We Tried Midjourney’s New Consistent Character Feature: Here’s What Happened!
Midjourney just dropped a new feature called “consistent character feature” and it’s amazing. It is one of the most requested features by the Midjourney community. With this feature, you can now effortlessly create characters with consistent facial features, hairstyles, and clothing. Let’s look at the results of this new Midjourney feature!
What is Midjourney’s New Consistent Character Feature?
Are you tired of redrawing the same character for every scene? Midjourney’s Consistent Character Feature is here to save the day! This innovative tool ensures your characters look identical across different images, even when their clothes or hairstyles change.
Why it matters: Consistent characters are crucial for storytelling. Viewers need to recognize your characters, regardless of the scene. The Consistent Character Feature eliminates confusion by keeping your characters visually consistent, strengthening your narrative.
Boost your workflow: Forget spending hours redrawing for consistency! This feature automates the process, freeing you to focus on the creative aspects: crafting compelling storylines, designing dynamic poses, and exploring unique environments.
Examples of Midjourney’s New Character Consistency Feature
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
How Does New Character Consistency Feature Work?
Much like the ‘Style Reference’ feature, Midjourney’s latest addition, the ‘Character Reference’ feature, allows users to match their creations to a specific character template. Here’s how it is done:
- Type “–cref URL” after your prompt with a character image URL.
Step 1: Let’s create a character using Midjourney.
Input
Output
Step 2: Now, you just have to click on the image and copy the image url.
Step 3: Now, again write another prompt using –cref
CREF stands for Character Reference. You can do this by uploading your image and by generating a AI image. In this step, we are experimenting on a AI generated image.
Input
Output
- Modify reference ‘strength’ using “–cw” from 100 to 0.
- Default strength 100 (–cw 100) considers face, hair, and clothes.
- Strength 0 (–cw 0) focuses only on the face (ideal for changing outfits/hair).
Step 4: Now you can change the strength using –cw feature. Let’s experiment with this feature too.
Input
Prompt:
Mike Tyson wearing a Real Madrid jersey and playing football – cref <Image Link> –cw 0
Output
- Blend information from multiple images using “–cref URL1 URL2” (similar to multiple image or style prompts).
Who can use Midjourney’s New Character Consistency Feature?
- Works best with Midjourney-generated characters, not ideal for real people/photos
- Can blend multiple character references with –cref URL1 URL2 → Limited precision, won’t copy exact details like dimples or logos.
- Works for both Niji and regular Midjourney models.
- Web-version: drag/paste image, select character reference icon.
- The feature may change during v6 alpha, official beta coming soon.
Conclusion
Midjourney’s game-changing “consistent character feature” is a boon for digital artists and anyone needing consistent character portrayals. It streamlines your workflow by ensuring characters retain their identity across scenes and outfit changes. Adjusting settings allows you to fine-tune the resemblance, and you can even blend references for unique creations.
This feature is a game-changer for artists, video game developers, and animators, eliminating the tedious task of maintaining character consistency. For storytellers and artists of all stripes, it frees you to focus on creativity rather than technical details. As Midjourney refines this feature, the possibilities for creating stunning art and narratives are limitless.
Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
