My first wait, no, second? rec post ever. I should really do more of these.

( Behind ze cut! )

We're compiling a master list of Dark Agenda Challenge fic recs over at dark_agenda. We'll be updating as more recs come in, so feel free to comment with your own.

(A reminder to anyone who's confused - you don't need to have previous knowledge of this challenge for your fic to be tagged by you or someone who has bookmarked/recced it. It just needs to focus on a chromatic character and/or be from a chromatic source.)

 People who know this thing better than me - Is there some way to get a page up that shows all the fandoms in Yuletide 2009, like there is for Yuletide Madness?  I noticed that at least one fandom I was looking for wasn't listed on the filter deal, and it would be a convenient way to search, especially since I keep hitting the 1000 story limit.

 Thanks!

It's raining Yulerecs! (Hallelujah!)

( American Gods, Beauty and the Beast (Disney), Catch-22, Casino Royale, Fingersmith, Henry IV, Lucifer, Neverwhere, Vorkosigan Saga, Watchmen )

Over here in my journal. (This includes a few non-Yuletide recs as well.) Fandoms: Saving Face, In the Heights, Harold and Kumar, Shadow of the Templar, Glee.

Memorial -- Written for me. A Black Jewels fic that just filled me with glee.

Starting Out On A Journey -- A fic set in the fandom of Parasite Eve about new starts and changes.

Maybe Someday -- Jennifer's Body. I don't like horror movies, but now I want to see this one.

Nothing Wrong With That -- Night World fandom by LJ Smith. I loved these books when I was younger and I loved seeing a new take on the characters.

I Owe You One -- Hee! White Collar fic and it is soooo Neal!

Under The Darkening Sky -- Set in the universe of the Dresden Files TV Series. I need to watch more of the show because I really enjoyed this fic.

Hold Your Head High -- Dresden Files crossover with The Craft. Sarah and Harry and Bob! So cute and awesome and I wanted to see more.

... more recs!

(cue groaning)

Found over here at my DW.

30 recs, in various fandoms including: 30 Rock, Addams Family, Beauty and the Beast, Casino Royale, Fairy Tales, Gregory Maguire - Son of a Witch, His Dark Materials, Hook, How I Met Your Mother, Hustle, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Kings, Lie to Me, Mad Men, Ocean's 11, Profit, Sandman, Temeraire, The Devil's Whore, The Middleman, The Pretender, Vorkosigan Saga, and Waitress.

Over here is the first rec compilation, this was the second part. Then we had a third and now this is the fourth.


( And now... more indexed recs! )

I use to auto cap using KMPlayer, but now I want to auto cap a DVD and it won't let me.  I'm in search for a new program. I've tried VLC player but I can't get it to work right for me. I really don't want to rip the DVD to my hard drive. If someone could tell me of a free program I could use, it would make my day. Thank you in advance.

Hello! I have a scanned image where part of the skin seems darker/uneven compared to the rest of the face.

( 2 decent-sized images under here )

I've tried duplicating the layer, erasing everything but the skin, and then gaussian blur but there is still a difference in tone. I'm using Photoshop 6. Any suggestions would be wonderful. Thanks!

A handful of recs are posted to my journal here.

Fandoms are Alias (comics), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band RPF, Terminator universe (movies and TV), Community, and Into the Woods.

All from the Cthulhu Mythos - H.P. Lovecraft fandom. Two of these were written for me.

I'm all a-squee from the Lovecraftian goodness! :D

Answered Prayers: This was a gift fic for me – a delightful piece based on “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”. Joseph Curwen/Simon Orne slash which explores the relationship with true delicacy and tenderness. There truly needs to be more of this pairing! And more fic for this one of Lovecraft’s tales in general.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn: A Yuletide Madness bonus fic which I am truly grateful to receive! Cthulhu/Dagon, darkly lovely as only the connection between Great Old Ones can be.

Syzygy: A Herbert West – Re-animator fic. Beautifully written, with a twist at the end truly worthy of Lovecraft himself!

The True Death of Frank Gardiner: I saw a rec for this story and was glad I chose to read it! A Lovecraft-style tale with original characters. Pure horror at its best.

Fifteen more stories in eleven more fandoms under the cut:

( Anastasia Krupnik, the Bible, Bridge to Terabithia, Como agua para chocolate, Dark Tower, Dinosaur Comics, Discworld, Eastwick, The Fifth Element, Fried Green Tomatoes, and The Graveyard Book )

Title: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Author: hope813
Pairing: Finn/Rachel
Rating: PG
Warnings:Through "Sectionals"
Disclaimer: Sadly, this world is not mine.
Summary:Rachel has given up on Finn for good and that's that. Right?


New Chapter:

Chapter Three: On Thin Ice


Previous Chapters:

Chapter One: The Cold Shoulder

Chapter Two: A Chilly Reception

I have Photoshop Elements 8, and seem to be missing several...effects/plugins/abilities. For example, I DO NOT have the "Channel Mixer" or "Layer Mask" plugins as described in these tutorials:
http://simplephotoshop.com/elementsplus/tutorials/channel-mixer.htm
http://simplephotoshop.com/elementsplus/tutorials/add-mask.htm

Am I blind? :( Can someone please help, for example, posting screencaps, telling me a possible alternate location, or even specifying what subcategory those effects might be in in the effects pallet?

(If this helps - I got PSE8 off of the Platinum Software Suite Deluxe 2010 disk that comes with Windows 7 computers, Dells more specifically.)

for those who have used the newest paint shop pro. how do you copy something out of paint shop pro and paste it to photoshop?


for example im cropping pictures into icons with paint shop pro and them paste them into photoshop to color them. i used to be able to do so when i used paint shop pro 9.

Rachel gets a lot of grief for the clothes she wears within Glee and I've always found that really funny, because 9 out of 10 times she looks amazing.

This has every single outfit she has worn, apart from costumes (unless the costume looks like something she would wear/I really liked it).