Midjourney V5 How To Upload A Reference Image Or Art And Use As A Prompt (2023)

Summary

This video explains how to use an image as a prompt in Midjourney AI art generator. It instructs to upload the image to Discord, copy its link, and paste it in the prompt along with text descriptions. Set the image weight to 2.0 so it closely replicates the reference. Type the prompt with descriptions like 'dog looking up' and 'natural light, trees background.' Midjourney will generate variations based on the image and text. Select the best result, upscale and download it. This allows creating custom AI art by providing an image prompt.

Takeaways

• 👉 How to upload a reference image to Midjourney Discord
• 👉 Right click on uploaded image and copy its link
• 👉 In prompt, type desired output then paste image link
• 👉 Add -- (double dash) plus IW and image weight value after link
• 👉 Higher IW value means output matches reference image closely
• 👉 Wait for Midjourney to generate images based on prompt
• 👉 Upscale desired output image in the web UI
• 👉 Download and save final image to computer
• 👉 Use generated image anywhere needed
• 👉 Ask questions in comments if the video was helpful