Midjourney Cheat Sheet

All parameters, options, and shortcuts for Midjourney & Meta AI image generation. Quick reference for pros.

Essential Parameters

Aspect Ratio

--ar width:height

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

1:1 Square 16:9 Widescreen 9:16 Portrait 4:3 Standard 3:2 Photography 2:1 Cinematic

No

--no item1, item2

Tells Midjourney what not to include. More effective than saying "without" in the prompt.

Note: Equivalent to negative weight in multi-prompting (item1::-.5)

Quality

--q .25, .5, or 1

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

Seed

--seed 0-4294967295

Sets the starting point for generation. Same seed + prompt = similar images.

Version

--v 1-6

Selects the Midjourney algorithm version. Latest is v6.

Style Control

Chaos

--c 0-100

Controls result variability. Higher = more unexpected outcomes.

Style Raw

--style raw

Applies alternative aesthetics. Raw offers less automatic beautification.

Stylize

--s 0-1000

Controls strength of Midjourney's default aesthetic style.

Processing Modes

Fast / Relax / Turbo

--fast / --relax / --turbo

Controls processing speed and GPU usage.

  • fast: Default mode using GPU time allocation
  • relax: Queue-based, no GPU usage (0-10 min wait)
  • turbo: 4x faster but uses 2x GPU minutes

Video Generation

Video Motion

--motion low / --motion high

Amount of motion in the video. Default is low.

  • Low: Still scenes, slow motion, subtle movements
  • High: Big camera motions, larger character movements

Video Raw

--raw

More precise motion control for video prompts.

SREF & Character Reference

Style Reference (SREF)

--sref CODE or URL

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

Style Version

--sv

Selects the Midjourney style reference algorithm version. Required for most sref codes.

Style Weight

--sw 0-100

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

Character Reference

--cref URL

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

Character Weight

--cw 0-100

Sets characterization strength. Lower = face only. Higher = hair + 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/manga style.

Private

--p

Makes the job private, not visible in public feeds.

Repeat

--r 1-40

Runs multiple jobs from a single prompt.

Stop

--stop 10-100

Ends generation 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

--w 0-3000

Introduces quirky and offbeat qualities to images.

For the complete official documentation, visit docs.midjourney.com