Can Visio cut shapes from images like Photoshop?

Started by Jennifer, May 07, 2023, 04:52:32 PM

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Yes sorry Yacine I did not read the entire forum thread through responded too quickly.
Visio 2021 Professional

Yacine

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Jennifer

After some fiddling around, I came up with a sorta solution:


  • Define 3 layers: Image, Silhouettes, & Mask.
  • Assign the puzzle image to the Image layer. I also suggest locking its position. With all the dragging of the pencil tool, it's easy to move it a little, throwing everything off.
  • Define a rectangle shape the same size as the image. Set its fill to white. Assign it to the Mask layer. Hide it
  • Trace the silhouettes. The pencil tool seems to work best. Set them all to no fill. Give them a fine line (border) or none. Assign them to the Silhouette layer.
  • Hide the image and unhide the Mask.
  • Select the mask and the silhouettes. Run the fragment tool. Select all of the pieces. Assign them to the Mask layer.
  • Activate the Image layer. Push it to the background

Here's an example with one of our puzzles. This puzzle has a lot more sihouettes. I just did 4 because the process is kind painful.


All in all, it's not bad. And it's a lot cheaper than Photoshop. 👍😀

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Using Visio 2019, part of Office 365 on Windows 10