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Turn photo into a Puzzle Photoshop tutorial
In this tutorial we will take a random photo and make it look like an unfinished puzzle.
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Open a picture you want to turn into a puzzle.
This is a photo of a prehistoric fish model I took in the Natural History Museum in Vienna while being on a trip in Austria (Europe). Click here for the link to Natural History Museum.
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Press Ctrl + J to duplicate the layer.
Select the original layer (Background) and Create a new layer.
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Press D and then X to select the white foreground color.
Press Alt + Delete to fill the layer with white color.
Select the duplicated layer (see picture)
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Click here to download Adobe's Puzzle texture.
Unzip the downloaded file and copy the Puzzle.psd into some folder.
You can copy it into C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Presets\Textures
In the menu click Filter, Texture and choose Texturizer...
In the new window click the little down arrow and choose Load Texture... (see picture)
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... browse to the folder where you copied the Puzzle.psd file and open it.
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Choose the similar settings to mine (depends on how big your picture is) and click OK.
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This is how it should look like by now.
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Now choose the Pen Tool.
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And select a random puzzle like I did (see picture).
Click here for the lesson on how to use the Pen Tool.
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Press Ctrl + Enter to turn path into selection.
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Make sure you have the duplicated layer selected.
Don't worry if you can't see a Shape 1 layer like in my case.
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In the menu click Layer, New Layer and choose Layer Via Cut.
Press Ctrl + T and rotate the puzzle a bit to the side (see picture).
Press Enter to confirm the changes.
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In the menu click Layer, Layer Style and choose Drop Shadow...
Choose the same settings as I did and click OK.
A puzzle just got a little shadow.
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Again choose the duplicated layer (see picture).
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And select another random puzzle.
Repeat the steps 8, 9 and 10.
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Press Delete to remove the selected puzzle.
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Now make a selection similar to mine (see picture) and press Delete.
You can use a Magnetic Selection Tool if you are not yet comfortable using the Pen Tool.
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This is how mine looks like at this point.
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All we need to do is create a little shadow.
In the menu click Layer, Layer Style and choose Drop Shadow...
Choose the same settings as I did and click OK.
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And your Puzzle is done!
Well not really, there are still some pieces missing ;)
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