Comments on: Premium Tutorial: Jigsaw Puzzle

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:57:31 +0000

I think I found the problem my points are not lined up and I believe that is what’s causing the problem with the divide. What do you think Tony?

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:27:53 +0000

This would not work for me. I have been trying to create the puzzle for hours. I am on Mac CS4 and the steps are for I believe CS, CS2, and maybe CS3 pc.

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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