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Level 2: Field track · Design

AI for visual design: a practical image course

Direct image models, keep visuals consistent and use them legally.

Overview

Is it right for you?

Who it’s for

Anyone who makes images for work, such as marketers, creators and designers new to AI images.

Before you start

Unit 1 of Practical AI for Work (Foundations), which is free, and a membership.

What you’ll be able to show

  • Plan a three-step image set that is consistent, accessible and checked for usage rights.
Curriculum

Every lesson, in order.

Each one has a short video with captions, quick checks and practice on a live AI.

6 lessons · 58 minutes · 2 units

  1. 1Image craft
  2. 2Use it well

Unit 1: Image craft

Prompt, keep consistent and edit AI images.

  1. Anatomy of an image prompt10 minWrite an image prompt with a subject, a style, a composition and a lighting choice.
  2. Keep a look consistent across images10 minWrite a reusable style block and character description that keeps a set of images consistent. Terms: style block.
  3. Edit an image without starting over10 minChoose the right fix for an image that is almost right, and write a one-change edit instruction.

Unit 2: Use it well

Alt text, usage rights and a graded image set.

  1. Alt text for AI images10 minWrite alt text that tells a screen reader user what an image shows and why it is there. Terms: alt text.
  2. Usage rights, handled honestly10 minCheck an AI image tool's current terms and write a rights checklist for an image before you publish it.
  3. Project: a small, consistent image setProject8 minPlan a three-step image set that is consistent, accessible and checked for usage rights.

Your certificate.

AI for Visual Design is a certificate of completion with your name, a date and a number, and a public link anyone can use to check that it is genuine. You earn it when every lesson, including the project, is done. It is not accredited.

Price and access.

This track is part of membership.

  • Monthly$38.95every 4 weeks
  • Quarterly$94.85every 12 weeks

For every unit, track and certificate. 30-day refund.

Questions about this track.

How long does the AI Visual Design track take?

6 lessons of about ten minutes each, 0.5 hours of lessons in all. You go at your own pace, on a phone or a laptop.

What do I need before I start?

Unit 1 of Practical AI for Work (Foundations), which is free, and a membership.

What does it cost?

This track is part of membership. Membership is $38.95 every 4 weeks or $94.85 every 12 weeks, for every unit, track and certificate. 30-day refund.

Is the certificate accredited?

No. AI for Visual Design is a certificate of completion with your name, a date and a number, and a public link anyone can use to check that it is genuine. You earn it when every lesson, including the project, is done. It is not accredited.

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Your first lesson takes ten minutes.

Start Unit 1 free

Unit 1 is free. No card needed.