StretchLearn Course

Make AI Image Tools Do Real Design Work

A beginner's path through Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, and Stable Diffusion: prompting, refinement, in-tool editing, and the rights and ethics that keep client work safe.

Beginner9 hr 25 minSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

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.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

01

Compare Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, and Stable Diffusion and choose the right tool for a given design task

02

Write structured prompts using subject, medium, style, lighting, and parameter modifiers that hit a creative brief

03

Refine outputs with variations, seeds, inpainting, and image prompts to converge on an intended result

04

Edit and composite generations in Photoshop and Figma using generative fill, upscaling, and masking

05

Evaluate the commercial-use rights and indemnification terms of each tool before delivering client work

06

Apply a practical ethics and disclosure checklist covering training data, likeness, and provenance

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: The Generative Image Landscape for Designers

Understand how diffusion models work at a practical level and how Midjourney, Firefly, and Stable Diffusion differ so you can pick the right tool for each job.

3 lessons
How Diffusion Models Actually Make ImagesContent · 45 min
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Midjourney vs Firefly vs Stable DiffusionContent · 50 min
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Setting Up Your Three-Tool WorkspaceContent · 40 min
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Module 2

Module 2: Prompting With Design Intent

Learn to write structured, reproducible prompts that translate a creative brief into reliable output across all three tools.

3 lessons
The Anatomy of a Working PromptContent · 50 min
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Controlling Style Without Copying ArtistsContent · 45 min
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Iteration and ReproducibilityContent · 50 min
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Module 3

Module 3: Refining and Editing in Your Design Tools

Take raw generations the last mile with inpainting, outpainting, upscaling, and compositing inside Photoshop, Figma, and InDesign.

3 lessons
Generative Fill, Expand, and InpaintingContent · 50 min
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Upscaling, Cleanup, and Print ResolutionContent · 45 min
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Compositing AI Into Real Design LayoutsContent · 50 min
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Module 4

Module 4: Rights, Ethics, and Professional Practice

Understand the copyright, licensing, disclosure, and ethical issues that determine whether AI work is safe to deliver to a client.

3 lessons
Copyright and Commercial-Use RightsContent · 50 min
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Training Data, Likeness, and BiasContent · 45 min
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Disclosure, Provenance, and Client WorkflowContent · 45 min
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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

ai image generationmidjourneyadobe fireflystable diffusionprompt engineeringgenerative filldesign workflowai ethics