Understanding the Adobe Creative Suite: Working with Firefly and Adobe Express

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This class offers an option for in-classroom sessions. Participants attending an in-person class will need to adhere to the respiratory illness policies.

Explore Adobe Express and Firefly in this hands-on course. Learn to craft visual content, design layouts, and generate images using AI. A perfect intro to Adobe's powerful, user-friendly tools for creative storytelling.

Program Description

Ideal for beginners or anyone curious about Adobe's evolving design tools, this session allows you to explore how templates, typography, color, and generative AI can be used to quickly produce compelling digital content from social media visuals to personalized artwork.

You'll work directly in both platforms to experiment with key design principles, produce your own visuals, and explore how Adobe's AI-driven tools can simplify and elevate your creative projects.

Learning Objectives

Course Objectives

In this class, you will have the opportunity to:

1. Explore the core features of Adobe Express for creating graphics, layouts, and quick visual content.
2. Use Adobe Firefly to generate custom imagery using AI-powered text prompts.
3. Apply design fundamentals such as color, typography, and layout to your projects.
4. Combine visual elements to build polished and purpose-driven designs.
5. Develop confidence using modern Adobe tools for personal, academic, or professional projects.

Topic Outline

Course Topics

Adobe Express

- Navigating the Adobe Express interface
- Using templates to create marketing and social media visuals
- Editing text, colors, and images with intuitive tools
- Organizing visual elements for clean and compelling layouts
- Exporting and sharing finished designs

Adobe Firefly

- Introduction to generative AI in design
- Creating imagery with text prompts
- Styling and refining AI-generated artwork
- Combining Firefly content with Adobe Express projects
- Best practices for ethical and creative AI usage

Prerequisites

Note: No prior experience with Adobe products is required.

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Special Group Rates

For groups of 5 or more, special rates are available. Please contact techtraining@stanford.edu for more details.

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