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ai:midjourney:workflow [2026/03/18 21:49] – [Don’t Upscale Too Early] mhai:midjourney:workflow [2026/03/18 21:56] (current) – [Always Work From One “Seed Image”] mh
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 This creates image families instead of random outputs. This creates image families instead of random outputs.
  
 +<WRAP round info 60%>
 +**Don’t Upscale Too Early**
 +
 +Upscaling everything creates clutter and consumes credits.
 +
 +**Rule of thumb:**
 +
 +Grid → shortlist → upscale only the best
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +==== Controlled Experimentation ====
 +
 +Instead of random prompts you change one gene at a time.
 +
 +Example Base prompt:
 +
 +<code text>
 +ancient forest shrine
 +foggy forest
 +soft volumetric moonlight
 +cinematic fantasy concept art
 +wide angle composition
 +</code>
 +
 +Then test only lighting:
 +  * **Test A:** ''soft volumetric moonlight''
 +  * **Test B:** ''bioluminescent glow''
 +  * **Test C:** ''sun rays through fog''
 +
 +
 +Now you understand exactly **what changed** in the image.
 ==== Use Prompt Comments in the Prompt Bar ==== ==== Use Prompt Comments in the Prompt Bar ====
  
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-==== Use the Editor Before Upscaling ==== 
- 
-Since you're already experimenting with Editor / scene composition, this fits nicely. 
- 
-Ideal order: 
- 
-Grid 
-↓ 
-Select best 
-↓ 
-Editor adjustments 
-↓ 
-Upscale 
- 
- 
-Why? 
- 
-Because editing before upscale: 
- 
-keeps fast iteration 
- 
-saves credits 
- 
-avoids editing giant images later 
  
 ==== Maintain One “Hero Image” ==== ==== Maintain One “Hero Image” ====
  
-For each exploration session, try to end with: +For each exploration session, try to end with **one hero image**
- +
-one hero image+
  
 That’s the one you: That’s the one you:
- +  * refine 
-refine +  * upscale 
- +  * export 
-upscale +  * archive
- +
-export +
- +
-archive+
  
 If you create 50 images but only 3 heroes, your archive stays clean. If you create 50 images but only 3 heroes, your archive stays clean.
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 ==== Weekly “Creative Garbage Collection” ==== ==== Weekly “Creative Garbage Collection” ====
  
-Once a week:+Once a week open Likes and ask: 
 +  * still interesting? 
 +  * worth refining?
  
-Open Likes and ask:+Remove likes from anything that no longer excites you.
  
-still interesting?+This **keeps your shortlist alive**.
  
-worth refining?+=== A Simple MidJourney Workflow Blueprint ===
  
-Remove likes from anything that no longer excites you. +<code text>
- +
-This keeps your shortlist alive. +
- +
-A Simple MJ Workflow Blueprint+
 1. Exploration 1. Exploration
    generate grids    generate grids
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 5. Final 5. Final
    hero image selected    hero image selected
 +</code>
  
- +This keeps the system manageable even with thousands of generations.
-Inside MJ, this keeps the system manageable even with thousands of generations. +
- +
-Next Step (Very Important) +
- +
-Once the MJ side is clear, the real power move is the download and archive workflow. +
- +
-Because the real chaos begins when you have: +
- +
-MJ exports +
-Photoshop edits +
-Upscaled versions +
-Prompt notes +
- +
- +
-I can show you a very clean professional archive structure used by concept artists and AI creators that makes thousands of images easy to navigate. +
- +
-It includes: +
- +
-naming conventions +
- +
-folder structure +
- +
-prompt storage +
- +
-versioning +
- +
-post-processing pipeline +
- +
-And it pairs extremely well with Midjourney. +
- +
-If you'd like, we can build that system next. It becomes your personal AI image studio pipeline. 🎨+
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