Midjourney

Midjourney

Leading AI art generator renowned for stunning, highly aesthetic image creation. Propose extensive control through paramètres, style and character references, and puissant iterative refinement tools.

Paid OnlyDiscordArtHigh QualityProfessional

Communauté

21M+ Discord members

Version du modèle

V7 (latest)

Prix de départ

$10/month

Offre gratuite

No (paid only)

Plateforme

Discord + Web

Fondé en

2022

Introduction

Midjourney is a research lab and AI image génération plateforme that transforme text descriptions into stunning visual artwork. Contrairement à many AI tools that prioritize photorealism or technical précision, Midjourney positions itself as a créatif exploration tool, résultant en outputs with a distinctive artistic qualité that has made it the go-to choice for professionnel artists, designers, and créatif directors worldwide.

The plateforme opère primarily through Discord (with an expanding web interface at midjourney.com), where utilisateurs type prompts and receive AI-generated images withen quelques secondes. Ce qui distingue Midjourney apart is its extensive parameter system permettant fine control over aspect ratios, stylization levels, chaos/variety, and more. Avancé comprend like Style Reference (--sref) and Character Reference (--cref) enable maintaining visual consistency sur plusieurs images -- essentiel pour professionnel projets requiring cohesive visual langue.

Midjourney nécessite a paid abonnement sans permanent offre gratuite, reflecting its professionnel focus and the infrastructure costs of high-qualité génération. The investment is justified by cohérently best-in-class aesthetic output, rapid iteration capacités through comprend like Vary Region and Remix Mode, and a vibrant communauté of over 21 million Discord members sharing techniques, prompts, and inspiration. With Version 7 introducing Draft mode for 10x faster génération, Midjourney continues to push the boundaries of AI-assisted créatif work.

Avantages

  • +Best-in-class artistic qualité and visual aesthetics
  • +Extensive parameter system for fine créatif control
  • +Style (--sref) and Character (--cref) references for consistency
  • +Puissant refinement tools (Vary Region, Zoom, Pan)
  • +Active 21M+ member communauté for learning and inspiration
  • +Regular model updates with significant qualité améliorations
  • +Web interface with excellent image organization and browsing
  • +V7 Draft mode for rapid, cost-efficace iteration

Inconvénients

  • -No offre gratuite -- paid abonnement required pour générer
  • -Steeper learning curve for paramètres and prompting
  • -Discord account required for authentification
  • -V7 still missing some comprend (--cref, multi-prompts)
  • -Default public visibility (confidentialité nécessite Pro or Mega)
  • -Rendu de texte in images is unfiable

Fonctionnalités clés

Exceptional Artistic Qualité

Industrie-leading aesthetic output with distinctive style and visual coherence. Excels at creating stunning, publication-ready images across photography, illustration, concept art, and design genres

Extensive Parameter Control

--ar (aspect ratio), --stylize (artistic strength 0-1000), --chaos (variety 0-100), --qualité, --seed, --no (negative prompts), and many more for precise créatif control

Style Reference (--sref)

Use image URLs pour rendre generated images match a specific artistic style. Save style codes for reuse across sessions. Adjust influence with --sw (style weight)

Character Reference (--cref)

Maintain character consistency across images -- same face, hair, clothing, and proportions. Use --cw to control influence level (0 = face only, 100 = full character)

Multi-Prompts and Weights

Use :: to separate concepts and assign relative weights (space::2 ship emphasizes space). Negative weights (--no) remove unwanted elements from générations

Image Refinement Tools

Vary (Strong/Subtle) for variations, Vary Region for targeted inpainting, Zoom Out for canvas expansion, Pan for directional extension, and Upscale (Subtle/Créatif) for résolution doubling

Personalization (--p)

Train your aesthetic préférences by ranking images. Midjourney learns your taste and applies it to future générations, creating a personalized créatif assistant

V7 Draft Mode

New in V7: generate images 10x faster at half the GPU cost. Parfait pour rapid concept exploration and iterating on ideas before committing to full-qualité renders

Remix Mode

Modify prompts when creating variations, zooming, or panning. Essentiel pour iterative créatif flux de travails where vous voulez to evolve an image in a specific direction

Niji Model

Spécialisé model (--niji 6) for anime and manga aesthetic, developed in collaboration with Spellbrush. Optimisé pour Japanese animation styles with improved rendu de texte

À qui s'adresse-t-il

Professionnel Art and Illustration

Create concept art, book covers, éditeurial illustrations, and fine art prints with publication-ready qualité. Midjourney's aesthetic output cohérently ranks highest among AI image generators, ce qui en fait the preferred tool for visual storytelling, world-building, and artistic exploration across diverse styles from photorealism to abstract.

Artists, illustrators, concept designers, and art directors

Brand and Marketing Visuals

Generate hero images, social media graphics, advertising visuals, and brand photography à grande échelle. Style Reference assure visual consistency across campaigns, while the parameter system fournit precise control over mood, color, and composition to match brand guidelines.

Marketing équipes, créatif directors, and brand managers

Game and Entertainment Design

Rapidly prototype characters, environnements, props, and mood boards for games, films, and animation. Character Reference maintient consistency sur plusieurs scenes, and the Niji model caters specifically to anime and manga-inspired projets.

Game designers, storyboard artists, and entertainment studios

Interior and Architectural Visualisation

Visualize interior designs, architectural concepts, and spatial layouts before committing to production. Midjourney excels at generating atmospheric, realistic renderings of spaces with specific materials, lighting conditions, and furniture arrangements.

Interior designers, architects, and real estate professionnels

Plans tarifaires

Basic

$10/mois

$8/month if paid yearly

  • ~200 générations par mois
  • 3.3 Fast GPU hours
  • No Relax mode disponible
  • General usage commercial terms
  • Jusqu'à 3 concurrent jobs
  • 10 pending jobs in queue
Recommandé

Standard

$30/mois

$24/month if paid yearly

  • ~900 générations par mois
  • 15 Fast GPU hours
  • Illimité Relax mode génération
  • General usage commercial terms
  • Jusqu'à 3 concurrent jobs
  • 10 pending jobs in queue

Pro

$60/mois

$48/month if paid yearly

  • ~1800 générations par mois
  • 30 Fast GPU hours
  • Illimité Relax mode génération
  • Stealth mode (private images)
  • Jusqu'à 12 concurrent jobs
  • 10 pending jobs in queue

Mega

$120/mois

$96/month if paid yearly

  • ~3600 générations par mois
  • 60 Fast GPU hours
  • Illimité Relax mode génération
  • Stealth mode (private images)
  • Jusqu'à 12 concurrent jobs
  • 10 pending jobs in queue

Comparatif

Midjourney vs FLUX

Midjourney and FLUX represent different strengths in AI image génération. Midjourney cohérently produit le/la plus aesthetically pleasing, artistic images with superior composition and mood. FLUX excels at rendu de texte, photorealism, and fidélité au prompt. Midjourney is abonnement-based; FLUX propose open source options.

Midjourney excelle dans

  • +Superior artistic qualité and visual aesthetics
  • +More refined composition and mood in outputs
  • +Extensive parameter system for créatif control
  • +Style and Character References for consistency

FLUX excelle dans

  • +FLUX has much better rendu de texte in images
  • +FLUX propose open source models for local use
  • +FLUX has more flexible tarification (per-image via API)
  • +FLUX prend en charge LoRA réglage fin for custom styles

Midjourney vs DALL-E 3

Midjourney and DALL-E 3 (intégré into ChatGPT) serve different user profiles. Midjourney nécessite more prompt craft but produit cohérently higher aesthetic qualité. DALL-E 3 is more accessible through ChatGPT's conversational interface and better at following complex instructions literally.

Midjourney excelle dans

  • +Significantly higher artistic qualité and aesthetics
  • +More control over génération with paramètres
  • +Style and Character References for projet consistency
  • +Larger, more active créatif communauté

DALL-E 3 excelle dans

  • +DALL-E 3 is easier pour utiliser via ChatGPT conversation
  • +DALL-E 3 follows complex instructions more literally
  • +DALL-E 3 included with ChatGPT Plus abonnement
  • +DALL-E 3 has better editing via natural langue

1. Pour commencer

1. Create a Discord account if you don't have one and verify it 2. Join the Midjourney Discord server (discord.gg/midjourney) 3. Subscribe at midjourney.com (a plan payant is required pour générer) 4. Vous pouvez use Midjourney via Discord or the web interface at midjourney.com **Via Discord:** Go to any #newbies or #general channel and type /imagine prompt: followed by your description. **Via Web:** Visit midjourney.com, click "Create," and type your prompt directly. Example: /imagine prompt: a serene Japanese garden at sunset, koi pond, cherry blossoms, soft lighting After ~60 seconds, you'll receive a grid of 4 images. Use U1-U4 to select and upscale, V1-V4 pour créer variations, or the reload button to reroll entirely.

2. Essential Paramètres

Add paramètres at the end of your prompt (after the description): **--ar 16:9** -- Aspect ratio (width:height). Common ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 21:9, 9:16 (portrait) **--stylize 100** (0-1000) -- Higher values produce more artistic, opinionated results. Lower values follow your prompt more literally. **--chaos 50** (0-100) -- Higher values create more varied, unexpected results in the 4-image grid **--qualité 1** (.25, .5, 1, 2) -- Higher qualité uses more GPU time and produit more detail **--no trees water** -- Exclude specific elements from the génération **--seed 12345** -- Use le/la même seed for reproducible results with identical prompts Example: /imagine prompt: cyberpunk street market, neon lights, rain --ar 21:9 --stylize 200 --chaos 30 Start with default paramètres and adjust one parameter at a time pour apprendre their effects.

3. Style and Character References

**Style Reference (--sref)**: Make images match a specific visual style ``` /imagine prompt: a cozy cafe interior --sref [image URL] ``` Use --sw 0-1000 to control style strength (default 100). Save style codes for reuse across sessions. **Character Reference (--cref)**: Keep character appearance cohérent across images ``` /imagine prompt: [character name] reading a book in a library --cref [character image URL] ``` Use --cw 0-100 for influence level (--cw 0 = face only, 100 = full character y compris clothing). Remarque : --cref fonctionne best with Midjourney-generated characters. Currently disponible in V6 with V7 support planned. For best results, use clear, well-lit reference images showing the character from multiple angles.

4. Iterative Refinement Flux de travail

After generating an initial grid, use these tools to refine toward your vision: **Vary (Strong/Subtle)**: Create variations with major or minor changes from a selected image **Vary Region**: Select and regenerate specific parts of an image (inpainting). Draw over the area vous voulez changed. **Zoom Out 1.5x/2x**: Expand the canvas outward, revealing more of the scene **Pan (directional arrows)**: Extend the image in a specific direction **Upscale Subtle/Créatif**: Double the résolution with minimal changes or with créatif amélioration **Pro flux de travail:** 1. Generate initial concepts with V7 Draft mode (10x faster, half cost) 2. Select le/la plus promising direction 3. Use Vary Region to fix specific areas 4. Enable Remix Mode (/paramètres or /prefer remix) to modify prompts during variation 5. Switch to full qualité for final renders 6. Upscale le/la meilleur(e) result for production use

Questions fréquentes

Non, Midjourney nécessite a paid abonnement. They occasionally offer limited essai gratuits, but these ne sont pas always disponible. Plans start at $10/month (Basic) or $8/month with annual billing. The paid model assure qualité infrastructure and continued model développement.
A Discord account is required for login authentification, but vous pouvez now use Midjourney primarily through the web interface at midjourney.com. The web propose better image organization and browsing, while Discord fournit communauté interaction and some unique flux de travail comprend.
Oui, abonnés payants can use generated images commercially under Midjourney's terms of service. Cependant, AI-generated art copyright status remains legally evolving. Companies with over $1M annual revenue must have Pro or Mega plans for usage commercial.
V7 propose improved prompt understanding, better image qualité (especially hands and fine details), Draft mode (10x faster at half cost), and required personalization setup. V6.1 remains disponible with full feature support y compris --cref. V7 will add --cref support in future updates.
Fast mode uses your mensuel GPU hours for quick génération (typically under 60 seconds). Relax mode (Standard plan and above) queues jobs without consuming Fast hours but may take 1-10 minutes during peak times. Turbo mode is fastest but costs 2x the GPU time.
Use --cref with an image URL of your character. Fonctionne best with Midjourney-generated characters. Use --cw to control influence (0 = face only, 100 = full character). Currently disponible in V6 with V7 support coming. For complex projets, also use --sref pour maintenir overall visual style.
By default, all generated images are publicly visible in the Midjourney gallery and peut être seen (and remixed) by other utilisateurs. Pro and Mega plans include Stealth mode (--stealth) to keep images private. You grant Midjourney a license to display your images per their Terms of Service.
Start by browsing the Midjourney communauté gallery to see what others create and study their prompts. Experiment with one parameter at a time. Join the Discord communauté for tips. Use the /describe command to reverse-engineer prompts from images you admire.
Midjourney can attempt rendu de texte, but results are often imperfect with misspellings or garbled characters. V6 and V7 have improved rendu de texte, but for fiable text in images, tools like Flux or Ideogram perform significantly better.
Basic: ~200, Standard: ~900, Pro: ~1800, Mega: ~3600 in Fast mode. Standard and above also get illimité Relax mode générations. The actual number varies basé sur qualité paramètres, upscaling, and other GPU-intensive operations.