Midjourney Cheat Sheet - Parameters & Options

If you are using the Midjourney Web UI, some of the parameters are accessible directly on the interface. However, you can also use parameters directly in your prompt. Here's a cheat sheet to help you understand the parameters you can use with Midjourney.

Essential Parameters

Aspect Ratio

--ar width:height

Sets image width-to-height ratio. Default is 1:1

  • 1:1 - Square (Default)
  • 16:9 - Widescreen/Landscape
  • 9:16 - Portrait/Mobile
  • 4:3 - Standard
  • 3:2 - Photography
  • 2:1 - Cinematic

No

--no item1, item2

Tells Midjourney what not to include in your image. Add multiple items separated by commas. Using --no is more effective than saying "without" or "don't" in the prompt. For example, "still life --no fruit" works better than "still life without fruit".

Note: --no item1, item2 is equivalent to using a negative weight in multi-prompting (item1::-.5, item2::-.5)

Quality

--quality .25, .5, or 1 or --q .25, .5, or 1

Determines rendering time and quality. Higher values consume more resources. Default is 1.

Seed

--seed 0-4294967295

Sets starting point for generation. Same seed and prompt produces similar images.

Version

--version 1-6 or --v 1-6

Selects the Midjourney algorithm version.

Style Control Parameters

Chaos

--c 0-100 or --chaos 0-100

Controls result variability. Higher values yield more unexpected outcomes.

Style

--style raw

Applies alternative aesthetics. Raw offers less automatic beautification.

Stylize

--stylize 0-1000 or --s 0-1000

Controls strength of Midjourney's default aesthetic style.

Processing Modes

Fast / Relax / Turbo

--fast or --relax or --turbo

Controls processing speed and GPU usage for image generation.

  • Fast: Default mode using GPU time allocation
  • Relax: Queue-based with no GPU usage (0-10 min wait)
  • Turbo: 4x faster but uses 2x GPU minutes

Character & Style Reference

Style Reference

--sref

Uses a number or an image URL as a style reference to maintain consistent visual style across different prompts. Add "random" to use a random style from Midjourney's internal style library.

Style Weight

--sw 0-100

Sets the strength of style influence when using --sref. Higher values create images more similar to the reference style.

Character Reference

--cref

Uses an image URL as a character reference to maintain consistent character appearance across different prompts and scenes.

Character Weight

--cw 0-100

Sets the strength of characterization when using --cref. Lower values focus on face only, higher values include hair and clothing. Default is 100.

Image Weight

--iw 0-3

Adjusts influence of image prompts vs text prompts. Default is 1.

Special Features

Niji

--niji 4 or 5

Generates images in an anime style.

Private

--p

Makes the job private, not visible in public feeds.

Repeat

--repeat 1-40 or --r 1-40

Runs multiple jobs from a single prompt.

Stop

--stop 10-100

Ends generation process early, resulting in less detailed images.

Tile

--tile

Generates images suitable for seamless patterns.

Video

--video

Saves a progress video of the initial image grid generation.

Weird

--weird 0-3000 or --w 0-3000

Introduces quirky and offbeat qualities to images.

For a comprehensive list and detailed explanations, refer to the official Midjourney documentation.