphic designer with a few online stores and this has hands down been the most helpful and comprehensive Midjourney video so far! ...and all in under 12 mins.

Good job thanks bro!

[free]

love how you get straight to the point and your way of explaining. really helpful, thank you

[moleculist]

I've never seen a better instructional video. Love the way you compressed everything to deliver maximum info in minimum time real estate, recognizing we can always go back to get what we need. So efficient and comprehensive. Bravo.

[garymills]

This was by far the best explanation of how to use MidJourney. I think a deeper dive into some of the areas would be beneficial - Thanks for putting this out there!

[AliceVieira]

Wow as someone who never used Midjourney before this was probably the best intro video I've seen. Lots of super helpful information, straight to the point. Great work!

[JDL]

This was exactly what I was looking for! I knew I wasn't using the prompts to their full potential, these resources are going to be a lot of fun. Instant sub and like from me!!

[galiasgm]

I can’t give enough likes to this video! Thank you so much!! You just summarized and explained everything I was looking for, and more, in under 12minutes! 🙏🏼

[ocuix]

Definitely would like more MidJourney stuff from you please! This was great. I love how fast-paced you are!