HUGE Midjourney V6 Update | NEW Character Ref (--cref), Style Ref (--sref), & Image-to-Text Updates!

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✨ MIDJOURNEY V6 Updates - Character Reference is Here!✨
In this mini-tutorial video, I share Midjourney's latest features - Style Reference versions 2, 3, and 4 (--sref), the updated image-to-text model /describe, and the highly anticipated Character Reference (--cref) feature.
I'll share how the new Style Reference versions affect image results, how to generate descriptive text from images with /describe, and how to create consistent characters across scenes with Character Reference (--cref). Whether you're new to Midjourney or looking to level up your skills, this comprehensive walkthrough breaks down all the key updates.
Happy prompting!
CREF Deep Dive: • Midjourney CREF Deep D...
V6 Prompt Series: • Midjourney V6 Prompt S...
Midjourney v6 Style Reference Deep Dive: • Midjourney SREF Deep D...
FREE Midjourney v5 Style Codes PDF: woollyfern.gumroad.com/l/midj...
00:00 Intro
00:20 New Style Reference (--sref)
01:45 Style Weight (--sw)
02:24 /describe Image-to-Text
04:10 /shorten Command
04:30 Character Reference (--cref)
04:59 How to Use Character Reference
05:32 Transfer Character to Different Styles
06:06 Character Weight (--cw)
06:54 Strange Results
07:47 What Do You Think?
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@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

⚡What do you think of the new Character Reference (--cref) feature? Any specific topics you'd like to see in my upcoming Cref deep dive video?

@eurossocial 2 ай бұрын

I would like to watch a video of how to bring our older jobs without any changes, from versions 4-5 to be able to work and extend them with the version 6 New features. Also, is there any online tool that can fix bad images from Midjourney such as missing heads on animals or many-fingered hands for people and strange incomplete faces?

@nightfiremediagroup 2 ай бұрын

I'm finding it working better when the reference image features multiple "looks" of the character, like a model's comp card. Without it my --cref images look like my initial character has had some bad cosmetic surgery that distorted their features. They're recognizable...but not great looking. Could you consider a deeper --cref guide video? And also thanks for giving /describe some love, i think it's a great feature!

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

@@nightfiremediagroup Interesting, i haven't tried it like that yet. Yep, I am working on getting a --cref deep dive video out soon!

@NamNguyenVinh Ай бұрын

very detail explanation! Thx you ; )

@mwms9872 2 ай бұрын

Very informative thank you

@VeraYS-vu7fv 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Very detailed work. Can you do a video on Stylar?

@agatagalewska576 Ай бұрын

Great Video Thanks!

@davemacgregor4928 28 күн бұрын

Great lesson - thank you!

@creativestatus603 2 ай бұрын

Great detailed video

@Ruoall Ай бұрын

Love your calm demeanor and overall vibe! Great video!

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Thanks! :-)

@lineardrift 2 ай бұрын

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! So well done. Thank you!!!

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support! 🙂

@Sofia_Solo 2 ай бұрын

I love me some cref! Great update video.

@heartshinemusic 2 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks! Looking forward to that Character Reference Deep Dive!

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ultimate3 2 ай бұрын

Wow this is perhaps the most helpful walkthrough feature video I have seen in years. Glad I found it!! Thanks!!!!

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@artemus80j.4 Ай бұрын

You just earned another subscriber:) I like your meditative voice it makes everything so easy to follow as well as this video you put together.

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you found it helpful.

@raysfla 2 ай бұрын

Great analysis and explanation, thank you for your hard work!

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful :-)

@Iswearididntdoit Ай бұрын

girl you make the best video i've ever saw on midjourney gosh thanks !!!!!!!!!

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@coolkoreamag Ай бұрын

thank you so much :)

@26jori 2 ай бұрын

Really helpful vid

@aiforgemaster 2 ай бұрын

Great video!

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jimarthur9936 2 ай бұрын

I use characters in stories for online training. The previous methods for obtaining consistent characters, making character sheets, were imperfect and required a lot of photoshop work and upscaling in Topaz. Now I am able to make beautiful detailed consistent characters in various positions to tell the stories, although I still do some photoshop work. The difference is night and day and has speeded up my workflow as well as adding a new level of quality in character detail.

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

@thewebstylist 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic highlight video, walk through and examples! Luv your vid n narration YT style And SREF and CREF are priceless best MJ prompts - and I was just playing with -sv {1,2,3,4}

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Sref and Cref are pretty incredible. I think my favorite is Sref 🙂.

@thewebstylist 2 ай бұрын

@@woollyferncreative agreed 💯🥳

@2kBlueStreak 2 ай бұрын

This is super helpful. I had no idea the /describe prompt existed. ANd yes, I would love more on the Character Reference. It's working for me, although it's very a iterative process to get to what I want. One problem I have is no matter how I prompt it, it struggles to give me a full body shot.

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, /describe is not well-known! I've noticed with Character Reference that it can help to start with a full-body reference if you intend to create a full-body image. However, even without a Character Ref, full-body images can be a challenge. I'll try to include this in my upcoming video.

@2kBlueStreak 2 ай бұрын

@@woollyferncreative Awesome - thanks!

@welcomegod 29 күн бұрын

I find that currently u r the best in explaining on MJ. Able to do a explain on how to create text/font/3D words if its possible 😊 thanks 🙏🏼

@woollyferncreative 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@aipicsarts Ай бұрын

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Ай бұрын

I wasn't happy with - -cref because i didn't know - -cw !! This will help a lot, thanks a bunch!

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

No problem! Check my cref deep dive video for even more kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLWXpK58t7qbeXk.html 🙂

@grantwylie4302 17 күн бұрын

Wow, wow , wow I hit the like and the Subscribed button, now tell me the prompt you used to get the wolly mammoth?

@woollyferncreative 17 күн бұрын

Thanks! Here's the prompt for the end screen woolly mammoth :-) "adorable woolly mammoth standing in the forest. to the right is a vintage tv with a glowing screen. --ar 16:9 --sref s.mj.run/1sYPm3Gt96k --sw 20"

@ramanandh1261 2 ай бұрын

One weird thing which i found with cref is that,it works ok and perfect for faces belonging to a certain ethinicity. In other cases,it produces very different images with no match to the cref image. Also it seems to work better on certain aspect ratios, for me 16:9 works worst.

@Edbrad 2 ай бұрын

I wish I did more than faces. I need consistent objects, or designs in general as well. Like if you make an image with a book and a cedar chest, I want to make images with the same exact book and chest.

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I've noticed this to some degree as well. Specifically, I notice that Midjourney will often make the faces slightly more rounded/fuller compared to the --cref that I provide.

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, hopefully there will be some sort of object or scene reference in the future.

@JoeOracoy 27 күн бұрын

--cref is damn amazing addition. BRAVO Midjourney! So this means no more SEEDING? Been waiting for this for so long. lol

@woollyferncreative 27 күн бұрын

Yeah, you shouldn't need to seed anymore to try to get consistent characters. I share a lot of examples in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLWXpK58t7qbeXk.html

@suzannedaniels883 Ай бұрын

If you haven't already, can you please cover the cref shortcuts? Love your videos btw.

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Here's my latest video on cref kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLWXpK58t7qbeXk.html. Let me know if there's something specific you're looking for that I didn't cover in it. Thanks!

@eurossocial 2 ай бұрын

Wow! These are great updates News. Thank you for sharing these with us. You have a new subscriber to your channel. By the way I think that you have confused Midjourney here @ 7:05 by adding the Stylize 1000, and too many parameters.

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! You might be surprised to learn that a higher stylize value with --cref can sometimes help improve coherence and make body poses more natural. I learned this during a recent Midjourney Prompt Craft event. With the original prompt that I was using @ 07:05, I think my text was conflicting too much with the type of image I wanted. Using --stylize 1000 was part of my workflow in trying to discover a way to fix my images. Alas, it was not the definitive solution.

@BrainBenders-jw4xp 2 ай бұрын

oh my god this is a great news please let me know if it also possible to make more characters consistent in one scene

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

It is, but it takes some effort. I plan to include an example in my next video.

@zofo264 Ай бұрын

Love this! What's the prompt for the mammoth at the end?

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Thanks! Here you go 🙂: adorable woolly mammoth standing in the forest. to the right is a vintage tv with a glowing screen. --ar 16:9 --sref s.mj.run/1sYPm3Gt96k --sw 20

@zofo264 Ай бұрын

@@woollyferncreative You rock! Thank You :)

@juha-petrityrkko3771 2 ай бұрын

When I tried to use --cref with an externally produced portrait, the function destroyed the face shape and even the ethnic origin of the model. Now I plan to coax Midjourney to produce an exact likeness of the original with a truckload of different prompts, in the hope that I can have a Midjourney-made portrait true to the origin, and use it as a model for further --cref experiments.

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

Yes, --cref is not meant to work with non-Midjourney images. I made my own attempt at uploading a selfie and the results looked nothing like me 🙃. Your plan sounds like a good one, good luck!

@sharonkamelonline 2 ай бұрын

Have been hours and hours using the CREF, but its a nightmare in terms of detail, if you want consistent clothing etc in terms of colour, style and patterns. Can't create a multiple pose character sheet for a children's book and get enough original images to use it gives me 3 or 4 on zoom out and changes styling of the clothing even if you use --seed, --cref -- cw, I've tried all variations and have had to specify certain colours exactly and edited out the patterns in canva. Bit frustrating but it seems even with a midjourney created image it does not keep everything the same and just change the pose which is what I need. Is there a trick to getting a bigger number of multiples in a character sheet? Thanks

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

@sharonkamelonline Yeah, I have been running into this as well as I'm putting my --cref deep dive video together. --cref is not meant to be a character duplication tool, yet, so it won't get all of the details right. Cref can, however, be used to make characters with a similar likeness to the reference image. When the details matter, they need to be included in the prompt text, but I realize even that's not foolproof. I don't have a lot of experience making character sheets, but I would try using different aspect ratios to force Midjourney to utilize the space differently. You could also try including something like "character turnaround sheet with 10 different poses" in the prompt.

@ZeeZeetop-nu5xp Ай бұрын

How do you get a link to a photo? I’ve never done that in my life.

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

You can right click and "Copy Link" on your image in Discord, or, there is a copy link option for each of your images on Midjourney's website.

@MrJbourdier Ай бұрын

hmm would Character Reference be the same as keeping a character the same for like a book illustration character etc

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

It's pretty good at keeping a highly similar character across images, but not identical. With a little extra effort, it might sufficient for your needs. I recommend watching my cref deep dive video where I go through a bunch of examples kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLWXpK58t7qbeXk.htmlsi=vq6ix8nUcXvq2YWP

@user-ux2yo5jv7q 2 ай бұрын

how to multiple character consistent on image like as @Africantales

@davidgabriel6721 15 күн бұрын

can the "--cref" works for products ?

@woollyferncreative 15 күн бұрын

--cref works best for characters. It's possible Midjourney will have an "object reference" parameter in the future, but I don't think they are focused on that right now.

@JohanJoosteMusiek 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm new to AI but very interested to create funny caricatures from sports people. Do you have any tips for me. I appreciate your time, thanks.

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

For prompt inspiration you can use /describe on an image that is in the style you are trying to convey. Alternatively, search "caricature" on Midjourney's website to see how others structure their prompts. Then, start experimenting. Try using the character as a reference with --cref. Try using an image that shows caricature style as a style reference with --sref.

@JohanJoosteMusiek 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.

@user-ux2yo5jv7q 2 ай бұрын

make video multiple character like as Africantales

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Please check out my Character Reference Deep Dive video for information on multiple characters kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLWXpK58t7qbeXk.htmlsi=QuNGmVkLsfTGMffC

@vmethod Ай бұрын

I don't get it. ALL of these examples with character references look fantastic. ALL of mine, even if I copy the prompt, NEVER Look like the reference, EVEN IF I isolate that person and it's a really good photo of them.

@woollyferncreative Ай бұрын

Are you using a reference image that was made by Midjourney? It does not work well with non-Midjourney images. I've also noticed that it works better with some reference characters and not others (different face shapes, hair, ethnicities). Even in the examples I share in the video, I notice the imperfections. Not all of my results turn out good every time. Sometimes it takes a few re-rolls. I made a deep dive vide on --cref that you might find helpful kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLWXpK58t7qbeXk.html.

@Edbrad 2 ай бұрын

This isn’t exactly new, it’s been out for just over TWO WEEKS, the 11th of March is when they first announced people could use it on Discord)

@woollyferncreative 2 ай бұрын

You're correct that Character Ref was released a couple weeks ago. This video aims to provide an overview of multiple new/updated Midjourney features that have been rolled out recently, the latest being the March 21st updates to Style Reference. Thanks for the feedback!