Initial Impression: Midjourney Moodboards
Midjourney launched the Moodboard feature on Monday Dec 16th. The basic idea is that you can upload a collection of your own images and then direct the model to use those as inspiration for creating new images.
The Moodboard
To build my Moodboard, I uploaded 99 images (currently the maximum) from my collection. These are all real photos that I have taken in or near British Columbia, Canada.
Midjourney then provides you with a personalization code that you can use in prompts.
I used the prompt “a photograph of a beautiful mountain vista” with the stylize parameter set to 99 and then 999.
First set of images: No personalization code
Second set of images: Personalized using the moodboard
Conclusion
Taste is subjective. You might prefer the first set of images. However, the Moodboard feature did an excellent job at aligning the images with a style. If you dropped random images from the first set into my collection, they would stick out like a sore thumb. If you dropped any of the images that were created with the personalization code into my collection, I think they would blend right in. I look forward to playing with this feature more.