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# Best Midjourney Courses in 2026

> Compare the best Midjourney courses in 2026, covering prompting, parameters, references, editing, personalization, and web workflows.

<div className="uai-updated-row">Updated July 12, 2026</div>

Midjourney courses need to teach more than prompt syntax: the current web workflow includes parameters, references, personalization, variations, editing, organization, and image-to-video. We compared five courses while treating publication date as a material limitation for a product whose interface and models change quickly.

## Best Midjourney Courses

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  | # | Course | Ratings | Time |
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  | 1 | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUj4VNXXC1c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src={"/images/icons/48/youtube.com.png"} alt="" noZoom />Midjourney Beginners Guide 2025</a> | <span className="uai-rating">4.9 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> <span className="uai-ink-muted">(10K+)</span></span> <Tooltip tip="We converted the video's YouTube upvote ratio to a five-point rating for comparison."><span className="uai-tip-icon"><Icon icon="circle-info" size={12} color="currentColor" /><span className="uai-sr-only">How this rating was calculated</span></span></Tooltip> | 1h |
  | 2 | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3DWZ60ShzM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src={"/images/icons/48/youtube.com.png"} alt="" noZoom />How To Use Midjourney</a> | <span className="uai-rating">4.8 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> <span className="uai-ink-muted">(2K+)</span></span> <Tooltip tip="We converted the video's YouTube upvote ratio to a five-point rating for comparison."><span className="uai-tip-icon"><Icon icon="circle-info" size={12} color="currentColor" /><span className="uai-sr-only">How this rating was calculated</span></span></Tooltip> | \<1h |
  | 3 | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/midjourney-quick-start" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src={"/images/icons/48/linkedin.com.png"} alt="" noZoom />Midjourney - Quick Start</a> | <span className="uai-rating">4.8 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> <span className="uai-ink-muted">(45+)</span></span> | 1h |
  | 4 | <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/create-beautiful-art-with-ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src={"/images/icons/48/udemy.com.png"} alt="" noZoom />Create Beautiful Imagery</a> | <span className="uai-rating">4.7 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> <span className="uai-ink-muted">(2K+)</span></span> | 8h |
  | 5 | <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/midjourney-masterclass-the-art-of-ai-driven-image-creation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src={"/images/icons/48/udemy.com.png"} alt="" noZoom />MidJourney Masterclass</a> | <span className="uai-rating">4.6 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> <span className="uai-ink-muted">(100+)</span></span> | 7h |
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## How to Choose a Midjourney Course

Choose between a current quick start and a longer course built around repeatable image work.

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  <span className="flex items-baseline gap-2.5"><span aria-hidden="true" className="relative -top-0.5 inline-block h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-zinc-300 dark:bg-zinc-600" /><span><span className="font-semibold">Prefer the current web app</span> - A useful course should not rely only on older Discord workflows.</span></span>
  <span className="flex items-baseline gap-2.5"><span aria-hidden="true" className="relative -top-0.5 inline-block h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-zinc-300 dark:bg-zinc-600" /><span><span className="font-semibold">Look beyond prompting</span> - Parameters, image and style references, personalization, editing, variations, and organization are core skills.</span></span>
  <span className="flex items-baseline gap-2.5"><span aria-hidden="true" className="relative -top-0.5 inline-block h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-zinc-300 dark:bg-zinc-600" /><span><span className="font-semibold">Check the version and date</span> - Model behavior and interface details can age faster than general visual principles.</span></span>
  <span className="flex items-baseline gap-2.5"><span aria-hidden="true" className="relative -top-0.5 inline-block h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-zinc-300 dark:bg-zinc-600" /><span><span className="font-semibold">Match the practice depth</span> - An 18-minute tutorial can orient you; a seven- or eight-hour course should include sustained projects and advanced control.</span></span>
  <span className="flex items-baseline gap-2.5"><span aria-hidden="true" className="relative -top-0.5 inline-block h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-zinc-300 dark:bg-zinc-600" /><span><span className="font-semibold">Expect a Midjourney subscription</span> - Free courses remove tuition, but hands-on practice still requires product access.</span></span>
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      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/usefulai/sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu/images/icons/144/youtube.com.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu&q=85&s=d42873c498ffce1b2c1f7632ef659d96" alt="" noZoom loading="lazy" width="144" height="144" data-path="images/icons/144/youtube.com.png" />
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-row uai-itemcard-row--title">
        ## [The ULTIMATE Beginners Guide to Midjourney in 2025](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUj4VNXXC1c)
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-facts" aria-label="The ULTIMATE Beginners Guide to Midjourney in 2025 course facts">
        <span><strong>4.9 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> (10K+)</strong> <Tooltip tip="We converted the video's YouTube upvote ratio to a five-point rating for comparison."><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon"><Icon icon="circle-info" size={12} color="currentColor" /><span className="sr-only">How this rating was calculated</span></span></Tooltip></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--clock" /><strong>1h</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--user" /><strong>Future Tech Pilot</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--tag" /><strong>Free</strong></span>
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      <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUj4VNXXC1c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" aria-label="Visit The ULTIMATE Beginners Guide to Midjourney in 2025 on YouTube" className="uai-itemcard-cta no-underline">Visit YouTube</a>
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  <div className="uai-itemcard-body">
    <section className="uai-itemcard-section">
      **What it covers**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        The Midjourney web interface, prompting, parameters, variations, upscaling, inpainting, outpainting, references, personalization, folders, search, community features, retexture, and Patchwork.
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      **Our take**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        This is much more complete than its one-hour duration suggests and has strong free engagement. Its January 2025 publication date is a serious caveat for fast-changing model and interface details.
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      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/usefulai/sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu/images/icons/144/youtube.com.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu&q=85&s=d42873c498ffce1b2c1f7632ef659d96" alt="" noZoom loading="lazy" width="144" height="144" data-path="images/icons/144/youtube.com.png" />
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-row uai-itemcard-row--title">
        ## [How To Use Midjourney: The Ultimate Beginners Guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3DWZ60ShzM)
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-facts" aria-label="How To Use Midjourney: The Ultimate Beginners Guide course facts">
        <span><strong>4.8 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> (2K+)</strong> <Tooltip tip="We converted the video's YouTube upvote ratio to a five-point rating for comparison."><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon"><Icon icon="circle-info" size={12} color="currentColor" /><span className="sr-only">How this rating was calculated</span></span></Tooltip></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--clock" /><strong>\<1h</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--user" /><strong>Wes Roth</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--tag" /><strong>Free</strong></span>
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      <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3DWZ60ShzM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" aria-label="Visit How To Use Midjourney: The Ultimate Beginners Guide on YouTube" className="uai-itemcard-cta no-underline">Visit YouTube</a>
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  <div className="uai-itemcard-body">
    <section className="uai-itemcard-section">
      **What it covers**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        Prompting, variations, upscaling, image-to-video, aspect ratio, stylize, raw and chaos parameters, personalization, mood boards, and learning from community prompts.
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    <section className="uai-itemcard-section">
      **Our take**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        This is the best current fast tutorial in the set. The instruction is concrete, but the 18-minute runtime and promotional segments limit its depth.
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      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/usefulai/52KaILwddzz5TNZ_/images/icons/144/linkedin.com.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=52KaILwddzz5TNZ_&q=85&s=0a76289dee2a6a65b20a4b6a418c37f1" alt="" noZoom loading="lazy" width="144" height="144" data-path="images/icons/144/linkedin.com.png" />
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-row uai-itemcard-row--title">
        ## [Midjourney: Quick Start](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/midjourney-quick-start)
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-facts" aria-label="Midjourney: Quick Start course facts">
        <span><strong>4.8 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> (45+)</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--clock" /><strong>1h</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--user" /><strong>Nick Harauz</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--tag" /><strong>{"$39.99/month"}</strong> <Tooltip tip="LinkedIn Premium Career starts at $39.99/month or $239.88/year and may offer a trial."><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon"><Icon icon="circle-info" size={12} color="currentColor" /><span className="sr-only">Price details</span></span></Tooltip></span>
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      <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/midjourney-quick-start" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" aria-label="Visit Midjourney: Quick Start on LinkedIn Learning" className="uai-itemcard-cta no-underline">Visit LinkedIn Learning</a>
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      **What it covers**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        Web signup, prompts, image settings, variations, editing, external images, character and style references, personalization, organization, Discord commands, and small projects.
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      **Our take**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        This is a compact web-and-Discord orientation with a useful project layer. Its March 2025 release and small rating sample create more currentness and evidence risk than the options above.
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      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/usefulai/sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu/images/icons/144/udemy.com.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu&q=85&s=12fd77cf8a0be14786b1b2c181d1acd7" alt="" noZoom loading="lazy" width="144" height="144" data-path="images/icons/144/udemy.com.png" />
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    <div className="uai-itemcard-identity">
      <div className="uai-itemcard-row uai-itemcard-row--title">
        ## [Create Beautiful Imagery with Midjourney A.I.](https://www.udemy.com/course/create-beautiful-art-with-ai/)
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-facts" aria-label="Create Beautiful Imagery with Midjourney A.I. course facts">
        <span><strong>4.7 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> (2K+)</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--clock" /><strong>8h</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--user" /><strong>Scott Bromander</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--tag" /><strong>{"$13/month"}</strong> <Tooltip tip="Udemy Personal Plan started at $13/month on the course page; the individual course was $74.99 when checked on July 13, 2026."><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon"><Icon icon="circle-info" size={12} color="currentColor" /><span className="sr-only">Price details</span></span></Tooltip></span>
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      <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/create-beautiful-art-with-ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" aria-label="Visit Create Beautiful Imagery with Midjourney A.I. on Udemy" className="uai-itemcard-cta no-underline">Visit Udemy</a>
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    <section className="uai-itemcard-section">
      **What it covers**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        Web and Discord setup, prompt design, settings, references, parameters, advanced styles, version 7 enhancements, Photoshop, Runway, Suno, and output workflows.
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    <section className="uai-itemcard-section">
      **Our take**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        This has the strongest learner evidence among the substantial paid courses and explicitly covers version 7. Its June 2025 update still needs to be weighed against later web-editor changes.
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      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/usefulai/sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu/images/icons/144/udemy.com.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=sV7VJe4pqO2Le0pu&q=85&s=12fd77cf8a0be14786b1b2c181d1acd7" alt="" noZoom loading="lazy" width="144" height="144" data-path="images/icons/144/udemy.com.png" />
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-row uai-itemcard-row--title">
        ## [MidJourney Masterclass: The Art of AI-Driven Image Creation](https://www.udemy.com/course/midjourney-masterclass-the-art-of-ai-driven-image-creation/)
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      <div className="uai-itemcard-facts" aria-label="MidJourney Masterclass: The Art of AI-Driven Image Creation course facts">
        <span><strong>4.6 <span aria-hidden="true">★</span> (100+)</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--clock" /><strong>7h</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--user" /><strong>Ukpoewole Enupe</strong></span>
        <span><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon uai-itemcard-fact-icon--tag" /><strong>{"$21/month"}</strong> <Tooltip tip="Udemy Personal Plan started at $21/month on the course page; the individual course was $44.99 when checked on July 13, 2026."><span className="uai-itemcard-fact-icon"><Icon icon="circle-info" size={12} color="currentColor" /><span className="sr-only">Price details</span></span></Tooltip></span>
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      <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/midjourney-masterclass-the-art-of-ai-driven-image-creation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" aria-label="Visit MidJourney Masterclass: The Art of AI-Driven Image Creation on Udemy" className="uai-itemcard-cta no-underline">Visit Udemy</a>
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    <section className="uai-itemcard-section">
      **What it covers**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        Midjourney foundations, web and Discord workflows, structured prompting, references, stylization, chaos, advanced techniques, business applications, and final challenges.
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    <section className="uai-itemcard-section">
      **Our take**

      <div className="uai-itemcard-summary">
        This is the most current substantial Udemy option, with a May 2026 update. Its 146-rating sample is modest, so it complements rather than clearly displaces the better-established course.
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## Frequently Asked Questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="What is the best Midjourney course for beginners?">Future Tech Pilot's one-hour guide is the most complete free introduction, while Wes Roth's shorter video is the faster current web-app orientation.</Accordion>
  <Accordion title="Can I learn Midjourney for free?">You can learn the workflow through free YouTube tutorials, but hands-on image generation requires access to Midjourney.</Accordion>
  <Accordion title="Should I learn Midjourney in Discord or the web app?">Prioritize the web app for current creation and editing workflows. Discord commands remain useful context, but should not be the entire course.</Accordion>
  <Accordion title="How can I tell whether a Midjourney course is outdated?">Check its publication or update date and whether it covers the current web interface, recent model version, references, personalization, editing, and image-to-video.</Accordion>
  <Accordion title="Is a one-hour Midjourney tutorial enough?">It is enough to learn the interface and core controls. Longer practice is needed for consistent styles, references, advanced editing, and repeatable creative workflows.</Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>


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