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AI-IMAGE-GENERATION5 MIN READ

Use the Reference for Composition, Not Decoration

Choose the right Midjourney reference move when the team needs composition fidelity without copying the old subject.

The reference composition is good. The product and art direction must change. Aisha needs a Midjourney result that keeps the reference's diagonal tabletop layout but replaces the old object with a new conference speaker. What is the strongest next move? Use the image as a composition reference, describe the new speaker as the only hero product, and tune image influence if the old object leaks in. Right. The reference supplies layout evidence while the text prompt specifies the new subject. That matches Midjourney's image-prompt principle: use the image for visual guidance and the words for required content. Ask Midjourney to…

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