How to Build Custom Animations for the Flipper Zero Screen

How to Build Custom Animations for the Flipper Zero Screen Flipper Zero shows animated scenes on its idle screen — the default is the Flipper dolphin. You can replace these with custom animations. Animation Format Animations are stored on the SD card at: SD/dolphin/ Each animation is a folder containing: meta.txt — timing and metadata Frame images as 1-bit BMP files (128×64 pixels) Creating Frames Resolution: 128×64 pixels, 1-bit (black and white only) Tools: Pixilart (web) — export as BMP GIMP — create at 128×64, export as 1-bit BMP Flipper Animation Manager app — GUI tool for the full workflow meta.txt Format Frames: 10 Height: 64 Width: 128 Duration: 3 ActiveCycles: 8 Passive cycles: 4 MinLevel: 1 MaxLevel: 30 Frame[0]: frame0.bmp Frame[1]: frame1.bmp ... Key fields: Duration: frames per second playback speed ActiveCycles: how many times animation plays when Flipper is in use MinLevel/MaxLevel: XP level range when this animation appears Using Flipper Animation Manager 1. Download Flipper Animation Manager (Windows app on GitHub) 2. Connect Flipper via USB 3. Import existing or create new animation frames 4. Upload directly to Flipper Installing Custom Animations 1. Copy your animation folder to SD/dolphin/[AnimationName]/ 2. Edit SD/dolphin/manifest.txt to include your animation 3. Reboot Flipper Community Animation Packs Community shares large packs: github.com/stopachka/flipper-zero-animations Search "Flipper Zero animation pack" on GitHub Some firmware (Momentum) have custom animations built-in.

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