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Midjourney V8 — Image Generation, Editing & Video

Midjourney V8 is the painterly image model developers reach for when composition and lighting matter. Generate from a prompt, blend or edit reference images, upscale and reshape a chosen frame, or turn a still into a short clip — every Midjourney V8 version from v5.1 to v8.1 and niji, behind one API.

Input

Native MJ flags work inline, but the controls below override them

Public HTTPS URLs only (no base64)

1:1 · 16:9 · 9:16 · 4:3 · 3:4 · 3:2 · 2:3 · 2:1 · 1:2 · 21:9 · 9:21

8.1 · 7 · 6.1 · 5.2 · 5.1 — pair with Niji for niji 6/7

relax (default) · fast · turbo — affects price

Estimated cost52 credits$0.052
Result

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What you can build with this model

Real-world workflows and production use cases you can build and ship with this model.

Midjourney V8 concept art key visual, painterly lighting

Concept art and key visuals

Midjourney V8 produces painterly hero images with strong composition and signature lighting — the look concept artists use for games, film, and pitch decks. Generate a grid, then upscale the frame you like.

Open the playground
Midjourney V8 marketing creative across aspect ratios

Brand and marketing creative

Spin up on-aesthetic campaign imagery across every aspect ratio with Midjourney V8, then variation and reshape a chosen frame until it is on-brand — no studio shoot required.

Midjourney V8 iterative workflow: upscale, zoom, pan, reshape

Iterative art direction

Midjourney V8 is built for iteration: generate, upscale the best tile, zoom or pan to extend the canvas, reshape to explore variants, and animate the final still into a short clip — all from one API.

Pricing

Credit-based — 1 credit = $0.001 USD. Pay only for completed generations.

CategoryUnitPrice
Relax
Generate (4 images)1 request (4 images)
$0.052
52 credits
Fast
Generate (4 images)1 request (4 images)
$0.064
64 credits
Turbo
Generate (4 images)1 request (4 images)
$0.115
115 credits
Edit & follow-up actions1 request
$0.115
115 credits
Relax / Fast
Edit & follow-up actions1 request
$0.064
64 credits
480p
Image-to-video1 clip
$0.23
230 credits
720p
Image-to-video1 clip
$0.46
460 credits

Why reAPI

The Midjourney look

Midjourney V8 is prized for painterly aesthetics, coherent composition, and lighting that reads as art-directed rather than generated. Every version from v5.1 to v8.1 and niji is selectable.

Generate, edit, and animate

One Midjourney V8 surface covers text-to-image, image-to-image, blend, the full upscale / variation / zoom / pan / reshape toolkit, and image-to-video — instead of stitching together separate models.

Async API, fair pricing

Submit a Midjourney V8 request, poll the task, get your URLs. Pricing is per request and depends only on speed and operation — the model version never changes the bill.

Midjourney V8 vs DALL·E 3

Both turn prompts into images from one API. Midjourney V8 leans into painterly aesthetics, fine-grained style control, and a full follow-up editing toolkit; DALL·E 3 leans into prompt-following convenience.

Capability
Midjourney V8 on reAPI
DALL·E 3
Aesthetic & style control
Painterly, art-directed look with stylize, chaos, weird, raw, and style references.
Clean, literal renders with limited style knobs.
Aspect & version control
Eleven aspect ratios and versions v5.1–v8.1 plus niji, all selectable.
A few fixed sizes, single model version.
Reference images
Character, style, and depth references with weights, plus blend.
No first-party reference-image controls.
Follow-up editing
Upscale, variation, zoom, pan, reroll, and reshape on any result.
Regenerate from a new prompt; no grid-level edit ops.
Image-to-video
Animate a still into a short 480p / 720p clip.
Image generation only.
Pricing model
Per request; version does not change the price.
Per image by size and quality.

Comparison reflects publicly documented behavior at the time of writing. Capabilities and pricing of both products change over time; check each provider's current docs.

Integrate Midjourney V8 in three steps

  1. step 01

    Create an API key

    Sign up at reApi and grab an API key. Free signup credits cover plenty of Midjourney V8 generations to start.

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  2. step 02

    Send a request

    POST a prompt to the images endpoint with model midjourney. Tune the aspect ratio, version, and speed, then submit.

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  3. step 03

    Poll for the result

    Poll the task id until it completes and read the image URLs. Use the returned task to upscale, vary, or reshape with Midjourney V8.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this model.

Midjourney V8 is the painterly image model offered through reApi for generating, editing, and animating images. One API covers text-to-image, image-to-image, blend, upscale, variation, zoom, pan, reshape, and image-to-video, with every version from v5.1 to v8.1 and niji selectable.

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Ready to ship?

Try it in the playground or grab an API key to integrate now.