Basic Midjourney commands
“/imagine” parameters
Stylize commands
Quality commands
Using a URL
Text weights
Preferences and settings
Basic Midjourney commands
Here is a list of Midjourney commands that you’ll frequently use on Discord.
/imagine (e.g. /imagine waffles and pancakes).
/help (info about the bot).
/info (info about your profile).
/subscribe (subscribe to the bot).
/fast (your jobs will be incrementally billed).
/relax (your jobs do not cost, but takes longer to generate).
/show <jobid> (revive any job).
/private (your jobs are private).
/public (your jobs are public).
“/imagine” parameters
Parameters are inputs that you add at the end of the “/imagine” command.
Here’s an example of one, “/imagine pancakes and waffles –q3 –iw 0.25
–beta (an experimental algorithm).
–hd (an older algorithm for higher resolutions).
–aspect/–ar (generates images with the aspect ratio).
–w (sets the width of the image).
–h (sets the height of the image).
–seed (sets the seed).
–sameseed (affects all images the same way).
–no (e.g. –no plants).
–iw (image prompt weight).
–stylize <number> (how strong you want the image style to be).
–q <number> (the quality of the image).
–chaos <number> (the randomness of the image).
–fast (faster images, less consistency, less expensive).
–stop (stop the image generation).
–video (saves a progress video).
–v <1 or 2> (an old algorithm to use the last improvement).
–uplight (uses the “light” upscaler).
Stylize commands
Stylize values are how artistic you want your generation to be.
–s 625 (less artistic).
–s 1250 (less strict but pretty).
–s 2500 (default value).
–s 20000 (let the stylization take over).
–s 60000 (maximum stylization).
Quality commands
Quality commands changes the generation time and quality of your image.
–q 0.25 (4x faster, rough results, cheaper).
–q 0.5 (2x faster, less detailed, cheaper).
–q 1 (default value).
–q2 (2x slower, more detailed, expensive).
–q5 (experiemental).
Using a URL
You add a URL for the AI to use as reference/inspiration.
/imagine <URL> (e.g. /imagine
[Link] black hole).
Text weights
Give a part of your prompt a specific weight.
If you didn’t specify the weight, the default value of it is “1”.
/imagine bread::1.5 food::-1
/imagine dog::1.25 animal::-0.75
/imagine bread food::-1 animal
Preferences and settings
/settings (opens up the visual settings).
/prefer suffix (non-visual settings).
/prefer suffix <text>
/prefer auto_dm True (jobs will be automatically DMed to you).
/prefer option set <name> <value> (sets a shortcut to a value that you’ve set,
similar to keyboard shortcuts).
/prefer option list (see a list of your preferred options).
Basic Commands
These are general commands to navigate through your discord.
/imagine (creates an image with the prompt you provided)
/help (provides helpful information and tips about the MJ bot)
/info (displays information about your own profile, plan, usage, etc.)
/subscribe (lets you subscribe to the bot)
/fast (does a quicker job but costs money)
/relax (generating doesn’t cost, but takes longer) (This feature is only available
for the Standard and Corporate plan)
/show <jobid> (any job will be revived)
/private (your jobs are private) (To have this feature, you need to pay an
additional 20$ per month.)
/public (your jobs are public, meaning they can be seen by everyone else, no
matter if you create them in a thread or private message.)
Parameters
Parameters = the inputs you add at the end of your command.
—beta (an experimental algorithm)
—hd (older algorithm for higher results)
—version or —v (this places the algorithm into a version which MJ should use)
—aspect or —ar (images will be generated with the aspect ratio)
—h & —w (sets height and weight of the image)
—seed (sets the seed) & —sameseed (is affecting all the images in the same
way)
—no (excludes elements from text prompt)
—stop (stops MJ from generating)
—video (saves progress as a video)
Style
With this command, you can decide how artistic you want your generation to be.
—stylize 625 or —s 625 (least artistic)
—stylize 1250 or —s 1250 (not as strict but still pretty, recommended for
skilled users)
—stylize 2500 or —s 2500 (default value)
—stylize 20000 or —s 20000 (the stylization takes over)
—stylize 60000 or —s 60000 (style is set at maximum and your image may not
look like your prompt)
Quality
With this command, you can determine the time and quality of the generation of your
image.
—quality 0.25 or —q 0.25 (gives you rough results but is 4x faster and
cheaper)
—quality 0.5 or —q 0.5 (gives you fewer details but is 2x faster and cheaper)
—quality 1 or —q 1 (the default value)
—quality 2 or —q 2 (more details but 2x slower and double the price)
—quality 5 or —q 5 (might be more detailed and better, but might also worsen
it, so use it at your own risk)
Midjourney commands and prompts list: Prompts to get
inspired
Here is a general overview of some prompts you can use to generate beautiful photos.
Objects
Car
Laptop
Glass
Table
Camera
TV
Headphones
Tree
House
Descriptive adjectives
Realistic
Futuristic
Cartoon
Colorful
Powerful
Beautiful, handsome, cute
Scary, angry
Sad, depressed
Art Styles
Renaissance
Romanticism
Ancient
Pop Art
Baroque
Abstract
Surrealism
Cyberpunk
Fantasy
Wizard
Magician
Witch
Elf
Angel
Examples
Image created using Midjourney. Prompt: oil painting of a child with their grandparent enjoying a moment together and looking at each
other. The child’s face is full of wonder and the grandparent’s face is lined with years of living, nostalgia, happy and sad memories and
the wisdom of their years. Detailed faces. – – ar 3:2 – – no glasses
You can also add keywords relating to:
image qualities, such as “beautiful” or “high definition”
objects you want pictured
and lighting and colours.
With Midjourney, you can even use certain specific commands for different features,
including ––ar or ––aspect to set the aspect ratio, ––no to omit certain objects, and ––
c to produce more “unusual” results. This command accepts values between 0-100
after it, where the default is 0 and 100 leads to the most unusual result.
You can also use ––s or ––stylize to generate more artistic images (at the expense of
following the prompt less closely).
The following example applies some of these ideas to create a fantasy image with a
dreamlike and futuristic look. The prompt used here was dreamy futuristic cityscape,
beautiful, clouds, interesting colors, cinematic lighting, 8k, 4k ––ar 7:4 ––c 25 ––no
windows.
oil painting of an ethereal owl :: flowers, colors :: abstract :: wisdom ––ar 7:4.
Prompt: woman watching the sunset, magical realism, very beautiful, nature,
colourful, very detailed – – ar 7:4
Midjourney image for prompt “medieval town square sword battle female warrior with short hair
merchant stalls fantasy illustration.”
