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Create a Jigsaw Puzzle
Hello
I’m trying to create and animate a Jigsaw Puzzle in AE. I have to make many, so I’m trying to find the fastest way to do it.
I tried with Shatter and it really creates a nice Jigsaw Puzzle but I can’t make the pieces freezing and animate them separately, you know, animate the building of a puzzle and not explode it.Any ideias?
Paulo -
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Hi
i’d create the puzzle in Photoshop with a Action and animate it in AE
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If you make a custom shatter map (basically just puzzle pieces), animate it in shatter as you’d like (probably no gravity, etc depending on the look you want), then precomp or put it in a second comp and reverse the time, use time remapping, etc. I’ve also done it the hard way (which wasn’t too bad), and split a photo into 30 pieces or so using a puzzle piece map to make a custom selection each time and make a separate layer in photoshop for each piece. Then, import as a composition into after effects. When all the layers are stacked, the puzzle is whole. What I liked about it was the ability to give each piece a better bevel/lighting. What I liked about shatter with a single photo was the ease with which a little depth is available. Also, with shatter, you could build it once until your’re happy, then duplicate your comp, replace the map and the photo by dragging, adjust a few settings. I bet you could burn through 30+ photos an hour, after doing the first 15 minute setup!
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Man – hadn’t been there in a long time! I found lots of great stuff in a hurry! – Thanks for the reminder.
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With Shatter, you can change the Repetition parameter and get more or less pieces easily – great if you need to set up lots of puzzles with different sized/number of pieces. Use a gradient map to selectively choose which pieces get shattered through sequentially. Time Remap accordingly (if required) to have better control over the motion of the pieces.
HTH
Roland Kahlenberghttps://www.broadcastGEMs.com – Adobe After Effects project files
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Don’t know if this would be helpful, but https://www.avbros.com/ makes a great plug-in called Puzzle Pro 2.0
Good Luck!
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Thank you all for your great help!
Paulo Mateus
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