AI & Emerging Design

AI Image Generation for Designers

Make AI Image Tools Do Real Design Work

12 lessons4 modules9h 25m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This is a working designer's guide to AI image tools, not a gallery of pretty outputs. You will learn how Midjourney v6/v7, Adobe Firefly 3, and Stable Diffusion (SDXL) actually behave, how to write prompts that hit a brief, and how to refine, edit, and integrate generations into Photoshop, Figma, and InDesign. It closes with the copyright, licensing, and disclosure rules that decide whether your AI work is safe to deliver to a client.

Curriculum

Module 1: The Generative Image Landscape for Designers3 lessons

How Diffusion Models Actually Make ImagesPreview45m
Midjourney vs Firefly vs Stable Diffusion🔒50m
Setting Up Your Three-Tool Workspace🔒40m

Module 2: Prompting With Design Intent3 lessons

The Anatomy of a Working Prompt🔒50m
Controlling Style Without Copying Artists🔒45m
Iteration and Reproducibility🔒50m

Module 3: Refining and Editing in Your Design Tools3 lessons

Generative Fill, Expand, and Inpainting🔒50m
Upscaling, Cleanup, and Print Resolution🔒45m
Compositing AI Into Real Design Layouts🔒50m

Module 4: Rights, Ethics, and Professional Practice3 lessons

Copyright and Commercial-Use Rights🔒50m
Training Data, Likeness, and Bias🔒45m
Disclosure, Provenance, and Client Workflow🔒45m