Hi just so you know the earth rotating effect is achieved by scrolling a single image from one side to the other using a loop scroll effect like this
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Aha! Keep it simple, stupid.
@dazstacey and @cth4242 you’re right, it does appear to be a scrolling single picture instead of multiple static images.
I’ll give credit to @inmotion_watch for making his picture look like a rotating globe instead of all that work I assume he did! But damnit - that means I’m no closer in my attempt to achieve my goal!
I really appreciate you both persevering with me - oh, and @cth4242 that tiny rocket icon is the first thing I look for! My problem was that @eradicator09’s watches didn’t load for me. (until @ThaMattie sent the direct URLs, that is).
@tiktybu Those faces didn’t load in this page for me either, but if you open the iframe’s in a new tab, and remove the “embed” part of the url, they work for me
https:// www.facer.io/watchface/FWd35qU09x
https:// www.facer.io/watchface/sOxN4ocEzb
Additionally…
You can add /inspect to the end of any url to view it, provided again the option is enabled by the creator.
Sooooo, I think you could make it work making a “film strip” like so:
Then set the x position based on a timer:
You would have to calculate the width properly but I used this expression in the x position of the image:
((3509/2) - ((round(#DWE#*15)%11)*320))
3509 is the total width, divided by 2 because it is centered
#DWE# is the time since wakeup
- 15 adjusts the speed
% 11 <— 11 is the number of images in my animation strip
and then 320 is the width of the image (and also of 1 frame)
Great idea mate i tried going down that route when i first read this query but as you can see from your on example the resolution drop is horrendous in fact you nice little anim is taken from 3200 pixels wide to 640 by the app so i decided not to offer it it is a shame tho cox i have hundreds of sprite sheets that would look cool but i cant be bothered to transfer to gif files.
i dont think 640 is the max, thats just the scaling it does… and the image was crap to begin with. you would just need to test it with bigger images i suppose
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well I guess it is, lol, that sux, back to the drawing board
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I’ve tried the animation strip route. Problem is with the upload conversion to 320 pixels. No matter the size of the image you are uploading, it will get resized on the longest edge. Trying to re-size back up doesn’t work effectively since the scaling gets blurry.
there is an expression generator someone made, you could add 300 seperate layers and use it to generate the opacity code:
Oh! thanks for that. I’ll take a look. I really appreciate you looking for me!
I was looking at your “simulated scrolling earth” and I tried using it on my watch face but the math doesn’t add up if the map has been resized. It doesn’t loop right it just scrolls on by and keeps going.
I need to resize it to 187x96 for my purpose, still at 160 Y position.
ok so the final size after importing to the face is? 187x96 or is that the size coming from your editor?
let know and i will do the maths for you ok
that is the size in the editor
sorry forgot inspection mode open
I can’t quite get it to work right in my situation
@dazstacey any ideas? I’ve been trying to figure out how to calculate the math so I can use this effect in the future for other projects. But for now, I wanna just get this to work.