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.Using a piece of thin white posterboard, cut out one piece thatmeasures 2-1/2 long x 5/8 wide.The second piece should measure 3-1/2 long x 5/8wide.Place a piece of double sided scotch tape on one side of each piece.Carefully placethe smaller piece inside the box and position it so the sticky side is down against thebottom of the box.Press it down so that it adheres to the inside bottom of the box.Now,hold the box so the thumb cut out side is facing you.Insert the longer piece and stick it tothe left long side of the box.Press it firmly to anchor it in place.That s it.Now place thedeck into the box, face down.Tuck the flap in and check the window.The deck should beperfectly registered in the circular window and snugly held in place by the added piecesyou installed.Naturally, the markings are in full view and easy to read.Instruction AddendumIf you have opted for the Do-it-Yourself version of PsiClops, here s a tip.When I firstbegan producing the marked cards for PsiClops, I began by blocking out some of the birdsin the background of the Bicycle back design, using a fine point Sanford blue ink Sharpiemarker.The reason I did that was to make the markings more prominent.That was about a year ago.Recently I began to notice a deterioration in the Lesley markingmaterial.The edges of the lettering were gradually being discolored by the blue ink usedin blocking out the background.Even though it took several months for this to happen, Iprefer that it doesn t.So, I use only minor blocking to the back design to touch up verysmall obstructions by the birds in the background at the extreme edge of the markingmaterial.Usually the markings can easily be positioned close to the angel s legs as shownin the illustration on page 4.If the card is a Heart suit, I found that it requires an extremelysmall correction to eliminate the one or two small areas where the lettering overlaps awhite bird.Look at the card where the aberration exists.On the card marked  A , if you check the upper right hand corner and lower right handcorner of the  H you ll note that small portions of the white birds in the backgroundconflict with the edges of the letter.Not enough to obstruct your ability to determine thatit is an  H , but enough to make it  untidy. Therefore, using a fine point Sanford blue inkSharpie Marking pen, carefully eliminate the white birds.It only takes a dot of ink toblock out the offending white wings.Practice on a few cards to get the hang of it.Thenumeral  2 covers the bird that normally appears near the lower left corner of the  2. Sono further blocking is necessary.Most markings can be positioned so no touch-up isnecessary, but when it does, it s quite easy to do and takes only a second or two.One other tip.It s a lot cleaner to begin with the sealed, marked deck in your left handjacket pocket with the force card between the card box and your body.The straight deck isin your right hand jacket pocket.The reason? There s no sense in having the bulk of twodecks in one pocket before the effect begins.During the performance, after the sealedstraight deck is placed in the left hand jacket pocket, furthest from your body, the twodecks are only in the one pocket for a moment or two.Once you ve removed the singlecard and placed it between the palms of the spectator s hands, you remove the markeddeck, closest to your body, to complete the deck switch.A small, but important touch.638Commercial Material - Ads & InstructionsA Major ImprovementRecently after discussing PsiClops with good friend, Lee Earle, I made the followingchanges to the handling of this fine effect.This variation returns the entire effect to therealm of mentalism as opposed to 50% magic and 50% mentalism.To begin, place a divider in your left hand jacket pocket.It can be made out of cardboardor posterboard, but it should not be too rigid.It should divide the pocket into twocompartments.In the compartment farthest to your body, place the loose, stacked, markeddeck, horizontally, with the 3 of Spades (or whatever card you re going to force) on top ofthe deck.The faces of the cards should be towards your body.The unmarked cards, withthe short corner 3 of spades, should be housed in the window Bicycle card box.This boxshould be placed in the right hand jacket pocket.The 6 x 9 empty clasp envelope is onyour table.Remove the boxed deck from the right hand pocket.Take the cards out of the box andhand them to an on stage participant.Place the empty card case in your jacket handkerchiefpocket so that it sticks partially out of the pocket.The hole side of the case is towards theperformer s body.Make sure the audience does not see the hole side of the box.Have theparticipant examine the cards to make sure they re all different from one another.He isthen to mix the cards anyway he knows how.When the participant is finished, theperformer retrieves the cards and has the spectator randomly select one [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]