Can't make an animated GIF with the layers grouped to apply fx

[Khalaris]

I was so excited to use layer group fx to make nice looking animated gifs, but when I try to export, the dialogue tells me it can't animate because there's only one layer

Is there a way to apply the fx of the layer group to all layers? Then I could remove the group and export normally.
Or maybe make the export function resolve the grouped layers with their fx?

[rich2005]

(5 hours ago)Khalaris Wrote: I was so excited to use layer group fx to make nice looking animated gifs, but when I try to export, the dialogue tells me it can't animate because there's only one layer

Is there a way to apply the fx of the layer group to all layers? Then I could remove the group and export normally.
Or maybe make the export function resolve the grouped layers with their fx?

I can not find any easy way, Gimp 3 being very new is lacking all the old useful plugins.

The only way I can see is use new-from-visible with the layer group and a single layer visible to get a new layer with the fx applied. Then select and drag outside the group.

   

[Khalaris]

(4 hours ago)rich2005 Wrote: The only way I can see is use new-from-visible with the layer group and a single layer visible to get a new layer with the fx applied. Then select and drag outside the group.

Thank you. I solved my problem by duplicating the whole group, deleting all the layers from the new group, then duplicating the empty one with just the text and fx 60 times and painstakingly moving each layer into its own dedicated group. Amazing workflow for gifmaking XD (But at least it works haha)

If it's possible I will definitely make myself a little script or something to automate all the clicking and dragging.