Prompt Generating Documentation

Prompts are the initial step of the creative process when using midjourney V5. They are used to generate the initial image grids that the bot will use to create a final image. Prompts can be in the form of a sentence with variables or a highly detailed photograph.

Typical Sentence with Variables

A typical sentence with variables is a prompt sentence that includes variable elements that are used to generate the image. Some examples of these variables are highly detailed, cinematic, stylistic, and detail separated with a comma. The following is an example of a prompt sentence with variables:

Cute little batman, unreal engine, cozy interior lighting, art station, detailed digital painting, cinematic, character design by mark ryden and pixar and hayao miyazaki, unreal 5, daz, hyper realistic, octane render

Highly Detailed Photograph

A highly detailed photograph of a person standing on a spaceship with cinematic lighting on a starry night can also be used as a prompt. This type of prompt gives more freedom to the bot to generate creative and unique images.

Prompt Template

The prompt template is the best prompt template for midjourney V5. The template includes variables such as text, background, character, emoji, fashion, architecture, movies, lighting, techniques, styles, themes, era, camera, artists, colors, textures, layout, themes, digital, artists, mediums, materials, objects, properties, lighting, SFX, dimensionality, nature, geography, space, camera, perspective, geometry, structural modification, intangibles, lyrics, poems, version, aspect ratio, seed, chaos, stylize, and quality. Example:

Cute little batman, unreal engine, cozy interior lighting, art station, detailed digital painting, cinematic, character design by mark ryden and pixar and hayao miyazaki, unreal 5, daz, hyper realistic, octane render

Arguments

There are various arguments that can be used to adjust the prompt and how it is used. These arguments include seed, chaos, stylize, colors, artists, camera, lighting, same seed, uplight, width, height, image weight, and negative prompting.

Seed

The seed is a positive integer (any whole number between 0 and 4294967295) that helps keep the results more steady. It influences how varied the initial image grids are. If not used, a random seed will be chosen instead. To use seed in a prompt: --seed 1

Chaos

Chaos is a value between 0-100 that determines how much more varied, random, and unique the outcomes will be. In exchange for less reliable compositions, higher values will favor generations that are more interesting and unique. To use chaos in a prompt: --chaos 10

Stylize

The stylize argument determines how strong the stylization of your images is. The higher you set it, the more opinionated it will be. The default value is 2500. To use stylize in a prompt: --stylize 2500

Colors

Various colors can be used in a prompt to generate specific colors in the final image. Examples of colors that can be used include violet, white, yellow, teal, turquoise, vermillion, RGB, red, silver, orange, pastel, pink, neon purple, neon red, neon yellow, neon blue, neon green, neon orange, matte black, mint, navy blue, indigo, lavendar, magneta, grayscale, green, hotpink, cyan, gold, gray, CYMK, citrus, coquelicot, beige, blue, brown, amber, baby blue, and baby pink.

Artists

Various artists can be used in a prompt to generate images with similar style and characteristics. Some examples of artists include Wassily Handinsky, Willem De Koonig, Yayoi Kusama, Yoji Shinkawa, Sandro Botticelli, Takashi Murakami, Van Gogh, Rene Magritte, Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dali, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Piet Mondrian, Rembrandt, Paul Gauguin, Paul Klee, Picasso, Michelangelo, Monet, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, Jean Michel Basquiat, Johannes Vermeer, Leonardo Da Vinci, JMW Turner, Jack Kirby, Jackson Pollock, Garald Brom, Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, Eugene Delacroix, Francis Bacon, Frida Kahlo, David Hockney, Diego Rivera, Edgar Degas, Banksy, Francisco De Goya, Caravaggio, Alphonse Mucha, Andy Warhol, and Art by Yoko Ono.

Camera

Various types of camera lenses can be used in a prompt to generate images with specific characteristics. Some examples of camera lenses include telescope lens, ultra wide angle lens, wide angle lens, satellite imagery, super resolution microscopy, telephoto lens, miniature faking, panorama, pinhole lens, macro lens, magnification, microsocpy, 360 panorama, DSLR, electron microscope, and more.

Lighting

Various types of lighting can be used in a prompt to generate images with specific characteristics. Some examples of lighting include strobe, sunlight, ultraviolet, nuclear waste glow, quantum dot display, spotlight, natural lighting, neon lamp, nightclub lighting, glowstick, lava glow, moonlight, fluorescent, glowing, glowing radioactively, edison bulb, electric arc, fire, crepusclar rays, direct sunlight, dusk, blinding light, candlelight, concert lighting, accent lighting, backlight, and blacklight.

Same Seed

The same seed argument affects all images of the resulting grid in the same way. If not used, each image in the grid will use a different "slice" of the seed. This would result in providing higher variety. To apply it, input --sameseed in your prompt.

Uplight

The uplight argument uses the "light" upscaler. Results are then closer to the original image, with less detail added during upscale. Ideal for faces and smooth surfaces. To apply it in your prompt, input: --uplight.

Width

The width argument sets the width of the image. The value must be between 256 and 2034. To apply it in your prompt, input: --w 64.

Height

The height argument sets the height of the image. The value must be between 256 and 2034. These values work better as multiples of 64 (or 128 for "--hd"). To apply it in your prompt, input: --h {height value}.

Image Weight

The image weight argument sets the image prompt weight relative to the text weight. The default value is 0.25. To use it in a prompt: --iw 0.5.

Negative Prompting

Negative prompting (--no phones would try to remove phones) is equivalent to using an advanced text weight of ::-0.5. To use it in a prompt: --no {object name}.