Explore 18 Useful Tips to Improve Your Midjourney Images

Making images with Midjourney is exciting, and there are always new ways to get the looks and effects you want. Whether you are just starting or have made thousands of images, picking up new tricks can help. Here are 18 helpful tips to make your Midjourney experience even better.

Get More from Midjourney's Features

Tip 1: Use Midjourney to Upscale Images

Did you know you can use Midjourney's editor as an upscaler? If you have access to the editor (you need enough images created or a specific membership), you can upload a small or blurry image like an old photo. Make a tiny selection with the brush tool, add a short prompt (even one word), and submit the edit. You will get new blurry options, but the real magic happens when you click "Upscale to Gallery." This takes your original image and makes it clear and sharp, like the example of the old blurry picture that became very detailed.

Tip 2: Try Out Looks Without Committing

The new editor lets you experiment with changing parts of an image. You can upload a picture and erase areas you want to change. Then, add a prompt for what you want to see in that spot. This is a great way to visualize things like getting tattoos in real life without actually getting them. Just be careful what you erase, as erasing parts of faces can sometimes lead to funny results!

Tip 3: Use Suggested Prompts for Inpointing

When working with the new editor and adding things to your image (inpointing), writing the right prompt can be difficult. A helpful feature is "suggest prompt." Upload your image, find this button, and Midjourney will write a prompt describing the scene. You can then use this description as a starting point, erase the part of the image you want to change, and slightly adjust the suggested prompt to add something new, like putting a monster in a beach scene.

Tip 4: Discover the 'Silverpoint' Style

Adding the simple word "silverpoint" to your prompt can create a surprising and unique effect. This term generates intricate, desaturated drawings that look very cool. It is an easy word to remember and can produce a strong visual style.

Tip 5: Organize Your Sessions with Likes

Here is an easy workflow for managing your images. As you create pictures, right-click on the ones you like and click the "like" option. Later, you can go into your gallery and filter by liked images. This makes it simple to find and download your favorite creations from a long session.

Tip 6: Hide Images You Do Not Need

Just like liking images, you can also hide them after right-clicking. If your creation feed gets messy with many generations, hiding images you do not want to keep helps clean it up. It is a good habit to manage your feed as you go.

Managing many prompts and generations can take time. Consider automating parts of your workflow with the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT. This tool can help you streamline your image creation process.

Tip 7: Use the Submit Button

Midjourney recently added a button to submit your prompt jobs. Before, you had to press the Enter key on your keyboard. Now you can write your prompt, open options with your mouse, and click the submit button. This lets you keep your hand on the mouse, which can make your workflow feel smoother and more comfortable, especially if you are also using your keyboard for copy-pasting prompt parts.

Tip 8: Get Realistic Smiles with 'Amused'

Controlling facial expressions can be tricky. If you do not mention expressions, characters often look serious or blank. Words like "excited" or "happy" can sometimes create exaggerated, unnatural smiles. Try using the word "amused" in your prompts. It often generates a more realistic and satisfied-looking smile on characters.

Tip 9: Try 'Paradeia' for Surreal Shapes

Paradeia is the word for seeing faces or shapes in random objects. Using "paradeia" in your prompt can trigger a specific, often surreal effect. It can make objects look like they have faces or create funny connections between things in your image, like using bubbles as eyes.

Powerful Search and Reference Techniques

Tip 10: Use Search to Explore and Refine Styles

The search feature in Midjourney is powerful. You can search the entire public image feed or search your own creations. On the explore page, you see everyone's images. If you find an image you like the look of, click on it and then click the small search icon next to it again. This takes you to a deeper search showing only images similar to the one you clicked. This is great for finding specific photographic styles or looks.

Tip 11: Search for Concepts, Not Just Words

The search understands concepts, not just the exact words used in a prompt. You can search for an idea, and it might show you images that match that idea even if the prompt did not use the term. For example, searching "paradeia" might bring up images where objects look like faces, even if the word "paradeia" was not in the prompt itself. This helps you find different ways people have described similar visual ideas.

Tip 12: Quickly Find Your Past Creations

If you see a picture in your gallery that you like and want to find the original grid it came from, you can usually search for keywords from the prompt on your create page. Take some key words describing the image, go to your creation page, and use the search bar there. This will help you find the full grid generation where that image was created.

Managing your past prompts and finding specific creations can become time-consuming. Automate generating variations, bulk downloading, and managing your library with the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT. Save hours and focus on your best work.

Tip 13: Add Variety with Random Retexture

In the new editor's retexture feature, you can add `--srf random` to your prompt. This applies a random style reference to your texture change. You might not know exactly what style you will get, but it can create unique and cool results, adding unexpected variety to your image changes.

Tip 14: Experiment with Image Prompts in Retexture

Beyond style references, you can use an image prompt in retexture. While it might be challenging to predict exactly what will happen, it can produce different results compared to using just a style reference. You can also increase the image weight (`--iw`) with a value like 3 at the end of your prompt to make the style of the image prompt have a stronger influence on the retexture outcome. Sometimes this creates intense and beautiful effects.

Tip 15: Combine References for Complex Effects

You can use multiple references at once in retexture. For example, you might combine a style reference, a character reference, and an image prompt. Hold shift to select more than one reference image. The results can be hard to predict but often very interesting. Highlighting this, you can also add a `--stop` value to your prompt (like `--stop 87`). This tells Midjourney to stop the generation process at a certain point before it is 100% finished, which can create a blurring or unfinished effect that looks unique.

Tip 16: Use Retexture to Change the Subject

Think broadly with retexture. It is not just for changing the style or texture; it can change the entire subject of an image while keeping the original shape. Take a picture of a person in a specific pose, for example. You could use retexture with a prompt to turn that person into a plant while maintaing the pose shape. This lets you transform shapes into anything you can imagine.

Tip 17: Sometimes, Simple Retexture Helps

While complex techniques are fun, sometimes doing the opposite is helpful. If your first image generation did not turn out exactly as you wanted, try taking it into retexture and running it again with the exact same prompt. This simple re-run through the retexture process can sometimes yield better results than the original generation, although it varies depending on the image and prompt.

Tip 18: Create Before and After Illusions

You can create the illusion of a before and after transformation, like a hair change. Write a prompt describing the person and the change, focusing on the area you want to transform (like hair). As long as you mostly focus the prompt on the change, Midjourney does a good job of keeping the face consistent. Using a character reference and lowering the character weight can also help maintain consistency while showing a transformation.

Final Thoughts

Trying new techniques helps you get more out of Midjourney. From using new editor features for upscaling and retexturing to exploring different prompt words and effective search methods, each tip can lead to better images and a smoother workflow.

If you are looking to make your Midjourney process even more efficient, especially when dealing with complex prompts, multiple references, or organizing many images, check out the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT. It is designed to automate repetitive tasks and enhance your creation process.