GIF-Overlay allows you to display animated GIFs as overlays on your screen with customizable scaling, opacity, and transformation options. Built with WPF for high performance.
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GIF Overlay - Minimalist GIF & Image Viewer
GIF Overlay is a lightweight, high-performance GIF and static image viewer for Windows, built with C# WPF. It focuses on minimalism, efficiency, and a premium aesthetic, allowing you to pin images on top of other windows with a unique translucency effect.
✨ Key Features
Native C# WPF: High performance with modern Windows 11 aesthetics.
Always on Top: Pin images over other applications—perfect for tracing, references, or desktop decoration.
Translucent Background: Fully transparent window borders, showing only the image content.
Adjustable Opacity: Slide to adjust transparency for a see-through effect.
Flexible Transforms:
Rotate Left/Right (90° increments).
Flip Horizontally/Vertically.
Dynamic Resizing:
Scale via Ctrl + Mouse Wheel.
Precise adjustments via Width/Height sliders in the context menu.
High DPI Support: Crisp rendering on all displays (4K, high-scale laptops).
Settings Persistence: Remembers your last opened GIF, window size, and opacity.
🚀 How to Use
Installation
1. Via WinGet (Recommended)
winget install gifoverlay
2. Manual Download
Download GIF-Overlay-Setup.exe from the Releases section.
Run the installer to register the application.
Right-click any .gif file -> Open With -> Select GIF Overlay.
Controls
Move: Left-click and drag the image (ensure window is unlocked).
Resize:Ctrl + Mouse Wheel to scale or use sliders in Settings.
Context Menu (Right-Click):
Lock Window: Prevent accidental moving or resizing.
