How to use Midjourney's describe command in the new web UI

Midjourney's /describe command is a powerful tool that allows users to upload an image, and Midjourney generates four text prompts that attempt to describe the contents of that image.

Coming from discord, /describe was all you needed to type, followed by an image or an image url.

Now with the web UI this feature has been hidden quite well, however once you know where it has been placed, it’s straight forward to use. It kind of makes sense where it's living but finding it is hard. Maybe that'll change as the team is making a higher effort in crafting a splendid user experience.

Before guiding you through the UI step by step it makes sense to emphasizes the way /describe is intended to be used: to output prompts that are inspirational and suggestive. That’s it. It’s not a tool to recreate an uploaded image exactly (We’ll cover that part in another article). Web UI has taken that fact to another level as you'll see below, cause if you’re comparing the output you can clearly see that the discord /describe command outputs four prompts whereas the web UI suggests building blocks for you to craft your own prompt.

I really like the fact that Midjourney is taking the opportunity to rethink commands and the way they are used when moving to the web instead of just putting the same command behind a button.

Alright, let's go over this.

Step Step guide

1. Head over to the Midjourney website

2. Click the image icon within the prompt bar. Upload your image the same when you would when you’d want to use it as a style or character ref or as an image prompt.

3. Once the uploaded image appears, hover over it and then click the info icon

4. The UI really nicely now displays individual blocks which can be used to build a prompt → Subject and Descriptor.

🙌 That’s it. Now you know how to use the describe command in the new Web UI, at least in the current version of Jun 20th 2024.

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