Midjourney Tutorial for Beginners

Midjourney remains a favorite for stylized, high-quality images when you learn its prompt grammar. This beginner tutorial covers access, basic parameters, composition control, and a repeatable workflow for blog heroes and social creatives.

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What you will learn

• Start a project and understand the prompt → grid → upscale flow
• Control aspect ratio, stylization, and variety
• Build a style reference board for brand consistency
• Export assets sized for web (see your theme’s recommended hero dimensions)

Prerequisites

• Active Midjourney subscription (check official site for current access: Discord and/or web UI)
• One brand adjective list (e.g. “minimal, blue accent, soft light”)
• Lesson 1 completed if you also write captions with ChatGPT

Step 1: Interface basics

Regardless of UI (Discord bot or web), the loop is:

1. Prompt — describe subject + medium + lighting + mood
2. Grid — four variations; pick the best direction
3. Upscale / Vary — refine winner (subtle vs strong)
4. Download — PNG for design; compress for web

Keep a prompt log spreadsheet: prompt text, seed (if shown), version, rating 1–5.

Step 2: Prompt structure for beginners

Use this order: subject → environment → style → lighting → camera

Example:

A Vietnamese coffee shop interior, morning light through windows, two professionals with laptops, editorial photography, shallow depth of field, warm tones, no text overlay

Add negatives when supported: no watermark, no distorted hands.

Step 3: Key parameters (concepts)

Parameter names evolve — always check Midjourney docs. Concepts you should know:

Exercise: Generate the same prompt at --ar 16:9 and 1:1; note cropping differences.

Step 4: Style consistency

1. Save 5–10 on-brand winners to a mood board.
2. Reuse phrasing for lighting and palette across posts.
3. For characters, use character reference features when available instead of re-describing faces each time.

Pair with AI image prompts library.

Step 5: Hands and text pitfalls

AI images still struggle with hands, small text, and logos. Mitigations:

• Frame shots to avoid prominent hands
• Add titles in Figma/Canva after generation
• Use higher upscale before detecting artifacts

Step 6: Web publishing workflow

1. Generate at 2× needed width when possible
2. Export WebP or JPEG (~120–200 KB target for heroes — tune for your CDN)
3. Write descriptive alt text for accessibility and SEO
4. Credit policy: follow Midjourney terms and your site’s disclosure rules

Common mistakes

• Prompting like a Google search (nice picture of AI)
• Changing ten variables at once (you cannot learn cause and effect)
• Using copyrighted character names in prompts
• Skipping alt text on blog heroes

FAQ

Midjourney vs DALL·E 3?
Midjourney often wins on aesthetic style; DALL·E integrates tightly with ChatGPT — try Lesson 3.

Commercial use?
Read current Midjourney license tiers; enterprise may need specific plans.

Key takeaway

Treat Midjourney as a director’s tool: stable style words + controlled parameters beat random one-line prompts.

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• AI Tutorials Hub
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