Jigsaw Strategies - Is there a perfect strategy?

[B.Barnato]

Here is a jigsaw strategy I found online that I also use myself:

Part 1 - Get all the edges. Find all of the straight pieces and corners and separate them from the other pieces. Solve for these pieces first. This gives you a base idea of how big your finished product will be and the sizes of different sections in the puzzle.

Part 2 - Empty all pieces and flip them over. Take all of the puzzle pieces out of the box and place them on board/table. Place them so that none of the pieces are stacked on top of other ones. You want to be able to see all the pieces. Then flip them to where the picture side is facing up.

Part 3 - Organize based on color - This is helpful with the easier jigsaw puzzles because the harder ones are usually the same color throughout. For example, put all the blues with the blues and the reds with the reds. Then see if you can solve a little bit with the help of color separation. (Hint - separate the colors that are NOT dominant in the puzzle - Eg. if the puzzle is mostly green, separate the non-greens with their respective colors)

Part 4 - Organize based on patterns - This will make little subsections of the colors sections that you already made. Now you've super organized your puzzle pieces. All you have to do now is solve the puzzle. Source

How can I improve on this?

[Penny24Seven]

great thread, I will be back to see Paul and his reply

[B.Barnato]

Originally Posted by Brian837

great thread, I will be back to see Paul and his reply

Thank you! This could be very educational.