# AI for Graphic Design Canonical URL: ## Overview AI is reshaping creative design. In this course, you'll learn how to integrate AI into Adobe applications to enhance your creativity and optimize your workflow. Tailored for graphic and visual designers, this course explores advanced AI tools within Adobe's suite and beyond, helping you enhance your creative process and streamline tasks. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Understand how artificial intelligence is integrated into graphic design workflows and identify the capabilities of leading AI tools such as Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, and Leonardo AI. - Apply AI-powered features in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign to generate professional-grade design assets and create visuals through prompt-based generation. - Evaluate the strengths and limitations of free and paid AI platforms, enhance image quality through sharpening, upscaling, and noise reduction, and design a cohesive brand identity package by integrating multiple AI tools into a streamlined creative workflow. ## What you'll learn - Generate vector illustrations, photo edits, and layouts using AI tools in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign - Create original visuals through prompt-based image generation with MidJourney, Leonardo AI, and DALL·E 3 - Enhance and restore images with AI-powered sharpening, upscaling, and denoising techniques - Use ChatGPT and Notion AI to develop creative briefs, brand names, and design concepts - Build mood boards, style guides, and concept sets with free and paid AI design tools - Assemble a complete brand identity using multiple AI platforms within a simulated design workflow ## Prerequisites Students should have a basic understanding of graphic design and the major Adobe apps, including [Photoshop](/classes/photoshop-beginner), [Illustrator](/classes/illustrator), and [InDesign.](/classes/indesign-beginner) ## Curriculum #### AI Uses for Graphic Design - What AI can do for designers - How AI can improve productivity, quality, and creativity - Real-world examples of AI-generated design work - Understanding when AI should and should not be used #### Adobe Creative Cloud Plans & AI Features - Standard vs. Pro Creative Cloud plans - Generative credits and unlimited access - Checking your Adobe Firefly plan and AI credit balance - Using Adobe and non-Adobe generative AI models #### Data Privacy, Copyright, & Legal Considerations - How AI model training can affect privacy - Disabling training in ChatGPT - Copyright, commercial use, and liability concerns #### Ways Graphic Designers Can Use AI - Create, edit, and iterate on graphics - Speed up repetitive workflows - Generate creative directions and design ideas - Research topics, audiences, and industries - Draft and rewrite marketing copy, proposals, emails, and case studies - Write scripts and automations for design apps #### AI Image Generation Tools: ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, & More - ChatGPT - Adobe Firefly - Google Gemini Nano Banana - Midjourney #### Generating Images with ChatGPT - Creating images from text prompts - Specifying art style, lighting, and color palette - Refining generated images - Generating images in a similar photographic style #### Generating Images with Adobe Firefly - Creating images in Adobe Firefly - Choosing Firefly models and image settings - Generating images with a similar style #### Changing Images & Removing Elements - Using AI generators such as ChatGTP or Adobe Firefly, versus working inside Photoshop - Removing objects and making minor or major changes to images #### AI Features in Adobe Photoshop - Remove unwanted objects such as products, wires, cables, and people - Understand AI resolution limitations - Increase image resolution with AI upscaling tools - Create AI-powered selections with Select Subject, Select People, and Object Selection - Use Harmonize to blend objects naturally into scenes - Rotate objects in 3D space with AI-powered object rotation #### AI Features in Adobe Illustrator - Generate vector graphics, scenes, subjects, and icons with AI - Use partner AI models such as Firefly, Ideogram, and Gemini Nano Banana - Generate repeating patterns with AI - Recolor artwork using text prompts with Generative Recolor - Experiment with prompts, detail settings, and AI-generated variations #### AI Features in Adobe InDesign - Apply and generate Style Packs with AI - Generate images directly inside layouts - Know when to use Photoshop instead for higher resolution or more control #### Non-Visual Uses for AI - Research, writing, and inspiration - Reviewing and improving content #### Using AI to Build Custom Automations - Automating repetitive design workflows - Understanding how and why AI can help designers write code (without them having to understand the code) - Using AI to create scripts for Adobe apps ## Schedule - Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026 — Live Online - Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026 — Live Online - Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026 — Live Online - Nov 9, 2026 – Nov 10, 2026 — Live Online ## Pricing **Tuition:** $695