New Midjourney Feature — Character Reference! Oppenheimer Example

It’s finally here — the moment we’ve been waiting for — consistent characters in Midjourney!!!

What is Character Reference?

This is similar to the “Style Reference”, except instead of matching a reference style it tries to make the character match a “Character Reference” image. How it works:

• Type --cref URL after your prompt with a URL to an image of a character
• You can use --cw to modify reference 'strength' from 100 to 0
• strength 100 (--cw 100) is default and uses the face, hair, and clothes
• At strength 0 (--cw 0) it'll just focus on face (good for changing outfits / hair etc)

Tips for using Character Reference

Midjourney states that it is not meant for real people/photos as it will likely distort them. Let’s give it a try and see what happens.

Human Test

Started here:

Playing Piano: