Motion in Time

• Motion in Time displays the current time while animation and music are playing in the background
• Two versions are available:
  • The PyQt6 version with Advanced Settings options as described below
  • The original version created with Tkinter, without additional features
• Launching Motion in Time from the Taskbar:
  • With only one click you can enjoy the current time from your bed according to your mood

PyQt6 - Music On:

inst_prez.mp4

back_prez.mp4

Tkinter:

Guide:

Welcome Screen

• App opens with the latest:
  • Skin
  • Music volume
  • Animation speed
• Play/Stop toggle button action:
  • Starts, stops the music
  • Value saved automatically
• Settings button: launches the Settings pop-up window

Settings window

• Using the related sliders, able to change:
  • Music Volume
  • Animation speed
  • Both values are automatically saved
• Roll-down menu:
  • Able to switch between skins, currently available:
    • Back to the Future I.
    • Donnie Darko
    • Idiocracy
    • Interstellar
    • Terminator I.
  • After the new selection, app restarts with the selected skin
• Clicking on the Advanced button:
  • Closes the Settings window
  • Opens the Advanced settings options on the right side of the main window

Advanced settings "window"

• Roll-down menu (first):
  • Able to switch between skins
  • After the new selection, app restarts with the selected skin + visible Advanced settings
• Roll-down menu (second):
  • Able to select the widget to use
  • Once it is selected, it automatically updates the sliders to the selected widget's current position and size(timers only)
  • Able to change the positions:
    • Home screen buttons (Play, Settings):
    • Settings window (displayed with disabled functionalities)
    • Main window (the top slider moved/displayed in a pop-up window for the horizontal adjustment)
    • Timer: Hours:Minutes and :Seconds separately
    • Timer's shadow: Hours:Minutes and :Seconds separately
  • If after a display change the previously selected app position would be outside the current displayed size:
    • App opens at the half of the screen (the app`s left-top corner in the middle)
  • Abe to change the size of all Timer instance separately
• Able to change the colour of the:
  • Timer (shadow remains black)
  • Windows, buttons (same value)
  • Buttons pressed
    • Which equals to the colour of the unpressed buttons’ bottom part (contributing the buttons 3D effect)
• Able to change the Timers font style together
• Save settings button: after the confirmation able to save all the update actioned on the current skin
• Delete skin button (if more than one skin is available):
  • After the confirmation* able to delete the current skin
  • *The skin's title and folder path are displayed in the pop-up window
  • App automatically restarts, with the first skin in the list (+ confirmation message)
• Add / Edit skin button:
  • Launches a new window with two tabs:
  • Edit Current Skin:
    • Name: field can not be empty
    • Window Title: not mandatory
    • Files: no mandatory change needed
      • If new file selected, checkmark is displayed at the end of the title
  • Add Skin:
    • Apart from the Window Title, all options are mandatory

GIF image creation and how it is used in the animation

• The GIF images are generated in DaVinci Resolve:

  • On the Deliver page:
    • Format: GIF
    • Codec: Animated GIF
    • Resolution: 720 x 486 NTSC

• PyQt6:

  • The GIF/animation playback is handled by PyQt's own QMovie module

• Tkinter:

  • Image objects are created from the GIF via DIY in the app
  • The returning phase of the movements in the animation are not part of the GIF images
  • It is coming from allocating the same image object for 2 mirrored positions in the image sequence/list:
    • half sized GIF images, faster load time

• The current GIF images are tailored for the faster PyQt version

Requirements

Python 3 - used: 3.11.5

• https://www.python.org/

Install dependencies

PyQt6

pip install -r requirements_pyqt.txt

Tkinter

pip install -r requirements_tkinter.txt

OS

• Tested on Windows 11

Thank you all who worked on the modules used in this project!