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Welcome to Midjourney, your portal to transforming text into amazing images and videos! If you're ready to unleash your creativity, this guide is your first step to crafting stunning creations and exploring endless possibilities. 

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Subscribing to Midjourney 

Before you dive into creating your first masterpiece, you'll need to subscribe to one of our plans. Here's how you can get started: 

Making Your First Image

Video tutorial: Watch this quick video tutorial on making your first image below.

 
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  1. \nVisit your Create page: Go to the Create page on midjourney.com. This is where your images come to life, and you can see them appear in real-time.
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  2. \nUse the Imagine bar: At the top of the page, you'll see the Imagine bar. Here, type what you'd like to see—this is your prompt. 
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  3. \nGenerate your images: After pressing Enter or the send button if you're using a mobile device, Midjourney creates a set of four images. Watch as your images take form.
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  4. \nCongratulations! Once it reaches 100%, you're done! You've created your first Midjourney images. 
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Writing and crafting prompts can be an art in and of itself. To learn more, check out our Prompt Basics and Art of Prompting articles.

Personalize Midjourney

Midjourney is even better with Personalization. Create moodboards and custom Personalization profiles that will help Midjourney generate images that uniquely match your individual style!

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Continue Working on Your Images

The creativity doesn't stop here! Learn how to enhance and refine your creations using upscalers, variations, zoom out, pan, Editor, and more in our Modifying Your Creations article.

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Turn Images into Videos

Make your images come alive by transforming them into videos! Learn how to animate both your Midjourney creations and your own images on our Video article.

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Customizing Your Settings

You can change your default generation settings at any time by clicking on the settings icon \"settings-icon.svg\" in the Imagine bar.

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For more information on each setting, check out these articles: Aspect Ratio, Raw, Version, Draft Mode, Stylize, Weird, Variety, GPU Speed, Stealth, Video Resolution, and Video Batch Size.

Using Images in Your Prompts

Did you know that you can also provide Midjourney with images—not just text—to guide your creations?

Video tutorial: Watch this quick video tutorial on using images below.

 

For more information about all the tools and features available on your Create page, check out our Creating on Web article.

Organizing Your Creations

Your Organize page offers a clear view of all your Midjourney creations. Here, you can download, sort, and filter your creations. You can also organize them into folders easily. For more tips and tricks, check out our Organizing Your Creations article.

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Community Guidelines

To ensure a safe and happy creative environment, stay informed about our Community Guidelines.

Sharing & Support

Feel like sharing your works of art? Connect with our community and seek guidance from fellow Midjourney enthusiasts or our helpers in our Discord server.

If you need help with your account or subscription, you can browse helpful billing articles or contact our billing team.

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