Midjourney Moodboard Feature and Style Control


December 2024

Introduction

This document contains test results and practical applications of Midjourney V6.1's new moodboard feature. The experiments revealed important findings regarding style control in AI image generation.

Experiment Purpose

The main purpose of this study is to examine the integration of Midjourney's new moodboard feature into design processes. The following topics were specifically addressed:

  • Precision of style control

  • Impact of different weight values

  • Practical use cases

Experiment Setup

Test Parameters

  • Prompt: "an astronaut looking at space rocks, floating in space"

  • Platform: Midjourney V6.1

  • Style Weights: 400 and 900

  • Image Reference: Using the Control Image as reference along with moodboards

  • Style References: Two different moodboards



Control Image

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Midjourney's basic output - without style reference

Prompt: "an astronaut looking at space rocks, floating in space"

First Test: Line Style - Moodboard "Lines"


Second Test: Gradient Style - Moodboard "Gradient and Noise"


Findings

Style Transfer

Note: The prompt used to create the Control Image was used.

  1. Style - 400 Weight Results - Lines


  1. Style - 900 Weight Results - Lines


  1. Style - 400 Weight Results - Lines - With Control Image Reference


  1. Style - 900 Weight Results - Lines - With Control Image Reference


  1. Style - 400 Weight Results - Gradient and Noise

  1. Style - 900 Weight Results - Gradient and Noise

  1. Style - 400 Weight Results - Gradient and Noise - With Control Image Reference

  1. Style - 900 Weight Results - Gradient and Noise - With Control Image Reference



Key Observations

  • Moodboard references provide consistent results

  • Style weight provides effective control

  • Detail preservation is successful

  • Control Image reference significantly affects results. The important factor here is our expectation from the output. The presence of the control image provides more consistent outputs, while its absence provides more abstract outputs that are closer to the moodboard visuals.

Practical Applications

Branding Work

  • Achieving consistent visual language

  • Campaign visual production

  • Style library creation

Content Production

  • Blog visuals

  • Social media content

  • Presentation visuals

E-commerce

  • Product visuals

  • Campaign banners

  • Category visuals

Recommendations and Tips

Moodboard Preparation

  1. Reference Selection

  2. Style Weight Selection

Efficient Usage

  1. Process Management

  2. Quality Control

Areas for Development

  • Different style combinations

  • Various content types

  • Automation possibilities

Conclusion

Midjourney's moodboard feature shows significant potential to improve visual production processes. The precision and consistency it offers in style control particularly demonstrates its value as a tool for professional workflows.


Additional Experiments

  1. Bag Test:

Base images produced for use in this experiment. No moodboard or visual reference was used. Prompt: "studio shot photo of a luxury shoulder bag"

“Gradient and Noise” Moodboard, Style Weight 400:

“Gradient and Noise” Moodboard Style Weight 900:

“Lines” Moodboard, Style Weight 400:

“Lines” Moodboard, Style Weight 900:


  1. Musician Test

Prompt: “a guy playing a saxophone at the corner of the jazz club”

Outputs without styles applied;

“Gradient and Noise” Moodboard, Style 900: