Refining Your Art: How to Use Key Midjourney Parameters

Midjourney is a powerful tool for creating amazing images. But how do you get it to make exactly what you picture in your head? This is where parameters come in.

Parameters are like extra instructions you give Midjourney with your text prompt. They let you control things like the image size, the amount of detail, the art style, and how much variety there is. Using them helps you get closer to your creative vision.

What Midjourney Parameters Do

Think of parameters as switches and dials for your image creation. You add them at the end of your prompt, usually starting with a double dash (--) like `--ar` or `--q`. Learning them gives you more control over the final picture.

Adjusting Image Shape: The Aspect Ratio Parameter

Using `--ar`

The aspect ratio controls your image's width and height. By default, Midjourney makes square images (--ar 1:1). You can easily change this.

Here are some examples:

• Prompt: a quiet forest scene --ar 16:9

• Result: A wide image, good for backgrounds.

• Prompt: a close-up of a flower --ar 9:16

• Result: A tall, narrow image, great for phone screens or stories.

Setting the right aspect ratio helps your image fit where you plan to use it, like on social media or in a presentation.

Controlling Detail Level: The Quality Parameter

Using `--q`

The quality parameter affects how much detail is in your image and how long it takes to create. The standard setting is `--q 1`.

Let's see the difference:

• Prompt: a busy market day --q 1

• Result: A good image with standard details.

• Prompt: a busy market day --q 2

• Result: A more detailed image with sharper elements.

Keep in mind that higher quality settings use more of your subscription time. Use them when fine details are important for your project.

Setting Midjourney's Artistic Touch: The Stylize Parameter

Using `--s` or `--stylize`

This parameter tells Midjourney how much to apply its own artistic flair. Lower numbers mean the image will be closer to your exact prompt. Higher numbers make the image more artistic and abstract.

Look at these examples:

• Prompt: a cat sitting on a fence --stylize 50

• Result: A more realistic picture of the cat.

• Prompt: a cat sitting on a fence --stylize 500

• Result: A more stylized and painterly version.

You can use this to balance between a realistic look and a more creative style.

Adding Variation and Surprise: The Chaos Parameter

Using `--c` or `--chaos`

The chaos parameter adds randomness to your results. A higher value gives you more unpredictable images. A lower value gives you results that are closer to each other.

Prompts:

• Prompt: a city park in autumn --chaos 0

• Result: Images that look very similar.

• Prompt: a city park in autumn --chaos 80

• Result: Images that are quite different from each other, with varied styles and elements.

Use chaos when you want to see a wider range of creative ideas based on your prompt.

Combining Parameters for Specific Results

You don't have to use just one parameter. You can combine them in a single prompt to get very specific results.

Example prompt: a cozy treehouse at sunset --ar 3:2 --q 2 --stylize 150 --chaos 20

This tells Midjourney:

• Make the image a bit wider than tall (--ar 3:2).

• Make it very detailed (--q 2).

• Add some artistic style (--stylize 150).

• Allow for a little bit of variation between the images (--chaos 20).

Combining parameters gives you detailed control over how your final image looks.

Getting your Midjourney prompts just right can take time. If you're looking to streamline your image generation process and get consistent, controlled results, consider exploring automation tools.

Discover how you can simplify your work with the Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT.

Conclusion

Mastering Midjourney parameters like aspect ratio, quality, stylize, and chaos is key to directing the AI to create the images you want. Experiment with different values and combinations to see how they change your results.

Practice is the best way to learn what each parameter does. The more you use them, the better you'll become at getting predictable and desired outcomes from your prompts.

Ready to take your Midjourney creations to the next level? Automation can help manage your prompts and parameters more efficiently. Find out more about the TitanXT Midjourney Automator today.