From Prompt to Polished: Supercharging Your Workflow with Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gigapixels and Photoshop

Get the most from AI image generation as part of your artistic workflow.

An image by the author, composite of several midjourney images combined in Photoshop with some Gigapixel upscaling of parts., and some hand retouching.

When AI art first became generally accessible, there was a frantic take-up from hobbyists and professionals alike. Massive social media accounts burgeoned as everyone tried to work out how to use these fascinating and crazy tools.

Now, the market in AI generation has separated into a whole collection of blunt instruments for hobbyists, which are easy to master but produce cookie-cutter results that are mostly disappointing. Midjourney has always led the field in innovation and quality of output to the extent that now it is the professional's choice.

Midjourney is a little on the expensive side, but when combined with Photoshop and ChatGpt you have a robust professional workflow that can easily lift you above the competition.

Some possible workflow approaches are detailed below.

Get some ideas using chat gpt

I asked chatgpt for some ideas.

I was given a list of 8 ideas and chose #8