⌈ Secret Post #1044 ⌋

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Notes:

THIS goes into effect starting with Submissions Post 151, as secrets were posted before the poll went up last week.

Secrets Left to Post: 22 pages, 542 secrets from Secret Submission Post #150.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - doing it wrong ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

I made this icon a whole long time ago, and saved the PSD so I decided to make a tutorial

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Made in Photoshop 7
Translateable?: No
Difficulty: Fairly easy
PSD: Yes

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Title: A Patented Daydream
Artist: sigune
Rating: G
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall / Albus Dumbledore
Summary: Minerva McGonagall tests a Weasley product.
Artist's Website: Sigune's gallery at deviantART
Why you chose this piece: I'm not usually a fan of McGonagall/Dumbledore, not as the pair is commonly written. But I am a huge fan of Sigune (like, really, who isn't?) I just love everything about this picture: Albus in chains, Minerva in charge; I love Minerva as dragon-slayer, sword-wielder, man-tamer; I love the gender-play and the armor-worn-with-a-brooch; I love the way the Minerva's fichu echoes Albus's flowing locks and the daydream swirls; I love the spats and the sporran. And perhaps most of all, I love Minerva's expression: calm, satisfied, in control, at ease with her dreams and her dominance.

News
How did NCIS get to be so cool? provided by pfyre
A summary of NCIS:LA episode and Abby's involvement posted by ellie_ncis WARNING: Spoilers for 1x09, Random on Purpose

Challenges
Challenge #28 ends tomorrow at ncis1000words

Fiction
Slash
Keeping Ducky Happy written by nakeisha (Gibbs/Ducky)
Man Makes the Clothes (Ch.3/4) written by taylorgibbs

On MTAC:
Silent Tears written by Patricia
A Cry for Help written by Patricia

Artwork
12 NCIS icons created by montana_rosalie part of a multifandom post   
8 Tony/Tim icons created by catwalksalone
21 NCIS icons created by littleangel1987
32 NCIS icons created by tivahope WARNING: Spoilers for 7x07, End Game
8 NCIS icons created by witchmaeve
38 NCIS icons created by word_never_said
 
Episode Discussion WARNING: Spoilers for
sara_f_black opened discussion for 6x18, Knockout at ncis_espanol (in Spanish) 

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Program: Photoshop CS3
Difficulty: Medium
Translatable: Yes
PSD Included: No
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⌈ Secret Post #1043 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

101.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #149.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 2 3 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

But You Alone by Azazello. A friend of mine is looking for it, says she heard it was great but it's been pulled from everyone she knows of. Anyone know or have a copy?

Title: The Feel of It
Author: mindabbles
Length/Word Count:5,900
Alternate Links to Fic/Art: none that I could find
Pairing: Teddy/James
Rating: NC-17
Author's Website: author's masterlist
Why everyone should read this:
This fic is a delicious PWP with one of my favourite pairings. Teddy is 25ish and James 18ish, and the age disparity is just enough to heighten James's crush to something of a hero worship, without Teddy really being out of reach. What stands out to me is how well James's desperation is portrayed. You can feel his mouth go dry and neck get sweaty with how badly he wants Teddy. He flails a bit in this fic, trying to figure out just how to get Teddy to see beyond their brother-like bond. It’s pretty adorable at first, and quickly becomes scorching hot.

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News
Happy 30th Birthday for November 12, Cote!
Trailer (30s) for 7x08 'Power Down' posted by pfyre - WARNING: Spoilers for 7x08 'Power Down'
First pics of a certain guest star for 7x09 'Child's Play' - WARNING: Spoilers for 7x09 'Child's Play'
Rating report for November 10 episode posted by pfyre
Ausiello talks about McGee - WARNING: Spoilers for unaired season 7

Challenges
Prompt #230: curse at slashthedrabble
Holiday Recathon 2009 needs more NCIS prompts at wizefics
Jigsaw Puzzle 12 at ncis_shared
Week 47 at ncis_caption
Challenge 85 - 7x01 'Truth or Consequences' at ncis_stillness

Fiction
Gen
Warm and Dead by sa3466996 (DiNozzo) - WARNING: Spoilers for 7x01 'Truth and Consequences'
Convincing the World He Didn't Exist, Ch 12/? by cheekymice (DiNozzo)

Het
Some Days by katiegrl03 (DiNozzo/Ziva) - WARNING: Spoilers for 7x02 'Reunion'
Kiss by pearly_eyes (DiNozzo/Ziva)
All I Need is the Girl, Ch 7/? by ncis_love (Gibbs/Abby, Abby/Fornell)
What Falls Away is Always (And is Near) by bluejackmac (Gibbs/Jenny) - WARNING: Spoilers for 6x01 'Last Man Standing'
My Angel, Ch 4/? by abbygibbsmorgan (Gibbs/Abby)
They Meet Again, Ch 1/3 by generale_kenobi (Gibbs/Ziva) - WARNING: Spoilers for 6x01 'Last Man Standing'

Slash/Femmeslash
Seven Deadly Sins - Lust by calecat (DiNozzo/McGee)
Man Makes The Clothes, Ch 2/3 by taylorgibbs (Gibbs/DiNozzo)
Past Offenses by jack_infinitude (DiNozzo/McGee) - WARNING: Spoilers for 6x17 'South By Southwest'
Dangerous Liaisons, Ch 5/? by jaded_reality (NCIS: LA; G/Sam)
Grief by sarkywoman (Gibbs/DiNozzo, McGee/DiNozzo)

On MTAC: Captain Oblivious by taylorgibbs (Gibbs/DiNozzo)

Artwork
58 icons by alyssinmymind - WARNING: Spoilers through 7x07 'Endgame'
Cote birthday banner by midnight_daze
Gibbs manipulation by banbury
Cote birthday fanart by eleen_moon
17 Gibbs/Jenny icons by odainath

Pictures/Screencaps
Cote de Pablo picspam posted by sara_f_black

Searches
tomsmum is looking for complete AU stories.
karfinwen_88 is looking for father/daughter Gibbs/Ziva stories.
jaiclaire is looking for fics where Jenny is supportive of Gibbs/DiNozzo.

Miscellany
heimedall posts about a gallery of 20in20 winners' icons including those of ncis20in20.
sara_f_black posts a picture of Pauley & an interview link, Ausiello's McGee spoilers, trailer for 7x08 & birthday wishes for Cote at ncis_espanol (Spanish-language)

Sorry for the lateness of this edition: our usual Thursday editor had an emergency.

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Title: Vitae Lampada
Author: tree_and_leaf
Word Count: 935
Alternate Links to Fic: don't know of any
Character: Minerva McGonagall
Rating: G
Author's Website: Fic Masterlist
Why everyone should read this: This story is about Minerva the poetry lover, a premise that makes such sense to me that it's become part of my personal McG canon. Poetry is the perfect metaphor for Minerva's character, because a poem takes passion and power and controls them through rhyme, meter, and image. Canon Minerva is the same: a woman of powerful feelings who carefully restrains them behind bun and spectacles and a commitment to order. In this story, she knows and loves all the great and not-so-great Romantic and Victorian poets; she feels deeply the consolation of their philosophies, especially in time of war. It's an understated, touching, and revealing fic, and I also love the connection that tree_and_leaf draws between poetry and spell-making.

(The title and several quotations come from a once-famous work by Henry Newbolt called "Vitai Lampada," about how future soldiers learn about stoicism and duty by playing cricket.)

The story is short enough that it doesn't need an excerpt; go and enjoy it whole.

I was wondering if anyone can help me with this screen cap:



No matter what I do, because it's so low quality, I can't seem to lighten it up & make it look somewhat decent. Any idea how I can do this without loosing all the detail & without everything blending in?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Can't seem to find any tags to put this with.. so I think this one works, sorry!

Also, I use Photoshop CS3

I'm planning on making an icon using a screencap, which can be found below the cut. You may notice that the animation is very slow. I use VirtualDub, CamStudio, and ImageReady. It's speed is fine when played in vDub, but when opened in ImageReady it's deathly slow, and I can't seem to understand why.

Any ideas on what I can do so the speed isn't like that? I screencap at 40 frames per second, and the time between each frame in ImageReady is set to 0sec. I've tried many things, and I have a headache from all this D:

Any help is very very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Solved! Thank you all so much (:

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