Midjourney AI Tutorial: How to Use Midjourney to Create Stunning Art

About this video

Kevin Stratvert gives a beginner Midjourney tutorial using the web experience (signing in with Google rather than Discord). The Explore tab shows others’ images with their prompts and settings for inspiration. Creating requires a paid subscription — as of filming in late 2024 there were four plans differing mainly in image count and speed, fast generations taking about 10-20 seconds versus queued relaxed generations, with roughly one generation equal to one minute of fast time; he suggests Basic/Standard for personal use and Standard or above for commercial use. Each prompt returns four images. He contrasts a vague prompt (‘girl on a playground’) with a more specific one, then tours settings: aspect ratio, Standard vs. Raw mode, model version, personalization, stylization (demonstrated 0 vs. 1000 on a child’s drawing of a dog, default 100), weirdness (0 vs. 3000 on a peacock), variety, and Turbo mode (up to 4x faster but double time cost). He then shows post-generation actions — Vary subtle/strong, Upscale, Remix, Pan, Zoom, rerun, and the editor to erase and regenerate regions — and advanced uses of images as image prompts, style references, and character references.

Key takeaways

• Midjourney’s web app requires a paid plan to create (four plans as of late 2024); fast generation takes about 10-20 seconds per prompt and each prompt returns four images
• Vague prompts give Midjourney wide creative license over medium, weather, clothing, and look; adding equipment, expression, and other specifics narrows results but does not eliminate variation
• Key settings include aspect ratio, Standard vs. Raw mode, stylization (default 100, range shown 0-1000), weirdness, variety, and Turbo mode which is faster but consumes twice the subscription time
• After generation you can Vary (subtle or strong), Upscale, Remix with a new prompt, Pan, Zoom, rerun, or use the editor to erase part of an image for regeneration
• Any image can be reused three ways in a new prompt: as an image prompt combined with text, as a style reference for aesthetic, or as a character reference for the subject

Episode details: published October 28, 2024 · 10:33 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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