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Animation swww mode

Greg edited this page Nov 18, 2022 · 3 revisions

Animation with swww Mode depends on swww so make sure it's installed and working properly before activating this mode

Using swww with sunpaper will allow for smooth low memory animated transitions between images. Note: this is a Wayland-Only utility.

This mode also resolves the issue with a gray flash in Sway whenever changing wallpaper. (https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/3693)


Within the sunpaper.sh configuration file (in the sunpaper.sh script itself)

enable this mode with
swww_enable="true"

swww takes two options for animation control the speed and smoothness of the transition between images:
transition-fps <1 to 255>
transition-step <1 to 255>

You can set those for use in sunpaper like this:
swww_fps="5"
swww_step="5"