Exploring AI Art With Midjourney
Unleashing Your students Creativity with AI-Powered Image Generation
"Impressionism style, Hooded roman teacher walking among crowd, camera focus on him, raining day, mud on floor, small alley, market in ancient Rome” Midjourney
Welcome to another edition of "The Fearless Teacher" newsletter! I'm Joel Gudheimsson, your guide in exploring the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. Every week, we bring you the latest AI tools, technologies, and insights to help you transform your classroom and empower your students.
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I hope this newsletter finds you well, it’s been a while sins the latest edition. Its been a crazy last month at work and sorry for not publishing!
In this edition, we are going to explore Midjourney, an advanced tool that allows you to create synthetic AI art. If you've ever heard of DALL-E 2, a popular AI-based image generator that can create brand new images from a simple text prompt, then you are in for a treat with Midjourney. Midjourney sits somewhere between DALL-E 2 and Craiyon, a more basic AI-based image generator tool, offering a unique blend of simplicity and sophistication.
With Midjourney, you can enter bizarre prompts and see what gets created. It uses AI and machine learning to generate images based on your text prompts. The results are often quite impressive, making it a fun tool to experiment with. I have added some of my own creations to this edition.
How to Start Using Midjourney
Sign Up for Discord: The first step to using Midjourney Beta is to sign up for a Discord account. This is where you will give text prompts to the Midjourney bot. You can sign up for a free account on Discord’s website. After that, you can use Discord in a web browser or download the app for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iPhone.
Join the Midjourney Beta: Once you’re all set up with Discord, head over to the Midjourney website and select “Join the Beta.” This will take you to Discord, where you can select “Accept Invite”.
Use the Newcomer Rooms: Once in, go to one of the “Newcomer Rooms” channels in the sidebar to get started. From here, you can start experimenting with your first prompts.
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How to Use Midjourney
Once you are all set, using Midjourney is as simple as entering a prompt. Here's how:
In the text box, enter
/imaginefollowed by your prompt and submit it. For example, if you enter "/imagine a robot eating a taco," the AI will generate images based on this prompt.Wait and watch as the images are created. Once the images are finished, they will be displayed in a new message, and you have some additional options:
U = Upscale: Creates a larger version of the image.
V = Variation: Creates a new image based on the one you selected.
Refresh: Get four new images from the same prompt.
If you’d like to save the images, simply select the image and tap the download icon on mobile or “Open Original” on desktop to see the full-size image to save.
Please note, Midjourney no longer offers a free trial, and the company hasn’t said whether it will ever offer a free trial again in the future.
That’s pretty much all there is to the Midjourney Beta! Remember to experiment with different prompts and see what the AI can create. There’s some pretty crazy AI out there these days, go have fun.
As always, if you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out.
“A happy cat, digital art, in a forest. Birds singing in the trees. Sunlight thru the trees” Midjourney
Happy teaching and have a fantastic week!
Best regards,
Joel Gudheimsson
The Fearless Teacher