1. Visit Your Create Page:  Go to the Create page on midjourney.com. This is where your images come to life, and you can see them appear in real-time.
   
   
2. Use the Imagine Bar: At the top of the page, you'll see the Imagine bar. Here, type what you'd like to see—this is your prompt. Start with something simple like "vibrant California poppies."
   
   
   
3. Generate Your Image: After pressing Enter or the send button if you're using a mobile device, Midjourney creates a set of four images. Watch as your images take form.
   
   
4. Congratulations! Once it reaches 100%, you're done! You've created your first Midjourney images. 

Customise your settings

You can change your default image generation settings at any time by clicking on the settings icon  in the Imagine bar. 

For more information on each setting, check out these articles: Aspect Ratio (image size), Raw Mode, Version, Draft Mode, Stylize, Weird, Variety, GPU Speed, and Stealth. 

Personalise your outputs

Create moodboards and custom personalization profiles to uniquely match your style. 

Prompting Basics

Creating an image with Midjourney starts with a "prompt." A prompt is simply the text or phrase you use to tell Midjourney what kind of image you want. 

Your prompt could be just one word or a complete phrase. The more thought you put into your prompt, the more unique and interesting your image can be. So, take a moment to think about what you want to see, and use your words to guide Midjourney's creative process. 

Prompting Tips & Tricks 

Short and simple prompts typically generate the best images with Midjourney. Use phrases that clearly describe what you want to see. Think of it like giving a quick snapshot of your idea. Avoid making long lists or detailed instructions; these can confuse the process. 

Bad prompt: 

Show me a picture of lots of blooming California poppies, make them bright, vibrant orange, and draw them in an illustrated style with coloured pencils 

Good prompt: 

Coloured pencil illustration of bright orange California poppies 

Choose the Right Words 

The words you pick matter! Try using specific synonyms. For example, instead of "big," consider "huge," "gigantic," or "enormous." Being precise can help get better results. 

Be Specific with Numbers 

Plural words like "cats" can be vague. Instead, use specific numbers like "three cats." Or go for collective nouns like "flock of birds" instead of just "birds." 

Focus on What You Want 

Describe what you do want instead of what you don’t. If you mention a party with “no cake,” a cake might still appear. For excluding items, read about the no parameter. 

Prompt Length and Details 

Your prompts can be simple—even a single word or emoji works. Short prompts let Midjourney's default style fill in the gaps. But if specific elements are important to you, be sure to include them. Fewer details mean more variety, but you get less control over the outcome. 

Be clear about details that matter to you. Here are some areas to consider: 

• Subject: Who or what? (person, animal, character, location, object) 

• Medium: In what form? (photo, painting, illustration, sculpture, doodle, tapestry) 

• Environment: Where? (indoors, outdoors, on the moon, underwater, in the city) 

• Lighting: What kind? (soft, ambient, overcast, neon, studio lights) 

• Color: In what shades? (vibrant, muted, bright, monochromatic, colorful, black and white, pastel) 

• Mood: Feelings to evoke? (playful, calm, gloomy, energetic) 

• Composition: How is it framed? (portrait, headshot, closeup, birds-eye view) 

Review this page for styling words to use in prompts: Art of Prompting – Midjourney 

Use Images in Your Prompts 

• Image Prompts let you influence content, composition, style, and colors. 

• Style References help you match the look and feel of another image. 
• Character References help you use the same character in multiple scenes. 
  

Parameters 

Parameters are like special instructions you can use to guide how your images turn out. They help you customize things, like changing the shape of an image, or using a Personalization profile.  

Parameters always go at the end of your text prompt, after you've described what you want to see. Using them successfully is all about placement and formatting.  

Remember these tips for success: 

1. Place Parameters at the End: Always put parameters after your prompt text. 

1. Watch the Spaces: Add a space between your prompt text and the dashes.  
2. No Punctuation: Don't use commas, periods, or other punctuation marks in your parameters. 

Mistakes to avoid: 

 vibrant California poppies--ar 2:3  (No space before the dashes) 
 vibrant California poppies - - ar 2:3  (Extra space between the dashes) 
 vibrant California poppies --ar 2:3,  (Using punctuation in parameters) 
 vibrant California --ar 2:3 poppies  (Prompt text after parameters) 

Full Parameter List 

Multi-Prompts & Weights 

Think of multi-prompts like giving separate instructions to make a single creative recipe. When you use a multi-prompt, you're telling Midjourney to take each idea you've given and think of them separately before combining them into one image. This gives you the power to create something unique and surprising by blending different concepts together. 

You add a double colon :: between the different ideas in your prompt. This acts like a divider. For example, if you prompt space ship Midjourney will consider those words together and give you sci-fi spaceships. If you prompt space:: ship, you're asking Midjourney to think about "space" and "ship" as distinct elements and then mix them together. The result could be a boat sailing through space—a creative twist on a simple idea. 

Important: There should be no space on the left side of your double colon, and a single space on the right side. If you want to use any parameters, those still go at the very end of your prompt. 

After your image is generated, hover your mouse over your prompt text to see the individual multi-prompts on their weights. 

Prompt Weights 

With multi-prompts, you can decide how important each part of your prompt is by using prompt weights. This means you can highlight one idea over another, guiding the final image to fit your vision better. 

After you separate your ideas with ::, you can add a number right after it to show how important that part is. For example, if you prompt space::2 ship, you're telling Midjourney that "space" is twice as important as "ship." This leads to images where space takes center stage, and the ship plays a supporting role. It's like turning up the volume on one part of your picture! 

Note: If you don’t specify a weight, it defaults to 1. 

Negative Prompt Weights 

You can also use negative numbers as weights in order to tell Midjourney what you don't want to see in your image. Just remember, the total of all weights in your prompt needs to be a positive number. 

For example, still life painting:: fruit::-0.5 works because "still life painting" has a default weight of 1. When you add 1 and -0.5, you get 0.5, which is positive. 

But still life painting:: fruit::-2 won't work because 1 plus -2 equals -1, and that's not positive. If it's negative, Midjourney will show you an error. 

Using the no parameter is the same as using a -0.5 weight. So vibrant tulip fields --no red is the same as vibrant tulip fields:: red::-0.5 

No 

The --no parameter is a tool you can use to tell Midjourney what you don't want in your image. It's like making a "no entry" list for certain things you don't want to see. 

For example, if you're creating an image and want to make sure certain elements, like fruit or trees, are not included, you simply use the --no parameter followed by those elements. This helps Midjourney understand exactly what to leave out, so your image stays focused on what you do want. You can even list multiple elements by separating them with commas. 

 Bad Prompt Examples: 

still life gouache painting without any fruit 
still life gouache painting, please don't add fruit! 

Good Prompt Example: 

still life gouache painting --no fruit, apple, pear