Improve Your Midjourney Art Using Simple Prompt Controls

Did you know that changing just a small part of your Midjourney prompt can create a completely different image? You can get unique results with the same basic idea by tweaking certain settings. This guide shows you some controls you can add to your prompts to steer Midjourney toward the art you want.

To follow along with these tips, make sure you are using Midjourney version 4 and have Remix mode turned on in your settings.

Control How Midjourney Styles Your Images

The `--s` parameter lets you control how much Midjourney adds its own artistic style to your image. This setting works with a number between 0 and 1000. The lower the number, the closer the image will stick to your exact words. The higher the number, the more Midjourney will add its own creative touch.

Imagine prompting for "a wolf in the forest looking into the camera with a deer in the background".

• With `--s 0`: The image looks very much like the words describe, without much extra flair.

• With `--s 500`: Midjourney adds a bit more of its typical artistic look.

• With `--s 1000`: The image shows a lot more of Midjourney's unique style, though the main subject might look different from your prompt.

Try this with your own prompts to see if you want a very literal image or one with more artistic interpretation.

Adjust Image Quality and Detail

The `--q` parameter affects how long Midjourney spends processing your image, impacting its detail level. You can use values from 0.25 to 2 (or sometimes higher experimental values).

• With `--q 0.25`: The image processes quickly and might look less detailed, sometimes giving an artistic, unfinished look.

• With `--q 1` (Default): This setting usually gives good results with a standard amount of detail.

• With `--q 2`: Midjourney spends more time, adding more detail.

For most images, a quality setting of 1 or 2 works well. Using a lower number like 0.25 can create interesting, less polished styles if that's what you want.

Introduce Variety with the Chaos Parameter

The `--c` parameter, or chaos, influences how varied and unexpected the initial image grid will be. It takes a number from 0 to 100.

• With `--c 0`: The results will be quite similar to each other, sticking closely to the prompt.

• With `--c 50`: The images will show more variation in color, composition, and style.

• With `--c 100`: You'll get very diverse, sometimes wild results across the four initial images.

Use chaos when you want Midjourney to explore many different possibilities from your prompt. For more predictable outcomes, keep chaos low.

Give Weight to Specific Prompt Terms

You can tell Midjourney which parts of your prompt are most important using the `::` separator followed by a weight number (like `word::weight`). A higher number gives that word or phrase more importance.

For example, if you prompt "a wolf in the forest looking into the camera with a deer in the background", you can change the focus:

• Prompt: `a wolf::5 in the forest :: looking into the camera with a deer::1 in the background` (Wolf is much more important): The wolf is likely the main focus, and the deer might be less visible or even absent.

• Prompt: `a wolf::1 in the forest :: looking into the camera with a deer::5 in the background` (Deer is much more important): The deer becomes the primary subject.

You can also group words with brackets and apply a weight, like `[blonde woman]::3 looking at a [retro television]::2`. This gives the woman more focus than the television.

Using these weighting techniques helps you control the composition and focus of your images. Experiment to see how different weights change the outcome.

Exploring all these parameters manually for every prompt can take time. If you want to speed up your workflow and manage countless prompt variations and their results, consider using a tool like the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT. It helps you create and organize your Midjourney projects efficiently.

Find Inspiration for Your Next Prompt

Sometimes the best way to improve your prompts is to see what others are doing. Two great resources can help you:

The Midjourney Gallery

The public Midjourney gallery lets you see recent images created by other users. If you hover over an image, you can often see the prompt used.

If you have a paid Midjourney account, you get even more detail. In the paid gallery, you can copy the "full command" used to create an image. This includes not just the prompt text but also parameters like style, quality, chaos, and aspect ratio. This is a great way to learn how others achieve certain looks.

Midjourney Cheat Sheets (GitHub Resources)

There are helpful resources like GitHub repositories that collect lists of styles and terms you can add to your prompts. These are like lists of 'cheat codes' for different looks.

These lists categorize terms for:

• Themes (realism, fantasy, retro, future styles like cyberpunk)

• Media styles (cartoons, anime, movie/TV show styles like Tron)

• Special effects (reflections, distortion, shaders)

• Perspectives and angles (aerial view, close-up, low angle)

• Materials (solids, powders, liquids)

• Lighting (cinematic, diffused, specific types like fluorescent or neon)

• Intangibles (emotions, symbols, abstract ideas like geometry or dimensionality)

Adding one or two specific terms from these lists, like "Wonderland style," "cyberpunk," "nightclub lighting," or "rainbow core," can dramatically change the results.

If constantly experimenting with different styles seems daunting, remember that automation can make this process much easier. The TitanXT Midjourney Automation Suite can help you manage and run multiple prompt variations quickly, letting you explore more creative options without the manual work.

Putting It All Together

By understanding and using parameters likestyle (`--s`), quality (`--q`), chaos (`--c`), and weighting (`::`), you gain more control over your Midjourney output. Combined with inspiration from the gallery and cheat sheets, you have powerful tools to create almost any image you can think of.

Start experimenting with these controls today and see how they help you shape your artistic vision. For users looking to seriously scale their Midjourney creations and manage extensive libraries of prompts and images, the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT offers features to streamline your process.

Happy prompting!