This Magic Act Is Amazing

[nevets88]

Don't really watch many magic shows, but this, to me, was amazing.

 

[dennyjones]

Impressive.    I'm always excited to see a good magic show.

[colin007]

Burn the witch with fire.

[Vinsk]

Meh. Done with computer imagery tech. Great hands, but grossly assisted with computers so..meh.

[boogielicious]

3 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Don't really watch many magic shows, but this, to me, was amazing.

 

I’m a big magic fan. He was impressive.

[nevets88]

Yeah, have been reading up on it, there is some post processing involved.

OTOH, Ricky Jay!

 

[iacas]

1 hour ago, Vinsk said:

Meh. Done with computer imagery tech. Great hands, but grossly assisted with computers so..meh.

I wouldn't guarantee that. Reminded me quite a bit of this guy…

 

And he has others, too:

Plus, @Vinsk, he won this: https://fism.org/championship-contests/world-championships-of-magic/.

You can read the rules here: https://fism.org/championship-contests/contest-rules/. Basically, if that was a computer trick, I don't think he'd have won. He won in the close-up category, and I don't think that would qualify if you had to edit the video on a computer.

[Vinsk]

25 minutes ago, iacas said:

I wouldn't guarantee that. Reminded me quite a bit of this guy…

 

And he has others, too:

Plus, @Vinsk, he won this: https://fism.org/championship-contests/world-championships-of-magic/.

You can read the rules here: https://fism.org/championship-contests/contest-rules/. Basically, if that was a computer trick, I don't think he'd have won. He won in the close-up category, and I don't think that would qualify if you had to edit the video on a computer.

Yes possibly completely true. I'm having my brother look at it. He used to go to the Magic Castle and is real big into all this stuff. He's met David Blaine, Penn&Teller, all those guys and has performed some good stuff with some of them.  I've also read where some artists are pretty good at 'bending' the rules with this kind of stuff. Probably not the case here. But thanks for the link.

[iacas]

5 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Yes possibly completely true. I'm having my brother look at it. He used to go to the Magic Castle and is real big into all this stuff. He's met David Blaine, Penn&Teller, all those guys and has performed some good stuff with some of them.  I've also read where some artists are pretty good at 'bending' the rules with this kind of stuff. Probably not the case here. But thanks for the link.

Actually I just saw that Shin Lim won the FISM for Close-Up Magic in 2015. 🙂 They're only held every three years, so those are your last two champions.

 

[Vinsk]

16 hours ago, iacas said:

Actually I just saw that Shin Lim won the FISM for Close-Up Magic in 2015. 🙂 They're only held every three years, so those are your last two champions.

 

That's just crazy awesome.

[Buckeyebowman]

On 11/21/2018 at 5:53 PM, iacas said:

I wouldn't guarantee that. Reminded me quite a bit of this guy…

 

And he has others, too:

Plus, @Vinsk, he won this: https://fism.org/championship-contests/world-championships-of-magic/.

You can read the rules here: https://fism.org/championship-contests/contest-rules/. Basically, if that was a computer trick, I don't think he'd have won. He won in the close-up category, and I don't think that would qualify if you had to edit the video on a computer.

Exactly! I once heard Penn (and Teller) describe close-up card magic as the hardest kind of magic to do. Went to a convention once where the organizers had hired a magician to walk around the floor and do magic for people. I watched that guy like a hawk, and could not spot a glitch in his routine! I love a good magic show!