Improve Your Midjourney Images: Simple Tips & Tricks
- kylixie
- Apr 30, 2025
- 7 min read
Ready to take your Midjourney creations to the next level? While the basic prompting gets you started, using some specific settings and parameters can give you more control and lead to amazing results. This post covers several powerful Midjourney features that can add variety, artistic flair, seamless patterns, and precise control to your AI art.
Control Image Variety with Chaos
Midjourney has a setting called the chaos parameter. You use it to tell the AI how much variety you want in the image results it gives you. The value goes from 0 to 100. Higher numbers mean more unusual and different pictures from your prompt.
To use it, add `--chaos` followed by a number from 0 to 100 to your prompt. Keep in mind that using higher chaos values means the final images might not follow the composition you asked for as closely.
Think about what you want. If you need small changes to a specific image version, chaos might not be the best tool. But if you want to explore many different ideas for your prompt, chaos can be very helpful. Even though Midjourney is good at making beautiful images, sometimes the variations for one prompt look a bit too similar. Chaos can help make the results more diverse.
Chaos changes how varied the basic layout and structure of the images are. It doesn't directly make the images more 'creative' in style, but it gives you a wider range of compositions. Lower values give you results that look more alike, while higher values create much more varied pictures.
Add Artistic Flair with Stylize
The stylize parameter is a useful setting that lets you change how much Midjourney adds its own artistic touch to your prompt. You can guide the AI to either stick very closely to your words or create something more influenced by its training data.
In Midjourney Version 3, you can set stylize between 625 and 60,000. The default is 2500. You can type `--stylize` or just `-s` followed by your chosen number (0-60,000 for V3, 0-1000 for V4).
A higher stylize value means the AI will use more of its own sense of style, leading to images that might look less like your exact prompt but more like art Midjourney would create. A lower value will make the image stick closer to the words you used.
The best stylize value depends on what you want. You can set a default stylize value in your Midjourney settings, but adding it to each prompt gives you more control for specific images.
Here's how different stylize values affect Version 3:
s 625: Sticks very close to your prompt, less artistic variation.
s 1250: A good mix between sticking to the prompt and adding art style.
s 2500: (Default) Moderate artistic freedom, still close to the prompt.
s 20000: Gives the AI significant freedom to change things from your prompt.
s 60000: Maximum creative freedom for the AI. The image might look very abstract and not much like your prompt words.
Create Seamless Patterns with Tile
Did you know Midjourney can make patterns that repeat with no visible edges? Most people don't know about this handy feature.
Making patterns is simple. Type your prompt, then add `--tile` at the end. Midjourney will give you four versions of a pattern that tiles perfectly. Note that `--tile` works best and is officially supported in Midjourney Version 3.
If you need to use Version 4, there is a trick that sometimes works. Make your initial image in V4. Then, use Remix mode on one of the variations and add `--tile v3` to the prompt. This forces the V3 algorithm to apply the tile effect.
Adding "pattern of" before your main prompt can sometimes help guide the AI for patterns. If you want to check if your pattern truly tiles smoothly, you can use a seamless texture checker tool online.
The possibilities for using Midjourney patterns are huge. They can be useful for many different creative projects like textures, wallpapers, or digital backgrounds.
Use Weighted Prompts for More Control
You can tell Midjourney exactly which parts of your prompt are most important by giving them different 'weights'. This adds emphasis to certain elements.
To add weights, put a double colon `::` after the part of the prompt you want to weight, followed by a number. For example: `/imagine prompt overhead view of a bowl of fruit -- apples::1 bananas::2 grapes::1 pears::1`
In that example, bananas would likely appear more or be more prominent because they have a higher weight.
You can also use negative weights to tell Midjourney to include less of something or avoid it. For example, `/imagine prompt apples::1 bananas::1 grapes::-1 pears::1`. This would try to keep grapes out of the image.
Weights usually range from -10,000 to 10,000, but most users stay within -2 to 2. The specific numbers don't matter as much as their relationship to each other. A weight of 2 is twice as important as a weight of 1, and a weight of 0.5 is half as important as a weight of 1.
Consider This: While these tips give you more control, managing all the parameters and versions for many prompts can get複雜. A tool like the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT can help you manage and automate these processes, saving you time and effort when creating many images.
When using weights, try to assign weights to many parts of your prompt so Midjourney better understands how to balance everything. For example:
`/imagine prompt a colorful mouth-watering bowl of mixed fruits::1 sitting on a rustic wooden table::2 with natural sunlight streaming in::3 through a nearby window::4`
In this prompt, the window has the highest weight, so it would likely be the most noticeable element.
Now, if we change the weights like this:
`/imagine prompt a colorful mouth-watering bowl of mixed fruits::4 sitting on a rustic wooden table::3 with natural sunlight streaming in::2 through a nearby window::1`
The fruit bowl now has the highest weight, making it the clear focus of the image.
Combine Images for Unique Results
Midjourney lets you blend two or more images together to create something new. The goal is to keep parts of the original images while making something completely different.
This feature works with Midjourney Version 4 or newer. Make sure you are using V4 by adding `--v 4` to your prompt or selecting V4 in your settings.
To blend, upload the images you want to use to Discord. Then, start your prompt by adding the web addresses (URLs) of those images. Add the image URLs first, then your text prompt if you have one.
For example: `/imagine prompt [Image URL 1] [Image URL 2] a turtle riding a motorbike`
Sometimes the results are surprising and not exactly what you expect, but they can be quite creative and unique.
Save Time with Prefer Option Set and Prefer Suffix
These two features are great for speeding up your workflow if you often use the same group of parameters or suffixes.
Prefer Option Set
This function lets you create custom shortcuts for groups of modifiers and parameters. Instead of typing out a long list of settings every time, you just type a short command.
For example, you could create a shortcut `--ai` that automatically adds `--cyborg portrait post-apocalyptic backdrop 3d rendered futuristic cyberpunk complex 3d render ultra detailed intricate details anatomical cable wires octane render volumetric lighting high quality aspect ratio 2:3 v4` to your prompt just by typing `/imagine prompt your subject here --ai`.
You can also use this to quickly apply styles from artists.
To set this up, type `/prefer option set` and choose it from the menu. Enter a name for your shortcut (e.g., `my-style`). Click next to the name box, then click the 'value' button that appears. In the value box, type all the parameters and modifiers you want your shortcut key to represent (e.g., `--ar 16:9 --s 750 --v 5.2`). Press Enter. Midjourney will confirm it's saved. Now you can use it like `/imagine prompt your idea --my-style`.
To delete a saved group, type `/prefer option set`, select the name of the group you want to remove, and press Enter without adding a value.
Prefer Suffix
Prefer suffix adds a specific parameter or modifier to the end of *every* prompt you submit automatically, without you needing to type it. This is different from `prefer option set` which you have to type each time.
This setting only works with actual parameters or modifiers that start with `--`. It does not work with normal text you want added to your prompt.
For example, you could set `--no clouds` or `--ar 3:2` as your preferred suffix. Items like "blue car" would not work as a suffix.
To use it, type `/prefer suffix` and choose it. Enter the parameter you want added to every prompt (e.g., `--ar 2:3`). Press Enter. Now, every prompt you type after this will automatically have `--ar 2:3` added at the end.
Using a prefer suffix is great when you are doing a lot of similar jobs that all need the same setting, like creating many images at a specific aspect ratio. It's less helpful if you are trying out different settings for one project.
To clear your suffix, type `/prefer suffix`, select it, and press Enter without putting anything in the value box.
Managing many different preferred options or suffixes can become tricky if you have a large list. Consider using a dedicated tool. The Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT can help manage and organize all your preferences and parameters, making your workflow more efficient.
Wrap Up
These Midjourney tips and features can significantly improve your ability to guide the AI and get closer to the images you imagine. Understanding how chaos, stylize, tile, and weighted prompts work, plus using the prefer options and suffix to save time, gives you much more power.
Practice is important. Try out these tips with simple prompts first and see how they change your results. Keep experimenting and explore where your imagination takes you.
Remember, the more you understand Midjourney's tools, the more creative you can be, but organizing your workflow and settings is key to making this process smooth. For a solution that helps manage your Midjourney prompts, parameters, and preferences efficiently, check out the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT.
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