St. Pierre: Midjourney has over 4 billion unique aesthetic style codes
Nick St. Pierre · The ULTIMATE guide to Midjourney (AI Design Tutorial) · Nov 15, 2024 · at 57:43
Midjourney creator Nick St. Pierre explains how numeric style reference codes function in Midjourney.
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“There's like two to the 32nd power of these style references, these S ref codes and each kind of is like coordinates to its own little aesthetic universe.”
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