This Midjourney user guide walks you through the most critical steps: logging in on the official website, authorizing Discord, adding the bot to your own server, and generating and saving your first image with a prompt. Follow the steps and you can basically avoid common beginner pitfalls like “can’t find the bot” or “don’t know where to enter commands.” Note: Midjourney usually requires an active subscription to generate images properly.
1. Complete Midjourney Login and Discord Authorization on the Official Website
Open the Midjourney official website, click Log In, and choose to authorize with your Discord account—this is the most common way to access Midjourney. The authorization page will show the permissions Midjourney wants to access; after confirming everything is correct, click Authorize. Once authorization is complete, your Midjourney account will be bound to that Discord account, and future logins will be based on Discord as well.
2. Add the Midjourney Bot to Your Own Discord Server
It’s recommended to create a new Discord server for your own use, so your image generations won’t be drowned out by strangers and it’ll be easier to manage your work. In Midjourney’s official Discord, find the Midjourney Bot, click its avatar, choose “Add to Server,” then select the server you just created and confirm the permissions. After that, the Midjourney Bot will appear in your server, and you can use it directly in any text channel.
3. Your First Image: Use /imagine to Enter a Prompt
In a text channel on your server, type “/imagine” and a prompt input box will appear. Enter the scene description you want and submit the task. Midjourney responds better to “specific information,” such as subject, environment, camera, lighting, style, and materials—the clearer, the more stable the results. After the image is generated, you’ll see a 2×2 grid of results along with the commonly used U (upscale) and V (variation) buttons—this is Midjourney’s most basic iteration workflow.
4. How to Use Common Buttons for Upscaling, Variations, and Further Tweaks
U1–U4 upscale and refine the corresponding grid image, which is useful for confirming the direction of a “final draft”; V1–V4 generate a new set of similar options based on the selected grid image. If you want to keep rolling the dice, use Reroll; if you want to pull the composition farther back, use Zoom Out; for extending specific areas, use Pan. Once you’re familiar with these buttons, Midjourney is usually more efficient than repeatedly rewriting prompts.
5. Saving and Organizing: How to Get the Original Image and Avoid Losing Work
In Discord, open the generated image and choose “Open in Browser” or “Open Original,” then download and save it to avoid saving only the thumbnail. To reuse prompts later, it’s recommended to copy the prompt from works you’re happy with into your own document and note the key style keywords used. This way, when you use Midjourney to create similar images next time, you can quickly reproduce consistent results.
