Automatically copy background layer?

[Zuntaras]

I've been looking around, does anybody know if there is a setting in PS (or some trick) that will automatically copy your background layer when you open a new file? I mean, 9 times out of 10 isn't it the first thing we all do anyway?

[Daniel E Lane]

Not really as common as you would think. But the easiest way is to just hit CMD+J (on a Mac), Cntrl+J on a PC as soon as you are in there.

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

You can record an action, then using the Script Events Manager you can automatically play the action when a file is opened.

[Zuntaras]

Thanks, that's just the ticket I was looking for.

[Zuntaras]

Thanks again. Wrote this up this morning and it does exactly what I wanted.