• Home
  • Archive
  • Tools
  • Contact Us

The Customize Windows

Technology Journal

  • Cloud Computing
  • Computer
  • Digital Photography
  • Windows 7
  • Archive
  • Cloud Computing
  • Virtualization
  • Computer and Internet
  • Digital Photography
  • Android
  • Sysadmin
  • Electronics
  • Big Data
  • Virtualization
  • Downloads
  • Web Development
  • Apple
  • Android
Advertisement
You are here: Home » How to Create Watch Face Using Galaxy Watch Designer

By Abhishek Ghosh November 16, 2019 11:35 pm Updated on November 16, 2019

How to Create Watch Face Using Galaxy Watch Designer

Advertisement

The unique feature of the smartwatches is the capability to use different watch faces. We are using Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE for testing our designing and development. There are mainly three tools to convert your art created on vector tools like Adobe Illustrator and general-purpose tool Adobe Photoshop. Facer like two third party platform has paid tools to do the job. However, Samsung Galaxy Watch Designer is completely free. It is quite advanced. Galaxy Watch Designer supports PSD files. This article will help to install the Galaxy Watch Designer application on Windows PC and guide to develop your watch face. Another way to develop watch faces for the Samsung smartwatches is by using Tizen Studio. Samsung Galaxy Watch Designer needs either JDK 8 or JDK 11. Tizen Studio needs JDK 8.

 

Installation of Galaxy Watch Designer

 

You need to install JDK 8 or JDK 11 to run Galaxy Watch Designer. We have a separate guide to correctly install JDK 11 on Windows PC. You must configure the PATH properly to make Galaxy Watch Designer working. Next, download and install Galaxy Watch Designer from the official website (perform a web search).

Launch Galaxy Watch Designer and load some sample to understand how things work. It is not mandatory to connect your watch just for designing. You can connect to watch via Bluetooth. Put your watch in debug mode, turn on Bluetooth on your watch and connect it to your computer.

Advertisement

---

 

The Designing Specifications

 

You’ll see that Galaxy Watch Designer can load graphics of each part of the watch like background (which is the dial), the hands and so on. Samsung has a good guide on using the application :

Vim
1
2
3
#
https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-watch/design/watch-designer/gear-watch-create-watch-face
#

The watch face area is a circle of 360 pixels in diameter. This is a too-small size for designing on Illustrator or Photoshop. You can use double (720 pixels) or triple size of 360×360 and later reducing their size to 360×360 during saving from Photoshop. You’ll find the default graphics files on a standard installation on Windows PC at these locations :

Vim
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
#
# watch face area aka background
C:\Program Files\Galaxy Watch Designer\res\background\circle
#
# hands
C:\Program Files\Galaxy Watch Designer\res\Watch Hand\circle
#
# index (scoring of time)
C:\Program Files\Galaxy Watch Designer\res\Index\circle
#
# other components
C:\Program Files\Galaxy Watch Designer\res\Complications\circle
#
# mask for background
C:\Program Files\Galaxy Watch Designer\res
#
# various other resources for the dial
C:\Program Files\Galaxy Watch Designer\res\Complications\circle

To add watch hands, after import each of the images, change the “Sync with” setting from the “Rotation Properties” of “Properties” window of Minute, Second etc. Otherwise, the hands will not spin! Notice the screenshot below to get an idea what I am talking about. To get a smooth sweep effect of seconds’ hand, change the “Movement effect” in the same “Properties” window. Also, you need to centre the watch hands by going to the “Align Center” option in the main toolbar.

You’ll get the PDF of the next steps (how to test on your watch and optionally distribute) inside the C:\Program Files\Galaxy Watch Designer directory.

 

Conclusion

 

How to Create Watch Face Using Galaxy Watch Designer

I found another easy way to just clone your existing watch – simply take a series of high-resolution close-up photos of a real watch with hands at different positions and use Photoshop’s tool to remove the hands. Then just separate the score/numbers (index) using your Photoshop skill. Of course, you can only use such kind of watch face for personal usage (it violates the copyright). But, this way gives instant gratification!

Samsung Galaxy Watch Designer is a great and easy tool. It was not easy to use Tizen Studio (size is 5GB, things are more complex). Galaxy Watch Designer made the watch face designing as easy as various desktop widget designing.

Tagged With galaxy watch designer , galaxy watch designer beate , Github galaxy watch background , how to use galaxy watch designer

This Article Has Been Shared 520 Times!

Facebook Twitter Pinterest
Abhishek Ghosh

About Abhishek Ghosh

Abhishek Ghosh is a Businessman, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Author and Blogger. You can keep touch with him on Twitter - @AbhishekCTRL.

Here’s what we’ve got for you which might like :

Articles Related to How to Create Watch Face Using Galaxy Watch Designer

  • Difference Between Analog and Digital Pins in Arduino UNO

    We Have Discussed the Difference Between Analog and Digital Pins in Arduino UNO in Plain English Suitable For Any Audience.

  • Flexible PCB : DIY Method For Pro Grade Circuits

    Adding Flexible PCB to Fabricated PCB Will Give Professional Result. Here is Detailed Guide on Flexible PCB – DIY Method For Pro Grade Circuits.

  • How to Connect Multiple LEDs With One Arduino Pin (Series Connection)

    Connecting Multiple LEDs in Series Can Create Nice Lighting Effects. Here is How to Connect Multiple LEDs With One Arduino Pin (Series Connection).

  • Arduino : Turn On Particular Color LED Depending On Light/LDR

    With Arduino We an Turn On Particular Color LED Depending On Light/LDR With Simple Circuit and Easy Code. We Can Create The Same Logic With IC too.

  • What Are the Advantages of EPP32 Over Arduino UNO?

    The ESP32 is a cheap Wi-Fi module (and also used to indicate board) which perfectly suited for DIY projects in the Internet of Things (IoT).

Additionally, performing a search on this website can help you. Also, we have YouTube Videos.

Take The Conversation Further ...

We'd love to know your thoughts on this article.
Meet the Author over on Twitter to join the conversation right now!

If you want to Advertise on our Article or want a Sponsored Article, you are invited to Contact us.

Contact Us

Subscribe To Our Free Newsletter

You can subscribe to our Free Once a Day, Regular Newsletter by clicking the subscribe button below.

Click To Subscribe

Please Confirm the Subscription When Approval Email Will Arrive in Your Email Inbox as Second Step.

Search this website…

 

Popular Articles

Our Homepage is best place to find popular articles!

Here Are Some Good to Read Articles :

  • Cloud Computing Service Models
  • What is Cloud Computing?
  • Cloud Computing and Social Networks in Mobile Space
  • ARM Processor Architecture
  • What Camera Mode to Choose
  • Indispensable MySQL queries for custom fields in WordPress
  • Windows 7 Speech Recognition Scripting Related Tutorials

Social Networks

  • Pinterest (20K Followers)
  • Twitter (4.9k Followers)
  • Facebook (5.8k Followers)
  • LinkedIn (3.7k Followers)
  • YouTube (1.2k Followers)
  • GitHub (Repository)
  • GitHub (Gists)
Looking to publish sponsored article on our website?

Contact us

Recent Posts

  • What is a Loosely Coupled System? January 17, 2021
  • How To Repack Installed Software on Debian/Ubuntu January 16, 2021
  • Components of Agile Software Development January 15, 2021
  • What is Conway’s Law? January 14, 2021
  • Effects of Digitization on Companies : Part XIII January 13, 2021

 

About This Article

Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "How to Create Watch Face Using Galaxy Watch Designer," in The Customize Windows, November 16, 2019, January 17, 2021, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2019/11/how-to-create-watch-face-using-galaxy-watch-designer/.

Source:The Customize Windows, JiMA.in

 

This website uses cookies. If you do not want to allow us to use cookies and/or non-personalized Ads, kindly clear browser cookies after closing this webpage.

Read Cookie Policy.

PC users can consult Corrine Chorney for Security.

Want to know more about us? Read Notability and Mentions & Our Setup.

Copyright © 2021 - The Customize Windows | dESIGNed by The Customize Windows

Copyright  · Privacy Policy  · Advertising Policy  · Terms of Service  · Refund Policy