Midjourney

Midjourney is a generative artificial intelligence platform developed by Midjourney, Inc. It creates images from natural-language prompts and reference images.

The service is available through midjourney.com and Discord. Its workflow supports image generation, iterative variations, image editing, personalization, style references, and video creation.

Midjourney’s current default model is V8.2. The company describes itself as an independent research lab with offices in San Francisco, London, and New York.

Midjourney accepts text prompts that describe subjects, environments, composition, lighting, color, and artistic style. Users can adjust results with parameters such as aspect ratio, stylize, quality, chaos, seed, and version.

Image Prompts guide content, composition, and color using uploaded images. Style References apply visual characteristics such as color, texture, lighting, or medium without directly copying the reference.

The Edit Model supports written image changes, compositions using up to four reference images, inpainting, outpainting, and retexturing. The web Editor also includes masking, layers, resizing, custom aspect ratios, and direct downloads.

Personalization profiles learn from selected images and apply a user’s preferred aesthetic. Draft Mode supports faster, lower-cost experimentation on compatible models.

Midjourney also offers image-to-video generation. Video availability and generation limits depend on the subscription plan.

Midjourney uses recurring monthly or annual subscriptions. Annual billing receives a 20% discount when paid upfront.

The Basic plan provides 3.3 hours of Fast GPU time monthly. Standard adds unlimited image generation in Relax Mode. Pro and Mega add Stealth Mode, higher concurrency, and unlimited image and standard-definition video generation in Relax Mode.

Midjourney does not currently offer a free trial on its website or Discord. A limited trial is available through the separate niji journey app for iOS and Android.

Pros:

• Supports text prompts, image prompts, style references, personalization, and editing.
• Offers web and Discord workflows for different working preferences.
• Includes advanced creative controls for aspect ratio, style, quality, and model versions.
• Higher plans provide private Stealth Mode and unlimited Relax image generation.
• G2 reviewers frequently praise visual quality, creative usefulness, and rapid ideation.

Cons:

• There is no public official API for standard integrations or automated workflows.
• The website and Discord workflows can require time to learn.
• Generated results may require multiple iterations for precise compositions, logos, or small details.
• Private generation requires the Pro or Mega plan.
• No web or Discord free trial is currently available.

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What is Midjourney used for?
It is used for concept art, visual ideation, marketing imagery, moodboards, storyboards, product visualization, and creative prototyping.

Does Midjourney have an API?
Midjourney states that it does not provide a standard public API. Unauthorized automation and third-party scripts are prohibited under its policies.

Does Midjourney offer a free trial?
No free trial is currently available on the Midjourney website or Discord. A limited trial is available through the separate niji journey mobile app.

Which platforms support Midjourney?
The core service supports midjourney.com and Discord. The separate niji journey app supports iOS and Android.

Can Midjourney edit existing images?
Yes. The Edit Model and web Editor support image changes, masking, inpainting, outpainting, retexturing, layers, and compositions using reference images.

Are Midjourney creations private?
Stealth Mode provides private image and video creation on Pro and Mega plans. Privacy and usage rights are also governed by the subscription terms and Terms of Service.