Go to midjourney.com. Here you can read about what this tool is, its terms of use, and view user submissions that appear in the gallery in real time.
The Midjourney neural network is implemented as a bot that runs on the free Discord messenger. To start using Midjourney, you need to register on Discord and connect the bot to your channel.
Step 1: Go to Discord
On the midjourney.com website, click the Join the Beta button in the lower right corner. You will be redirected to the neural network’s Discord server, where all interaction with Midjourney will take place.
On the page that opens, you need to enter your username and password or go through a simple registration process.
Step 2: Create a server
Click on the “+” button on the left panel and create your server. In the Create a server window that opens, select Create My Own → For me and my friends. Give the server a name.
Step 3: Go to the chat
Click on the white boat icon in the left menu to go to the Midjourney chat. There you will see messages from developers about updates. You need to go to the Newcomer Room — a section for new users — and select a chat whose name starts with newbies.
Step 4: Connect the bot to the server
The list of chat participants will be displayed on the right side of the screen. If you cannot see them, click on the icon with people on the right side of the top panel.
First, there are team members, and below them is the bot connected to the chat: Midjourney Bot. Click on the bot’s name to add it to your server.
The same window will list the main commands that can be used to control the bot:
- /image ― create an image;
- /info ― view information about your profile;
- /blend ― blend two images into one;
- /settings ― view and change settings;
- /subscribe ― subscribe.
In the window that opens, click on the “Add to Server” button and select your server from the drop-down list, the name you came up with earlier. Agree to the suggested settings and click “Continue.”
Step 5: working on your server
Now go to your server — its icon is located in the column under the private messages icon.
Step 6: Connecting Midjourney
On your server, click the “+” icon to the left of the text input field at the bottom of the screen and click on the “Use Apps” line.
The list that opens in the left column will list all connected bots, including Midjourney.
Step 7: Neural network settings
Type /settings in the text field to open the bot settings and press Enter. In the message that appears, it will prompt you to select the parameters you want to work with.
Since Midjourney is a bot, you need to give commands using text operators. A hint with them appears if you type the “/” symbol in the text line, and the system itself completes the word-operator as you type.
Optimal settings to get started:
- the latest version of the neural network (MJ version 5.1);
- base image quality (Base quality);
- medium level of stylization (Style med);
- medium speed (Relax mode), if provided by the tariff, so as not to waste fast hours while learning how to use the bot.
You can change them at any time on your channel.
MJ versions 1 to 5.1 indicate the version of the neural network. It is best to use the latest version: compared to previous versions, it has greater image detail, produces higher resolution images, and better understands requests.
The Niji mode in the same list generates images in the style of anime and manga. This is a joint algorithm from Midjourney and Spellbrush, the creators of the first AI anime character generator.
The Style modes, ranging from low to high, determine how creatively the network should approach the drawing technique. The higher the level set in the settings, the freer the stylization of the image will be. The effect can be interesting, but it is difficult to control the imagination of a neural network.
The Stealth mode option allows you to work in closed access, while Remix mode mixes two images together.
Step 8: creating an image
Now enter the operator /imagine. Click on this command and you can write your request in the prompt field that appears next to the command line. The more detailed your request is, the more details the network will include in the image.
You will be asked to accept the user agreement — click on the green ToS button.
Pressing the Enter key will send the “task” to the neural network.
You can watch the image being created in real time.