What’s the difference between a picture (image) and a slide?
A slide comprises:
- an image (ie, a photo or picture)
- an optional caption
- the colour of the text background
- whether the image is in ‘portrait’ orientation (ie, tall and narrow).
Image Wallet
You can give each picture a caption, and you can customise the text background colour to suit the picture.
Your images can fade from one to the next automatically, and their captions can slide away so nothing messes with your photos.
Image Wallet has numerous options and settings. For example, you can choose how quickly the images change, how long the caption is displayed for, whether the caption should be displayed sideways, and more.
* Capacity depends on available storage space. Versa 3 and Sense should allow up to 100 images.
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Quick Start Guide
When Image Wallet is first installed, its slideshow consists of one empty slide. Touch Image in Image Wallet's Settings within the Fitbit app on your phone to set a picture for this slide. You can also set a Caption, change the text background colour, etc.
To add more slides (pictures), pause Image Wallet by touching the centre of the watch screen. Then, touch Add New Slide in Image Wallet's Settings. After the new 'Empty Slide' has appeared on your watch, you can set a picture (etc) for it like you did for the first slide.
When you've finished adding slides, unpause Image Wallet by touching the centre of the watch screen.
Normal Use
To manually change the slide to the next or previous one, touch the right or left side of the watch screen.
To display a list of all of your slides, touch the top of the watch screen. You can scroll through the list by swiping (unfortunately, this can be slow). To display a particular slide, touch its entry in the list. To close the list without selecting a slide, press the left side button on your watch.
To pause the slideshow so you can make changes to it, touch the centre of the watch screen. A flashing pause icon will appear. Touch it to resume the slideshow after you’ve finished making your changes.
Touch the bottom of the watch screen to access these options:
- Show or hide the caption bar that normally appears on the bottom or right side. (To adjust the duration for which it is displayed, see Settings.)
- Automatically advance to the next slide. (To adjust the duration for which each slide is displayed, see Settings. Even when auto-advance is enabled, you can manually change slides by touching the sides of the watch screen.)
Settings
To set up Image Wallet with your pictures, and to access other customisation features, use Image Wallet’s Settings. You can find these in the Fitbit app on your phone or tablet (look in Account, Versa/Sense, Clock Faces, My Device, Image Wallet).
Adding New Slides
When Image Wallet is first installed, its slideshow consists of one empty slide that you can customise (see 'Editing Slides', below). To add additional empty slides, touch Add New Slide. Every time you do this, you'll get a new empty slide that you can customise.
New slides will be added after the slide that’s currently displayed on the watch. Therefore, it’s best to pause the slideshow on the slide before the new one you want to add. To pause, touch the centre of the watch screen. While paused, you can move to the next/previous slide by touching the sides of the watch screen.
Editing Slides
Changes will be made to the slide that’s currently displayed on the watch. To avoid accidents, pause the slideshow at the slide you want to change. To pause, touch the centre of the watch screen. While paused, you can move to the next/previous slide by touching the sides of the watch screen. This can be useful when making changes to multiple slides, or to check the order in which the slides will be shown.
When you pause the slideshow, and when you change slides while the slideshow is paused, information about the current slide is sent from the watch to the settings page to make it easier to edit that information. It may take a second or two to appear. Because of technical limitations, the slide’s image is not sent from watch to settings.
In portrait mode, the caption is displayed on the side of the image, instead of across the bottom. Portrait mode is useful for tall narrow images.
Long captions will automatically scroll across the watch’s screen. Due to a watch limitation, this doesn't happen in portrait mode slides.
After making a change (especially a colour change), it can take a few seconds for the watch to catch up. To ensure your changes are applied to the correct slide, wait until the Bluetooth icon (top right of watch screen) stops flashing.
General Settings
Slide display time. When auto-advance is enabled on the watch, this setting specifies the time for which each slide is displayed.
Caption display time. This setting can be used to automatically hide the caption on each slide after a while. Whenever a new slide is displayed, its caption will be displayed for the selected period before sliding off the screen. To prevent the text from disappearing, select Always. To prevent the text from appearing at all, use the options on the watch (touch the bottom of the screen).
Fade edges. Creates a subtle vignette effect by gradually fading the edges of the image to black.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What’s the difference between a picture (image) and a slide?
How do I add a new slide?
When adding a new slide, how do I give it a picture?
I added a new slide that I don’t want. How do I get rid of it?
Why isn't the watch responding to changes I'm making in Settings?
Why did my edit get applied to the wrong slide?
How do I add a new slide?
Touching 'Add new slide' should add a new slide, but sometimes it doesn't. Here's some things to check:
- Make sure the slideshow is paused on the watch (by touching the centre of the watch screen).
- 'Add new slide' should make an 'EMPTY SLIDE' appear on the watch. If an empty slide was already displayed, it might not look like anything changed. The best way to avoid this is to set images for any empty slides, or delete them.
- Please look below the 'Add new slide' button in settings to see if an error message is displayed.
- Sometimes the Fitbit app ceases to provide communications. Uninstalling and reinstalling Image Wallet would reset it. If you try this and Image Wallet asks you to pay again, see here.
Image Wallet works fine for most people but, in rare cases, 'Add new slide' doesn't do anything even after the above suggestions have been tried. We haven't been able to duplicate this problem, or identify a cause or solution. If this happens to you, please accept our apology and request a refund here.
When adding a new slide, how do I give it a picture?
After you touch Add New Slide, you'll get a new 'Empty Slide' on your watch. Touch Image in Settings to pick a picture for this slide.
I added a new slide that I don’t want. How do I get rid of it?
Pause Image Wallet at the empty slide, then select Delete in Image Wallet’s Settings on your phone.
Why isn't the watch responding to changes I'm making in Settings?
Look for error messages that appear below the setting you're trying to change. You may need to swipe the Settings page up or down to see them. Such messages will tell you what went wrong and how to fix it.
Very often, the problem will be that Image Wallet wasn't paused. When the slideshow is playing normally, the slides keep changing. In this situation, the watch can't be sure about which slide to change, so it doesn't do anything (and an error message should be shown in Settings). Pause Image Wallet by touching the centre of the watch screen, then try again.
Why did my edit get applied to the wrong slide?
Changes are applied to the slide that's currently displayed on the watch. To avoid mistakes, before making changes, pause the slideshow at the slide to be changed. You can pause by touching the centre of the watch screen. While paused, you can move to the next/previous slide by touching the sides of the watch screen.
After making a change (especially a colour change), it can take a few seconds for the watch to catch up. To ensure your changes are applied to the correct slide, wait until the Bluetooth icon (top right of watch screen) stops flashing. When everything has settled down, you can then edit other sides or resume the slideshow.
Acknowledgements
Images
- Girl image from Pixabay (may no longer be available).
- QR code image from Wikipedia.
- Kitten image by Quang Nguyen vinh from Pixabay.
- Lady image from Pexels.
- Affirmation text from .
- Affirmation background image by Susanne Stöckli from Pixabay.
