How to Use Midjourney AI

How to Use Midjourney AI: Quick Start Guide and Intro | Write Shift

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I’m sharing my latest obsession, Midjourney AI. Midjourney is an Artificial Intelligence bot that utilizes writing prompts coupled with commands to create breathtaking artwork.

The possibilities were endless for creating book covers, interstitial art for chapters, or just title pictures for my short stories that I share on Vocal Media.

To start, you need the Discord App on your computer or smart phone. Join their server at https://discord.gg/midjourney and let the fun begin! Once you’ve joined, familiarize yourself with the getting started channel.

There is also a user manual on their website that has a lot more commands but for now just play with it. With a free account you are currently allowed to generate 25 images so you may want to be judicious with your use. I recommend scrolling through the newbie channel to see what others have done to get inspiration, and maybe play with the commands and modifiers they used to see what happens.

After your free images are used up, there are two general use subscription plans, the Basic plan that allows 200 images/month for $10/month, and the Standard plan that allows unlimited use up to a point, then it becomes incremental billing at $4/gpu hour for use over their data cap. I currently use the standard plan.

Now that you’re in, pick a newbie channel. There are several to choose from, it doesn’t matter which. To generate an image, type /(forward slash)imagine and a word prompt. It can be anything, from a descriptive scene to something completely ambiguous. After about a minute, it will generate a grid of 4 images based on your prompt.

The grids are laid out 2 by 2, from left to right with images one and two on top, and images three and four on the bottom. When the grid is finished, you’ve got three options.

The first is to upscale. You can pick any of the four that you like the most and click U1/2/3/or 4 to upscale that image to a higher resolution. If you like it, you can upscale to max resolution once from there.

The second is to create variations. Same as above, only you pick the V1/2/3/or 4 option and it will generate a new grid based on the same image but changing it slightly by randomizing things. If all your original pictures were very different, this can help lock in a particular picture.

The third is to just redo the whole thing using the same word prompt and options. The AI will create a fresh new grid of pictures to choose from. The results should still be relatively similar but provide additional options if the original grid didn’t quite suit your purposes.

Due to the sheer number of people using the newbie channels it’s possible your image will become lost. Simply scroll up to find it, or click the icon in the upper right to find your images.

If that’s too much effort you can also login to the Midjourney website using your discord information to find the gallery of all the images you’ve generated. You can find the link here: Midjourney. From there you can download them singly or several as a zip for use however you want.

So that’s it, a very basic rundown of how to get started with Midjourney AI. I’m excited to see how it progresses, and to use it both as a creative outlet and a way to create tailor-made images for my stories and novels. I hope you find it as amazing as I did. Below I'll leave links to Linktree, so you can go to Deviant Art to see the images I’ve shared as well as links to my stories on Royal Road and Vocal Media. There are also links to associated stores I’ve created for some of my art as well. Any support is greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading, and have a nice day!

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Linktree for: Patreon, Royal Road, and Deviant Art Links