Comments on: Premium Tutorial: Illustrator Jigsaw Puzzle

By: Sally Bauer

Sally Bauer — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:11:07 +0000

My question is: Do you make new layers once working on adding a picture to the frame? I hope to master this effect!

By: Tony Soh

Tony Soh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:03:10 +0000

Hi John Rich, thanks for the input. I see that you have tried a lot of different techniques in this tutorial. Great to see that you have learnt a lot.

By: john rich

john rich — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:56:29 +0000

Tony,
That was the problem ie the path with the curl in it didn’t quite touch the path of the rounded rectangle (under very high power zoom). I fixed it by creating a new anchor point on the rectangle and then averaging the end point of the line with the anchor point on the rectangle.
I thought it was interesting that when I “expanded” the original line with curl shape after applying Arch that I had a group with just one path in it. In order to join the lines together, I had to ungroup each of those lines.
Also, it seems easier for me to use the Object – rotate and reflect commands than use the individual tools.
Just a couple of thoughts. Since I’m using these shapes for video editing ie to import into a program called Zaxwerks Invigorator, I really appreciate this tutorial.
John Rich

By: Tony Soh

Tony Soh — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:35:38 +0000

Hi John Rich, I believe you are stuck at step 13. Make sure your paths touch the edges before you hold Alt/Option and select Divide. Email me the file if you are still having problems. Thanks.

By: John Rich

John Rich — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:53:21 +0000

I got the Jigsaw puzzle tutorial a couple of weeks ago. I couldn’t originally figure it out, but then I’ve gotten to the pathfinder part and it doesn’t behave the way you describe.
I was hoping you would be able to tell me what the problem is. I emailed you about a week ago, but I guess it didn’t get through, since no response.
This has got to be some bug in CS3 or else, something is wrong with the instructions. Anyway, I need to finish this and would appreciate help.
John Rich

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By: Tony Soh

Tony Soh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:56:04 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. I admit the rope brush tutorial is quite tough and is not easy for beginners to grasp it. This tutorial would be much easier, as it is written for the beginners. You can give it a try when you are ready. Thanks.