Midjourney

Midjourney is a powerful AI image generation tool that can create high-quality images based on user-inputted text descriptions.

Main Features

1. Text-to-Image Generation The core feature of Midjourney is the ability to generate images from text descriptions. Users simply input a basic text prompt, and Midjourney converts this semantic information into visual elements, producing exquisite images.

2. Style Reference (sref) The sref (style reference) feature allows users to specify one or more images as style references. Midjourney uses these reference images to generate visuals with a similar style. This is particularly useful for creating specific artistic styles, such as realism, surrealism, and abstraction.

3. Content Reference (cref) The cref (content reference) feature enables users to specify one or more images as content references. Midjourney uses these images to generate visuals with similar content. This feature is especially handy for generating characters and scenes from anime or games.

4. High-Resolution Images Midjourney can generate high-resolution images, up to 4000x4000 pixels, meeting users' demands for high-quality visuals.

5. Diverse Artistic Styles Midjourney supports a wide range of artistic styles, including oil painting, sketching, cartoons, and more. Users can choose different styles to generate the desired images.

6. Image Modification If the generated image doesn’t meet expectations, users can modify the text prompt to regenerate the image until they are satisfied.

7. Real-Time Drawing Suggestions Midjourney provides real-time drawing suggestions to help users gain inspiration and guidance during the creative process.

8. Personalization Settings Users can adjust the degree of stylization in their generated images through personalization settings, allowing for a controlled level of artistic influence.

9. Image Zoom and Detail Enhancement Midjourney allows users to zoom into specific parts of an image and enhance details, improving the overall visual effect.

10. Batch Processing For users needing to generate many images, Midjourney offers a batch processing function, enabling the creation of multiple images at once (for advanced users only).

Pricing Plans

1. Basic Plan

   • Cost: $10 per month or $96 per year (equivalent to $8 per month).
   • Usage: 200 GPU minutes per month.

2. Standard Plan

   • Cost: $30 per month or $288 per year (equivalent to $24 per month).
   • Usage: 15 hours of fast generation time per month and unlimited relaxed mode generation time.

3. Pro Plan

   • Cost: $60 per month or $576 per year (equivalent to $48 per month).
   • Usage: 30 hours of fast generation time per month and unlimited relaxed mode generation time.
   • Additional Feature: Private generation mode where user-generated keywords won’t be displayed in the member gallery.

4. Super Plan

   • Cost: $120 per month or $1152 per year (equivalent to $96 per month).
   • Usage: 60 hours of fast generation time per month and unlimited relaxed mode generation time.

Free Trial

Midjourney used to offer 25 free trial attempts for each Discord account. However, since March 30, 2023, the free trial has been discontinued.

Application Scenarios

1. Travel Applications

   • Itinerary Planning: The Midjourney API can quickly generate itinerary plans, including optimal paths between attractions, estimated time, and cost.
   • Route Optimization: Uses efficient graph algorithms, like Dijkstra or A* search, to achieve real-time shortest path calculation.

2. Logistics and Delivery

   • Optimal Delivery Routes: Logistics companies can use the Midjourney API to optimize delivery routes, reducing costs and improving efficiency.

3. Shared Mobility

   • Navigation Services: Companies offering shared bicycles or cars can leverage the Midjourney API to provide navigation services, guiding users to the nearest vehicle or parking spot.

4. Urban Planning

   • Traffic Strategy Assessment: Urban planners can simulate and analyze various traffic strategies to evaluate their impact on city traffic.

5. Brand Promotion

   • Visual Design: Midjourney can be used for brand visual design, generating high-quality brand images and advertising materials.
   • Event Operations: Quickly generate event visuals based on themes, such as holiday events or daily activities.

6. B2B Design

   • Backend Business: Can be applied to backend business for creating icons, data dashboards, login pages, website illustrations, and more.

7. Photography Resources

   • New Media Applications: Applicable in business services, new media applications, and image promotion for various uses.

8. Education and Training

   • Teaching Tools: Images generated by Midjourney can be used in educational materials and courseware production in the education and training sectors.

9. Home Design and Renovation

   • Virtual Design Experience: Clients can use VR headsets or mobile apps to experience designers' concepts in real-time and interactively adjust them within virtual spaces.

10. Gaming and Film

    • Concept Art: Used for concept art design in games and films, generating character, scene, and prop concept images.
    • Storyboarding: Generates movie storyboards to help directors and producers better plan the filming process.

Monetization Model

Midjourney, as a closed-source software, operates commercially through a subscription service. Users need to pay a subscription fee to access its services.