Lesson 15 | Generative AI

In this Lesson 15 tutorial, aligned with Photoshop Classroom in a Book 2026, you’ll use Generative AI to create and refine original imagery for a flexible restaurant promotion flyer. The project emphasizes real-world design considerations, including when generative AI is appropriate for client work and how to design assets that adapt to both vertical social media formats and print advertising. You’ll practice generating new images from text prompts, refining results using variations, descriptive prompts, style effects, and reference images, and organizing your work using proper file-naming and cloud document workflows. The lesson concludes with an extra credit Harmonize demonstration, showing how to match lighting and color when compositing objects into an existing scene. 0:00 – Lesson overview and connection to Generative AI chapter 0:41 – Document format, size, and multi-platform design purpose 1:22 – Professional considerations for using Generative AI with clients 2:14 – Reviewing the gradient fill layer and visual structure 3:12 – Smart Object text layer and vector workflow 3:56 – Generate Image: entering a basic text prompt 4:42 – Reviewing AI variations and layer placement 5:48 – Saving and organizing the Lesson 15 working file 6:26 – Refining results with variations and prompt edits 7:29 – Using style effects and reference images (Art Deco example) 8:56 – Evaluating results and saving the styled version 9:18 – Extra credit overview: Harmonize feature 9:55 – Applying Harmonize to match lighting and color 10:58 – Cleaning up generative layers and final saves