Create Consistent Characters with Different Expressions in Midjourney! 

You're welcome! I'll make one for MJ version 6 when it's possible.

I complete agree. The prefer option set is literally life changing!

You mean you use cref on the eyes or nose specifically? That's a cool idea, I'll have to try that out myself.

Glad this tutorial helped, and thanks for subbing 🙏

Thank you! I'll make a new one when Midjourney version 6 comes out.

@@taoprompts much appreciated man truly!

Yeah and in 6 minutes too! Brilliant.

Thanks, I'm happy to help! Also if you want an updated version of how to get different facial expressions using the character consistency feature, I made an updated tutorial here that covers everything you need to know from different camera angles, expressions, and performing different actions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vi5KQUZSKkM.html

Thank you, I'm glad you like these vids, I'll keep them coming!

Thank you, I'll make one for midjourney version 6 soon.

This is awesome stuff. I'm a filmmaker just getting into ai filmmaking and I need consistent characters. Is this still the best way to do it with midjourney 6?@@taoprompts

Thanks Natalie, Midjourney is working on plans to improve on character consistency.

Thanks for the support! I'm glad to help. I'll keep making them and try to improve my video editing skills.

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

That's awesome! Glad to hear you're getting the images you want now.

You're very welcome! I will have more content about consistent characters soon 🙏

Thank you! I appreciate it. I've got plenty more videos planned.

Thank you! Glad to help.

Thanks I really appreciate that! I hope these tutorials helped you out.

Thanks for the support man!

Thanks Giri! I did get access to Krea but haven't gotten around to trying it out yet. From what I've seen though it's enhancer is really impressive.

Could you please tell me how krea helped ? I'm interested

Thanks man, these videos are always fun to make. I'm happy you enjoyed.

Thank you! Always happy to help.

Thank you!

Thanks for subbing!

I'm planning on more consistent character stuff soon!

@@taoprompts GRT to hear mang!!

I think Midjourney is planning to release a "consistent characters" feature soon, but for now this is a good way to get reliable results!

Thank you! Here's a couple twitter threads I learned from, maybe they could help you also: twitter.com/chaseleantj/status/1693246015124713634 twitter.com/chaseleantj/status/1707393560117686472 twitter.com/chaseleantj/status/1700499968690426006

Thanks a lot! Very helpful

Thanks, I'll try to make more videos that are easy to understand like this.

You're welcome! Glad to hear this helped.

Thanks! I hope this helped with your character designs.

how can i doo it if i have face generated in different ai software and have 1 photo. ?@@taoprompts

There's a new consistent characters feature out in Midjourney version 6, I'm testing it out now and I'll release a video on it soon!

I'm happy to help, and thanks for supporting! Your comment helps this tutorial already.

Thank you & welcome aboard!

Thank you & thanks for subbing! I hope this helps you with your Midjourney images.

I learn a lot from other people on youtube and twitter. And then a lot of testing! Glad you liked it.

Thanks Nadia, I hope this was helpful!

You're welcome! I hope this was helpful

Glad to be of service!

You're welcome man, I'm glad to help.

I'm glad you liked this guide! Different angles are a little trickier. You need reference images that have multiple viewpoints to inject them into new images. One potential way is to generate the initial split screen image (2 images in 1). Then inpaint one of the square images with a prompt that asks for a different angle like "side profile". This might take a few tries to get a decent looking image. Then if you have a set of "side profile" images you can try using them as references. There's not really a foolproof way of doing this yet though. I'll make an update video when there is.

Thank you! I'll try to keep making videos like this.

Hello to the Philipines! I hope this was helpful.

Thanks Robert!

Happy to help!

Thank you!

Thanks man. Good to know this worked for you. I'm planning to test out some other possibilities for Consistent characters in Midjourney V6.

Happy to help!

You're welcome! I'm testing out new Midjourney consistent characters feature and I'll make a new video on that soon.

@@taopromptsThank you, I look forward to it!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks. Videos with consistent characters would be really cool, that would be super popular.

Thanks!

You're welcome!

Thanks, I appreciate that 👍

Thanks! I'll take the Oscar, glad to hear this was helpful.

Thank you!

Thanks!

subscribed 👍 you saved days of my life :)

Thanks for subbing!

I haven't heard about that ai yet, I will check it out though.

Thank you very much for the explanation.so if there are two men in 1 picture, is it possible to change them? for example a man and a woman. For example Emily and Jack. Is it possible to show these two men side by side in different environments?

I will test out if we can do that with the new --cref character consistency feature this week@@Mr.Gahramanov

@@taoprompts I would be very happy if you make a video about the cref command :)

I uploaded an update video for the cref command here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vi5KQUZSKkM.html@@Mr.Gahramanov

Glad to hear you got it working, it does take a couple of tries to get it right, but it should work if you follow the steps.

Thanks I appreciate that!

100% tech bro here.

Midjourney V6 is still limited, this guide was made with 5.2

Thank you! For getting different expressions with --cref, all you have do is ask for the expression in the prompt "photo of a {description} woman/man smiling --cref image_url"

Last time I checked inswapper will copy the face over exactly, I don't think you can change the expressions. It's fairly easy to use though so there's no harm in trying. Here's an old tutorial I had on the inswapper: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PvN-nhRMdm0.html This method should work with makeup on the face.

Hey, the character consistency feature lets you change up expressions and camera angles while maintaining the same character, I've uploaded an updated guide here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vi5KQUZSKkM.html

In that case I would use the vary region tool, and specifically select the background to change it. Or specifically select the face to change it.

How the f didn't I think about that before. Thanks man. @@taoprompts

I haven't tested it in V6 yet, but it should be the same. They have released the inpainting feature for V6 now.

It hasn't been released for the newest version yet, it should be out this week or the next.

I would say to start from the beginning with a comic book style if you want to most consistency in the characters generated.

I don't find fixing the seed that helpful. Do you mean LoRA? That's for stable diffusion, I think it can do similar things as Midjourney although it requires some extra set up. If you're already familiar with Midjourney this way is easier.

Hey, one tool you can use for a tiled pattern is www.pycheung.com/checker/ All you have to do is upload an image of a tiled pattern and it will repeat it for you.

It looks like there are some issues with cref and the vary region box at the moment. Maybe they are changing some things in the interface. For now, a workaround is to just directly use the character reference image url, instead of prefer option set inside the vary region box. --cref image_url

@@taoprompts that’s what I thought! Thank you 🙏🏻

You have to turn on "remix mode". Just type /settings into discord and a menu should pop up. The click the remix mode button and make sure it's green

It should generate a single image, that has two photos inside of that image. Kind of like a split screen video.

To keep similar clothing, when you are inserting your reference images, crop out the entire figure silhouette instead of just the face, and then just follow the same process of copying in the reference links for inpainting. Make sure in the prompt you ask for the specific type of clothing like, "wearing a white dress shirt".

Vary region has been released now for version 6!

If you haven't seen already, there's a new consistent character feature in Midjourney that makes creating characters way easier. I have a video guide here that shows how to use it with illustration/cartoon style characters: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vi5KQUZSKkM.html

Hey, Midjourney made some changes to the vary region feature and it looks like /prefer_option_set doesn't work the same way. A lot of people are having this issue. A temporary work around is to just use the image links directly after --cref. so "your prompt --cref image_url1 image_url2"

Hey, the /prefer_option_set short cut is broken in the vary region prompt box right now. A workaround is to just use --cref with image_url so "your prompt --cref image_url" By the way, in case you didn't know there's a new character reference feature that makes it way easier to get image of people with different facial expressions. I have a breakdown of that feature here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vi5KQUZSKkM.html

Thanks Bro, will try 👌

Make sure to turn on remix mode. Type "/settings" into the discord bot. And select remix mode.

Yes you can definitely do this with your own images. However, Midjourney typically gives the best results when using images generated directly from Midjourney.

thanks for your feedback!@@taoprompts

I'm sure you'd be able to use reference images of objects too, using the same method as in this video.

Thanks man, Yeah, you can use /prefer_option_set to save any settings you want including specific image references, so it should work for art styles also. Although instead of using a prompt like "in the art of -jonny" you can just describe the painting itself like "a painting of a tree --jonny"

@@taoprompts great!! And do i prompt it like the example in this video - -artstyle? Or do i need to express it differently?

yup that should work, as long as you use the same parameter name you save it as using prefer option set.@@jonyslva

I'm not sure, there may not be one. But I think after you upload 5 images or so, it will be hard to see the effect from each one.

Right now V6 is still limited, I don't think they have introduced all the features into version 6 yet, this guide was made with 5.2 which should work fine.

Which parameters are you using? What does your prompt look like.

It seems like the vary region tool has some bugs recently. Are you using any parameters with the vary region tool? By the way, midjourney has released a new character reference --cref feature which makes this process a lot easier. I posted a video guide showing how to get different facial expressions here (the beginning shows anime style pictures, but in the middle of the video I show some photography examples): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vi5KQUZSKkM.html

Extreme expressions are hard to get with character consistency.

The thing with the subtle option is that the pose & angle of the subject's head is almost exactly the same. I found the reference photos are more versatile with bit more variety in the angle of the head in the photo.

The background does not have to be white for this to work. By the way, there's a new character reference feature that makes getting images of someone with different expressions much simpler. I have a full breakdown of that feature here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vi5KQUZSKkM.html

Hey, if you're using discord from your browser. 1. Click on an image to zoom and inspect. This is the one where the background turns black and you just see the image. 2. Then underneath the image click on "open in browser" 3. Then right click and "copy image address" This link should work.

Hey, thx for the reply, I am using it on the desktop app but did it exactly that way and it just doesn't work. After I pasted like 4 urls and some description in my /prefer option set and then want to use the set it will give me the error message invalid link and the link also doesn't work which it shows me in the error message but my original link does work. It's very confusing. I saw on reddit that people had a while ago the same issue but no fix... @@taoprompts