How can I apply the same Levels or white point adjustment to multiple layers in GIMP?

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I have a GIMP image with several layers and want to set the same white point/Levels adjustment on all of them. Is there a way to apply the same settings across every layer without manually re-creating the adjustment for each one?

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Doing the layers one by one, most tools in Gimp can save their settings. You can save them explicitly by giving them names, but they are also saved automatically (see the Presets selector at the top of the Curves or Levels tools).

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So you would just do one layer and then reuse the settings on the others.

Another method is to load them as tiles and make one single big layer, make the change on that layer, and then split it again to tiles (but I don't know a script that does that directly, there are however scripts that can do this after saving the tiles to individual files).

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GIMP doesn’t apply a single Levels adjustment to all layers at once in the usual layer stack, so the practical method is to reuse the same settings on each layer. Two easy ways: 1. **Use Levels/Curves presets** - Adjust one layer with **Colors > Levels** (or Curves). - Save or reuse the tool settings from the **Presets** selector. - Select each other layer and apply the same preset. 2. **Repeat the last operation** - After using **Colors > Levels**, select the next layer. - Use **Filters > Repeat ""** or press **Ctrl+F**. - This repeats the same Levels settings on the newly selected layer. So while you still need to select each layer, you do **not** need to rebuild the adjustment each time. A more advanced workaround is combining layers or tiles into one large layer, making the adjustment once, then splitting them again, but that typically requires extra scripting or file-based workflows.

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