Improve animation fluidity #30

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JackFrostbyte merged 1 commit from feature/v0.5-issue-27-animation-fluidity into main

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Summary

Completes issue #27.

This improves RGB Aura animation fluidity across all current animated zones.

Changes

Expanded the shared aurora palette to a smoother 5-step transition palette.
Added brighter intermediate green transition steps.
Smoothed GPU handoff frames.
Smoothed motherboard 2-LED transition frames and adjusted its internal speed so it visually matches the other zones better.
Smoothed top Fractal fan glimmer transitions.
Smoothed Thermaltake/front fan sparkle and swoop transitions.
Added configurable animation frame speed control with --animation-speed.
Increased Thermaltake/front fan blue breathing pauses to keep the sparse aurora feeling.
Improved dark-blue shutdown restore handling when OpenRGB disconnects during shutdown.

Test performed

ruff format src/rgb_aura
ruff check src/rgb_aura scripts tests
Live OpenRGB test with --animation-speed 1.25
Confirmed:
- animations are more fluid;
- Thermaltake/front fans keep sparse timing;
- motherboard no longer feels too slow;
- GPU and top fans remain smooth;
- reserved ARGB zone remains untouched;
- dark-blue shutdown restore still works;
- existing CLI behavior remains compatible.

## Summary Completes issue #27. This improves RGB Aura animation fluidity across all current animated zones. ## Changes - Expanded the shared aurora palette to a smoother 5-step transition palette. - Added brighter intermediate green transition steps. - Smoothed GPU handoff frames. - Smoothed motherboard 2-LED transition frames and adjusted its internal speed so it visually matches the other zones better. - Smoothed top Fractal fan glimmer transitions. - Smoothed Thermaltake/front fan sparkle and swoop transitions. - Added configurable animation frame speed control with `--animation-speed`. - Increased Thermaltake/front fan blue breathing pauses to keep the sparse aurora feeling. - Improved dark-blue shutdown restore handling when OpenRGB disconnects during shutdown. ## Test performed - `ruff format src/rgb_aura` - `ruff check src/rgb_aura scripts tests` - Live OpenRGB test with `--animation-speed 1.25` - Confirmed: - animations are more fluid; - Thermaltake/front fans keep sparse timing; - motherboard no longer feels too slow; - GPU and top fans remain smooth; - reserved ARGB zone remains untouched; - dark-blue shutdown restore still works; - existing CLI behavior remains compatible.

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