New Midjourney Command "/describe"

[Andreas J.]

Since recently Midjourney has a new command that reverses the previous way:

Using /describe, text-to-image becomes image-to-text - Midjourney provides a description to uploaded images.

Tonight, the function was announced via Twitter:

The feature is still so new that it is not listed in the Midjourney command documentation (as of April 4, 2023). Moreover, it still seems to be in beta, since the command currently generates error messages reliably.

On its own, this has limited utility, but it does open up new possibilities.

• Prompt templates for new images can be generated from existing images
• Alternative texts can be generated for images on the web, which is an enormous relief for people with visual impairments

[Andreas J.]

Here's an example:

From the image of a Chinese park backdrop (a real photo, really), Midjourney generated four different descriptions, one of which in turn was used as a prompt for the new images:

[FrankyD]

That can help to create a repeatable style.

Edited August 18 by FrankyD