Design Specs for Apple watch

[schwabbysc]

Total newb here for watchface design. I am a very experienced designer however.
I am having trouble finding the necessary design specs though.
What size should I create the design, what dpi? Assuming rgb color space. I have put up two watch faces. The first one I tried and tried to get it enlarged but the interface won’t let me. I can physically make it bigger but it will not show up on the preview!
I appreciate your input!

[richard2]

Hey Sch,

I think Facer resizes assets on up-load.

I work to a 960 px canvass at 72 dpi - future-proofing.

If the image is too big for the watch canvass, select (click on) the ‘layer’ (on the left side of your workspace), then, click on the properties button (rocket symbol, top right on the right of your workspace) and set the height and width to 320.

Does that help?

Note: As I understand it, Apple is an isolated eco-system that will not allow you to publish anything more and an image… So you know.

[lucky.andrei]

Welcome @schwabbysc
There are several discussions on this issue here

Can I make a watchface size different from 320x320?

I really like Facer, but there is one big minus. The watchface size is always 320x320 pixels. My fossil smartwatch has a screen size 416x416 pixels. And when I use Facer screens, after the upscale, the images lose their clarity, the fonts are read worse, and the screen looks even worse than 320x320 on the smartphone screen. The 416x416 background, which I carefully prepared in Photoshop, first decreased to 320x320 in Facer, then upscaled to 416x416 in smartwatches. It looks very bad. How to de…

Watch face blurry on watch, crisp on screen?

Hey guys, I made a couple of watch faces now and they look great in the designer, but when i upload them to my watch the images lack contrast and they look blend and flat. When i look at other designs on facer, they look much better. I make all designs in photoshop, export the images as .png files. Is there something specific i have to do to make the images look great on my watch? Do i have to design the face in a specific size? (now i make the images oversized and make them smaller in the de…

Here you can download a template for photoshop

Photoshop Template

[richard2]

Thanks for the direction Lucky. I guess photoshop ‘smart-objects’ could be part of the facer lesson set… Out of ignorance, am I right in saying iOS is out of scope?

[lucky.andrei]

About smart objects in photoshop discussion here, and about iOS I can not say anything specific, while I have never made watchfaces for iOS
https://facer-community.slack.com/archives/C012VFXNKJ9/p1589220894105700