Reference to Midjourney

Give the image a direction.

Turn a visual reference into a focused Midjourney prompt that names the scene before you tune its frame, style, and variation.

Build a prompt from an image

A cinematic concrete corridor at blue hour with a red umbrella — Reference signal: wet concrete, blue hour, brutalist geometry, one vermilion umbrella, long perspective.

Prompt assembly

Put the visual description before the controls.

Midjourney works best when the prompt first states what should appear. Parameters belong at the end, after the descriptive language.

Scene

an empty brutalist concrete passage after rain

Subject

a single red umbrella leaning against the wall

Atmosphere

blue-hour storm light, reflective pavement, cinematic tension

Composition

wide-angle view, low eye level, deep vanishing point

Prompt output

an empty brutalist concrete passage after rain, a single red umbrella leaning against the wall, blue-hour storm light, reflective pavement, cinematic tension, wide-angle view, low eye level, deep vanishing point

--ar 3:2 --s 250

Use parameters to adjust, not replace, description.

Framing

Aspect ratio

Use --ar at the end when the output needs a wide, square, or vertical frame.

Interpretation

Stylize

Use --stylize or --s when you want more or less of Midjourney's artistic interpretation.

Variation

Chaos

Use --chaos or --c to influence how varied the initial image results feel.

Reference images

Describe what the reference contributes.

When a reference matters, identify whether it gives you a subject, a composition, or a visual style. That keeps the text prompt purposeful instead of contradictory.

Explore image-to-text prompts

Content

State the new subject and scene in plain language.

Style

Name medium, palette, texture, and lighting only when they matter.

Frame

Describe camera position and crop before reaching for aspect ratio.

Parameters

Place Midjourney parameters after the prompt text, with a space before the dashes.