Time for action – creating the pieces and choosing an image

If you wish to follow along with exactly the same image as shown here, it was taken from the top left-hand side of this file:

http://static3.depositphotos.com/1004551/191/v/950/depositphotos_1914748-Jigsaw-puzzle-blank-templates.jpg

1. Make a new Mainstack at 1024x768 (or the size of your tablet device). Name the stack jigsaw, and set the title to Jigsaw Puzzle. Do a Save.

2. Open the whole puzzle image in your image editor.

3. Use the Magic Wand tool to pick up the inner part of the upper left-hand side piece of the puzzle.

4. Fill that with a color that makes it easy to spot any remaining gaps.

5. Copy and paste into a new document (with a transparent background) that is the size of the piece you copied.

6. Repair any gaps, using the brush tool set to the same fill color.

7. Save as a PNG (with Photoshop that would be Save for Web and Devices, 24 bit, with transparency). Use a naming scheme that will help you identify the images easily. For example...