This script is a simple one, yet very useful. The script copies all of the visible layers in the active image and pastes them into a single layer at the top of the layer stack (the new layer is called "Copied Layers"). This way, if you want to apply additional effects to the "current look" of your layers, you can do so in one simple step and, most importantly, keep your original layers intact.

These steps can be done quite easily in GIMP (Copy Visible > Paste > Add New Layer > Anchor Floating Selection), but this really speeds things up.

Essentially, it is GIMP's version of Photoshop's Apply Image option (although I believe the PS version has more options....not sure on that though).

The inspiration for this script is from kward ([link]) who wrote the original version, but I've updated it to run in GIMP version 2.4 I've also modified the script to work on Grayscale and Indexed images.

Just click on the download link to open the script in your browser window and then save it (File Menu > Save) in your GIMP scripts folder (ie....C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.4\share\gimp\2.0\scripts)

Then, go to the main GIMP window (not the image window) and choose the Xtns Menu > Script-FU > Refresh Scripts and it should appear in the Image Window under the Edit Menu > Copy Visible & Paste as Layer

Enjoy!

Thanks for the menu placement tip Insanity-Prevails!

EDIT 12/25/07: Modified the script based on suggestions by saulgoode at gimptalk.com. The changes tell the script to temporarily turn off any selection(s) you have active at the time the script is runs and stores them in a channel until after the script runs. This will allow the entire contents of the visible layers to be copied/pasted rather than just the selection. After the script is run, the selection is turned back on and the channel deleted. You could always Invert the selection and delete the unwanted contents at that time, if you so choose.

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