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Style References.

Episodes
33
First seen
001 JUL 02 2024
Last seen
OT AUG 31 2026
Spoken mentions
477

The Fast Hours take

Rory and Drew treat --sref as Midjourney's best feature: Rory calls it 'the best thing that Midjourney has, so much better than most of the other tools' (Ep. 38), and it became the seed technique behind moodboards (Ep. 28, 32). Friction came only when a 2025 overhaul defaulted to --sv6 and silently broke saved style codes unless users appended --sv4 (Ep. 43, 44) — a rare stumble in a workflow the hosts otherwise use daily to mine, organize and blend codes (Ep. 21, 39).

Into it 25Mixed 3 Not sold 1Discussed 4 oldest → newest

Receipts about Style References

“The new SRF system broke the legacy system, meaning if you were to use this code and not attach dash-dash SV space four, you're gonna get something totally different.”
Drew Brucker Ep. 44 How the new --sref default silently breaks old codes Play from 1:01:31
“I would like a style reference for video, but without having to use a frame, if that makes sense. If I was just like the same way you think about style reference in Mid Journey, like attach just random image.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 42 Rory's wishlist: a true style-reference for Midjourney video Play from 53:36
“S-Ref's to me like the best thing that Mid Journey has. It's so good, so much better than most of the other tools.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 38 Why sref is Midjourney's biggest differentiator Play from 55:28
“It's like getting the SREF. Once the SREF is cracked, the rest of it falls into place. It's finding that SREF and translating it into the prompt that's the hard part.”
Fast Hours Ep. 32 Why finding the right SREF is the hardest part of matching a look Play from 1:06:26
“I was multi-prompting in the prompt: I had about six mood boards, four profile codes, two SREF images, and then I'd use style version on top of that to try and figure out if there would be a significant difference.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 30 Stress-testing how many moodboards and codes can be stacked in one prompt Play from 8:02
“It's like legitimately you just created an SRF code. Like that's it, but it's one image.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 28 Why a one-image mood board behaves like an SREF code Play from 24:49

Every episode with Style References

  1. Overtime AUG 31 2026 We Tested Midjourney’s New Editor Live. Here's How to Use It. Tested as an edit input; didn't appear to influence the Edit model's output here Not sold
  2. Overtime NOV 23 2025 Midjourney Style Creator: Live Tutorial + First Reactions Style Creator outputs a style code saved and organized the same way as other SREFs Discussed
  3. Overtime SEP 08 2025 This Secret Midjourney Style Explorer Trick Changes Everything The style codes that smart search is run against to surface related codes Into it
  4. Episode 50 SEP 07 2025 Unpacking Midjourney's Style Explorer + Slipping Deeper Into Nano Banana 🍌 Allar feeds several Midjourney images as combined style references into Nano Banana for a closer style match Into it
  5. Episode 48 AUG 16 2025 Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist Drew's found style codes include an unusually gruesome pair; both hosts run tokens through them live Into it
  6. Episode 47 AUG 03 2025 Midjourney TV (MJTV) + Personalized Explore Pages SV4 · Hosts revisit old SV4-era style codes live and discuss blending and weighting them together Into it
  7. Episode 46 JUL 25 2025 Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown Can't be dragged into a video prompt; hosts note you must use a numeric style code instead Discussed
  8. Episode 44 JUN 20 2025 Midjourney Video is Here! Nerds React + New --SRef System Chop-Up --sv6, --sv4 · New default --sv6 breaks legacy --sref codes unless --sv4 is appended; also tested for subject leakage and with --exp Mixed
  9. Episode 43 JUN 15 2025 Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System --sv4, --sv5 · Incoming update will break saved style codes unless --sv4 or --sv5 is added; adds SREF Random Mixed
  10. Episode 42 JUN 09 2025 Can Midjourney Actually Compete in Video? +Sref & Monetization Talk Rory's top video wishlist item: a style-reference that takes only color/mood, not structure, from any image Into it
  11. Episode 41 JUN 01 2025 Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread But Make It Funny Incoming overhaul is 'nearly complete' and adds SREF Random; Rory calls it MJ's most predictable feature Into it
  12. Episode 40 MAY 26 2025 Veo 3 Makes Yesterday's Best Look Like a Beta Test +Runway & Midjourney Check-In Improved version 'nearing release' with a major style-transfer enhancement, but launching without SREF Random Into it
  13. Episode 39 MAY 09 2025 Midjourney Omni-Reference and --exp: Showing You How They Actually Work Rory breaks down his go-to 3-way style-reference blend (vintage gold, white scribble line-art, monochrome minimalist) he reuses constantly Into it
  14. Episode 38 APR 22 2025 Midjourney v7: Secret Playground of Chaos & Weird + Overhauled Editor Rory calls it Midjourney's single biggest differentiator; covers an sref-folder organizing trick and a wishlist for a searchable sref library Into it
  15. Episode 34 MAR 17 2025 Letting AI Cook & The Final Countdown for v7 Feat. Allar Haltsonen Underpins Allar's moodboards; he says a single SREF code can reduce a prompt to one word Into it
  16. Episode 33 MAR 09 2025 Midjourney After Dark—Organized Chaos & Wabi-Sabi Used to mine style codes into dedicated folders and to seed short, single-trait moodboards like a sunrise palette Into it
  17. Episode 32 MAR 07 2025 Midjourney Questions Answered Named a top favorite feature; style codes are the seed used to build moodboards Into it
  18. Episode 30 FEB 09 2025 Midjourney Moodboards The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets Weighting style references and stacking them with moodboards singled out as commonly misunderstood by students Into it
  19. Episode 29 FEB 02 2025 Midjourney: New Describe Feature, Mood Boards & The Future Cited alongside style weights as necessary to build one tight, transferable mood board Discussed
  20. Episode 28 JAN 26 2025 Midjourney Mood Boards: (Literally) Everything You Need to Know Used as the baseline comparison throughout: a one-image mood board is shown to behave like an SREF code Into it
  21. Episode 27 JAN 19 2025 Midjourney From Dall E 2 creative freedom Julie Wieland Julie uses style-reference codes for inspiration sometimes but says she'd never rely on them alone Mixed
  22. Episode 26 JAN 12 2025 To Midjourney v7 and Beyond: Personalization, Moodboards, Roadmap & More Used as the reference point for how mood-board mixing will likely roll out, the way SREF combinations did Discussed
  23. Episode 25 JAN 05 2025 Micro-Decisions in Midjourney: Small Choices, Big Impact Used with Retexture to completely reskin the escalator scene's style while keeping its composition intact Into it
  24. Episode 24 DEC 29 2024 Midjourney Moodboards, Mayhem, and Magic The old way to lock in a tight style before moodboards; Rory used to hand-build SREF codes Into it
  25. Episode 21 DEC 08 2024 Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA Hosts share SREF-mining tricks: a dedicated test prompt, smart folders, and underused Rooms to keep codes organized Into it
  26. Episode 17 NOV 10 2024 Cracking Midjourney's New Editor Features (Retexture & External Editor) Discussed as a hedge against V7: apply an old style code on top of a retextured new-model image Into it
  27. Episode 13 OCT 13 2024 Midjourney After Dark: AI Video Wars, Style Code Exploration, Artistic Attributes +, More Drew runs a 'skull emoji' SREF as his litmus test for new style codes before refining further Into it
  28. Overtime OCT 06 2024 31 Midjourney Style Codes You HAVE to Try for Yourself A rundown of 31 favorite style codes for October, plus how to apply, weight, and discover them Into it
  29. Episode 10 SEP 15 2024 Midjourney AMA: Answering Your Most Burning Questions (Part 1) Rory juxtaposes two contrasting style codes, dark plus vibrant or photoreal plus illustrative, in one prompt Into it
  30. Episode 8 AUG 25 2024 Midjourney Style Reference (--sref): Everything You Need To Know (Literally) SV1, SV2, SV3, SV4 · Full breakdown: style weight 0-1000, blending codes by ratio, a moodboard-testing hack, and brand formulas Into it
  31. Episode 3 JUL 23 2024 Prompt Theory in Midjourney: Our Best (Proven) Tips Drew says he's been combining style references with stylize and SW values a lot lately for consistent realism Into it
  32. Episode 2 JUL 13 2024 Midjourney Hacks That Are Too Good To Keep Secret Drew and Rory debate style raw on vs. off and building custom tuned style-reference codes for consistent looks Into it
  33. Episode 1 JUL 02 2024 We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts (Here's How It Happened) Cited as an example of community-driven development: fans hand-blended two style codes before Midjourney shipped official weighting Into it

Quick answers

When did Fast Hours first talk about Style References?

Style References first came up in Episode 1, “We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts (Here's How It Happened)”, published July 2, 2024.

What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Style References?

The most recent is an Overtime video, “We Tested Midjourney’s New Editor Live. Here's How to Use It.” (August 31, 2026).

How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Style References?

33 episodes so far. In the 33 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 25 times, mixed 3, not sold 1, and simply discussed it 4.

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