Animation question

Watchface Design
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…here a mini tutorial in the case you wish to burn your motherboard at the end :wink:

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oh man lol so this is gonna make me rack my brain… and my perfectionistic nature wont allow me to let it go lol

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@Tomas PowerPoint? I didn’t see that coming, never would have thought to use that program. In fact, I don’t even know how I would.

@PharaohG I totally know how you feel about the perfectionist nature. That’s why it takes me a month to release a new face. I try to get as close to perfect as physically possible but hey, that’s part of the fun. (For me anyways) Good luck though, I’m excited to see what you create!

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I’ve been know to use Microsoft Paint.

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@Tomas is there a way to change the digital time like instead of 12:00 it shows a image for each digit like instead of a 1… say i want an apple (just for the sake of this conversation) is there a way to do that?

or to replace the numbers with my own set of numbers that i created like… bubble ones or etc can i? :thinking: :spy:

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…something like this? :wink:

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also like this:

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@Tomas @eradicator09 yes… now if i could get a “smartwatch coding for dummies” version of how to implement them, id be eternally grateful

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Hi @PharaohG :wink: Let’s start…

Are you familiar with all, what’s described in this basic tutorial?

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im somewhat familiar with it… such as i just read it now :laughing:

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Excellent :wink:

Please draw a simple object and change the X-Position to

(160+((50 * (sin(((((#ZHR#/60) * #DWE#)-(floor((#ZHR#/60) * #DWE#))) * 2 * pi))))))

Now, your first animation is done! This moving object, could be a small glowing dot flying at your motherboard forward and back. If you multiply this effect you could make a pretty nice “electronic effect”

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Here’s a helpful tool I use for making short animations:

Also there’s tricks you can use like making multiple layers and stacking them, setting the transparency to change as the seconds go by…
IE:

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@Tomas ok

but how do i change the digital time numbers to lets say a “photoshopped” set of numbers i have so that they go with my background like how @eradicator09 did with his fire watch

teach me oh great jedi

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Hi @PharaohG, for a set of pictures just have a look at this again :wink: Super Easy!

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maybe im not getting it… but how would i make it change from lets say 1:00pm to 2:00pm on time as well as for the minutes etc etc lol

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@PharaohG,

you just have to make an image of each numeral and then place them according to the time in the ones and tens position for minutes and the same for hours.

For this one, each nixie tube numeral is a separate image"

For this one, each hour number is a large image with the center number cut out so you can see through to the minutes underneath them.

This one has one image for all the numbers but they turn based on the time.

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ok i think i got it lol thanks @jmorga106

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You have to load each possible number combination (individual digits) and use the transparency field to hide/unhide depending on time. The full expression should be listed in each example.

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I understand most of what you all are talking about but I still can’t help but sit here in awe of all these amazing example faces. All of you are truly inspiring. Just saying…

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John, I would like to work on something similar to your rusty watch, can you help me with the coding? I understand about when to show each character but don’t know too much about the formula… Tia!