Midjourney V6Pt. 3

Stylize

In a nutshell, the --stylize parameter defines how much creative freedom Midjourney has over your prompt.

6

Lower values of --stylize (the default is 100) may have better prompt understanding, while higher values (up to 1000) may have better aesthetics but might stray away from the prompt.

6

Here is how --stylize parameter affects a relatively complex prompt (rendered with the same seed for consistency) in V6 compared to its predecessor:

6

My experiments showed, that the new model is more “sensitive” to the --stylize value changes. Especially, on the upper end, where it starts to lose the essence of the prompt in favor of “beautiful imagery.”

6

6

6

6

Also, I've found my personal sweet spot for the --stylize value to be in the range of 55 to the default 100, with a strong inclination towards 75. The lowest value of 0 tends to produce very draft-like, sometimes glitch-prone imagery. As the value increases, a more generic, “beautiful” aesthetic starts to overtake. And at maximum stylization, key parts of a prompt might get “lost”.

6

6

6

6

Lower stylization levels can heighten Midjourney's responsiveness to your prompt. So if your prompt isn't returning the desired results, consider reducing the --stylize.

Finally, if a specific style referenced in your prompt doesn’t clearly show in the output, reducing the --stylize value might help to encourage Midjourney to more accurately interpret and apply the desired style.

6

6

6

6

Note, how V6 ”gets“ the style of Egon Schiele almost right away, and significantly improves the result with slightly lower stylization, but V5.2 only catches up at --stylize 9 (!).

Chaos

If --stylize defines how much of Midjourney’s own “vision” is allowed in your generations, --chaos makes these generations more varied relative to each other.

6

Essentially, increasing the --chaos value nudges the four variations of your generation away from the default harmonious 'center' and towards four distinct directions.

6

6

6

6

Adjusting this parameter adds diversity to the outcomes of a single prompt, resulting in each of the four options becoming increasingly different from one another.

6

However, higher --chaos values can introduce glitches and may lead to some strikingly bizarre results.

Weird

While the previous two parameters are designed to add control over your image generations, --weird is all about embracing the unpredictable and journeying into the unknown.

6

The --weird parameter in Midjourney is a gateway to strange, unique, and quirky images. With its value range from the default 0 to 3000, it influences the uniqueness of an image relative to prior Midjourney generations with similar prompts and can go from subtly unusual and extremely bizarre visuals.

6

Having experimented with the --weird parameter across various prompts, I would argue that V5.2 might just be the front-runner for the title of “weirdest Midjourney model.”

6

6

6

6

In contrast, V6 brings a greater sense of consistency to its “weird” outputs. Its results are generally more aesthetically conventional, and… well, more “sane”. ლↂ‿‿ↂლ

No

Let’s say you are a fan of red M&M’s. Have you ever wished to instantly get rid of all the other colors in a pack and replace them with just the red ones instead? In Midjourney, this is what the --no parameter is for.

6

Its goal is to exclude certain elements from your generations. Simply add the words that you don’t want Midjourney to render, and that it otherwise would render, after the --no at the end of your prompt, separated with commas⁠—et voila! Well, at least it is supposed to…

The reason that might sound doubtful is that the --no parameter is less predictable than one would expect. Let’s see what it means in practice.

6

6

6

6

Like in this example, while the first --no successfully renders a city without trees, the second step fails at removing cars (I guess it’s too difficult to imagine a city without cars ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). I also tried swapping the terms in --no. And it made things worse in 5.2, where Midjourney even added the trees back.

6

6

6

I was surprised to see V6 struggle fruitlessly to remove the backpack with both single keyword and expanded list. In turn, V5.2 succeeded on the first step. And added a survivalist on the second... ʅ(´◡◝)ʃ

Still, that doesn't mean that --no doesn't work at all or is an inefficient parameter in V6. Because with it, you can still replace all the M&M's with the red ones.

6

6

Bonus: Tiling

Not as much a parameter aimed at controlling the prompt, but rather a stand-alone artistic tool allowing you to create tiled patterns. To activate it, simply add --tile after your prompt.

V5.2 already had some amazing tiling capabilities, but V6⁠—as with almost any aspect⁠—takes it to the next level.

In the next chapter of our in-depth look into Midjourney V6, we will test its two new upscalers: Subtle and Creative, and compare them with Gigapixel AI. Continue reading →