Auto align images and save them individually

Is there a way to let photoshop auto align images and then save them to separate .tiff files?
Best regards

File > Scripts > Export Layers to Files
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import com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGEncodeParam;
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import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Panel;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
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import java.net.MalformedURLException;
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This seems like a Photoshop error not an AppleScript one. Have you looked in the Photoshop dictionary to see if the command you are getting the error on exists and if it has those options?
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