[FEEDBACK REQUEST] If Facer could launch/improve anything in 2021, what would it be?

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Dear Santa, i was a good boy last year - this is my tiny personal wishlist for the next gen facer creator:

1. Grouped and/or glued layers

Application Facer/watch:
a. Group transform/scripting facer (movement, rotation, size, visibility…)
b. Group theme change

Application Workflow:
a. Group movement
b. Group delete
c. Group rename
d. Group visibility
e. Group theme define

2. Theme selection
a. Theme color set preselected by designer
b. Multiple themes for different and/or grouped objects (Texts, Backgrounds, borders, bezels, watch hands) - could save a lot memory for customizable watch faces
c. Theme(s) preview function in the creator

3. Object transfer between drafts and/or published faces
a. Only single objects
b. Grouped objects
c. Single and/or grouped objects with all scriptings

4. Reuseable templates blocks
a. for user defined scripts
b. for user predefined objects (Hands, bezels, borders…)

5. User defineable Directory/sort structure for drafts

6. Enhanced Font transforming
a. Font width, Kerning, Spacing …
b. Curved font arrangement

7. Realistic looking shadows and/or highlight effects for objects
a. Shadow positioning
b. Shadow smoothness/sharpness

8. Realistic looking glow effects on fonts/shapes
9. Chronograph function split times/lap times
10. Timer function with set ability for minutes/hours
11. Hide function for VAR-areas
12. Customization lock complication
13. Dim complication optional combined with grouped layers
14. Enhanced right mouse button support (rename/delete …)
15. User customizable app access
16. Font/shape/object color change tag (via script or VAR)
17. Customizable indices dial generator within creator
18. Simplified tag access for standard complications (User friendly for newbies)
19. Two more VAR functions
20. Visibility option for weather icon
21. Full apple watch support with all facer functions
22. Floor display, automated calculations from steps to km/mi

And all of the entries/wishes above from all others…

Thanks to the whole Facer team for the current facer creator version - it´s already great!

Greetings and Happy New Year to everyone, GAUSS.

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Could we have a way to let us know when we are getting near the Limit of Memory or Processing power on a design rather than working to the point where the Creation does not work at all. I note with interest that when the Facer.io gets stuck it is the same on my Samsung Active.

Could we have folders for our creations . So Tests and Finished work can be separate .

However it is fantastic to be able to Create Faces for my watch.
Thanking you .

All the Best for the New Year.

Russell

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What could i want?

  1. No lag in the hands when i awake my watch
  2. More shapes ( semicircle - ellipses etc) and fonts in Creator
  3. Always in Creator i would have circular text

Cheers

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Sorry, i would have one more thing.
I would have the possibility to arrange my faces in alphabetical order or to arrange them as they were “tiles” as it happens in many apps. I’m talking about Web Facer, not the app for the phone.

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Lots of great ideas already. Top of my list would be:

  1. Layer Groups - to begin with this could just be a UI feature so you can expand/collapse layers in a group/folder and perform basic actions on the group itself such as; “lock”, “delete”, “move up/down the stack”. More advanced features could then be added.
  2. Layer Masks - Masking effects can currently be achieved by creating the necessary graphic layers with cut-outs but this can be somewhat static. If an entire layer was mask-able (is that a word?) it would open up so many options for effects, especially with text layers.
  3. HEX Colour Codes Fields - The ability to alter the colour/tint of a layer using HEX value based on other tags/variables, e.g.
    ** If VAR_1==1 then BLACK else WHITE
    ** $(#ZHR#>150)?FF0000:FFFFFF$
  4. More control over Designer’s profile page - The ability to sort designs as you see fit e.g. Recent first, Most popular first, custom sort (drag designs around)
  5. More options within Creator collection page - Sort designs by (Recent, Popular, Free/Premium), view in list/thumbnail format

Happy New Year everyone!

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My wishlist:

  1. Grouping

    • Including design time actions like move, delete, show/hide in active/dim, etc
    • Including runtime settings like group opacity, group x/y, group rotation, etc

  2. Asset re-use

    • Load an image and reuse it in different layers, etc

  3. Global vars that can hold expressions

    • Vars that can be defined globally and usuable in multiple watchfacces
    • Have them contain expressions and be reused as a tag
    • See point 2 of @mikeoday

  4. Copy between faces

    • Copy layers (and groups) from one face to another

  5. Proper scripting

    • Support something like LUA or JavaScript

  6. Show the inspect icon in the community forum preview as well.

    • A lot of newbies are unaware where to find the inspection mode when a watch is posted

  7. Consistency in app/browser functions

    • Make all functionality available on all mediums (like replying to a comment on a watchface)

  8. Allow viewing of the settings of a locked layer

    • it cannot bve selected at all at the moment, one has to unloc it to view it

  9. Allow all options and tags on all fields of all elements

    • Some elements do not support tags in all fields or have all the options, like the radius of a progress or arc does not support tags/expressions in it

  10. Ability to control location/lat/lng, sunrise/sunset, etc at design time in creator

    • Currently the location is always Los Angeles and ss/sr is always 7:14 / 18:34

  11. Support for “sprites” (for animation or icons, etc)

    • Currently all images are resized by facer creator, so one cannot for example make a large image with several sprites and move it in the correct location to do an animation or change an icon.

  12. Include TAGS in searches

    • See second issue below

Fix outstanding issues/requests (in order of importance):

  1. Issue 50990: Seconds out of sync with minutes/hours

    • The seconds are out of sync with the minutes and hours.
      I have a Fossil gen5 (Carlyle). When using a non-facer watch face I do not have any issues, but when using a Facer watch face there is a delay between the seconds going from 59 to 0 and the minutes/hours going to the next minute/hour.
      There is a short video and explanation in this thread: Seconds out of sync
      While visually only annoying, it is a real issue when trying to make animations based on hour + minutes + seconds + milliseconds in situations where #DNOW# cannot be used.
    • A #DNOW# for the current timezone instead of UTC would fix this issue as well

  2. Issue 52284: issue with search: tags not included

    • Currently tags are not included in the search for a watchface. It seems only title and description are.

  3. Issue 50989: Keeping width and height when selecting a new image

    • It would be nice if image width and height is kept when setting a new image. When I resize my image to 200x200 I do not want it 320x320 again everytime I update the image

  4. Issue 52285: facer beta welcome message

    • The beta welcome message is shown all the time, everywhere. Every time I open the creator, and on every embedded watchface in the community forums. This could be removed

  5. Issue 55823: progress and arc radius on android is incorrect

    • When adding progress or an arc to a watch face, it’s radius is incorrect in the Android prieview app. It is shown too narrow

  6. Issue 59388: Tag difference between Creator and watch/android preview

    • There is a difference in the #DMR# tag (day of month rotational code).
      In creator it is always based on a 31 day month (#DMR# => #Dd#/31*360),
      on the watch it uses the current month’s number of days (#DMR# => #Dd#/#DIM#*360).

  7. Issue 54314: Facer logo remains when syncing in DIM mode

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I would like the ability to have more flexibility when it comes to Apple. Hopefully Facer and Apple can partner up…

One Day;…

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Replace the archaic syntax and these endless brackets with something more suitable for programming. Add loops, user defined variables, etc. Make it a proper programming engine.

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@facer_official
Do watch faces you create autosave? my pc crashed and I lost all my progress on a watch face. If they do not autosave then that would be my biggest request!

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Ability to message followers somehow, either via messages/direct messages or by posting something on our profiles.

Selectable colors via Theme.

Code “packages”- have pros develop code “chunks” that users can “apply” without coding.

All elements have transparency.

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Creator Requests:

  1. Please fix the issue with font becoming distorted on Fossil (other brands?) when Stroke is used.
  2. Please remove any preview skins for watches that are no longer available, and add current ones - especially women’s rose gold and stainless steel.
  3. Please fix the intermittent problem with Shift+Up keys not working in Creator.
  4. Add an arc to the progress bar options.

Editing to add:
It would be great if we could move a locked bundle to the top of our profile on the webpage so it doesn’t float down and get unnoticed.
As for the unlocked ones, I’ve discovered that with my almost 60 collections, when I move older ones to the top of the list people start syncing and liking those designs as if they were new.
Would it be possible to have the “SHOW MORE” larger?

Thank you for all that you have done to make Facer the BEST!

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Hey Guys.

From my side - I don’t have much to add except please keep up with the great work and pace, Facer Rocks :slight_smile:

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Gauss has already given a wide scope of additions to Facer Creator. In addition to this, there are some major improvements that you need to undertake on how Facer is being presented and glimpsed by the users. Presently, it is very flawed.

  1. Not that I have not featured on these, but, currently the Top Premium and Top Free Charts for the week selections, Editor’s Picks, Staff Picks seem to be very biased to the Facer Creator Partners. Also, these need to be changed every week no matter what. At this point there are a few sitting there for weeks or perhaps over a month. I clearly understand this helps some designers to get high exposure however, it does not live up to the spirit of giving many other good designers a chance to show their skills too. Facer Creator Partners’ creations should have a separate Top Chart view by itself. They are excellent no doubt and therefore need separate space for themselves without competing and mixing with the new designers. The Top Premium and Top Free should be entirely from the fresh creations that crop up every day. Definitely, the selectors whoever they are (without any prejudice here) do not seem to be in line with the user’s likes or choice. If you need to bring out the best among the new designers and creators and more facer creator users, the above said is the way to go.

  2. One of the Users actually complained that Facer seems to be encouraging porn, politics and negative views. I believe that if Facer does like to retain such categories, create separate views and categories other than “Fresh Faces” where this could be dumped and specific users with special permissions could go there. Should someone publish such unpolished watchfaces in fresh faces view, Facer watchface selectors need to screen the published ones and move such discouraging watchfaces to these views/categories with immediate effect.

  3. Many of the current categories such as Elegant Ensemble, OLED Friendly, Fun and Unique, Minimal, Abstract, Natural Wonders, Health and Wellness do not exactly have or represent what they exemplify. So many beautiful designs from various designers have missed inclusion in the above categories. You may want to re-align categories by perhaps identifying criteria they need to follow to add a specific design within.

  4. Also, it is often noticed that non-Facer Creator Pro Users publish the same watchface design in 10-20 different variations of colours all because there is no option to change the theme/colour from within in Basic. This not only congests the Fresh Faces view on a mobile device but, is painful to navigate through. To avoid this, it may be useful to add the themable function in Basic Facer Creator too.

Hope you would give serious thought on the above and incorporate changes. Presently, many Users and designers other than Facer Creator Partners seem to be discouraged and reluctant publishing in Facer.

Looking forward to these changes and Good Luck in the New Year!

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i would like to thank facer for this platform-i can only imagine the hard work and stress it has been on everyone with a name like little labs they have created something that it is gigantic-maybe change the name to enormous labs-lol-this site has opened up a part of all of us we never knew was there-putting our hearts and souls into every watch(you start with nothing and end up with a polished diamond-often ending in painful hands(ive resorted to a bicycle glove)and sunrises-like the saying once you start you cant stop-but its all worth it-i always thought patience was a virtue-now i think not-perhaps obsession for perfection perhaps-its been quite a journey-but a beautiful one-facer is the rocket(hehe launch)and we just along for the ride-its been an eyeopner-and cant wait to see where this roadmap goes-so thank you facer and designers-i would say maybe advertising on you tube or tik tok to get more people aware and bring them to the site-i enjoyed the competitions-maybe facer can launch-some type of monthly theme every month-and make a page for monthly theme for all the desiners who made watches or entered and display all of them on a page

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First of all happy new year to everyone. I’d love to see a curved text feature made available. I am sure I am not the only one to ask for that feature. Days of the week on a curved window would be a great addition.

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Adding more features for creating square faces would be pretty cool, especially number templates and seconds progress rings, which are only available in a circular format right now. I’m just a simple creator, only using the basic tools, but I’d like to be able to use gifs, have colour changing elements like themes and hands colours, and I’d like to be able to set basic app shortcuts in my faces, like for Alarms, Phone, Gallery, and Settings

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  • User preferred hours 12/24Hr digital is not user preferable with a leading zero. (Although found a workaround with code on the forum.
  • Top 100 faces view also on mobile (instead of 50)
  • Color themes for everyone

But overall I’m very happy with Facer!

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Please add a pay option for iPhone users who want to purchase individual watch faces. This is currently not the case for Facer users who have iphone but are using Wear OS. As an iPhone user I can pay through the iTunes Store OR I also have a Google Pay account. Thank you.

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Realistic requests:

  • Allow users to sort by popularity when browsing a storefront
  • Fix the shift-arrow command to move one pixel for all arrows
  • Give us the ability to update an existing watch without it going to the top of our publish feed

Debatably reasonable request: Kick an autobanned watch back to Drafts instead of an instant delete. It’s a drag to lose a day’s coding work because I typed a keyword that matches the copyright of some watch I’ve never heard of.

Unrealistic request: layer styles. Everybody already mentioned layer groups, but I’d love a Screen mode.

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Bonjour

Le regroupement des calques dans des groupes

Le classement des cadrans personnalisé par
les favoris
les j’aime
les synchronisation
les commentaires

Quand on créé un cadran rond, il serait bien de voir le format carré directement

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