Product Description
Learn the sleight of hand techniques used to accomplish most of the card magic published in the past century.Richard Kaufman teaches you all the basic sleight of hand methods you need to know in order to do card magic. Every expert in card magic has mastered the basic techniques required to create miracles with a pack of cards. This DVD teaches you exactly what you need to know. Master the sleights taught and you will be on your way to becoming an expert with a deck of cards.

Sleight of hand techniques taught: Biddle Move, Bottom Palm, Braue Addition, Dealing Position, Double Lift, Double Undercut, Elmsley Count, False Cut, Faro Shuffle, Force, Glimpse, Hamman Count, Hindu Shuffle, Injog Control, Jordan Count, Multiple Shift, Overhand Shuffle, Peek, Pinkie Break, Secret Subtraction, Side Steal, Thumb Count, Top Change, Top Palm, Zarrow Shuffle, and much more.

In addition to sleight of hand techniques you will also learn the proper way to handle playing cards.

This stylistically produced DVD features extreme closeups and slow and clear instructions. It is designed to give you every opportunity to garner the knowledge held by experts.

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Level 1
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Introduction to C++
Overview
Building a Simple Project
Creating a Win32 Console Application
Creating Header Files

Major Components
Build Process
Resources
Visual C++ Compiler
Linker
Source Code Editor
Visual C++ Debugger

Object Oriented Interfaces
Message Handling
Basic MFC Application
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Level 2
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Adding Message Handlers
Overview
Using Support Macros
Analyzing Events
Using the Class Wizard
Applying Drawing Logic
Using the Power of the View Model
Mapping Modes
Creating a Message Handler Using the Class Wizard
Summary of Mapping Modes
Summary of KeyPoints
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Level 3
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Dialogs
Steps in Using
Using the Control Toolbar to Create a Dialog
Using the Class Wizard
Dialog Execution Sequence
Hooking the Info to a Real Program Structure
Looking at Changes to Start Building Data for the Application
Miscellaneous Dialog Features
More Advanced Dialog Controls
Common Dialogs
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Level 4
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Modeless Dialogs
Creating a Modeless Dialog
Extracting Information from a Dialog
Adding a Menu
Adding a Toolbar
Keeping the User Interface in Synch

Single Document Interface
Overview
Building a Single Document Interface
Collection Classes
Modifying the Destructor of the Document Object
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Level 5
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More SDI
Lists Boxes
Serialization
Cleaning up the View
Multiple Views
Init Instance Function
Changing Views
Modifying View Specifications
Creating a Splitter Window
Altering the Split Arrangement
Understanding the Editor
Applications Based on the RichEditView
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Level 6
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Using MFC (1 hr)
Multiple Document Interfaces
Adapting SDI’s to MDI’s
Manipulating the Interface
Introducing Views

ActiveX
The Calendar Control
The Web Browser Control
Building & Using an ActiveX Component
Building Property Pages

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CD1

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CD2

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CD3

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CD 4

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CD5

http://rapidshare.com/files/162284135/KS_VC_6.0_CD5.part1.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/162283998/KS_VC_6.0_CD5.part3.rar
CD6

http://rapidshare.com/files/162284117/KS_VC_6.0_CD6.part1.rar
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