-jaded

P.S. Where’s the re-shoot of your awesome passes? Your Malone-shift is smooooooth.

This was very helpful to me, so thank you! I know the DPS from various sources already but I have never licked the scooping action until now.

Also I’m quite impressed that you can make a single video in one go like that and make it cover everything without any dead points. Myself I freeze completely when I’m alone and I have to talk to a camera.

But anyway, I only see one other thing that’s opened. Your palm has a tendency to hug the bottom of the deck on the exit which feels like a separate movement. It feels like you’re just trying to really not flash, but if you just mind the angle of the deck, you can eliminate the hug and it’ll look even more natural.

Another thing I’ve noticed is people flash the pinky when they regrip the card. They tend to be actively trying do it (and doing it too fast, which results in the sucker shooting out). If you’re going to do that, I advise either mentally trying to keep that pinky in contact with the edge of the card (it will mentally force you to keep the arc of the pinky tight), or relax into the position (which is preferred).

There are also those two other tweaks I told you about. Either leaving the pinky there, or squeezing the other fingers in to meet the pinky. I don’t like the look of the squeezed hand afterwards though (though Carney makes it look great).

I have another tip on the “scrunch” that I’m not sure if I showed you that shaves off another inch off the edge of the card… which you know is huge . It was the original reason I scrunched in the first place.

Lata!
-gary

I recognized the anchor thing from Ricky’s post on erdnase.com – He told me to check it out yesterday, actually.

Paper Engine, page 69:

“Many magicians exert inexhaustible effort in learning to palm a card, but next to none in learning how to replace one.”

Do you have any tips and tricks for replacing it to the deck, whether it be to the bottom, middle or top?

-Stein