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Transform your reference imagesĀ into prompts

Written by XEN Create | Jan 17, 2024

If you have reference images for the image you want to create, you can use them to initiate your image generation in Midjourney. Transform the image into prompts and even adjust and customize it afterward.

Here are two ways to assist you in creating AI-generated photos using a reference image:

 

Option 1: Use Midjourney's "/describe" Function

  1. Open Midjourney and type "/describe" in the command line
  2. Upload your reference image and press enter
  3. Midjourney will generate four prompts from your image


  4. Review the results and choose the best one for your project. You may click on button 1, 2, 3 or 4 and customise the prompts to start generating images. You may also generate all of the prompts listed by clicking on the "Imagine All" button

Here are the results: Prompt: Cartoon style illustrations of three colorful people on a laptop, in the style of youthful protagonists, line drawing style, smilecore, use of bright colors, light academia, matt bors, charming illustrations, light blue background --v 6.0

 


Prompt 2: Character vector illustration three kids using smart phone and laptop to learn online information, in the style of saturated color palette, fine line work, nerdcore, joyful and optimistic, animated gifs, colorful portraiture, light blue, light yellow and red, colored background --v 6.0

 


Prompt 3: Three young people using a computer, in the style of simple, colorful illustrations, light academia, cheerful colors, light blue, light red, light yellow, whitcomb-girls, flat and bold lines, pastel color --v 6.0

 


Prompt 4: Three adults of various ages and genders working on a laptop, in the style of naive style, dynamic color, strong linear elements, illustration, light blue, light red and yellow --v 6.0



Option 2: Leverage ChatGPT4 for Detailed Descriptions

Inspired by Nick St. Pierre, we explored using reference images to style our AI models.

  1. Source an image of curated clothing pieces in Pinterest inspiration


  2. Upload the image to ChatGPT4 and request a detailed description of your image


  3. Paste the prompt into Midjourney, allowing for further customisation to align with your brand, or you can add more prompts.


  4. Check the impressive results of using ChatGPT4 and Midjourney Version 6 together. 

Prompt: Create an image taken by phone of a woman dressed in casual outdoor attire, Wearing a navy blue half-zip sweatshirt with embroided white letters that says "XEN CREATE" across the chest. On her head is a two-tone baseball cap with a cream crown and a navy blue bill, wearing grey athletic shorts relaxed fit and elastic waistband, On her feet cream-colored thick cable knit crew socks, with striking red low-top lace-up sneakers with three white stripes on the side. --style raw --v 6.0