3.2 – Signing up For Midjourney and Navigating the Website Lesson

Lesson Overview

This lesson focuses on the updated process of joining Midjourney and an essential walkthrough of its redesigned website. Previously, access to Midjourney’s generative AI was only possible via Discord, which posed challenges for anyone unfamiliar with chat servers. Now, new users can register directly on the Midjourney website—either with Google or Discord—and interact with a feature-rich, user-friendly platform.

The lesson takes you from the very first step of signing up, through your initial experience on the Explore page, and then guides you through major navigation points such as creating your own images, organizing your work, and discovering social and collaborative tools within Midjourney. This lesson is a key early milestone in the course, ensuring that you won’t get lost as you move into more advanced AI image creation.

Anyone interested in using Midjourney—from hobbyists preparing art portfolios to teams seeking to produce visuals for products or content—will find value in understanding the platform’s flow. For example, a teacher could find and save inspiring images for classroom projects, or a designer might set up folders to organize themes and experiments.

Who This Is For

If you’re exploring generative AI tools and want a straightforward way to get started with Midjourney, this lesson is for you.

You’ll benefit from this lesson if you are:

• Curious about AI-generated images but new to Midjourney
• Comfortable with basic web navigation
• Interested in moving beyond Discord-based platforms
• An artist, designer, educator, marketer, or content creator
• Seeking a place to organize, personalize, or explore image ideas for work or hobbies
• Looking for ways to collaborate or learn from a creative community

Where This Fits in a Workflow

Signing up and learning to navigate the Midjourney website is usually the first step for anyone who wants to use AI to generate unique images. This process enables you to move from concept to creation without the technical barriers of chat-based tools.

For example, you might:

• Be starting a new visual project and need a simple way to gather inspiration and reference images
• Want to experiment with prompt-based image creation, but need an organized dashboard for your results

Having a clear understanding of the website’s features early ensures you can efficiently build up galleries, sort content, and tailor your creative workflow moving forward.

Technical & Workflow Benefits

Previously, using Midjourney involved joining and navigating Discord—a process that could be intimidating for those unfamiliar with servers and chat bots. The new website and direct sign-up with Google streamlines access and lowers the learning curve.

Now, with a web-first interface, you gain:

• Immediate access through a clean, central dashboard
• The ability to search, like, and organize images directly—without command codes or side chats
• Clear settings for tweaking image generation without having to remember or look up parameters
• Quick saving, remixes, and organization of images for re-use or sharing

For individuals and teams, these changes lead to a faster learning process, easier onboarding, and increased consistency in how inspiration and generated assets are tracked and managed.

Practice Exercise

Try creating your own Midjourney account and exploring the main website features:

1. Visit midjourney.com and start the sign-up process (try using the Google Sign-In option).
2. After logging in, browse the Explore tab. Search for an image or theme that interests you—like “autumn landscape” or “space city”—and use the heart icon to save a favorite.
3. Click around the Create, Organize, and Tasks tabs. Try saving an image, creating a folder, or viewing the settings menu.

Reflect: Compare this flow to any past experience you’ve had with AI tools on Discord—or other creative websites. What feels easier about this approach?

Course Context Recap

This lesson is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Generative AI” and builds the foundation you need to use Midjourney fully. Before this, you learned about what generative AI can do and saw an introduction to Midjourney’s capabilities. In this lesson, you’ve moved into hands-on setup and basic navigation. Going forward, you’ll learn to generate, refine, and personalize your own AI images using advanced options and creative controls. Continue on to unlock your creative workflow with Midjourney and beyond.