Creating a Watch Face - Garmin MIP (Fénix 8 Solar)
Hi, everyone!
Facemaker now supports Garmin watches with MIP displays!
This video covers the creation of another simple watchface, created for the latest Garmin watch, the Fénix 8 Solar!
It'll hopefully help those who have Garmin watches with MIP displays, which are a little more tricky, but achievable!
All the supported watches are listed on the Facemaker site: https://facemaker.pt
Chapters:
0:10 - Introduction
0:38 - What are MIP displays?
4:15 - Adding the reference image by copy/pasting
4:55 - Creating the Background image
5:08 - The Garmin MIP color palette
6:16 - Using the Vector Draw tool
9:51 - Importing images from the Facemaker Library
13:10 - Changing the color of widgets with Image FX
22:39 - Creating placeholders for the Circle widgets
28:36 - Creating Circle widgets (From Image Sets) and Image Combos
50:50 - Adding labels with Artistic Text widgets
52:08 - Creating the Distance Image Set using various techniques
58:27 - Creating the Distance Image Combo
59:00 - Creating the Distance Units Image Set
1:00:00 - Adding the Time widgets
1:05:22 - Adding the Date widgets
1:07:58 - Adding a simple Always-on-Display
1:08:30 - Copy/pasting widgets from the normal watchface into the AOD
1:09:41 - Merging all the images in the Background container
1:10:14 - Previewing the watchface in the CIQ Simulator
1:12:30 - Goobye!
The Facemaker version used in this video was v1.3.134.
Supported operating systems: Windows 7/8/10/11, Linux (MacOS only on Parallels or VM).
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There are two available versions:
Premium (20EUR)
Professional (50EUR)
Both licenses are lifetime.
The Premium Edition has the following features:
Only for personal use;
Huawei watchface design;
Amazfit and Zepp watchface design;
Access to the Facemaker Web Archive;
QR code generation for easy installation of Amazfit watchfaces for ZeppOS devices;
No personal support from the developer.
The Professional Edition has everything the Premium Edition has, plus:
it can be used both for personal and professional purposes;
Garmin watchface design;
Wear OS watchface design;
Direct installation of Wear OS watchfaces;
Personal support from the developer.
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Nuno