Adobe Photoshop for Beginners: Generative AI Images from Coursera

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This Guided Project, ""Adobe Photoshop for Beginners: Generative AI Images"", is for beginner Adobe Photoshop users. This guided project is intended on helping new Adobe Photoshop users learn how to import, edit and manipulate, and export image files using Adobe Photoshop's Generative AI image editing features. In this hour-long project-based course, you will learn how to import and export image files, apply basic image property adjustments, utilize non-destructive editing techniques, and enhance and manipulate images using Adobe Photoshop's Generative AI features to produce an AI Generated enhanced image for professional use.

To achieve this, we will work through importing image files, the basics of photo editing including brightness, contrast, and color balance, how to utilize non-destructive editing techniques like clipping masks to preserve future editing capabilities, and develop creative manipulations with Photoshop's Generative AI features.

This project is unique because it introduces beginners to the powerful AI Generative image editing features of Adobe Photoshop, enabling them to achieve professional-level edits and manipulations with ease. It combines foundational photo editing techniques with cutting-edge AI tools, providing a comprehensive learning experience tailored to new users.

In order to be successful in this project, only basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is necessary. Generic knowledge of artificial intelligence and photo editing concepts may be helpful as well."

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This Guided Project, "Adobe Photoshop for Beginners: Generative AI Images", is for beginner Adobe Photoshop users. This guided project is intended on helping new Adobe Photoshop users learn how to import, edit and manipulate, and export image files using Adobe Photoshop's Generative AI image editing features. In this hour-long project-based course, you will learn how to import and export image files, apply basic image property adjustments, utilize non-destructive editing techniques, and enhance and manipulate images using Adobe Photoshop's Generative AI features. To achieve this, we will work through importing image files, the basics of photo editing including brightness, contrast, and color balance, how to utilize non-destructive editing techniques like clipping masks to preserve future editing capabilities, and develop creative manipulations with Photoshop's Generative AI features. This project is unique because it introduces beginners to the powerful AI Generative image editing features of Adobe Photoshop, enabling them to achieve professional-level edits and manipulations with ease. It combines foundational photo editing techniques with cutting-edge AI tools, providing a comprehensive learning experience tailored to new users. In order to be successful in this project, only basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is necessary. Generic knowledge of artificial intelligence and photo editing concepts may be helpful as well.

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Introduces the powerful AI generative image editing features of Adobe Photoshop, enabling learners to achieve professional-level edits and manipulations with ease

Combines foundational photo editing techniques with cutting-edge AI tools, providing a comprehensive learning experience tailored to new users

Teaches non-destructive editing techniques like clipping masks, which preserves future editing capabilities and is a standard practice in the field

Requires basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, which may be a barrier for learners with no prior experience with the software

Focuses on Generative AI features, which are rapidly evolving, so learners should be aware of potential updates and changes in the software

Career center

Learners who complete Adobe Photoshop for Beginners: Generative AI Images will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

Freelance Graphic Artist

A freelance graphic artist provides graphic design services to clients on a contract basis. This may involve creating a wide range of visual content, and this course will help a freelance graphic artist because it provides basic instruction in Adobe Photoshop, which may be a software that is useful for this role. Knowing how to use generative AI, import and export files, and apply non-destructive editing techniques, will help a freelance graphic artist to deliver on a variety of projects with speed and quality. This is a robust foundation in image manipulation.

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E-commerce Product Image Editor

An e-commerce product image editor enhances images of products, improving their appeal for online sales. This role requires a strong understanding of image manipulation and consistency. This course is useful because it teaches how to import, edit, enhance and export image files using Adobe Photoshop's features, which is a core component of this role. Additionally, the course's emphasis on non-destructive editing techniques, color correction, and image enhancement will help an e-commerce product image editor. The use of Generative AI features is also useful.

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Junior Graphic Designer

A junior graphic designer creates visual content that communicates a message, often working with both still and moving images. This course helps build a foundation in image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop, a crucial software for graphic designers, that will be necessary for this role. Understanding how to utilize non-destructive editing techniques and the application of basic image adjustments, which are covered in this course, will give a junior graphic designer a leg up in their projects. The course provides experience with Generative AI features, which are increasingly useful in the field.

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Web Designer

A web designer is responsible for the visual aspects of a website, often using images to enhance the user experience. This course is useful to someone who wants to be a web designer as it teaches core skills in image editing using Adobe Photoshop, a commonly used tool in web design. The ability to manipulate images using AI and the ability to apply basic image adjustments will help a web designer as they seek to create an appealing and engaging website. The skills that are taught in this course related to image imports and exports, and non-destructive editing techniques will be particularly useful for web design

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Blog Content Creator

A blog content creator produces a range of content, including written content, but also images, and they will often need to manipulate images for blogs. This course is helpful for a blog content creator because it provides foundational knowledge in image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop, a valuable tool in the field. The course will help in a blog content creator's work, in that it teaches basic image corrections, how to import and export image files and also how to creatively manipulate photos using generative AI features. This is a robust set of skills for anyone curating content for a blog.

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Multimedia Artist

A multimedia artist produces content that combines various forms of media, and their work may include image manipulation. This course may be helpful for a multimedia artist, because it introduces beginners to the basics of how to manipulate images using Adobe Photoshop. It will help a multimedia artist learn to import and export different types of image files, adjust their properties, and also utilize generative AI to modify images. This is a foundation in image editing.

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Social Media Content Creator

Social media content creators produce engaging visual content for various social media platforms, and they often need to create and manipulate images. This course may be useful to social media content creators as it teaches beginners basic Photoshop skills, including how to import and export image files, apply basic image adjustments, and utilize non-destructive editing techniques, all of which are invaluable to the role. Additionally, the course covers AI-based image manipulation skills, a cutting-edge practice that will be useful for those who want to keep one step ahead of image creation trends.

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Photographer Assistant

A photographer assistant supports photographers in their work and helps with image editing, among other tasks. This course will be helpful for a photographer assistant, as the role often calls for basic to intermediate skills in image manipulation, a need that this course can address. The course can help a photographer's assistant to learn to import and export image files and use basic edits on images as well as develop creative manipulations through generative AI features of Photoshop. These are all basic needs for a photographer's assistant.

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Art Director

An art director is in charge of the visual style and images used in magazines, newspapers, product packaging, and film and television productions. This course may be useful to an art director, as it teaches a variety of skills in image manipulation. This includes being able to import and export image files, basic adjustment of image properties and utilizing non-destructive editing techniques. A more advanced understanding of generative AI image manipulation is also useful, as a cutting edge technique.

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Presentation Designer

A presentation designer creates visually engaging presentations, often using images and graphics to convey information effectively. This course helps a presentation designer become more skilled because it covers the basics of image editing and manipulation with Adobe Photoshop, a useful tool for preparing presentations. Knowing how to import and export images, apply color and brightness adjustments, and use non-destructive editing techniques will help ensure the creation of clear, visually appealing presentation materials. The use of Generative AI is useful here too.

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Digital Marketing Specialist

A digital marketing specialist manages online marketing campaigns, which can include visual content such as advertisements and social media posts, making image editing skills useful. This course may be useful for a digital marketing specialist because it covers how to use Adobe Photoshop to import, edit, and manipulate images. The skills taught in the course, such as image adjustments, non-destructive editing, and AI image manipulation, help a digital marketing specialist create images that convert better, in a more streamlined fashion.

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Instructional Designer

An instructional designer develops educational materials, sometimes including visual components to improve learning. This course is helpful to an instructional designer because it offers foundational image editing skills using Adobe Photoshop, a useful tool for anyone working with teaching materials. Learning about image adjustments, non-destructive editing, and AI enhancements will ensure that the images in lesson plans are clear, engaging, and impactful. The ability to leverage generative AI tools is useful for an instructional designer

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User Interface Designer

A user interface designer is responsible for the look and feel of interfaces, such as websites and apps, and they often work with images when designing these interfaces. This course may be useful for a user interface designer because it teaches basic image manipulation techniques in Adobe Photoshop. The course will help a user interface designer import and export image files and make basic image adjustments. The course will also help them use generative AI as part of their design processes, and the skills taught in this course will be helpful to the user interface designer.

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Visual Merchandiser

A visual merchandiser creates visually appealing displays in retail stores. This course may be useful for a visual merchandiser, as image editing is important in modern retail. The course can help a visual merchandiser to ensure that images support the overall message of the store, through non-destructive image editing, and the basic adjustment of image properties. The use of AI-supported technology that is taught in this course will allow a visual merchandiser to remain on the cutting edge of retail presentation tools.

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Marketing Coordinator

A marketing coordinator oversees marketing projects and assists in developing marketing materials, including visuals. This course may be useful to a marketing coordinator because it teaches beginners how to use Adobe Photoshop for image editing. Understanding image property adjustments, non-destructive editing techniques, and how to use AI to enhance images will help a marketing coordinator to produce compelling, visually-rich materials that will be useful to campaigns. This course provides a foundational set of skills for this role.

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