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Midjourney — User Guide

Top-tier AI art and images.

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Strengths
  • Picture quality and artistry among the best among all AI drawing tools
  • Diverse styles: realistic, illustration, oil painting, cyberpunk and hundreds of other styles
  • The parameter system is powerful and can finely control composition, style and proportion.
  • The V6 version supports text rendering (generating clear text in images)
  • The community is active and a large number of public prompts can be learned and referenced.
Best for
  • Brand visual design: Logo concept, poster, brand image
  • Game/film and television concept art: character design, scene setting
  • Advertising creativity: product pictures, marketing materials
  • Illustration creation: book illustrations, NFT art
  • Interior design renderings: quickly generate decoration style references

Basic prompt writing method

Midjourney's Prompt has a fixed structure, which can greatly improve the quality of the output after mastering it.

Scenario

Generate brand poster style images

Prompt example
minimalist tech startup poster, glowing blue circuit board pattern, 
dark background, "AI FUTURE" text, modern sans-serif font, 
professional corporate style, 4K --ar 9:16 --v 6 --style raw
Output / what to expect
Generate a vertical poster with a dark background with blue circuit lines and clear text. The overall style is modern and professional, suitable for technology company promotional materials.
Tips

Prompt structure: main description + style keywords + technical parameters --ar controls the ratio (16:9 horizontal version / 9:16 vertical version / 1:1 square) --v 6 Use the latest version / --style raw Reduce AI beautification and make it more realistic

Scenario

Generate realistic portraits

Prompt example
professional headshot photo, Asian female entrepreneur, 30s, 
confident smile, business casual attire, soft studio lighting, 
blurred office background, Canon 85mm lens, photorealistic --ar 1:1 --v 6
Output / what to expect
Generate professional business portraits with natural light and blurred background. Perfect for LinkedIn avatars or company official team pages.
Tips

Adding camera parameters (Canon 85mm) and light description, the realism is stronger.

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