Forget Lensa AI! Make Avatars with Midjourney

Jen introduces viewers to an alternative to Lensa AI for creating personalized avatars: Midjourney. Unlike Lensa, which generates avatars based on a set of photos provided by the user, Midjourney uses a text-to-image generator that interprets a description to create an avatar. Jen explains that Midjourney's version 4 is particularly adept at combining images and text, allowing for highly customizable avatars. She also highlights the benefits of using Midjourney, such as not needing a multitude of photos, having better control over the output to avoid inappropriate content, and the ability to create higher quality images. Additionally, Midjourney offers a free trial and a subscription service that is not limited to avatar creation. Jen provides a step-by-step guide on how to use Midjourney, from selecting the right selfie to crafting the perfect prompt for the desired avatar style. She concludes by encouraging viewers to explore the creative possibilities of Midjourney and share their experiences.

Takeaways

• 📱 Lensa AI is a popular app that creates avatars in different styles based on your selfies.
• 🎨 Midjourney is an alternative text-to-image generator that can create personalized avatars without needing multiple photos.
• 🚀 Midjourney V4 is particularly good at combining images and text, allowing for more personalized and detailed avatars.
• 📷 You only need one selfie to create an avatar in Midjourney, but you can use more if desired.
• 💡 Midjourney's output tends to be more realistic compared to the more stylized output of Lensa AI.
• 🔍 Midjourney offers better control over the depiction of nudity and sexualized images.
• 📊 Midjourney avatars can be upscaled to higher resolutions, providing more detail than some other apps.
• 🛡 While Lensa AI provides 100 avatars in different styles, Midjourney allows for more creative freedom in choosing styles.
• 💰 Midjourney offers a free trial to create 100 avatars, and even its subscription is not limited to avatar creation.
• 📝 To create an avatar in Midjourney, you need to provide a gender, selfie image URLs, and a descriptive prompt for the character you want.
• 🔄 Using the 'chaos' parameter in your prompt can generate more diverse outputs, offering a wider range of avatar styles.

Q & A

What is the main difference between Lensa AI and Midjourney for creating avatars?

Lensa AI creates avatars based on your selfies in different styles, while Midjourney allows you to create personalized avatars in various styles without needing multiple photos to train its AI model. Midjourney also provides better control over the style and content of the generated images.

How many photos does Midjourney typically require to create an avatar?

Midjourney can create an avatar with just one selfie, although you can add more if desired.

What is the advantage of using Midjourney over Lensa AI in terms of cost?

Midjourney allows you to create 100 avatars absolutely free, and even if you pay for a subscription, it is not limited to avatar creation and offers more versatility.

How does Midjourney handle the issue of generating inappropriate content such as nudity or sexualized images?

Midjourney has better controls than Stable Diffusion when it comes to nudity and sexualized images, making it very unlikely to generate inappropriate content.

What is the file size of the avatars created by Midjourney?

Midjourney creates more detailed and higher quality avatars than many other apps. While the base images are 1024 pixel square, they can be upscaled to 2048 pixel square.

How does one get started with Midjourney?

To get started with Midjourney, one needs to go to the Midjourney homepage, click join the beta, sign up, and accept the invite. Midjourney works on the Discord platform, which can be accessed through a browser.

What is the basic structure of a prompt used in Midjourney to create an avatar?

A basic prompt in Midjourney includes specifying the gender (male or female), entering the links for your selfie images, and providing a description for your avatar. The prompt is then followed by '--v 4' to use Midjourney version 4, which is better at combining images and prompts.

How can one enhance the diversity of the generated avatars in Midjourney?

To enhance the diversity of the generated avatars, one can follow the prompt with '--chaos <number>', where a higher number like 50 indicates a more diverse output.

What are some tips for choosing the right images for avatar creation in Midjourney?

Choose close-up photos of your face without hands or other people in the frame. Remove busy backgrounds to allow the AI to clearly see you. Edit your photos to ensure they are a good representation of you.

How can one upscale the generated avatars in Midjourney?

One can upscale the generated avatars by selecting the 'U1', 'U2', 'U3', or 'U4' buttons, which allows making the avatar larger and more detailed using the beta upscaler.

What are some limitations to consider when creating an avatar with Midjourney?

Midjourney may not always successfully merge your images with the features of a specific character if you don't resemble them. It also doesn't like to cover your face, but may generate avatars with masks or other face coverings if specifically prompted.

How can one get more image generations in Midjourney?

If you're not satisfied with the initial results, you can rerun the prompt by clicking the re-roll button, which gives you more images to choose from.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introduction to Lensa AI and Mid-Journey App

The video introduces the audience to Lensa AI, an app that creates avatars based on your selfies in various styles. Jen, the host, explains the concept of using AI to transform your photos into personalized avatars. She also introduces Mid-Journey, a text-to-image generator that can create avatars from a single selfie. The video discusses the differences between Lensa and Mid-Journey, highlighting that Mid-Journey requires no training with multiple photos and offers better control over the output, especially concerning inappropriate content. It also mentions that Mid-Journey can produce higher quality avatars and allows for more creative freedom in choosing styles.

05:01

🎨 Creating Avatars with Mid-Journey

The second paragraph delves into the process of creating avatars using Mid-Journey. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to select appropriate selfies, prepare them for upload, and generate URLs for the images. The host explains how to construct a prompt for Mid-Journey, specifying gender and including a description of the desired avatar style. She also discusses the use of Mid-Journey version 4 for better image and text combination. The video offers tips for refining prompts and suggests using additional descriptive elements or AI chatbots for help. It concludes with advice on how to upscale the generated avatars for higher quality and how to deal with limitations or specific requests, such as creating avatars resembling specific characters or adding stylistic elements to the prompts.

Keywords

💡Lensa AI

Lensa AI is an application that has gained popularity for its ability to create avatars based on a user's selfies. It uses a technology called stable diffusion to train a model that generates images of the user's face in various styles. In the video, it is compared with Midjourney, another app for creating avatars, highlighting the differences in their approach and capabilities.

💡Midjourney

Midjourney is a text-to-image generator that can create personalized avatars based on a user's description. It is similar to stable diffusion but is presented as a more flexible and customizable alternative to Lensa AI. The video emphasizes that Midjourney allows users to create avatars in a wide range of styles without needing a large number of photos, and it offers a free trial.

💡Stable Diffusion

Stable diffusion is an open-source AI technology used by Lensa AI to generate avatars. It trains a model based on multiple photos of a user's face to create various styles of avatars. The term is mentioned in the context of comparing the technical foundation of Lensa AI with that of Midjourney.

💡Avatar

An avatar, in the context of this video, refers to a digital representation of a person that can be used as a profile picture across different online platforms. The video discusses how both Lensa AI and Midjourney enable users to create unique avatars that resemble their own facial features or adopt different styles and personas.

💡Profile Pics

Profile pictures, or 'profile pics,' are the images that users upload to represent themselves on social media and other online services. The video focuses on how Midjourney can be used to create unique and personalized profile pictures in various styles, offering more flexibility than traditional methods.

💡Text-to-Image Generator

A text-to-image generator is a type of AI software that creates images based on textual descriptions provided by the user. Midjourney is described as a text-to-image generator that interprets user input to generate avatars. This technology allows for a wide range of creative possibilities in avatar creation.

💡Discord

Discord is a communication platform where Midjourney operates. Users can join the Midjourney beta through Discord and use it to create avatars. The platform is mentioned as the interface through which users interact with Midjourney to generate their avatars.

💡Prompt

In the context of Midjourney, a prompt is a set of instructions or a description given by the user to guide the AI in generating an image. The video provides a basic prompt structure and suggests how users can customize their prompts to create avatars in different styles.

💡Chaos

Chaos, in the context of Midjourney, refers to a parameter that controls the diversity of the generated images. A higher chaos value results in more varied outputs, offering users a wider selection of avatars to choose from. It is used as a trick to enhance the creative process.

💡Upscaling

Upscaling is the process of increasing the resolution of an image. In Midjourney, users can upscale their avatars to a higher pixel resolution using the U buttons, resulting in a more detailed and larger avatar image that can be used in various online contexts.

💡Personalized Avatars

Personalized avatars are digital representations that are tailored to an individual's preferences and characteristics. The video emphasizes that Midjourney allows for the creation of personalized avatars by combining the user's selfie with a description to generate images that are unique and reflective of the user's desired style.

Highlights

Lensa AI app is going viral for creating avatars in different styles based on your selfies.

Midjourney offers a more customizable avatar creation experience without needing multiple photos.

Midjourney uses text-to-image generation to create avatars from a description.

Midjourney's output tends to be more realistic compared to Lensa's more stylized approach.

Midjourney has better controls for avoiding nudity and sexualized images in generated avatars.

Midjourney's avatars can be more detailed and higher quality, upscaling to 2048 pixels.

With Midjourney, you're not limited to pre-selected styles; you can create any character you want.

Midjourney allows you to create 100 avatars for free, unlike Lensa's paid model.

Midjourney is not just for avatars; it can generate a wide range of images.

To create an avatar, you need clear close-up selfies without hands or busy backgrounds.

You can use simple prompts with Midjourney for the best results.

Midjourney's version 4 is particularly good at combining images and text.

You can upscale your favorite avatars using Midjourney's U buttons for more detail.

Adding 'chaos' to your prompt can generate more diverse outputs.

Midjourney avatars can be used on social media, forums, or any online platform.

Midjourney provides a more flexible and customizable avatar creation process than other apps.

Join the Midjourney beta and start creating your custom avatars today.

Jen provides a detailed guide on how to use Midjourney for avatar creation.