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Gaming HUD photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A gaming HUD photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Heads-up display panels with health bars and bright status colors. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Gaming HUD photo widget design preview: Heads-up display panels with health bars and bright status colors. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a gaming HUD photo widget shows

A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.

You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.

How the gaming HUD style shapes it

Gaming HUD widgets look like the status display of an action game: dark panels, angled corners, health-style bars and bright red, green and purple.

Photos: Use a square avatar with a colored outline.
Text: Use condensed capitals for stats such as HP, XP or LVL.

Gaming HUD photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #10121A, corner radius 4, outline 2 pt #F2F4FF
Layout	caption on the left, photo on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 0, crop to fill, 1 pt outline
Text	place label, size 12, color #7D86A8
Text	caption in two lines, Rajdhani, size 24, color #F2F4FF
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #8B5CF6
Text	date, size 12, color #7D86A8
Ornament	an angled purple tab in the top left corner and a matching green tab in the bottom right
Font	Rajdhani (import the font file), or the built-in Condensed
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Gaming HUD color palette

Shadow #10121ABackground
Panel #1B1F2ESurface and tracks
White #F2F4FFText
Steel #7D86A8Labels
Arcane purple #8B5CF6Accent

How to make a gaming HUD photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #10121A and the corner radius to 4. Add a 2-point outline.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 0 and add a thin outline. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #F2F4FF using Rajdhani.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #7D86A8, with a short rule in #8B5CF6 between them.
Add the gaming HUD ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: an angled purple tab in the top left corner and a matching green tab in the bottom right.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for gaming HUD photo widgets

Name things like game stats to sell the theme.
Use two bar colors with clear meaning.
Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
Do not use soft pastel colors.
Do not round the panels.

Questions about the gaming HUD photo widget

What size is a gaming HUD photo widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Shadow (#10121A) for the background, White (#F2F4FF) for the main text, Steel (#7D86A8) for labels and Arcane purple (#8B5CF6) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the gaming HUD styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for gamer photo widget, rgb photo widget, hud photo widget, esports photo widget. They describe the same look as this gaming HUD photo widget.

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