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Align multiple photos so contents are at same place

I have multiple images like theseenter image description here

enter image description here

and a main photo one with which all others need to agree.

I want in all photos the little squares of the top row to be exactly on the same place(cause I use a Photoshop script to sample the color of each square's center using static coordinates). In many photos the camera moved a little so I need to adjust them (mostly vertically) to fix that. Do you know of any way that this can be done easily on many (cause I have like 1000 of them) photos?
I tried open like 30-40 in Photoshop at a time but need a way to place and keep some reference points. You know any way that this can be done? Maybe guides common for all opened files or something similar?

Solution

  • You can align vertical centres and then distribute the horizontal centres with code:

    function align_tiny_photos()
{ // align and distribute
var idAlgn = charIDToTypeID( "Algn" );
var desc48 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref16 = new ActionReference();
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
ref16.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt );
desc48.putReference( idnull, ref16 );
var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );
var idADSt = charIDToTypeID( "ADSt" );
var idAdCV = charIDToTypeID( "AdCV" );
desc48.putEnumerated( idUsng, idADSt, idAdCV );
executeAction( idAlgn, desc48, DialogModes.NO );

var idDstr = charIDToTypeID( "Dstr" );
var desc62 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref23 = new ActionReference();
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
ref23.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt );
desc62.putReference( idnull, ref23 );
var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );
var idADSt = charIDToTypeID( "ADSt" );
var idAdCH = charIDToTypeID( "AdCH" );
desc62.putEnumerated( idUsng, idADSt, idAdCH );
executeAction( idDstr, desc62, DialogModes.NO );
}

    To use:

    align_tiny_photos();