Comments on: Build a Puzzle Animation in Just a Few Simple Steps

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:34:45 +0000

Thank you Tom for your detailed tutorials. I have really learned a lot from your blog, and I’m looking forward to many more in the future. (I especially liked to hear the little dog barking at the end of the tutorial.)

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By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:25:46 +0000

Oh thank you!!!!!!!!!

By: Deepali

Deepali — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:12:07 +0000

Great stuff Tom! your tips and posts really help so much. It opens up new possibilities in basic tools! Thanks a lot!

By: Sue Tedford

Sue Tedford — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:20:48 +0000

You amaze me!!! Thanks for sharing!

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By: Barry Johansen

Barry Johansen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:50:30 +0000

Tom, I’d not thought of building a puzzle but I’ve used the same technique for other purposes. In most of my work, when I’m adding text, photos, or some other element to a slide I frequently fade it in. The problem was how to fade in various sections of something not native to powerpoint, say a PDF page. I’ve used the same technique you used. Paste the PDF into the blank screen, cover it with a number of boxes that match the background (one box for each item I want to fade in) then use the fade out for the covering box. Works great!

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By: tom

tom — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:47:15 +0000

@Marg: The edges will look square as you reveal the edge of the image underneath. If you want a more uniform puzzle with square edges, you can do a search of puzzle pieces in istock and look for a vector images (search under illustrations) that you can ungroup. I found a few that way.

By: Marg

Marg — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:49:17 +0000

Tom, thanks for this – excellent, clear instruction as usual. Lisa, could you tell me how you got the square edges, though?
Thanks
Marg