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April 30, 2023

midjourney Prompt templates

I researched various sources, including Reddit discussions, articles from Medium, websites focused on Midjourney prompts, and a Fiverr post. There was a general consensus on the importance of being specific and detailed when creating prompts for Midjourney. Some sources provided different tips, techniques, and tools for crafting effective prompts.

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Creating Midjourney Prompts

To create effective Midjourney prompts, it is essential to use clear and concise descriptions, separating different concepts with commas. Adding specific details about subject matter, style, color, medium, composition, and more can result in richer and more elaborate prompts. Incorporating relevant camera settings and parameters, such as aspect ratio and image weights, can further enhance the prompts. Diversifying prompts by exploring various styles, moods, colors, and art mediums is also recommended.

Ultimate Midjourney Prompt Guide

The Ultimate Midjourney Prompt Guide provides additional tips for crafting advanced prompts, such as using long-tail descriptions, incorporating adjectives, naming artists, and adding weights to prompts. The guide also covers generating photorealistic people, turning prompts into profits, and various generators, guides, and useful links.

Resources for Midjourney Prompt Builders and Guides

A list of 15 resources can help users craft better prompts for Midjourney, including AiTuts Prompt, Prompt Hero, Midjourney Prompts Database, MJ Prompt Tool, Promptmania, Arthub AI, Jrnylist, Midjourney Prompt Helper, MJPromptBuilder, Prompt Styles and Weights, Prompt Engineering Guide, Midjourney Artist Influence Reference Sheets, Midjourney Prompt Inspiration, and List of Midjourney Prompts.

Tips for Writing Effective AI Art Prompts

To write effective AI art prompts for Midjourney, users can add specific details, use descriptive language, reference artist styles, use photography terms, and explore art styles. It is also possible to use advanced parameter features, such as aspect ratio, negative prompts, weights, and the stylize parameter, to fine-tune prompts.

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Source: "How to Write Midjourney prompts You Can Actuall..." (from web, www.fiverr.com)

  • The webpage talks about AI art prompts and how to write effective AI art prompts for AI tools like Midjourney.
    • A prompt is the text you enter into an AI art tool, which can be a few words or multiple sentences. The maximum limit is 6,000 characters on Midjourney.
    • Prompts don’t have to be long, and AI generators can still produce images with short text prompts or even emojis.
    • You can also add an image prompt, URL for reference, and parameters for aspect ratio and upscaling on Midjourney.
  • Tips for writing effective AI art prompts:
    • Add specific details and colors, shapes, and any other helpful details.
    • Be brief and use active voice.
    • Use descriptive language and a thesaurus for more specific word choices.
    • Use an image reference or enter its URL in your AI generator to get a similar image.
    • Reference an artist’s style, a specific movie or artwork, or cinematography from a movie.
    • Use Outpainting, which allows you to generate new parts of an existing image.
    • Use photography terms and mention technical aspects to get a specific result.
    • Search for art styles and use them in your prompts.
    • Fix faces and fingers using photo editing software.
    • Don’t use negative prompts and create specific prompts instead.
    • Hire a prompt engineer for professional results.
  • Midjourney has advanced parameter features that can fine-tune your prompt with abbreviations and numbers. These features include:
    • Aspect Ratio: Change the Aspect Ratio of an image to get different sizes.
    • Negative Prompts: Use the parameter “– no flowers to create an image with no flowers.”
    • Weights: Place each subject in square parentheses to assign a weight ratio.
    • Stylize Parameter: Use the stylize parameter to reduce the default stylized setting for all images.
  • Small businesses can use AI art for content marketing, social media, and multiple other use cases.
    • AI-generated art can be used for blog posts, social media creatives, and even branding.
    • Articles with seven or more images get the most backlinks compared to those with no images.

Source: "How to Make Photorealistic Midjourney Prompts i..." (from reddit, r/PromptDesign)

  • Website URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/PromptDesign/comments/132gl81/how_to_make_photorealistic_midjourney_prompts_in/
  • Provides a prompt structure for creating prompts for Midjourney AI to generate photorealistic image prompts
    • Prompt structure includes general style, composition type, medium, film type, camera type, shutter speed, subject matter, detailed subject’s appearance and outfit, environment, lighting, atmosphere, mood, aspect ratio, and stylization level
    • Guidelines include not using the words “description” or “:”, not placing a comma between ar and v, writing each prompt in one line without using return, using the entire knowledge of photography, film, and cinema for each part of the prompt and ensuring that the camera type fits the style used in the prompt
    • I found no information on the “midjourney prompt templates” in the query itself
  • Provides examples, comments, and a subject for prompt creation
    • Users are encouraged to vary their prompts in description, environment, atmosphere, and realization
    • Example prompts are included
    • One user states that the structure of this prompt comes from Brad at Scholarly.ai, and the photorealism comes from following guides by Nickfloats on Twitter
    • Another user asks about the lack of commas between ar and v and is told that it’s to make sure the ‘version’ and ‘aspect ratio’ modifiers remain intact (like –ar 1:2 and –v 5)

Source: "15 Sites for Midjourney Prompt Builders and Guides" (from web, www.hongkiat.com)

  • Midjourney is an AI-based art generator that can help create stunning images from textual prompts
    • It has become a go-to tool for artists, designers, and marketers alike
  • List of 15 resources that can help craft better prompts
    • AiTuts Prompt - Database of high-quality Midjourney prompts with various styles
    • Prompt Hero - Community-driven platform to share and search prompts for Midjourney
    • Midjourney Prompts Database - Comprehensive resource for users with different prompt categories
    • MJ Prompt Tool - Advanced tool with GUI features to input all necessary information
    • Promptmania - Platform to easily create prompts for Midjourney
    • Arthub AI - Crowdsourced prompts and generated AI art, featuring parameters used
    • Jrnylist - Prompt builder with a wide range of options to build custom prompts
    • Midjourney Prompt Helper - Simple prompt builder with different art styles, categories, and modifiers
    • MJPromptBuilder - Prompt builder with several image references to help guide a prompt
    • Prompt Styles and Weights - In-depth encyclopedic resource explaining how prompt weights can change the overall generated image
    • Prompt Engineering Guide - Comprehensive guide covering all the general modifiers used in prompts for AI image generation tools like Midjourney
    • Midjourney Artist Influence Reference Sheets - Extensive collection of reference sheets with several categories
    • Midjourney Prompt Inspiration - Prompt builder with hundreds of examples for modifiers
    • List of Midjourney Prompts - In-depth look at how to craft the perfect prompt with general tips, keywords, and examples
  • These resources offer unique features and advantages for creating stunning AI-generated images with ease

Source: "Guide: How to Build the Best Midjourney Web Des..." (from reddit, r/midjourney)

  • “Guide: How to Build the Best Midjourney Web Designs” webpage provides information on midjourney prompt templates for web design generation
    • Start with a basic prompt defining the website’s purpose and the desired features
    • Be specific in describing the features
    • After functionality, add attributes such as color, texture, patterns, and other decorative elements
    • Try adding adjectives and “feeling” verbs to descriptors such as “beautiful,” “amazing,” “stylistic,” “unique,” “loads fast,” or “navigates easily”
    • Have fun and be creative
  • The webpage includes comments from users who also tried to use Midjourney for web design
    • Some users found it difficult to create designs outside of niche markets such as anime or art websites
    • One user shared ways to apply Midjourney to web design to create various elements including a logo, a hero section, a footer section, a background, and UX/UI elements such as buttons and icons
    • One user struggled with blending in the Midjourney-generated images to the background of the site
  • The webpage has a link to a blog post with additional examples and prompts for Midjourney web design generation.

Source: "An advanced guide to writing prompts for Midjou..." (from web, medium.com)

  • Relevant information from the webpage “An advanced guide to writing prompts for Midjourney ( text-to-image)”:

    • Tips for improving image output by using better prompts on Midjourney

      • One liner on Midjourney

      • A detailed cheat sheet and some keywords

    • Image generated by Midjourney with a specific text prompt: “beautiful, fantasy city unreal engine”

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Source: "Training ChatGPT to write prompts for midjourney." (from reddit, r/midjourney)

  • To create detailed and specific generative image prompts for Midjourney, follow these guidelines carefully:
    • Begin each prompt with “/imagine prompt:”
    • Use commas for soft breaks and double colons (::) for hard breaks to separate distinct concepts
      • Can also use numerical weights after double colons (e.g., “::2” or “::5”) to emphasize certain sections
      • Use negative image weights (e.g., “::-1”) to discourage the use of a concept
    • Incorporate descriptive language and specific details
      • Camera angles, artists’ names, lighting, styles, processing techniques, camera settings, post-processing terms, and effects
      • Use phrases like “photographed by,” “designed by,” or “directed by,” followed by the individual’s name to emulate the style of specific photographers, designers, or directors
    • Include multiple image processing technologies and terms for the desired effects and image quality
    • Use specific shades of primary colors and experiment with different styles
    • Keep prompts creative, descriptive, and detailed, incorporating numerous keywords for the desired effect
    • Avoid banned words like “bloody,” “nude,” “mccurry,” and “gore”
    • Enhance the desired effect with keywords like “photorealism,” “highly detailed,” “intricate details,” “photorealistic,” and “high quality”
    • Specify specific camera angles like selfies, panoramic views, GoPro images, fish-eye, or satellite view
    • Only use possible parameters listed in the original instructions
    • Use “–stylize” for different styles/effects
    • Use the “–stop” parameter to finish a job partway through the process
    • Use different art styles like Photorealism, Hyperrealism, Naturalism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Cubism, Futurism, Pop art, Minimalism, Abstract Expressionism, Post-impressionism, Art nouveau, Art deco, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism, Classicism, Modernism, Contemporary art, Abstract art, Conceptual art, Performance art, Installation art, Land art, Video art, Street art, and Graffiti art
  • Some example prompts:
    • “/imagine prompt: perspective, curious old secret town of the fairies, seascape, cascading cafe shops and candy houses, Victorian, animation art, fantasy, translucent color wash, serene, cinematic, smooth, detailed, soft palette, hyperrealism, very small aperture, clear reflection, post production, post-processing, 8k, retouch, HDR, Super-Resolution, Soft Lighting, Ray Tracing Global Illumination, Crystalline, Lumen Reflections :: –style Howard Behrens –style djamilaknopf –style ghibli::1.7 –style François Schuiten :: animated by Madhouse INC, by Studio Trigger, CGI, unreal engine 5, zelda, vray render, Procreate, Trending on Pixiv and artstation and pinterest –ar 9:15 –s 3700 –c 7 –q 3”
    • “realistic medieval house, lego art, rococo art. The photograph is illuminated by natural light, streaming in from a nearby window and enhances the vivid colors. The shallow depth of field draws the viewer’s eye, creating a visually enticing image –ar 9:16 –s 600 –q 2 –v 5”
  • For creating a highly detailed and specific image prompt, consider incorporating elements such as the architect’s name, architectural style, art tools used, geometry, dimensions, symmetry or asymmetry, artistic styles, composition, perspective, focal points, depth of field, textures, materials used, color schemes, lighting, mood or atmosphere, time of day, and any specific cultural or historical influences. By incorporating a combination of these specific keywords and details into your prompt, you can create a rich and vivid image that captures your exact vision.

Source: "Taken from a medium post: "Training GPT-4 to be..." (from reddit, r/ChatGPTPromptGenius)

  • Info about creating “Midjourney” prompts
    • Use clear and concise descriptions with different concepts separated by commas
    • Describe every single aspect of the image
    • Be specific and vivid about subject, style, color, medium, composition, lighting, shadows, mood, environment, time era, perspective, depth of field, textures, scale and proportions, foreground, midground, background, weather, material properties, time of day, motion or stillness, season, cultural context, architectural style, patterns and repetition, emotions and expressions, clothing and accessories, setting, reflections or transparency, interactions among subjects, symbolism, light source and direction, artistic style, contrasting elements, framing, imaginary or fictional elements, dominant color palette, and any other relevant context
    • Aim for rich and elaborate prompts
    • Incorporate relevant camera settings for photos
    • Select the aspect ratio by adding the — ar <value>:<value> parameter
    • Diversify your prompts
  • Info about new model version V5 of Midjourney AI
    • More stylistic range and more responsive to prompting
    • Higher image quality (2x resolution increase)
    • Improved dynamic range
    • More detailed images
    • Less unwanted text
    • Improved performance with image prompting
    • Supports — tile argument for seamless tiling (experimental)
    • Supports — ar aspect ratios greater than 2:1 (experimental)
    • Supports — iw for weighing image prompts versus text prompts
  • Example prompts
    • Digital art of an enchanting piano recital set within a serene forest clearing
    • A heartwarming Disney-Pixar style animation featuring a chipmunk and a field mouse as two intrepid animal scouts
    • Detailed charcoal drawing of a gentle elderly woman
    • A stunning portrait of an intricate marble sculpture depicting a mythical creature
    • Astounding astrophotography image of the Milky Way over Stonehenge
    • A professional photograph of a poised woman showcased in her natural beauty
  • Example prompts for my theme
    • A hand—drawn utopian expressive Syd Mead style architectural design drawing
    • A gouache-painted utopian expressive and dynamic 1980s Robert McCall-style spacecraft design drawing concept
    • A Syd Mead-style architectural design rendering of a distant aerial view of a super—tall skyscraper next to a river
    • An oil painted utopian futuristic, expressive, and dynamic, classic 1970’s Robert McCall style NASA spacecraft design concept painting
    • Snowy Forbidden City, Multidimensional paper kirigami craft, paper illustration, traditional Chinese painting
    • 3D visualization of a modern house in the forest
    • An ultra-realistic — and hyper-realistic — 3D plan of a modern L-shaped, single-storey ground floor house
    • Award-winning mix-use complex contemporary designed by the best architects in England, stunning London riverside, high resolution, ultra-detailed, 8k, architectural photography Archdaily, Hyper-realistic, intricate detail

Source: "The Ultimate Midjourney Prompt Guide:" (from web, exploreai.substack.com)

  • The Ultimate Midjourney Prompt Guide
    • Section 2: The Official Midjourney User Guide
    • Section 4: Prompt Power Words
      • Certain keywords can have a big effect on the final image.
      • Click here to Get access to the full Master List.
    • Section 5: Advanced Prompt Crafting
      • TIP: Long-tail descriptions tend to provide the best results; be as specific as you can with your prompt.
      • TIP: Include lots of adjectives. The more descriptive your prompt, the better the result tends to be.
      • TIP: Name an Artist: Integrating an artist’s name into your prompt will use that artist’s style as an influence for your generated image.
      • TIP: You can suffix any part of the prompt with ::0.5 to give that part a weight of 0.5 (50%). If the weight is not specified, it defaults to 1 (100%). Adding weights to prompts can be handy for telling the Midjourney bot which elements of the prompt are important to you or what you don’t want to see in an image.
    • Section 6: Generating Photorealistic People
    • Section 7: Prompt -> Profits
    • Section 8: Generators, Guides, & Useful Links
      • Promoter v2.7 spreadsheet by Shane@thedreamingstate.com
      • Another great resource for inspiration and Prompt “Power Words” can be found here: Click here to search All Midjourney images using Lexica.
  • /imagine prompt: “Remove the quotes and replace this text with whatever you want Midjourney to create for you”
  • Using /RELAX MODE is a great way to save your /FAST TIME for Max Upscaling your favorite images.
  • With a subscription, you can choose to use your service in FAST or RELAX mode to produce more images in less time.
  • Click here to view the official Midjourney Style List (must login to MJ)
  • Click here to view the Midjourney Community Showcase.

Source: "Prompter - An organized spreadsheet for MidJourney" (from reddit, r/midjourney)

  • “Prompter” is a Google Spreadsheet designed to automate prompt creation in MidJourney.
    • It includes custom weights, camera lenses, art movements, artists, movies, and more.
    • Prompter buttons run a simple script to save your prompt, or clear fields.
  • Prompter can be copied for free from the following URL: https://Prompter.TheDreamingState.com/
  • Prompter v2.0 is on the way, this version will include cloud sync and a custom section that merges with the main database.
    • New artists or descriptors will be automatically synced, and there is a lot of new content.
  • The creator is accepting donations.
  • It is possible to add a public URL to an image in MJ to create it with a different style or prompt.
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Source: "Website Design Templates Midjourney Prompt | Pr..." (from web, promptbase.com)

  • “midjourney Prompt templates”
    • Elegant and modern UI design of landing page for various businesses/themes
    • Ideal for designers and their clients looking for inspiration
    • $2.99
    • Get Prompt
      • After purchasing, you will gain access to the prompt file, which you can use with Midjourney
      • You must already have access to Midjourney to use this prompt
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