Garmin video overlay
on footage from any camera
Export the FIT file from Garmin Connect and GaugeReel turns it into animated speed, heart rate, power and cadence gauges, then syncs them to footage from any camera by timestamp — no GoPro required. Render it as a transparent layer you composite in any editor.
From a Garmin FIT file to a broadcast overlay
No GoPro and no spreadsheet. Export the FIT from Garmin Connect, drop it and your clip in, GaugeReel auto-syncs on timestamps, you design the gauges, then export a transparent layer.
Garmin watches and bike computers log a FIT file you export from Garmin Connect — GPS speed and altitude, heart rate, cadence, power, bike gears and laps. GaugeReel reads that FIT directly (or a GPX as a universal fallback) and locks it to your footage by timestamp, so the camera that shot the clip never matters.
Import
Drop in an MP4 and/or a GPS track. GPMF is auto-scanned from the video; FIT and GPX load as external files. Attach several sources to one project.
- MP4 preview source
- GPX · FIT · GPMF
- Multi-source projects
- Video-less mode
Sync
Auto-align on embedded timestamps, then fine-tune with a manual offset and stretch until gauges hit every on-screen event. Per-source, applied to every bound gauge.
- Timestamp auto-sync
- Offset & stretch
- Sync-to anchors
- Data-speed modes
Design
Compose the overlay on a canvas at your project resolution. Add gauges from a searchable catalogue, drag with snapping, and edit every detail in the inspector.
- Drag · snap · lock
- Deep per-gauge editor
- Reusable profiles
- Grid & safe-areas
Export
Pick resolution, frame rate and range, then render a transparent overlay — PNG sequence, ProRes 4444 / VP9 with real alpha, or chroma-key MP4. Composite it anywhere.
- Transparent PNG seq
- ProRes 4444 / VP9 alpha
- Chroma-key MP4
- GPU hardware encode
Any device that writes a FIT or GPX —
and any camera that shot the clip.
GaugeReel reads the Garmin FIT you export from Garmin Connect, and the same path works for any watch, bike computer or app that writes FIT or GPX. Your footage can come from a GoPro, a DJI, an Insta360, a phone or a mirrorless — the camera never matters.
Universal fallback — no FIT export? A GPX track from almost any app or watch works too, and GaugeReel reads Garmin extensions (heart rate, cadence, power) when they are present. Brand names are the property of their respective owners; GaugeReel is an independent overlay tool and is not affiliated with Garmin.
What you can show from
a Garmin FIT file.
GPS location, speed & altitude · Heart rate & temperature · Cadence & power · Bike gears (front / rear / ratio) · Lap and extra sensor streams — every field in the file becomes a dial, a bar, a graph, a compass or a map, rendered as a transparent layer over whatever camera shot the footage.
Runner
Pace, distance, heart rate, cadence and elevation.
Walker
Gentler metrics — speed, distance, elevation, route and time.
Cyclist
Speed, power, cadence, heart rate, gradient and gears.
Car / Moto
Speed, g-forces, lean, acceleration and lap timing.
A transparent layer over any footage
GaugeReel never re-encodes your video. It renders only the gauges driven by your Garmin FIT data and exports a layer with a real alpha channel, so you drop it onto a track above footage from any camera and the instruments sit cleanly over the action.
- PNG image sequence with a true alpha channel
- ProRes 4444 or VP9 MOV/WEBM with real alpha
- Chroma-key MP4 for editors without alpha support
- Composite in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut, After Effects or CapCut
Garmin overlay questions, answered
The specifics of getting telemetry from your gear onto your footage.
Yes. Any GPX or Garmin FIT track works — from a Garmin, Wahoo, Coros or Suunto watch or bike computer, or a phone app. Import the track, line it up with footage shot on any camera, and render a speed, pace, distance or map overlay.
Another question? hello@gaugereel.net
Put your Garmin data on any footage.
Free to download. No account required to export your first Garmin overlay.