Midjourney for Beginners (Live Online)

This hands-on, instructor-led Midjourney class is an intro to the most popular AI text-to-image tool, with over 3 million registered users. To use it, you simply type a description of the image you want to create and watch as Midjourney magically builds and renders images for you to choose from. The images it creates can be anything from photo-realistic restaurant ads to classic logo designs to dystopian cyberpunk scenes. To get truly stunning images that are exactly what you imagined, though, you need to master certain “prompt engineering” techniques and understand how to apply the most important Midjourney parameters that control the image generation process under the hood.Prerequisites: You will need a paid ($10/month) Midjourney plan and a login for Discord. Midjourney only works within Discord and there is no longer a free trial. Call us if you have trouble setting it up.Audience: Graphic designers, web designers, illustrators, photographers, artists and hobbyists.Course OutlineIntroduction to Midjourney and DiscordWhat is Midjourney and how does it work?How to create a private Discord channel and invite the Midjourney bot to itHow to use the “help,” “ask,” and “info” commandsUsing the “settings” command to adjust creativity, speed, and allow for remixingUsing the “imagine” command to generate images from text promptsCreating image set variations: designating how many variations should be generated and their varianceCreating image variantsImproving the final image with “upscaling”: removing blemishes, zooming, panning, and improving selected areasOther CommandsBlending multiple images into a single output, with different weightsCharacterizing an image in AI generative language with the “describe” commandApplying ParametersUsing the “aspect” parameter to generate images in specific aspect ratiosAdding the “no” parameter to exclude unwanted elements from imagesSetting the “stylize” parameter to vary the level of stylizing Midjourney appliesUsing prompt weights to break up image generation elementsRefining images with post-processing tipsHow to use the “seed” parameter to set baseline imagesHow to find Job IDs and download generated images and promptsOther AI image-generation toolsBing (Microsoft), Gemini (Google), and Photoshop Generative Fill (Adobe)Free: Stable Diffusion and PlayGroundPrompts to create:Company and brand logosWebsite mockupsMobile app and thumbnail iconsBlog and social media post featured imagesArchitectural design conceptsProduct photo backgroundsPhoto shoots for productsProduct design concepts