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Window Seat is 90% coffee table photo book and 10% self-help and imaging techniques work flow book.

This 147 page book is a beautiful visual memory of those sights you see when you gaze out the window of a plane. I know I have tried to capture what I see out the window of a plane and have been very disappointed by the images. I may be able to make something of them now with this work flow.

Kost shows us sample original images captured by her and we see the final image after she has applied image corrections in Photoshop. Her instructions are brief. This is not a step-by-step tutorial giving all the input numbers. It is a general overview of the work flow what may be necessary, how you get there by pointing to the tools, and what they can do for you.

The self-help part of the book lists Julieanne's 18 self help and creative thinking hints. Here they are:

• Master your tools.


• Listen to what your life is trying to tell you.


• Be open to whatever comes your way.


• Share what you know and learn from others.


• Collaborate with other creative people, especially the quiet ones.


• Be flexible. Learn to negotiate.


• Fix whatever you complain about most.


• View every challenge as a possible discovery.


• Take 15 minutes for yourself everyday.


• Figure out what you need to do to reach your zero point.


• Integrate work and Art; both will benefit.


• Take up an interest in something you know nothing about.


• Look at new stuff- and what you already know- with fresh perspective.


• Keep a journal.


• Visualize first, Photoshop second.


• Replace your thoughts with intuition


• Play! Play! Play!


• Know when you're done.

This book is worth a look even if it is just to vicariously have the window seat. It will not teach anyone much about Photoshop.