Jack-in-the-Box Custom Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles

Using your digital image for a puzzle

To make a puzzle from your digital image, it needs to be of high-enough quality to print well. Images from the web usually do not work well, especially for larger puzzles. They look fine on the web, at 72 DPI (dots per inch), but lousy when printed on paper.

Acceptable Digital Image Formats

File Format (in order of preference):

.TIF (24-bit TIFF), .PSD (Photoshop), .BMP (24-bit bitmap), or .JPG (jpeg). Other formats may be acceptable too, but these are the most commonly used ones.

Resolution

minimum 150 DPI, recommended 300 DPI. This means that a picture you plan to print at 8"x10" should be at least 1200x1500 and preferably 2400x3000. Less can be used for smaller photos, or if some graininess is okay.

Resolution = inches * DPI

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Making the Image:

Digital cameras can take good pictures for puzzles if they are set to high quality. The small 640x480 pictures are too small to make good puzzles from, but generally the high-resolution and super-high-resolution settings make good images. If you are planning to create a digital collage or do some digital editing work, please make sure that the final file meets the specifications above. I'll be happy to offer advice on this process.

Sending the Image:

There are several ways to send me the image. If it's small (less than 1 or 2 megabytes), just email it to me. Otherwise, you can send it via FTP (quick tutorial on that page too) or mail it to me on a CD.