# Create New Continuous Layer

**URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/create-new-continuous-layer/13502
**Category:** Scripts & Extensions
**Created:** [March 19, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/create-new-continuous-layer/13502 "2022-03-19T03:21:28Z")
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### Author: ![thkwznk](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/thkwznk/32/14485_2.png) [@thkwznk](https://community.aseprite.org/u/thkwznk)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 8:55am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/create-new-continuous-layer/13502/2 "2022-03-19T08:55:03Z")

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I salute your efforts, linking cels is one of those things that seems easy but there’s no clear explanation anywhere on how to do it.

The _trick_ that I found is that in order to link cels, or even select them to be in the active range you need to specify BOTH - layers and frames, cels are on their intersection. With this knowledge you can write a script like this:

```auto
app.transaction(function()
    local sprite = app.activeSprite

    -- Create a new layer
    local newLayer = sprite:newLayer()
    newLayer.isContinuous = true

    -- Creat a cel in the first frame of the layer, without this cels won't link
    sprite:newCel(newLayer, 1)

    -- Get all of the frame numbers into a table/array
    local frames = {}
    for frameNumber, _ in ipairs(sprite.frames) do
        table.insert(frames, frameNumber)
    end

    -- In order to select cels in range we need to specify both layers and frame - cels are their intersection
    app.range.frames = frames
    app.range.layers = {newLayer}

    app.command.LinkCels()
    app.range:clear()
end)

```

No need for a new sprite in this approach which means no risk of losing data. ✌

Definitely, you should add the feature where the new layer is above the current one and not on top of the stack - it will mimic how native Aseprite functionality for adding layers behaves, making it more intuitive for users. I’d suggest looking into [Layer.stackIndex](https://github.com/aseprite/api/blob/main/api/layer.md#layerstackindex) to achieve that.

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