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How To Make Magic Tricks

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Adobe Photoshop 7 has certainly been one of the most effective catalysts in media, entertainment and popular culture. It's no wonder people are flocking to learn how to use it. Adobe has already released several higher versions of Photoshop (the latest being CS3) but Photoshop 7 remains popular with many users. This 'old version' of Photoshop doesn’t have the extras of the new releases but it can still kick up some magic fairy dust. Here are some online resources to help you learn Adobe Photoshop 7 quickly and easily:

Go to , where you'll find free tutorials for Adobe Photoshop 7. There are some tutorials that feature higher versions, but the Photoshop 7 tips and tricks should give you a good headstart.

Another site that Photoshop beginners will be thankful for is Jay Arraich's (). This is purely Adobe Photoshop 7 so you don’t get derailed by some very tempting bits offering to teach you CS2 or CS3. The site will look plain to you but the lessons are basic – exactly what you would need if you're a beginner.

A screen capture illustrates the tutorial clearly so you don’t get stuck in the mystery of the textual instructions. Arraich walks you through an overview of Adobe Photoshop 7's window with its main features and the all-important menu section. The opening screen is numbered to help you identify which feature is which so you know exactly where to look when you take Arraich's tutorial.

Photoshop 7 has some hidden features that you might have missed. If you want to learn them all, go to . It features a guide written by Julieanne Kost that will let you in on the little Photoshop 7 secrets that will make image editing even easier. If the first brush you have with Photoshop is with 6.0, this article will make the transition very rewarding.

If you have little patience with texts, we suggest you find Andrew Hathaway's Adobe Photoshop 7, available in both CD and DVD formats. This video tutorial will walk you through the whole Photoshop 7 operation, which makes it ideal for people who have never used an image editing software before. Getting started includes the introduction to Photoshop 7, interface basics, using palettes, image window, imaging process, everything you need to get started.

The basics part of the tutorial lets you manipulate image size, color settings, resolution and teaches you the tricks in navigating. Once you've mastered the basics, the fun part begins. Selection and masks give you access to the marquee tools and options, letting you use masking and transforming tools. You'll also learn to use the magic wand, cropping, lasso, color and brush tools.

This video tutorial features 11 hours of 151 video lessons. It's compatible with both PC and Mac and you can learn at your own pace or skip lessons if you want to.

Another site that offers free Adobe PhotoShop tutorial is . If you're a Photoshop 7 planning to become a CS user someday, this site is perfect for you because the tutorials are designed for advanced users. There are some very helpful stuff for beginners and experienced users will have plenty to like about this site.

Choose from text Photoshop 7 tutorials that include text effects, playing with texture and backgrounds, creating interface, perfecting coloring techniques and manipulating photos. There are also numerous video tutorials on site so you get to see exactly what goes on.

How To Make Magic Tricks

The innumerable magic trick kits are attractive to the ones interested in learning tricks more than the common card and coin tricks. As everyone must be aware the cards and the coin tricks are the most popular ones in addition to the other assortments of magic tricks. The coin based tricks can be at times easier than those based on the cards as the individual should learn to handle the cards smartly. The shuffling of the cards in a desired manner to perform the trick is very essential. Sometimes the ‘magician' has to manage the trick by working on 2 –3 cards while pretending to fiddle only with one card. But some cards can be modified specially of the magic tricks, like covering one half of the card with half of another card etc. Some of the famous magic tricks of the magic kits are Vanishing coin trick, Eggcup trick, and the Broken Pencil trick. In short, these magic kits contain items specially designed to do the ‘magic' like the ball connected to the string which stops at one's word and continues at ‘Go'. The trick is the string is designed such a way that the person saying ‘stop' stretches the string tightly at that moment and the ball stops. On relaxing the grip, the ball continues to move down.

Disappearing Coin Trick

The same trick of making a coin ‘disappear' as the audiences are witnessing it can be done in several ways. Suggested here is one such manner in which a glass, colored paper and handkerchief is used. The glass has to be pasted with the colored paper exactly matching the shade of the sheet over which the glass is placed upside down. The trick is to place a coin on the colored sheet and inform that the coin is going to disappear. After displaying the presence of the coin, cover it with the handkerchief. While pulling out the handkerchief, move the glass over the coin without anyone noticing it. And lo! The coin would have ‘disappeared' under the magical kerchief.

Reading One's Mind

This can be easy with prior preparation and careful steps to hide the actions from the onlookers. Use a clear tape to be wound around the thumb with the sticky part outside. A piece of lead can be carefully placed on the inner side of the thumb, stuck to the tape. Pretend to write on a paper initially while nothing is being written. Have two boxes filled with cards containing shapes in one and numbers in the other box. Ask one of the audience to pick one card from each, showing the onlookers the shape and the number they have selected. Surprise everyone by showing them the paper on which you had ‘written' earlier which contains the shape and number chosen by the person. The trick is to jolt down the shape and the number on the paper with the lead as the person displays it to the audience but pretending to be watching them.

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