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Making a jigsaw puzzle

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The jigsaw I have made is not a sophisticated one like those that you make with commercial packages - the pieces do not 'click' into place - but it is easy to make and it is fun to create your own design rather than have the program do it all for you!

Follow this simple procedure:

  • Take a photo or picture.
  • Break it into small pieces. To do that you can use the transparent gif below to overlay your picture. You then need to save each piece as a separate graphic.

  • Open a new Flash document.
  • Import each of your pieces into the library - as graphics
  • Pull each piece onto the Flash document and then convert it to a movie symbol.
  • Add the following code to the Actions Screen

on(press) {
startDrag(this);
}

on(release) {
stopDrag();
Mouse.show();
}

on(rollOut)
{
Mouse.show();
}

on(releaseOutside) {
stopDrag();
}

  • Test your movie - you should be able to move your pieces around the board.

You can then add whatever you want to your puzzle. I designed a box for my pieces and impoted it into a top layer so tha the pieces hid behind the graphic for the box.

I also added a 'fade-out' picture of the completed puzzle as a tray-base to help the user assemble the puzzle and a couple of animations - it is up to you what you do!

Here are other ones I made earlier.... click on the name to play the full version - but the mini one does work!

Firework display

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Fireworks

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Guy Fawkes Night

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Remembrance Day

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Snowcat (non-animated)

Snowcat (animated)

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