It's probably something in the prompt then! For example if you say "photorealistic" it tends to assume you want CGI instead of a photo. If you want to share the prompt we can look at it <3
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V8.1 Launch: 3x Faster Native 2K HD Rendering for AI
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V8.1 is live! Our iconic aesthetics are back w native 2K HD rendering – 3x faster and 3x cheaper vs V8. Full quality V8.1 1K mode is faster than V7 draft mode. Image prompts are back. New "Describe" is live – and you'll love our new moodboards & srefs. More soon <3
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Personalization and Style Creation Tools for Creative AI
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Try using personalization, srefs, moodboards, or the style creator! All the styles are in there still <3
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Achieving Cinematic Aesthetics with AI Style Tools
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You can get the old cinematic look with sref, style creator, moodboards, or personalization
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V8.1 Launch: 3x Faster HD Rendering and Image Prompts
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V8.1 is live! Our iconic aesthetics are back w native 2K HD rendering – 3x faster and 3x cheaper vs V8. Full quality V8.1 1K mode is faster than V7 draft mode. Image prompts are back. New "Describe" is live – and you'll love our new moodboards & srefs. More soon <3
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Midjourney Office Hours – April 1
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Midjourney Office Hours – April 1 nitter.net/i/spaces/1RKZzjyeoaNKB [Translated from EN to English]
→ View original post on X — @midjourney, 2026-04-01 19:07 UTC
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Token Count Loyalty: Fairness in Prompt Length Standards
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256 tokens is basically 256 words, that's pretty long! not sure it's fair to say only people who put more than 256 words into a single prompt are loyal or creative
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Understanding AI Tokens: Technical Definition and Character Limits
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Oh! 256 "Tokens" is a technical term that might be confusing people, in AI a "Token" is basically a full word, so this is like saying "the limit is 256 words" but then a word is say maybe 5 characters on avg so that would mean 1300 characters
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Remove Experimental Flags to Fix AI Prompts
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Try removing things like –exp from your prompt, this may be causing issues. Thanks!
