Post custom watch faces for Apple Watch [Merged]

[greytmom]

I've had them show up on the watch in 10-20 seconds

Hmm. Something is wrong. I made a "Watch" album last night, synced it in the Watch app on my phone, and still today my watch is only showing a photo that is not in that Watch app. Even rebooted the watch. Didn't reboot the phone, will try that next. Hoping not to have to unpair, since I don't want to have to reload my Apple Pay cards...

 

[66Mustang]

Hmm. Something is wrong. I made a "Watch" album last night, synced it in the Watch app on my phone, and still today my watch is only showing a photo that is not in that Watch app. Even rebooted the watch. Didn't reboot the phone, will try that next. Hoping not to have to unpair, since I don't want to have to reload my Apple Pay cards...

Try going into the Photos app from your watch (assuming your going straight to the photo watch face instead), this always triggers the sync process for me after I add new pictures I want to use.

 

[Recognition]

My wife and son.
This is one of my favourites at the moment, added a vignette effect to blend it into the bezel.

 

[andrew.hunn.10]

 

[greytmom]

Try going into the Photos app from your watch (assuming your going straight to the photo watch face instead), this always triggers the sync process for me after I add new pictures I want to use.

Unfortunately, that has not helped, nor did the phone reboot.

 

[iSpock]

The darkest knight....

 

[iSpock]

The brightest day...

 

[littlezumbo]

Suffice it to say, I wasn't in the best of moods that day.

 

[iSpock]

Had to...

 

[iSpock]

Last one I promise...

 

[AmazingGraceTx]

 

[Mlrollin91]

I may be a Hydra agent.. But I do like the Captain.

 

[shandyman]

Try going into the Photos app from your watch (assuming your going straight to the photo watch face instead), this always triggers the sync process for me after I add new pictures I want to use.

Yes, this is how I do it, I make my watch faces from the photos app on the phone, should have made that clear.

 

[utsava]

My wife and son.
This is one of my favourites at the moment, added a vignette effect to blend it into the bezel.
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That looks classy and great. Did you use an iOS app to create the vignette, or Photoshop? I'd like to get a nice iOS workflow for making watchfaces with vignettes.

 

[Mac 128]

Any guides out there on creating these? like dimensions, apps to use, etc?

You can just use the native pixel resolution for your watch:

38mm -- 272 x 340
42mm -- 312 x 390

 

[Mac 128]

what would you prefer to watchOS2? Native apps or analog watch face with transparent background?

Really!? Apple can either develop a custom framework for allowing developers to access the proprietary resources of Watch OS code to run applications natively on the watch, OR they can put wallpaper behind an analogue watch face, but they can't do both? Wow Samsung and Android are looking better all the time.

Apple is a a trillion dollar company. I'm not buying that they have so few resources that they can't have a team dedicated to watch faces, especially when the potential for custom watch faces to become as a big an income revenue stream as the watch bands, and apps themselves. You can give Apple the benefit of the doubt, but until proven wrong, it seems pretty clear to me Apple realized the income potential of custom watch faces and made a decision early on to hold back that particular aspect of the watch until they could leverage it properly with intellectual property owners to start, and maximize brand partnerships as they have done with Hermes. You may recall that Apple made the deal with Hermes over a year ago, before the watch was even announced. Not to mention, Time Lapse and Custom Photos were announced over a year ago as well, but we're only now just getting them. So they have clearly put some thought into this. When it suits their goals, Apple is capable of pouring vast resources into anything they chose to accomplish, as proven time and time again.

 

[Recognition]

That looks classy and great. Did you use an iOS app to create the vignette, or Photoshop? I'd like to get a nice iOS workflow for making watchfaces with vignettes.

Thanks!
Yes I used an app called Photo Editor by Axiem Systems to flip the image horizontally and add the vignette.
Would be great to have a dedicated watch face photo editor app though!

 

[ToverT]

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[Mac 128]

Thanks!
Yes I used an app called Photo Editor by Axiem Systems to flip the image horizontally and add the vignette.
Would be great to have a dedicated watch face photo editor app though!

I agree. I'll bet Apple will eventually add this functionality into Photos.

 

[mcdj]

Of course they had a reason. But try as I might, there's no good one I can come up with that allows them put a photo behind a numeric display, but not behind an analogue clock representation, except to prevent the user from customizing that type of watch face. I would have even accepted the same kinds of limitations as with the numeric display, allowing the hands and hash marks maybe, but no complications yet. There are arguments to be made as to why they aren't allowing these kinds of things from a technical perspective. But if they can put a picture behind numbers, they can put a picture behind a set of watch hands with equal ease, there's nothing about doing the one that would make it any more frustrating to the end user for the other. They simply wanted to limit choice at this juncture.

It must be about processing power and battery life. Hands are moving graphic elements, which would require an alpha mask over a photo. The digital face is just text. There's also a legibility concern. A complex photo with light and dark areas would be tricky to read with all white or all black hands moving around it, which would mean the hands need a drop shadow, and more processing power to render it.

 

[thedeancoleman]

 

[Indydenny]

Unfortunately, that has not helped, nor did the phone reboot.

Just checking, did you go to the Watch App on your phone, and under Photos, choose the correct "Synced Album" for your watch?

 

[Mercifull]

This needs to happen!

 

[BlueMoon63]

This needs to happen!

I have to agree with this and I don't understand why Apple hasn't released watch faces through the store. Do they realize how much money they could make if they hold the monopoly on watch faces charging 99 cents for each?

Also, if you can move apps around in the Apple Watch app, they could let us move things around with a custom watch face design. Saves all lawsuits since we design it. Must be a limitation?

I do believe this is coming.

 

[BarracksSi]

This needs to happen!

Heh -- sweet. Haven't seen that in… dang, I feel older now.