Help making watch hands...!

[brundlefly1969]

Hi all,

Two things.

1. How on earth do you make custom watch hands??? I’m using Autodesk’s Sketchbook, setting canvas size to 640x480 but when I upload it the dimensions are 320x240…???

2. When I upload the image whether .png, .jpg, .tiff or whatever it always shows a background and I just can’t for the life of me get the background to be transparent even though the layer is transparent in Sketchbook…!!!

Please…anyone??? What the heck is going on???

[GAUSS]

Hi @brundlefly1969

I don‘t know Autodesk Sketchbook but you definitly have to save .png. The size of your picture will reduced by facer creator automatically for better performance.

Mabybe you should have a closer look at the settings in Sketchbook (saving with/without alphachannel). It could be that you are asked while saving in png if you want a transparent background.

Maybe this link could help:

https://www.sketchbook.com/help/knowledge-base/create-alpha-channel/

Greetings,

GAUSS

[oregon900]

Hello brundlefly1969 to customize the hands I use Paint.net
follow the link as a guide, good work and thanks to Linlay I managed to do something more.

Rotating Hand from the center

If you have problem of making your own hand to rotate from the center, it is because the center point of your hand is not at the center of png file. Try this, and you will understand how to put the center point back to the right place. First download my sample here [image] open it in paint.net or photoshop or any program you have .I try to show you in paint.net[image] open it in paint.net [image]open your hand at paint.net[image]select your hand[image] copy it [image] go back to the sample file…

[brundlefly1969]

Perfect thank you.