[*] kinda like early 'web designers' that needed to learn javascript
[*] kinda like early 'web designers' that needed to learn javascript
0. Read the manual thoroughly, don’t speed read or skim.
1. Set the seed so that it’s only your prompt that changes while iterating on it “——seed **”
2. Set stylize to a low number “—-stylize 200”
3. Build the scene up by adding one part at a time (use a thesaurus to try out different words)
4. Weight the different prompt segments “SOME WORDS::10”, try to make the weights add up to 100% for easy math
5. Use negative weights to remove things you don’t want “BAD THING::-1”
6. Once you have zeroed in on a good prompt then increase the quality “—-quality 2”, try out different stylize values, and start rolling the seed many times.
7. Expect it to take 40+ iterations to get a good prompt and maybe another 20+ rolls to get a good seed. This can be less once you get good, or more if go for more advanced scenes. Your first few good images should take a few hours to get.
Reminds me of trying to get people into programming. They are shown a hello world, think that looks easy and fun then try to make something useful shortly before rage quitting
::a happy family in the middle of a nucular wasteland:: (I just realized I spelt nuclear wrong, does that matter?)
[original] https://cdn.midjourney.com/2685df56-6e1a-4828-9bd5-2960271d2...
[upscaled] https://cdn.midjourney.com/b7363830-0a77-4362-86bb-a1bc30ff7...
[variation] https://cdn.midjourney.com/cf9d990b-0745-4ef5-b977-31cbd0efc...
[variations] https://cdn.midjourney.com/7337ed7f-041b-43d0-8626-2b3992fbd...
[upscaled] https://cdn.midjourney.com/a29c53da-e9cf-4192-88cd-d56d4e2d3...
[variations]https://cdn.midjourney.com/497b5044-605c-42f8-b285-868515211...
[upscaled] https://cdn.midjourney.com/dcdc1eb6-c5a0-4df9-9cc9-93fa8cf12...
[variations] https://cdn.midjourney.com/46822f7a-b90f-4119-9cee-4f3967dc3...
Fwiw, I've found stable diffusion outputs to be mostly crap in comparison to DALL-E and Midjourney. DALL-E seems to output results closest to what you ask for with low-specificity prompts, and Midjourney tends to give the most "stylistic" results like what you would see on a digital art site.
Also you can set your personal settings with “/settings”