Improve Your Midjourney Results with a Simple Prompt Formula

Want more control over the images you create with Midjourney? While simple prompts can give amazing results, a structured approach can help you get closer to your vision.

There's no single right way to write a prompt for Midjourney. But if you want more direction, this formula can help you create outputs that match what you're looking for.

The Simple Structure

Here is the basic structure we will use:

• Medium

• Style

• Composition

• Scene

• Modulate

• Parameters (-- commands)

Using this structure can actually make your prompts shorter. Midjourney prompts have a word limit, so being brief is good. This formula organizes the information for Midjourney, making it easier for the AI to understand. It works well with other image generators too.

Exploring the Sections

Medium

Let's start by seeing how changing the "Medium" term affects an image. We will use a simple base prompt:

`imagine a businessman walking down a busy street blue color palette`

Adding `photograph` at the start gives a realistic image with a blue tint. Keeping the rest of the prompt the same but changing it to `painting` creates a fantastic painted version.

You can get creative here. Changing the medium to `1960s era TV show` results in an image where the businessman wears era-appropriate clothes and the colors are more washed out. Using `comic book illustration` gives a result with bolder colors, especially in the background.

There are many medium keywords you can try. Just experiment and see what happens!

Style and Composition

This section helps define the look and feel of your image.

[B]Style:[/B] You can use phrases like "Style by" to suggest a particular artist or visual style. For example, `3D animated film Style by Pixar businessman walking down a busy street` gives a look very similar to Pixar movies.

However, Midjourney doesn't always create images exactly like the artist you name, and it needs to know who that artist is. For instance, using `Style by Tim Burton` might not always give you the distinctive Tim Burton look right away, as seen when keeping a blue color palette. Changing the palette to "black and white" helped produce an image more in line with his style.

It takes some trial and error to get the style you want.

[B]Composition:[/B] You can tell Midjourney about camera angles or shots using keywords. Try `photograph long shot businessman walking down a busy street` for a view showing more of the scene, or `photograph close-up` to focus on the subject.

Be careful with views like `satellite view`. They can sometimes make figures look much larger than intended. You might need several tries to get a usable image for certain compositions.

Scene

This is where you describe your subject, any action, props, and the location. This section has a big impact on the story your image tells.

Look how different these results are by changing the Scene keywords:

• `photograph medium shot businessman rip suit holding a katana walking down an apocalyptic City street blue color palette` gives a dramatic action feel.

• `cinematic still romantic comedy medium shot businessman holding flowers walking down a city street` changes the mood completely.

• `cinematic still crime film businessman holding a briefcase` creates a more serious tone.

The order of elements in your Scene section can also matter. Placing the location keyword (`City street`) closer to the start might put more visual emphasis on that area in the image.

One common issue is Midjourney showing characters' backs instead of their faces. A simple way to avoid this is to describe an action that shows their face. For example, `a detective laughing while writing in a notepad crime scene` is more likely to show the detective's face than just `a detective at a crime scene`. Describing emotions in eyes like "sad eyes" or "happy eyes" can also help.

Remember the Style by modifier? You can have fun combining it with different scenes. Try unlikely pairings like `Style by Wes Anderson a viking gripping his battle ax a snowy Village behind him` for a humorous twist.

Modulate

Use this section for atmospheric effects that change the overall mood. Think about lighting, weather, time of day, or seasons.

Adding keywords like `cold and snowing`, `summer and hot`, `fall day`, or `night rain heavy fog` to a base prompt can dramatically change the feeling of the image, even with the same subject.

Parameters (-- commands)

The `--` section includes various commands that control aspects of the image creation process. There are many available.

One useful command is `--chaos` (or `--c`). You add `--c` followed by a number from 0 to 100. Setting it to 100 increases the variety in the initial four images Midjourney creates. This can be great for exploring different possibilities quickly from a single prompt.

Using `--chaos 100` with a prompt like `cinematic still Style by Warhammer` creates four quite different images. Seeing varied images side-by-side helps your brain imagine different settings and stories, which is useful for world-building projects.

Mastering Midjourney prompts takes practice. A tool can help streamline your workflow. Explore the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT to see how it can enhance your creative process.

In Summary

Using a structured approach to your Midjourney prompts with sections for Medium, Style, Composition, Scene, Modulate, and Parameters can help you create more specific and directed images. Experiment with different keywords in each section to see how they change your results.

Don't be afraid to play around and break the rules of the structure sometimes! Midjourney is all about creativity. Want to take your Midjourney creations to the next level? Check out the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT for powerful tools.