How to Use Midjourney Moodboards with --p

A Midjourney Moodboard is not another single-image filter. You hand the model a set of images you chose, so a whole project shares a wide aesthetic direction. It shares --p with personalization profiles you train by picking favorites, but the build path, strength knob, and --sref are different systems. V8.2 is still the default model. Official docs say the Global V7 Profile works on V8.1 and V8.2, and there is no Global V8 Profile yet. The rest of this guide lines up website entries, the hard bans, and a workflow you can start on this site, using the official Moodboards and Personalization pages.

A Midjourney Moodboard is not a personalization profile

Split the three “this looks like style” tools before you twist the wrong knob:

Method	What you give the model	Best for
Moodboard	Images you upload, paste as URLs, or pick from your gallery	A season, a brand kit, one vibe across many frames
Personalization profile (--p profile)	Favorites you click in a grid (pair ranking is gone)	Long-term personal taste; extra named profiles
--sref	One image or one style code	The color temperature, grain, and medium of this hero

Official docs position Moodboards wider than Style Reference: they are not a blender that collapses a few images into one filter. They tell the model the direction you imagine. They work on V6 and later. Personalization also starts at V6; you must unlock the Global Profile before extra profiles or a reliable --p.

You can create extra V8.X profiles, but V8 profiles do not work on V7. Likes on Explore follow the version of the liked image into the matching Global Profile. This site is an independent explainer, not official documentation.

How to use —p: defaults, mIDs, and short codes

The Personalization button beside the Imagine bar changes color when it is on. The dropdown sets default Moodboards (you can pick several) and profiles. While it is on, those defaults attach to every prompt. You can also type them:

linen sofa in a sunlit living room, 35mm interior photography
--p --ar 4:5 --stylize 140 --v 8

Bare --p uses the current default board or profile. To pin one Moodboard, copy its ID from the Moodboards page and write --p mID; Midjourney rewrites the long ID to a short --p code on submit. To pin a profile, use --p pID, which also collapses to a short code. In Discord, turn Personalization on in settings, or append --p at the end of the prompt.

Reusable series skeleton (swap in the short code you actually ran):

same living room, evening practical lamps, oak floor, editorial interior
--p a7c8epj --ar 4:5 --stylize 160 --v 8

Adding or removing images mints new codes; old codes still point at that snapshot of the style. Copy the page ID for the latest cut; dig a prior prompt for last week’s look. After you delete a Moodboard or profile, existing codes still work—you just cannot add more images to that board. Global Profiles cannot be deleted.

--p before you unlock the Global Profile throws an official error. Unlock path: open Personalize, find the Global V7 Profile, keep selecting images you like in the grid until the progress bar finishes. Official advice: pick more than the minimum if you want the style to settle.

Steer Moodboard strength with —stylize, not —sw

Moodboard strength does not use --sw. Two hard official limits:

• Not with --sw
• Not with --sv

Use --stylize instead (0–1000, default 100): low values barely tint the board; high values cling to it. Personalization profiles use the same --stylize range for “how much like you.”

Practical order:

1. Start at --stylize 100 and check that the subject and space still read.
2. If the season drifts, raise to 150–250 and stop rewriting the light sentence.
3. If furniture or faces get eaten by objects on the board, drop to 50–80, or replace identifiable objects with pure material / lighting stills.
4. When you need the grain of one hero frame, drop the --sw fantasy on a Moodboard and follow the Midjourney —sref guide.

--p and --sref can appear together on newer versions, but once a Moodboard is on, do not add --sw or --sv. Season-wide direction → board. Single-frame grade → --sref.

When to use —sref versus the Edit Model

Do not make one image carry four jobs:

You want to lock	Use
A wide vibe for the whole project	Moodboard + --p + --stylize
Long-term personal taste	Personalization profile + --p
Color temperature / medium of this sample	--sref + --sw
The same face or the same SKU	V8.2 Edit Model, up to four references

The Edit Model notes also say moodboards / srefs in this build work better with extra prompt direction. A board with no “same linen sofa, evening floor lamp, 35mm” lets the model invent a plot. For subject sentences, see how to write better prompts.

Suggested workflow:

1. On this site’s generate page, run a full subject sentence until space and light are right.
2. On the official site, build a Moodboard of materials, color temperature, and grain—few identifiable faces or logos.
3. Across the series, change only the room’s job or time of day; keep the same --p short code and --stylize.
4. To lock a character or product, take the base image into the official editor. A Moodboard is not --cref.
5. Check official subscription and license terms before commercial use.

Takeaway: Moodboards hold the season; —sref holds this frame

Make Midjourney Moodboards a habit: the text says what this shot is, --p only names which season it belongs to, and strength lives on --stylize, not --sw. Profiles learn you; boards learn this project. Neither should steal identity lock from the Edit Model. Save the short codes you actually ran. Random numbers from a thread go stale.

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