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Animated backgrounds on Windows (GIF frames)

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animated-win-background

Python script for animated backgrounds on Windows

Usage

After downloading the project:
  1. Split animated image into frames. If the image is a GIF, use http://www.ezgif.com/split.
  2. Delete images in frames folder of project (sample images).
  3. Copy frames into frames folder of project.
  4. Run animate.py (you will need Python to run this)
  5. To stop the animation, close the script.

NOTE: If you encounter performances issues, use less frames and/or increase the shuffle interval. To do this, change 0.15 to the amount of seconds you want in animate.py.

How it works

It's essentially an implementation of a background shuffler. The methods in background_shuffler.py simply change the background at a given time interval. By reducing this time interval to <1s, an animated background effect is achieved.

See it in action

http://i.imgur.com/muPAAEs.gif

Sample GIFs

Here are some .gif files that make for good backgrounds. Feel free to add any.
  1. Pixel art backgrounds
  2. Dancing cat
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