Midjourney Method #3: Getting Rid of Things You Don’t Want.

The “no” command and whether, when and how to use it.

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If you’ve ever thought, “MJ doesn’t understand me!” then this article should help you speak the Midjourney language and give you avenues to explore in getting very specific in your requests.

I will run some experiments on cleaning up images or getting rid of things you don’t want.

As with everything AI, there is no one simple foolproof approach. We are dealing with so many variables and randomness factors that, ultimately, you will always have to experiment to get the result you want.

Title Image example

To break this down, we have a simple prompt followed by a “ — no” command.

If you leave out the double dash, you get something like this:

Without making it a command, MJ thinks you want graffiti people and lights.