Midjourney AI Tutorial for Beginners (Easy Explanation)

Summary

This tutorial offers a beginner-friendly guide to using Mid Journey, a generative AI platform currently accessible via Discord. It explains how to join the beta, navigate servers and channels, and use prompts to create images. The video demonstrates the process of generating, upscaling, and varying images, highlighting free and subscription-based features. It also covers the use of parameters to customize image aspects and concludes with a personal touch, encouraging viewers to engage and look forward to more tutorials.

Takeaways

• 😀 Midjourney is a tool that can create images based on text prompts and is currently accessible through Discord.
• 🔗 To join Midjourney, one must visit discord.com, sign up, and then join the beta through the midjourney.com website.
• 📁 The platform organizes discussions into 'servers' and 'channels', and the actual image creation happens in chat threads.
• 🆓 Midjourney offers both a free version with newbie rooms and a paid version which is less cluttered.
• 📝 A 'prompt' is a crucial text phrase that the Midjourney bot interprets to generate images.
• 🐰 Basic usage involves typing a command like '/imagine' followed by a description to create an image.
• 🔍 Finding your image submissions can be done through the 'Inbox' where you can track the progress of your request.
• 🖼️ Upscaling (U1-U4) allows users to enhance the detail of a preferred image, while Variations (V1-V4) create new images with similar styles.
• ♻️ The 'regenerate' button allows the bot to create a completely new grid of images based on the original prompt.
• 💰 Midjourney offers different subscription plans, and the script suggests that the value of the tool justifies the cost.
• 🛠 Parameters can be added to prompts to influence the image generation, such as aspect ratio (-ar) and version of the Midjourney bot (-v).
• 🔑 After subscribing, users can have private conversations with the bot and adjust settings for a more personalized experience.

Q & A

What is the current platform where Mid Journey operates?

Mid Journey currently exists on Discord, and they are working on a web application that should be available soon.

How can one join Mid Journey on Discord?

To join Mid Journey on Discord, one needs to visit discord.com, download and sign up, then go to midjourney.com and click 'join the beta' to receive an invite link.

What are the 'newbies rooms' in Mid Journey's Discord server?

The 'newbies rooms' are channels where new users can try out Mid Journey for free by submitting prompts for image generation.

What is a 'prompt' in the context of Mid Journey?

A 'prompt' is a short text phrase that the Mid Journey bot interprets to produce an image. It can be a single word, a phrase, or an emoji.

How does one find their image submissions in the newbies room?

To find your image submissions, navigate to the 'Inbox' where you can see the percentage of completion of your request.

What does 'upscaling' an image mean in Mid Journey?

Upscaling an image in Mid Journey means generating a larger version of the selected image and adding more details to it.

What do the 'V' buttons do in Mid Journey?

The 'V' buttons (V1, V2, V3, V4) create slight variations of the selected grid image, generating a new image grid with a similar style and composition.

How can one subscribe to a paid version of Mid Journey?

To subscribe to a paid version, visit midjourney.com/account, choose a plan, and follow the subscription process by entering payment information.

What are 'parameters' in Mid Journey and how are they used?

Parameters are options added to a prompt that change how an image generates. They can change the image's aspect ratio, the upscaler used, and more. Parameters are always added to the end of a prompt.

What is the purpose of the '--ar' parameter in Mid Journey prompts?

The '--ar' parameter is used to specify the aspect ratio of the generated image, such as 16:9 for a widescreen format.

What is the benefit of using the 'stealth mode' in Mid Journey?

The 'stealth mode' allows users to have private conversations with the Mid Journey bot, keeping their prompts and generated images from being public on the web gallery.

Outlines

00:00

🚀 Getting Started with Mid Journey on Discord

This paragraph introduces the viewer to Mid Journey, a platform for creating images through text prompts on Discord. It explains the process of joining the beta, navigating Discord servers and channels, and using the Mid Journey bot to generate images. The importance of prompts in image creation is emphasized, and a basic example of a prompt is given. The viewer is guided through the process of submitting a prompt, checking the progress of their request in the 'Inbox,' and viewing the generated images. The paragraph also introduces the concept of 'upscaling' an image for more detail and provides a step-by-step guide on how to do so.

05:02

🔄 Exploring Image Variations and Upscaling Features

The second paragraph delves deeper into the features of Mid Journey, focusing on the ability to create variations of an image and upscale them for more detail. It explains the function of the 'V' buttons, which generate new grids of images with slight variations based on the user's selection. The paragraph demonstrates how to use these features to refine the image generation process, providing a real-time example of how quickly the bot can produce new variations and upscale them. The author also discusses the 're-run' button, which allows for the regeneration of an image grid based on the original prompt, and highlights the efficiency and speed of the Mid Journey bot.

10:04

🛠️ Customizing Image Creation with Parameters

In the final paragraph, the focus shifts to the customization of image creation through the use of parameters. Parameters are described as options added to a prompt that can alter various aspects of the image generation process, such as the aspect ratio and the version of Mid Journey used. The paragraph provides a tutorial on how to add an aspect ratio parameter to a prompt, with a specific example of changing the aspect ratio to 16 by 9. It also touches on the ability to select different versions of the Mid Journey bot for different styles and feels. The author concludes by expressing their intention to create more beginner-friendly tutorials and encourages viewers to support their work.

Keywords

💡Mid Journey

Mid Journey is the central subject of the video, referring to a platform that uses AI to generate images based on text prompts. It's the main tool discussed in the tutorial, and the video aims to guide users on how to utilize it effectively. The script mentions Mid Journey's presence on Discord and its upcoming web application, indicating its current and future accessibility.

💡Discord

Discord is a communication platform where Mid Journey is currently accessible. It's used as the medium for joining the Mid Journey server, interacting with the AI bot, and creating images. The script provides a step-by-step guide on how to download, sign up, and navigate within Discord to access Mid Journey.

💡Prompt

A 'prompt' in the context of the video is a short text phrase that the Mid Journey bot interprets to generate an image. It's a crucial element for users to create the desired image, and the script emphasizes its importance by explaining how to construct a basic prompt and the impact it has on the image generation process.

💡Upscaling

Upscaling in the video refers to the process of enhancing an image's detail and resolution. The script explains that users can select an image they like and choose to upscale it for more detail, demonstrating the bot's capability to refine and improve the generated images.

💡Variations

Variations are slight modifications or alterations of the original image generated by Mid Journey. The script describes how users can create new image grids with variations based on their preferred image, allowing for a range of options that maintain the original style and composition.

💡Inbox

The 'Inbox' in the video is a feature within the Mid Journey platform where users can track the progress of their image generation requests. It provides a percentage of completion and allows users to access their generated images once they are ready.

💡Parameters

Parameters are additional options added to a prompt that influence the image generation process. The script discusses how parameters can change aspects such as the image's aspect ratio, and it provides an example of how to use the aspect ratio parameter to modify the dimensions of the generated image.

💡Aspect Ratio

Aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between the width and height of an image. The video explains how to use the aspect ratio parameter to specify the dimensions of the generated image, such as creating a 16:9 image suitable for a YouTube cover.

💡Subscription

Subscription in the video refers to the process of signing up for a paid plan on Mid Journey to access additional features and capabilities. The script outlines the different plans available and guides users through the subscription process, emphasizing the value of the service beyond its free offerings.

💡Stealth Mode

Stealth Mode is a feature mentioned in the script that allows users to have private interactions with the Mid Journey bot. Although the script notes that the Pro Plan is required to access this feature, it highlights the platform's consideration for user privacy.

💡Tutorial

The video itself is a tutorial, aiming to educate viewers on how to use the Mid Journey platform. The script provides clear instructions and explanations to guide beginners through the process of generating images, emphasizing the video's educational purpose and user-friendly approach.

Highlights

Introduction to Mid Journey, a platform for creating images through text prompts, currently available on Discord.

Instructions on how to join Mid Journey on Discord and navigate the server.

Explanation of 'newbies rooms' for beginners to try out Mid Journey.

Definition and importance of 'prompts' in creating images with Mid Journey.

Demonstration of creating an image using a basic prompt.

Process of finding and managing submissions in the 'Inbox'.

Description of the 'upscaling' feature to enhance image details.

Explanation of the 'V' buttons for creating variations of an image.

Showcasing the speed and efficiency of Mid Journey's image generation.

How to subscribe to a paid version of Mid Journey for a less cluttered experience.

Accessing direct messages with the Mid Journey bot for private interactions.

Adjusting settings for different versions and styles of Mid Journey.

Introduction to 'parameters' and their role in customizing image generation.

Tutorial on using aspect ratio parameters to change the dimensions of generated images.

The use of version parameters to select specific versions of Mid Journey's AI.

Creating a tutorial cover using an upscaled image from Mid Journey.

Encouragement for viewers to support the creation of beginner-friendly tutorials.

Transcripts

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get ready for the easiest mid Journey

tutorial so that you can fulfill all of

your air desires let's start creating

right now okay so midjourney.com

currently exists on Discord they are

working on a web application so that

should be available soon but for now you

can only join mid journey and create on

Discord how do you do that all links

will be in the description so navigate

to discord.com go ahead download and

sign up log in and then when you

navigate back to midjourney.com you're

gonna go ahead and click join the beta

once you do you're gonna see this now if

this looks a little bit Advanced or

intimidating don't worry this is what

I'm here for so this right here on your

left hand side in Discord these are your

servers as you can see I'm in the mid

Journey server over here these are

simply channels basically organized

folders into what the discussion is

about and then over here this is the

actual chat thread okay so if you want

to use the free version and I will go

ahead and show you how to subscribe for

a paid version and use that which is a

lot less clutter but at first a lot of

people that get involved in mid-journey

want to try it they use one of these

newbies rooms they're not always

available but right now they are so if I

navigate to Anubis room I can go ahead

and input a prompt here and mid-journey

will create an image for me now one

thing that I want you guys to understand

is that mid Journey has prompts what is

a prompt a prompt is a short text phrase

that the mid-journey bot interprets to

produce an image it's the most important

part for what we're doing today the most

basic and simple prompt on my journey is

forward slash imagine and then you

follow that up with a description of

what you wanted to imagine and create it

could be a single word it could be a

phrase it could be just an emoji so

let's try that out right now so we're

gonna do forward slash imagine we're

gonna go ahead and select that and then

we're gonna ask it to create a purple

Angry rabbit spilling coffee as he

watches a mid-journey YouTube tutorial

on a desktop computer we're gonna hit

enter and now the tricky part is because

it's a free newbies room there are a lot

of submissions here a lot of people are

putting in prompts and waiting for their

air to be generated and created and sent

to them so the way to find where your

submissions were is to go ahead and

navigate to the Inbox and over here you

can actually see the percentage of

completion of your request and so we're

at 93 and now we are fully complete and

so what we can do is we can click on

jump and in this thread it will actually

jump to our request and as you can see

created a grid of Four Square images of

a purple Angry rabbit spilling coffee as

he watches a mid-journey YouTube

tutorial on a desktop computer I

actually love these now some of these I

love more than others for instance this

first one and the second one I love a

lot more than the third and the fourth

but the first one I love the best now

there's a few things we could do here

first we can just click on it and it

will show it to us in a much larger

image then we can right click and save

the image if we like it and we want to

send these four examples to someone or

utilize it for something but what I

would really like to explain is this

right here this U1 U2 u3u4 V1 V2 V3 V4

and these regenerate icon right here

what does all of this mean well let's

start with the U1 through u4 the first

thing I want you to understand is when

you get four Images it's like quadrants

this is the the first this is the second

this is the third this is the fourth

what the U stands for is upscaling right

here you can decide which image to

upscale what does that mean well you can

add a lot more detail to an image that

you like by upscaling it so for instance

if I really love this image right here

and I want to upscale it I can simply

click U1 and it will go ahead and it

will upscale that image for me with even

greater detail and remember I just go to

the Inbox and I could see the image

right here I jump to it and as we can

see here it actually upscaled it so I

could click it I could open it in

browser and if I love it I could simply

save the image

and when I click save for me it opens

right in Photoshop I can further edit it

I can go ahead and send it to someone I

can modify it this is amazing and this

was done in less than a minute and mid

Journey has a lot of helpful resources

I'm going to link them all in the

description but right here we just

upscaled so let's see what that was well

these are the quadrants this is what I

was explaining to you that this is image

one two three four and right here the U1

to u4 these U buttons upscale an image

generating a larger version of the

selected image and adding more details

now what I want to do is explain what V1

V2 V3 and V4 mean so right here mid

Journey says the V buttons create slight

variations of the selected grid image

creating a variation generates a brand

new image grid similar to The Chosen

images overall style and composition so

this is helpful to know so what exactly

does that mean well I love this first

image but maybe I want to tell the

mid-journey bot hey the first image was

the best representation of what I wanted

so go ahead and create something similar

out of this image so I can simply click

V1 and it's going to generate an entire

new grid with just variations of this

image and the cool thing is is we can

actually see how it works by clicking

inbox and seeing that it's 27 complete

and you see that all of these look very

similar to this image here because there

are variations of that image now we're

at 83 percent and this is getting

completed pretty quickly this is not

sped up so in under 20 seconds we were

actually able to receive this from the

mid-journey bot which is freaking

amazing take a look at this four

different variations now I actually like

this version best so what do I do well

let's remember that this is the third

image so we can upscale that third image

we can go here to inbox and we can see

that it went ahead and upscaled that

image now I can simply click on it I can

open it in browser and I can save image

as and I will get a high definition

image of a purple rabbit freaking out as

he watches a YouTube tutorial on my

journey because it could be complicated

but relax rabbit because I'm going to

create the easiest tutorial there is and

I'm going to create a lot more of them

okay so now I want to explain this

button right here this is basically a

re-run button which basically is gonna

make the mid-journey bot regenerate a

grid based on this prompt right here so

brand new so let's see what happens if I

go ahead and ask it to regenerate the

entire grid using this prompt because

maybe I wasn't happy with any of the

stuff that it did so very quickly it

went ahead and created a brand new grid

and if you take a look it did exactly

exactly that so as you can see none of

these are exactly the same as these and

remember all of this up to this point

was free which is Amazing by my journey

I know a lot of people freak out when

platforms like this start charging

exorbitant amounts of money to use them

but it really is a phenomenal generative

Ai and it is worth money so I'm okay

paying for it what I'm gonna do is I'm

gonna sign up to a really nice plan

right now and I will jump in and show

you guys some neat tricks to organize

everything so that you don't have to

search for everything in inboxes so that

you can have a conversation just with a

mid-journey bot without the public

seeing it and we're gonna jump into

explaining parameters so if you go back

to midjourney.com forward slash account

you will see all the various options and

the different types of plans they offer

make sure to read about the pros and

cons of each plan for me personally I'm

gonna go ahead with the standard plan in

and instead of being billed yearly I'm

going to switch it to monthly for now

I'm going to click subscribe and then

I'll enter the pertinent information and

click subscribe again and boom we are

subscribed to Mid Journey okay so now

that we're all signed up if you go back

to Discord you can click on the top left

direct messages and you're gonna see

that you're just having a conversation

with the mid-journey bot one thing I

want to point out here is it says no DMS

with the bot are public on the web

Gallery by default however you can

change that by going to forward slash

settings and if you click enter you're

gonna see that you can toggle your

various settings and adjust them here so

for instance one thing to keep in mind

is the different versions of mid Journey

offer different styles and different

feels and I'll make a separate video on

that but what I always do is I select

the latest version there's obviously raw

niji version 4 niji version 5. I'm going

to cover those in a different tutorial

but I want to show you here there's

public mode but you can also do stealth

mode oh and actually I thought because

I'm a member it's going to allow me to

do it but I didn't do the Pro Plan so

maybe that's why because it says that

the membership plan doesn't include

private mode I have to upgrade to gain

access to private mode so right here I'm

learning on the spot with you guys so

moving right along we're gonna go into

parameters and what I want to talk about

as far as parameters go is first of all

what is a parameter parameters are

options added to a prompt that change

how an image generates parameters can

change an image's aspect ratio change

which upscalers used and a lot more

parameters are always added to the end

of a prompt you can add multiple

parameters to each prompt and for the

purpose of this tutorial we're going to

stick to aspect ratio if you're not sure

what aspect ratio means that's just the

rate show of an image width to height so

for instance a square image like on

Instagram is one to one this screen

right here this is 16 by nine and

actually if we click aspect ratio then

mid Journey takes you to a really

helpful article on it and it's going to

show it to you so for instance this

right here one to one three to two four

by five so if you're using a mobile

device that's typically 9 by 16 and if

you're using desktop that's 16x9 YouTube

cover photos 16x9 Instagram real covers

typically 9x16 and so right here we see

that the way to change the aspect ratio

is dash dash a r and then you specify

which ratio it is so now we're gonna use

the same prompt we were using earlier

and go ahead and instead of one by one

we're gonna make it a 16 by nine one

thing I want to point out right here now

that we're understanding parameters more

is this parameter right here dash dash V

that is the version of mid-journey that

you wish to use and currently the latest

is 5.1 so that's why they have it right

here when 5.2 comes out 5.3 6.1 6.2 789

this is where you can select which one

you like sometimes there's been times

where mid-journey came out with a new

version but people like the previous one

better and so they would specify it here

or they would go to forward slash

settings like I did before and they

would choose that as the default setting

for all their prompts so now let's try

it let's do forward slash imagine and

then we're gonna put in the prompt a

purple Angry rabbit spilling coffee as

he watches a mid-journey YouTube

tutorial on a desktop computer and we're

gonna add the parameter dash dash a r

and we are going to specify it to be 16

by nine click enter so now as you see as

it's working on it we don't even need to

go to the m box we can just watch it

right here and we can see that it's at

31 currently let's see what happens when

it's at a hundred percent completion and

so right here let's say I like the first

image the best I go ahead and select it

and it went ahead and upscaled it for me

and now I can go ahead and save it and

now that I have it here in Photoshop I

can go ahead and create a nice tutorial

cover and post it on YouTube and

hopefully everyone's gonna love it

hopefully I will be encouraged and

motivated to make more easy tutorials

like this I know how difficult some of

these programs are I know how

aggravating it can be when there is no

guidance I did not see YouTube tutorials

on mid-journey that were very easy and

so I wanted to make a simple easy to use

beginner friendly tutorial I'm gonna

dive into much more deeper complex

Advanced topics so if you would like to

support what I do please like comment

subscribe subscribe and I will see you

all in the next video

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