Adding Text to Your Midjourney V6 Images
- kylixie
- Apr 30, 2025
- 3 min read
Midjourney V6 introduced a new feature: adding text directly to your images. This is a big step and opens up lots of creative possibilities. Let's look at how it works and what you can expect when you start using text in your prompts.
How to Include Text in Midjourney V6
Putting text in your Midjourney images is simple. When you write your prompt, package the words you want to appear in the image within quotation marks.
For example:
Imagine a picture that says "Hello World"
Design a sign with the words "Welcome Home"
Create a banner that reads "Happy New Year 2024"
Midjourney V6 is pickier than previous versions. It helps to be direct and specific in your overall prompt. Avoid extra words that don't clearly describe what you want the image to look like.
First Try: Simple Text Examples
Starting with just the text in quotes gives Midjourney freedom to place it however it thinks makes sense. In early tests with "New Year's 2024", the results varied a lot:
Text showed up on billboards.
It appeared as captions.
Sometimes it was on signs, big and small.
One time, it put the text on a cookie, but with the wrong year ("2020")!
It even appeared on clocks or walls in the background.
These first attempts show the feature works, but placement and accuracy can vary wildly before you add more direction to your prompt. Getting consistent text placement and corrections can take many tries and prompt adjustments. If you're running many variations to get the text just right, a tool like the TitanXT Midjourney Automation Suite can manage the workload and help you track results more efficiently.
Refining Your Prompts for Better Text Results
To get text where you want it and looking right, you need to add more details to your prompt. Telling Midjourney where to put the text makes a big difference. For instance, adding "a banner that reads 'New Year's 2024'" worked well for placing the text on banners.
Adding descriptive elements like "ribbons and stars in silver and gold" or asking for a specific background color ("royal blue background") helps set the scene around your text.
Adding more text, like changing "New Year's 2024" to "Happy New Year 2024", can sometimes cause issues like words being skipped ("Happy Newer") or the text appearing multiple times in the image.
Dealing with Text Challenges
Prominent issues seen during testing include:
Text can sometimes be stacked vertically when you might prefer it side-by-side.
The same text might appear more than once in the image.
Words can be misspelled or dropped if the text in quotes is too long or if the prompt is unclear.
Keeping the text you want Midjourney to generate relatively short often leads to better accuracy. If you find yourself constantly rerolling or adjusting prompts to fix text errors or placement, consider exploring automation. The TitanXT Midjourney Automation Suite is designed to help streamline the process of generating and managing many variations, making it easier to get the text results you want faster.
Other Midjourney V6 Observations
Beyond text, V6 brought other improvements:
Tiling is improving, showing about 75% accuracy and creating designs like Paisley and Calicos better than before.
Things like Calico patterns are more evenly spaced when requested.
Midjourney is better at generating specific concepts like mermaids.
The prompting style requires more specific instructions. You have to be more direct in telling Midjourney what you want, rather than using overly descriptive or abstract language.
This need for precision in prompting means you need to be clear about your desired outcome. It can be a fun challenge to learn this new way of talking to Midjourney.
Tips for Success with Text
Based on early testing, here are a few tips for using text in Midjourney V6:
Put the exact words you want in quotation marks.
Keep the text in the quotations relatively short for better accuracy.
Be very specific and direct in your overall prompt about where you want the text to appear and what the scene should include.
Working with text is a new tool, and like any new tool, it takes practice. There will be mistakes, but with specific prompting and experimentation, you can create images with the words you want right where you want them.
If generating many images to perfect your text results feels time-consuming, check out the TitanXT Midjourney Automation Suite. It can help you manage bulk generation and prompt variations, simplifying your workflow.
In Summary
Midjourney V6's new text feature is promising and already produces some cool results. While it's still developing and can make errors like misspellings or strange placements, being specific in your prompt greatly increases your chances of success. Have fun experimenting with adding words to your images!
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