Midjourney, “sref” and IP-Adapters

Midjourney’s style reference, has sent the AI community into a frenzy with its cryptic “sref” codes promising innovative styles.

Yet, a closer inspection reveals the secret sauce isn’t so secret.

The kicker is that you don’t even need Midjourney to use these styles – and that changes everything.

Enter the IP-Adapter. This powerful algorithm takes your inspirational reference image and generates a perfect combination of your inspiration and your text prompt.

Voilà. You’ve successfully replicated the sref effect without the need for Midjourney.

Let’s see some examples.

Here I am going to use Kolors with IP-Adapter.

With IP-Adapter:

With IP-Adapter:

With IP-Adapter: