Release notes for Facer Creator 7.44.0

New features:

  • Multi layer select (draw rectangle to multi select, or ctrl/shift + click to select multiple layer)
  • Drag multiple layer up/down in left side layer panel
  • Double click to rename layer
  • Added “Complication Focus” option in canvas settings to enable/disable gray shading of other complications in Apple Watch templates
  • Added “Rate Facer Creator” item in left side panel so you can more easily tell us what you think about the tool

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed performance issues introduced in 7.43.0
  • Fixed issues with WFF support:
    • Various font alignment issues fixed (note: issue is still present in some cases and team working hard on a full fix)
    • Incorrect color in ambient mode
    • Text modifiers (lowercaps, uppercaps) not respected
    • Improved Moon tags support
    • Inconsistencies with #DWR# tag
    • Tap areas for app launchers not aligned with Facer Creator
    • Watch battery tags incorrectly marked as not supported in compatibility dropdown
    • Importing WFF faces sometimes failing despite original file being valid
    • Imported faces missing customization options from original file
    • Incorrect reporting that face is available in WFF when conversion was not possible
    • Other misc. fixes

Your feedback on Facer Creator is helping us make it better every day—keep it coming!

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Thank you for letting us all know about this, and thank you all for all of your “behind the scenes” work here :+1:

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Did you mean the #DWE# tag? I’ve never heard of the #DWR# tag, and its not on the Facer Creator Reference page.

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That was probably a test to see who is reading carefully - and to see if any partners will show up here to explain what that tag does.

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It works like a day of the week hand rotation to me. Putting it in place of the minute hand rotation tag, the hand points to the same place around the outside edge of the watchface corresponding to the weekdays. So, the DWR could stand for Day Week Rotation.

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Two things amaze me - one Facer communicated and two the list of bug fixes. Things are really moving now.

Okay three things - layers manipulation too, this has bee a long awaited feature and welcome.

What Facer is doing is quite amazing considering the pressure they must be under!

What’s next Facer

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Has anyone got the Layer Grouping to work ? Great for Blanking the Workspace .

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I guess there is undocumented stuff in Facer .
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I use Facer creator exclusively on tablet. In order to get the most out of this feature you really need to lock all elements and leave unlocked just the elements you want to group select. Once you have done this hold and drag to select area on watchface (tip: zoom out and select everything - only unlocked elements will be selected), I use a stylist pen but your finger works too. I can select all unlocked elements. However, the selected elements are not initially highlighted in the elements list. To highlight them i have to move the items (seems like a bug). But i can confirm that even when they are not highligted if i hold and drag an element from the list which i have selected, all items are moved together. Best to have a play with this feature in a new design, use a facer template to get familiar. Now that i know how it works it definitely is useful.
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Cool . Thanks Jason . You worked hard to sus that all out . I m not certain how the Deselect works . I will have to have a rummage .

To deselect all just select one element from the list of elements. You cannot just deselect one (maybe on pc you can?). But on tablet you just lock items you don’t want to select then drag an area to sekect all unlocked items

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Yes you can

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What a Joy to rename a layer by double clicking it . Pleasant surprise . One day there will be Little difference between Creator and WFS .

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Just add a folder option and it will be a pretty usable creator. :grinning:

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Don’t forget to send bug reports and requests to Support.
For new members, here’s the link: https://help.facer.io/hc/en-us/requests/new

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