Midjourney SREF Complete Guide (2025) | Style References Explained from Basic to Advanced Tips

Woollyfern October 17, 2025
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🤖 Greetings and welcome to Woollyfern! My background is genetics, data analysis & visualization (Python/R), and photography. AI generative tools have had such a positive impact on my ability to bring my creative ideas to life. My goal is to dive further into my creativity and share helpful resources and tutorials on AI generative tools along the way.

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Join the Woollyfern Community 👉 https://www.patreon.com/Woollyfern Beginner Course 🤓👉: https://geni.us/h0Wn Buy me a ☕: https://ko-fi.com/woollyfern Midjourney Guides: https://woollyfern.gumroad.com #midjourney #midjourneyv7 #midjourneytips ✨ Midjourney's Style Reference Feature (SREF)✨ Finally! Here is my updated complete guide to Midjourney's Style Reference feature! This information packed video is for beginners to advanced. You'll learn how to use Style References as well as tips for getting the most out of your SREF. Midjourney's SREF feature is a deep subject. If you have any questions, please drop them below! RELATED OR MENTIONED SOURCES ▶️ Video Model V1: https://youtu.be/Lz0B-xNPw_4 ▶️ Image Prompting: https://youtu.be/Kyr-nWtp1z8 ▶️ Example SREF Codes for V6 & V7: https://youtu.be/4oN1eEXQpzw ▶️ Style Explorer Demo: https://youtu.be/TpgbjChi6Io ▶️ SREF System Update (June 2025): https://youtu.be/CcMt5T0DiUI ▶️ Every Midjourney Parameter https://youtu.be/6Ze2dhwK3tM ▶️ Free Midjourney Parameter Guide: https://woollyfern.gumroad.com/ ▶️ Moodboard Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/h_LU6cN7JpI ▶️ Discord - Prompting with SREF Images: https://youtu.be/bmMGIMRMi68 ❗ To connect your Discord account with Midjourney, be sure to do so here: https://www.midjourney.com/profile-settings ▶️ Getting Started with Midjourney on Discord: https://youtu.be/c9YKcrnRUVk ▶️ Creating Aliases/Shortcuts: https://youtu.be/T4QYrLLD7So ▶️ Midjourney News Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8IB1Sx8eJ1pN1yocJqR4N71AhFuAVzJ0 Gumroad Shop: https://woollyfern.gumroad.com/ Patreon Shop: https://www.patreon.com/woollyfern/shop MORE RESOURCES ▶️ V7 Prompting Tips https://youtu.be/hL3m4mukGlI ▶️ V7 Guide https://youtu.be/QOCteACJG6E ▶️ Omni-Reference Guide https://youtu.be/RpSBVIVCPOs https://www.patreon.com/Woollyfern https://twitter.com/woollyfern https://www.instagram.com/woollyfern.art/ Midjourney Events Calendar: https://lu.ma/midjourney FREE & Paid Midjourney Guides on Gumroad: https://woollyfern.gumroad.com All paid guides are included with some Patreon tiers. 00:00 Midjourney Style Reference 00:35 What is a Style Reference (--sref)? 01:14 Two Types of Style References 01:22 Using Images as Style References 02:10 Adjusting Strength with Style Weight (--sw) 02:39 Using Multiple Style Reference Images 03:00 Adding Style References via URL or Uploads 03:26 Weighting Individual Image Style References 03:47 SREF Codes 04:11 Discovering Styles with --sref random 04:51 Exploring Styles with Style Explorer 06:13 Blending Multiple SREF Codes 07:04 Style Version (--sv) Explained 08:42 Advanced SREF Techniques & Tips 11:42 Using Style References with Niji 12:35 Moodboards 13:29 Saving SREFs as Custom Aliases 14:45 Searching your SREF results 15:37 Upcoming Style Tools 16:12 SREF Recap 17:02 Midjourney Guides ⭐ Don't forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share this video with anyone you think might find it helpful! I hope you enjoy the video! Tools [affiliate links] AI Image Upscaler: https://geni.us/sh3QMig AI Text-to-Speech: https://geni.us/wdqnz Music from Epidemic Sound: https://geni.us/oWJUc If you purchase through one of my affiliate links, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. All commissions directly support costs related to creating videos for this channel.

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