Gimp Average Layers

A GIMP plugin that merges all layers in an image by taking the average value of each pixel. Useful for noise reduction

Installation

Windows

1. Move this plugin into the %appdata%/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/ directory.
2. Restart GIMP.

Linux

1. Move this plugin into the ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/ directory.
2. chmod +x ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/average-layers.py
3. Restart GIMP.

Mac OS X

1. Move this plugin into the ~/Library/Application\ Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/ directory.
2. chmod +x ~/Library/Application\ Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/average-layers.py
3. Restart GIMP.

Usage

1. Select File -> Open as Layers... to open the images you wish to blend.
2. Select Image -> Average Layers

Changes

The original function was made created by Oona Räisänen. I have added some small features to make it more usable in production like an undo group and progress bar.

License

This project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. See LICENSE for details.

Original function was created by Oona Räisänen (2012-2015, public domain).