BEST Midjourney Workflow for Tuning Your Own Style

Summary

The video provides a 7-step process for using MidJourney's new style tuning feature. The first step is to include an aspect ratio in your prompt to match the output you want. The second step is to use the default mode rather than raw mode when first tuning a style. For step 3, generate 16 style options to select from. You can view styles in pairs or a grid; choose what works for you. To test a style, copy the prompt and paste it into MidJourney on its own. Also try it with just your subject without the original style prompt words. Use permutations to easily compare. This shows whether the style words themselves influence the output. The fifth step is saving shortcuts of prompts plus style codes to streamline future use. Give them descriptive names to remember. If your style code isn't clearly influencing images, step 6 is adjusting the stylize parameter from 0-1000. Try a range with permutations to compare strength of style application. Finally, add some chaos, values 0-100, to introduce variety between generated images. Values around 8-20 work well. You can also switch a default style tuning to raw after the fact if desired. Overall, this process helps simplify navigating the new style tuning capabilities in MidJourney.

Takeaways

• Include aspect ratio in prompt for desired output dimensions
• Stick to default mode instead of raw mode when starting out
• Use 16 style choices for initial tuning
• View styles in pairs or grid based on preference
• Use fast loops and brackets to compare style options
• Save successful styles as shortcuts for future use
• Adjust stylize parameter if style isn't coming through
• Try various stylize values above and below default of 100
• Add chaos for variety, starting around 8 to 20
• You can switch to raw style after initial tuning if desired

Q & A

What are some key things to include in your initial prompt when tuning style?

Include the aspect ratio if you know the output dimensions you want, like 2x3 for posters or 16x9 for wider formats.

When first starting out with style tuning, is it better to use default or raw mode?

Stick with default mode at first, as raw mode gives very similar results and is harder to understand.

How many style choices should you select for initial tuning?

16 choices is a good starting point to give you enough options without being overwhelming.

What are the two ways to view the style options?

You can view styles in pairs to see the full grid, or as single images in a larger grid based on preference.

How can you easily compare results with and without style words?

Use fast loops and brackets around style words to generate images with and without those words.

Why save successful styles as shortcuts?

Saving shortcuts saves time and makes it easy to reuse effective styles for new prompts.

What can you adjust if the style isn't coming through well initially?

Try increasing the stylize parameter above the default 100 to strengthen the style's influence.

What range of stylize values should you experiment with?

Try stylize values above and below the default of 100 to find the right balance.

How can you add more variety to your style results?

Use low chaos values around 8-20 to introduce more randomness and unique options.

When's a good time to switch to raw style mode?

You can switch to raw style after initial tuning in default mode to compare results.

Outlines

00:00

Introduction to MidJourney's New Workflow and Style Tuning

The paragraph introduces MidJourney's new update with style tuning, noting it provides more options than before. It outlines a 7-step process to follow for utilizing the new workflow, emphasizing including an aspect ratio, determining default vs raw mode, starting with 16 style directions, testing styles before finalizing, saving shortcuts, adjusting the stylize parameter, and adding chaos.

05:02

Step-by-Step Walkthrough of the 7-Step MidJourney Workflow

The paragraph provides a detailed, step-by-step walkthrough of the 7-step MidJourney workflow introduced earlier. It demonstrates each process - choosing an aspect ratio, testing default vs raw mode, generating sample images, testing subjects with/without original prompt, using fast hours, saving shortcuts, adjusting stylize values to increase style code influence, and adding chaos for variety.

Keywords

💡Style tuning

Style tuning is a new feature in Midjourney that allows users to refine and customize the artistic style of generated images. It is introduced at the beginning of the video as a key focus. The presenter provides tips on how to best utilize style tuning in the workflow.

💡Aspect ratio

Aspect ratio refers to the proportional relationship between an image's width and height. The presenter recommends specifying an aspect ratio in prompts so that the generated images match the desired format.

💡Style code

Style code refers to the words and phrases used to specify a particular artistic style for image generation. It is an important concept for using style tuning effectively. The presenter explains how to create, test, and refine style codes.

💡Stylized values

Stylized values control the influence of the style code on the generated images. The presenter recommends testing different values if the desired style is not coming through clearly.

💡Permutations

Permutations allow testing multiple options and values together in one prompt. The presenter uses permutations to quickly compare different stylized values and levels of chaos.

💡Chaos

Chaos introduces random variation into the generated images. The presenter recommends adding a small amount of chaos to introduce uniqueness once a style is chosen.

💡Shortcuts

Shortcuts allow saving prompt-style code combinations for quick reuse later. The presenter shows how to create shortcuts to streamline the workflow.

💡Default vs. Raw

The presenter explains the difference between default and raw style modes. Raw provides more direct style control while default applies some algorithmic enhancements.

💡Visualization

The presenter compares different options for visualizing and selecting styles, such as pairs vs a full grid. The goal is choosing a style that fits the intended theme and subject.

💡Workflow

The video focuses on an optimal 7-step workflow for leveraging the new style tuning feature. The presenter aims to provide efficient tips and best practices.

Highlights

Include an aspect ratio in your prompt to match the output images you want to generate

Stick to the default mode rather than raw mode when tuning new styles

Use 16 samples to select your style initially as a good starting point

Test your new style on both your original subject and a new subject to see the differences

Use fast permutations to easily test a style with and without the original prompt words

Save shortcuts of effective style codes to reuse them easily later

Adjust the stylize parameter up or down if a style isn't coming through as desired

Try a range of stylize values above and below the default to find the right balance

Add some chaos to introduce more variety once you have an effective style

Chaos values between 8-20 tend to work well without being too extreme

You can switch a default style tuning to raw after the fact if desired

Compare default and raw modes side-by-side to choose which you prefer

Saving shortcuts for effective styles makes them easy to reuse

Testing permutations of stylize and chaos values surfaces the best options

Adjusting style parameters iteratively helps nail down an optimal style

Transcripts

do you get overwhelmed anytime mid

Journey receives an update with the

recent release of style tuning we have

more options than ever before and maybe

you aren't sure what to do first I've

got some early tips that you should be

aware of that make up a seven-step

process for this new workflow first when

we go to tune a prompt make sure you

include an aspect ratio this is pretty

important because the quiz will reflect

the ratio you choose if you know you're

going to be looking at posters include

2x3 right here and I want to tune a stop

for rough sketch manga and because I

make most things in a wider aspect ratio

I'm including 16 by9 right here the

second step in the process is

determining whether you should be in

default mode or raw mode I'm going to

make it really simple for you stick to

the default mode I've tested the same

prompt in both modes and the raw test is

actually really similar to the default

one so I don't think you need to choose

raw for now especially because you can

change it to Raw after the fact but I'll

show show you what I mean later on and

then style directions honestly just

stick to 16 that's 32 pictures to choose

from I really don't think you're going

to need any more than that it'll be 0.15

GPU credits submit are you sure oh heck

yeah now there are two ways that you can

select your style personally I like

choosing between Pairs because it shows

you the whole grid and I think it just

gives my brain a better idea of what I'm

getting into but alternatively you can

pick your favorite single images from a

much larger grid granted it's all these

same pictures but now they're split up

like this and maybe this visualization

will help you better understand the

style you're selecting for that part of

the workflow is completely up to you so

I'm going to go through and make my

selections I know I asked for manga but

I'm going to choose this one right here

because I want to add that splash of

color and that really brings us to step

three of the process a good way to test

this style is to just copy that entire

prompt and paste it into mid Journey so

you're going to use this down here copy

to the clipboard go back into Discord

now we're going to generate the rough

sketch manga with our new style I think

those images are pretty cool looking but

now you're going to be thinking what

about the subject where else can this

style take me obviously I want to see

what Batman looks like with this style

but then you'll be asking yourself

should you delete the words in the

prompt that created the style to be

honest you'll get two pretty different

results based on what you choose so my

suggestion is to test it out and here's

how you can do it easily the fourth part

of the workflow is to make sure your

fast hours are enabled and then we're

going to place squiggly brackets around

the words we use to create this style

code then you need to put a comma right

before the first word so it's going to

go squiggly bracket com out your prompts

close it out with a squiggly bracket I

hope that's clear now when we hit enter

it's going to ask us if we want to make

these two prompts and that's because we

created a permutation with those

brackets if you aren't aren't sure what

you did you can click below show prompts

and it's going to give you your subject

with your style code and it's going to

give you your subject with your original

prompt plus your style code best of both

worlds best way to test out what exactly

those words do here's Batman rough

sketch manga and these are gorgeous I'm

thoroughly impressed I like number one a

lot I like number four I like them all

clearly but look what happens when you

just include the subject you want along

with the style code you'll get something

like these and I get goosebumps looking

at them I think they're absolutely

gorgeous same style code but very

different results depending on whether

you keep the original prompt my point is

is that you might like either of these

choices so test it out in the way I

showed you super easy to do I will say

though definitely keep those words in if

you want it to look the most like what

you chose and I guess what you'll learn

from this is that the code doesn't

necessarily mean the prompt it's a

little hard to wrap your head around but

they are separate and they do work

together in some way and if you wanted

to help me out at all it's been my goal

to get to 30,000 subscribers don't

forget to hit the like button as well it

would mean a lot thanks now for step

five in this new workflow once you find

a style you like save it as a shortcut

this will save you so much time we're

going to copy the prompt plus the style

code you're going to go into the prompt

box and hit forward slash prefer option

set in the option box right here we're

going to create a name for this shortcut

I really don't know what will help your

brain remember something like this but

for me I guess I like to use acronyms so

I'm simply going to go with RSM rough

sketch manga I hope that works but the

next thing you need to do is click to

the right at plus one more this is going

to bring up another option right above

that says value click on that in the

value box is where we're going to paste

the entire prompt plus the style code

I'm just going to erase the aspect ratio

quickly that's not important right now

when I hit enter it's going to save the

shortcut I could type in something like

imagine Wonder Woman D- RSM that's all I

need to do hit enter and that's going to

expand our shortcut pretty amazing stuff

quite a bit of a different look than the

Batman maybe just a lot more color still

I think they're really gorgeous but

since it is different from maybe what I

had originally thought the next step of

the process comes in a play and this is

where you're going to try different

stylized values the styliz parameter

adjusts the influence of your style code

on your generated images if you're not

seeing the desired effect from your code

try combining it with higher styliz

values I know that style word is thrown

out a lot but here's all it means if you

don't think your style code is coming

through in one of your prompts you're

going to increase the S value and here's

how you can do that we're going to do

Wonder woman-- RSM then we're going to

raise the stylize value by hitting D- s

and we can include a number between 0

and 1,000 100 is the default and to

increase the influence of the code we're

going to raise the value my personal

opinion is that you should try one lower

value and three higher values and we can

accomplish that through permutations so

I'm going to do D- s space squiggly

bracket and then I'm going to try

something like 40 400 800 1,000 close it

with a squiggly bracket it's going to

ask us if we want to imagine these four

prompts sure thing one of the reasons I

suggested trying a lower value as well

is because you might like it a lot more

and to me I'm a really big fan of these

here's what 400 might look like we lose

a bit of Wonder Woman and the stylized

code I think comes through a lot more

800 uh these are freaking gorgeous I

mean again we lost our subject but look

at number one that background is insane

and there Stylez 1,000 see that there's

a pretty big difference between just 800

and 1,000 I think you should try a few

different ones higher and lower than

than 100 and to step number seven once

you choose a stylized value that you

like this is where you should add in

some chaos I liked 40 I liked 800 and I

liked 1,000 but I want to see those with

a little bit of chaos and what chaos is

going to do is going to bring some

variety into this grid that we generate

and why is that important it definitely

increases the odds of you finding a

super unique image for chaos the default

is zero and you can select any number

between 0o and 100 I don't recommend

anything too high let's be honest my

personal favorite is chaos 8 but I'll

also show you what chaos 20 happens to

look like which I think works pretty

well with higher stylized values and

with a style code introduced this is

going to create six prompts for us I

don't think you need to run permutations

like I do but I think it will help you

explore a lot faster we'll go through

these quick and then I'll give you one

last bonus tip on how to turn these into

style raw S40 C8 uh I'm a fan I like

these S40 chaos 20 like look at number

four that's amazing but you can see how

different each of these pictures are

from each other a value of just 20 can

sort of explode your Grid in some sense

that's why I say stick to something low

if you're going to use it 800 C8 love

them chaos 20 I like number one a lot

1,000 chaos 8 pretty cool 1,000 chaos 20

I like number four a lot that

backgrounds really cool now earlier I

alluded to the fact that you can change

your style from default to Raw after the

fact here's how you do it it's super

simple we'll go Batman rough sketch

Manga style and in front of our code

we're going to put the word raw followed

by a Dash BOOM now we're in style raw

and then our style code how much of a

difference is this going to make in the

generation let's take a look to refresh

your memory here's what it looked like

on default and here's what it looks like

in style raw I think I might even like

these a lot more but that's why you

don't necessarily need to tune it in

style raw you can just select for it

after I hope that helps you out a little

if you have any tips that I should know

about please leave them in the comments

below I hope you're doing well take care

and I'll see you next time peace