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    Control how much time your images take to generate with --quality or --q

    A lower --q value means your images generate faster. These jobs consume less GPU time, but the resulting images will be less detailed. This can be useful for experimenting with new prompts, so you can hone your ideas more quickly.

    Using a higher --q value costs more GPU time and can improve image textures and detail, but may reduce the coherency of your images.

    Version Quality Compatibility

    Model VersionQuality .25Quality .5Quality 1Quality 2
    Version 6.1x
    Version 6.0x
    Version 5.2x
    niji 5x


    • --quality does not impact the resolution of your generated images, and does not guarantee the resulting images will be "better" or "worse" than an image generated with a higher or lower value — it only influences how much GPU time Midjourney spends creating them.
    • The default --quality value is 1.
    • Other values are rounded to the closest available option for the model version you're using.
    • --q only influences the initial image generation, not variations or upscales.



    Quality Comparison

    Prompt example: /imagine prompt intricate woodcut of a peony

    --quality .5
    Example of Midjourney image generated with a quality setting of .5 and the prompt: intricate woodcut of a peony

    quickest, but least detailed results

    --quality 1
    Example of Midjourney image generated with a quality setting of 1 and the prompt: intricate woodcut of a peony

    the default setting

    --quality 2
    Example of Midjourney image generated with a quality setting of 2 and the prompt: intricate woodcut of a peony

    slower, but more detailed results



    How to Use the Quality Parameter

    Use the --quality or --q Parameter

    Add --quality <value> or --q <value> to the end of your prompt.

    Animated Gif showing how the Midjourney quality parameter is typed