New Puzzle Screen
Here you'll be importing a picture to use as a base for the puzzle.
Click the New Picture button and navigate to the
picture you'd like to use. You may use files ending with .png, .gif,
.jpeg, or .jpg.We've included a few pictures in the SamplePictures
folder to get you started.
At this point, you should see your picture, ready to be turned into
a puzzle. The window in the left will show you a smaller version of
your picture, to let you know we got it, and a few sample pieces, to
let you know how difficult a puzzle you're making.
On the right, there are several options you can use to make a
puzzle easier or harder. Go ahead and move them around, the puzzle
won't be created until you click on "Go".
Number of Pieces
Move the slider to change the
number of pieces your puzzle is split into.
Unfilled Pieces or Filled Pieces
When you create a puzzle, the pieces can be "Unfilled", which means
that the only images you'll see on the pieces are part of the final
puzzle. Any space in between the images are left blank. If you
want more of a challenge, you can have "Filled Pieces", which means
that the space between the images are filled with copies of the
images, just to be extra misleading.
Two Half Finished Puzzles
| Unfilled Pieces | Filled Pieces |
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Regular Edges, Square Edges, or Ragged Edges
This option lets you select how long the pieces will be.
- "Regular Edges" just chops up the puzzle without any
changes, so if you're using a rectangular picture, you'll get
two lengths of pieces: one for horizontal and one for vertical.
That's easy, so we've got a few other options.
- "Square Edges" makes the shorter pieces longer, so they're
all the same size. This makes it harder to tell the
vertical pieces from the horizontal pieces.
- "Ragged Edges" means that the pieces are of varying length,
so you can't just line up the pieces along the edge and be sure
they'll match up. When you're done, the edge of the puzzle will
be jagged, which is where the name comes from.
Three Half Finished Puzzles
Regular Edges
(Short Pieces) | Square Edges
(Medium Pieces) | Ragged Edges
(Long Pieces) |
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Extra Pieces
Just in case the puzzle isn't hard enough with the other options,
our most insidious option is to add extra pieces that look just like
real pieces, but don't fit in the final puzzle at all!
If you decide you'd rather use a different picture, click on the
New Picture button. Or, if you decide you'd rather
not create a new puzzle at all, click Cancel.
Once you're happy with the puzzle settings, click
Go to create the puzzle.
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