The course begins by covering the features and tools of Adobe Photoshop and provides an understanding of image compositing and cropping techniques. In addition, the course explains how to use Adobe Illustrator to create logos, symbols, sketches, typographic elements, and other illustrations. For both programs, the course also introduces the use of artificial intelligence with Firefly.
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Certificates: Certificate in “Image Editing and Design with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator”
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Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 4 Weeks
Adobe Photoshop CC – Image Editing and Artificial Intelligence (approx. 10 days)
Introduction and Work Environment
Color and Brushes
Selection and Masking
Layers and Smart Objects
Tone and Color Correction
Composition and Transformation
AI-Based Image Editing, Firefly
Camera Raw and RAW Optimization
Text, Shapes, and Paths
Output and Automation
Technical Knowledge
Adobe Illustrator CC – Vector Graphics and Artificial Intelligence (approx. 5 days)
Basics of vector graphics, workspaces, anchor points
Firefly in Illustrator, generative shapes, colors, symbols
Text-to-Vector, generative recoloring, and color psychology
Interlacing and 3D effects
Font identification with AI
Automatic Shape Corrections
Corporate Design Development
Icon Design and UI Components
Infographics and Charts
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After completing the course, you’ll be able to plan and design creative projects on your own, from professional image editing to creating high-quality vector graphics. You’ll be able to work confidently with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, and use Adobe Firefly to optimize design processes, automate designs, and develop new creative ideas.
Media designers, graphic designers, web designers, communication designers, textile designers, content creators, marketing managers, and UI/UX designers; individuals with degrees in (interior) architecture; professionals in the arts; or those who wish to play an active role in the conception, design, and practical implementation of digital and print media and wish to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills—including the targeted use of current AI technologies in the design process.
Your future area of application can be in the print and digital sector, but above all in the creation of advertising media. The skills you acquire are in demand across all sectors in all areas of design and graphics.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).