Multi-Prompts & Weights

Highlight important elements in your creations by using multi-prompts and weights.

Highlight important elements in your creations by using multi-prompts and weights!

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What are Multi-Prompts?

Think of multi-prompts like giving separate instructions to make a single creative recipe. When you use a multi-prompt, you're telling Midjourney to take each idea you've given and think of them separately before combining them into one image. This gives you the power to create something unique and surprising by blending different concepts together.

How Do Multi-Prompts Work?

You add a double colon :: between the different ideas in your prompt. This acts like a divider. For example, if you prompt space ship Midjourney will consider those words together and give you sci-fi spaceships. If you prompt space:: ship, you're asking Midjourney to think about "space" and "ship" as distinct elements and then mix them together. The result could be a boat sailing through space—a creative twist on a simple idea.

Multi-prompts work with model versions 1, 2, 3, 4, Niji 4, 5, Niji 5, 6, Niji 6, and 6.1.

Using Multi-Prompts

  • Add a double colon :: after each section of your prompt you want to separate in the Imagine bar.

    Important: There should be no space on the left side of your double colon, and a single space on the right side. If you want to use any parameters, those still go at the very end of your prompt.

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    After your image is generated, hover your mouse over your prompt text to see the individual multi-prompts on their weights.

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  • Add a double colon :: after each section of your prompt you want to separate in Discord.

    Important: There should be no space on the left side of your double colon, and a single space on the right side. If you want to use any parameters, those still go at the very end of your prompt.

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Prompt Weights

With multi-prompts, you can decide how important each part of your prompt is by using prompt weights. This means you can highlight one idea over another, guiding the final image to fit your vision better.

After you separate your ideas with ::, you can add a number right after it to show how important that part is. For example, if you prompt space::2 ship, you're telling Midjourney that "space" is twice as important as "ship." This leads to images where space takes center stage, and the ship plays a supporting role. It's like turning up the volume on one part of your picture!

For model versions 1, 2, and 3, you can use whole numbers as weights. For versions 4, Niji 4, 5, Niji 5, 5.1, 5.2, 6, and 6.1 you can use decimal numbers for more precise control.

Note: If you don’t specify a weight, it defaults to 1.

Negative Prompt Weights

You can also use negative numbers as weights in order to tell Midjourney what you don't want to see in your image. Just remember, the total of all weights in your prompt needs to be a positive number.

For example, still life painting:: fruit::-0.5 works because "still life painting" has a default weight of 1. When you add 1 and -0.5, you get 0.5, which is positive.

But still life painting:: fruit::-2 won't work because 1 plus -2 equals -1, and that's not positive. If it's negative, Midjourney will show you an error.

Using the no parameter is the same as using a -0.5 weight. So vibrant tulip fields --no red is the same as vibrant tulip fields:: red::-0.5