Making Puzzle Pieces with PPT?
Mar 16, 2016
By
Lucy Wood
Hi! I want to make puzzle pieces from a photo (I viewed Tom Kuhlman's tutorial found here: http://articulate.www.resources.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/community/blogdemo/Puzzle_tutorial/Player.html?_ga=1.124221321.2098405617.1458131529), but I can't get the puzzles to fill with the image - the area AROUND the piece fills with the image (see attachment).
What am I doing wrong? Is it the puzzle piece image that's the problem? Does anyone have the pieces Tom used in his demo now that MS Office clipart is gone?
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Hi, Lucy -- Thanks for reaching out here! I'd be happy to contact Tom to see if he is able to stop in and shed a bit more light, but in the meantime, you may want to check out this rather robust thread on a similar topic for additional ideas. And you are also be welcome to post over in our Building Better Courses forum, as well. :)
Thanks - the actual tutorial is a different one (I've been searching through so many search results that I get them confused). Tom did a tutorial of a slide background of the articulate logo in a picture and used the same puzzle pieces to demonstrate "fill with background image". That's the one I'm trying to replicate with the screenshot I captured. I don't understand why the outside area of my pieces are what are showing the background and not the pieces themselves. I'm thinking it's the graphic of the piece that's the problem?
Hi Lucy,
It may be the puzzle piece graphic - as its filling the "white" space or transparent parts, not the actual image. Where did the puzzle piece from from? Are you able to edit it to change the transparency of the piece itself?
Sorry for the delay, I was out of the office last week.
There are two ways you can build the puzzle animation. Here's a quick video tutorial and the original file.
http://articulate-heroes-authoring.s3.amazonaws.com/Tom/tutorials/puzzle-animation.mp4
Thanks, Tom! Hopefully my puzzle piece graphic is the problem. This is a great visual to use, so I'm crossing my fingers and toes.
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