Personalized Puzzle Effects
February 20th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Drawing Techniques
Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss 
Blending Options>Stroke 
Make a copy of the recently made layer and apply the same actions we did for the second layer of the very first puzzle. The layer’s color should be white. 
The layer’s parameters: Fill 10%
Blending Options>Inner Glow 
Make one more copy of the first puzzle’s layer and select Delete Anchior Point Tool to erase the unnecessary points. The Convert Point Tool will be helpful in making the necessary corrections on the element’s shape, making it look like in the next picture: 
The layer’s parameters: Fill 15%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay 
Gradient’s parameters: 
Make one more copy of the first puzzle’s layer, applying the manipulations we did with the recently made layer, selecting also the same tools. 
The layer’s parameters: Fill 11% 
Finished!
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Kizzer.
28/12/2010
bit pointless if your not gonna list where to get the puzzle shape from. its not on default.
Integrity
13/01/2011
Unless you use pen tool and make them yourself, which will take only 5 minutes.
James
20/05/2011
Actually, the puzzle shapes are in Photoshop. Just click on the
> Arrow on the top right of the Shapes dropdown, and select All shapes