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Copying/exporting specific layers - ebondream - 06-29-2017
Say I have an image with around 30 layers (experimenting with animations, hence the high number). I'd like to remove the last 12 layers and put them into a different image, so I can edit these two sequences independently, and then join them together again. Is there some way to do that that's less cumbersome than copy-pasting each individual layer?
RE: Copying/exporting specific layers - rich2005 - 06-29-2017
There will be a few ways, not really into animation, but first thoughts
Duplicate the image
Link the layers you want to delete - for your requirement I would bulk link shift-click on the link icon, then unlink the bottom twelve individually.
Then this script will merge all the linked layers (13 - 30)
http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/repository/script-fu/wiki?name=sg-merge-linked
Delete the resulting merged layer.
edit: Another, probably better way
Again one of SG's scripts http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/repository/script-fu/wiki?name=sg-group-linked-layers
Link the layers you need, Apply the script to create a layer group. Click drag the layer group to the top of the tool box to open as a new image. Same script will ungroup back to plain layers.
RE: Copying/exporting specific layers - rich2005 - 06-29-2017
An example using that last script
http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/repository/script-fu/wiki?name=sg-group-linked-layers
video demo https://youtu.be/9cWNW_vufYA 4 minutes