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Mastering Midjourney: Prompt Techniques And Idea Iteration
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If you’ve been experimenting with Midjourney for a while you probably noticed different styles of Midjourney prompts: from comma-separated lists to long prose-like texts or prompts with carefully structured and labeled parts.
In this article, we will look at the most popular of these approaches and explore their strengths and weaknesses. We’ll cover:
- Additive prompting
- Category prompting
- Narrative prompting
- Interrogative prompting
- Single concept prompting
- Multi-Prompts / Prompt Weights
- Prompt Iteration
Additive prompting
This is an approach similar to how we would interact with search engines: adding all the desired elements in a comma-separated list, although some may opt for pipes “|” or semicolons “;”. For a single prompt, it doesn’t matter which one you choose, but since Midjourney released its V5 model, I’ve tried to avoid commas whenever possible, as this makes things much easier if you want to use parts of your prompts with Midjourney’s permutation feature (more on that later).
Pros:
- Fast and intuitive
- Encourages shorter prompts
Cons:
- May become cluttered
- Determining semantic overlaps can be challenging in longer prompts
Cinematic Shot | Adventure | Mysterious | Explorers venturing into dense
forest | Discovering hidden secrets and ancient relics | Forest location
--ar 16:9 --v 5You can add as many elements as you like to steer Midjourney in the direction you want. However, you should follow a specific order as the prompts get longer: Things that come at the very end might lose effectiveness in long prompts. For example, have a look at the Midjourney Cheat Sheet.
