Key details

AI-generated images are becoming increasingly harder to ignore. Midjourney, one of the leading drivers of this emerging technology, can create stunning original images from a short text phrase, known as a prompt, that you provide.

This course teaches everything you need to use Midjourney to generate images, artwork and prototypes for graphic design, websites, social media and pretty much any other purpose.

Beginning with the basics, you’ll learn how to join Midjourney and install Discord, create text prompts and view the images you create. You’ll learn many useful tips and techniques for getting the best results along the way.

Sessions, include:

• Introduction to Midjourney
• Setting up your environment
• Creating images
• Using styles to enhance your images
• Crafting effective prompts
• Using reference images
• Implementing Midjourney in your workflows

Midjourney image generation training is arranged on-request, i.e. one-to-one training or a ‘closed course’ for your group. Your training can be tailored to take into account any existing knowledge you have, and the work you’re going to be doing.

In-class or online

This course is available in-class at eight centres or live online.

Expert trainer

Midjourney image generation courses are hosted by Simon Dry, a highly-experienced design professional and AI expert, who embraces ways that the emerging AI technology can be utilised by business to improve productivity and maximise potential.

How will I learn?

Training combines lecture, demonstration and hands-on practice.

Exercises provide activity-based experience and help build delegates’ confidence writing effectively. These exercises can be tailored to deal with issues specific to your business.

You have ample opportunity to discuss specific requirements with the trainer.

Training guide and certificate

Course delegates receive:

• Comprehensive training materials, to refer to throughout the course, and to use as a refresher back in the work-place.
• An e-certificate confirming successful completion of a Midjourney image generation training course.

After course support

Following Midjourney image generation training, delegates are entitled to 30 days’ email support from their trainer to help with any post-course issues. For further details, see Support.

General information

Course times

Standard course times are 9.30am–4.30pm.

As we’d be hosting this as a ‘closed course’ for you/your group, there’s usually flexibility to change these times to suit you, e.g. start or end 30 minutes earlier or later.

Payment

Payment for AI training can be made by:

• Bank transfer. Please call 01527 834783 for our bank details.
• Card. All major credit and debit cards accepted. Payment can be made securely online or over the phone. Card payments are processed by Stripe. Armada doesn’t record or store your card details.

Purchase orders

We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies and public sector organisations.

Accommodation

See Accommodation local to our training centres.

Cancellations and postponements

If an on-request Midjourney image generation course booking is cancelled giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a cancellation fee is payable. View cancellation terms.

If an on-request Midjourney image generation course booking is postponed giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a postponement fee is payable. View postponement terms.

Terms and conditions

Expert trainer

Simon Dry

Simon is a highly-experienced design professional, whose previous roles have included Designer, Project Manager and Creative Director. He has expert knowledge of a range of applications, including Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, hosting courses in these applications at all levels. Simon continues to work as a graphic designer, working on a variety of projects for Blue-Chip clients in areas including press and digital ads, photography, website design, social media.

Course content

Introduction to Midjourney

• What is Midjourney and how does it work?
• Some Midjourney examples
• The image generation process
• Limits and benefits
• Ethical considerations

Setting up your environment

• Signing up to Discord
• Subscribing to a Midjourney plan

Creating images

• Generating your first image
• Editing images with upscaling and variations
• Panning and zooming out of upscaled images
• Going deeper with prompts

Using styles to enhance your images

• Choosing a style
• Applying a style
• Style variations

Crafting effective prompts

• Understanding prompts
• Basic prompts
• Advanced prompts: image prompts, prompt text, parameters
• Prompting notes: length, grammar, focus, collective nouns

Using reference images

• Process for using reference images
• Controlling how your reference image is used
• Combining a reference image and a text prompt

Implementing Midjourney in your workflows

• Identifying use cases for Midjourney in advertising, art and design
• Developing workflows for using Midjourney in your projects

Live online training

Live online training lets you participate in a course from your place of work or home.

We do everything possible to make your online training experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom. You can:

• See and hear our trainer, and the other delegates participating in the course…
  
• Interact by speaking, using chat, or raising your ‘virtual hand’ if you need assistance.
• Share your screen with our trainer, and allow them to take control to explain something.

Like our in-class courses, online courses…

• Are presented by expert instructors.
• Give you plenty of opportunity to carry out assisted, practical exercises.
• Offer 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

All you need is an Internet-connected computer with a webcam and audio capability. We provide everything else…

• Links to download the files, resources, etc. you’ll use in your course.
• A training guide. For most courses, you can choose from a printed copy that we post to you, or a PDF.

In the week before your course, we’ll send you an email containing everything you need to prepare for and participate in the training. Then, a couple of days before your course, we’ll give you a courtesy call to make sure you have everything in place and answer any questions you may have.

Please note that we are not able to record scheduled online courses for privacy reasons.

When you attend live online training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time