GIF Overlay

GIF Overlay is a lightweight Windows application that allows you to display GIF images floating on your screen with useful and easy-to-use features.

Features

• Always keep GIF images on top of other windows (Always On Top)
• Easily adjust GIF size and opacity with sliders
• Pause and resume GIF playback
• Save and manage your collection of GIFs in the Documents folder
• Minimize the app to the system tray with a custom icon
• Automatically remembers the last opened GIF and reloads it on startup
• Simple, borderless, and user-friendly interface

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• PyQt5

Usage

1. Run the GIF Overlay.exe or run the Python script if not packaged
2. Right-click on the app window to open the context menu with options to:
3. Select a new GIF or load a saved GIF
4. Adjust size and opacity
5. Pause or resume the GIF
6. Manage saved GIFs
7. Minimize to system tray
8. The app automatically remembers and reloads the last opened GIF on startup

Packaging

• Use PyInstaller to create the executable .exe
• Create a Windows installer using Inno Setup with a .ico icon for the app

License

MIT License

Author

[duy]

If you need help or want to contribute, please open an issue or submit a pull request.