Auto tile 100's of images?

Question

Hey guys, i have used batch process to make a whole bunch of photos one size.  I need to create a single 'photo wall' jpg out of them in which they're all tiled, the long way of doing this is to obv open them all and copy, paste into the psd, then flatten, but thats really, really time consuming.  I was wondering if anyone knew if photoshop had any type of auto import & tile feature?  I may have to do this a 2nd time with 1000's of images so I'm really hoping there's a more time friendly method.. Thanks

Answer 1

My script will do the whole process of masking the images to the tile size and lay out the tiles 1200 images are a lot of images however Photoshop can handle up to 8000 layers. Still an image that large is going to take a lone time to create. If images are 4x5 portraits 300dpi would be 60" wide and 33.333 feet long 60x300=18,000 pixel wide 400x300 120,000 pixels high. That is 2,160,000,000 pixels over 2GP I do not know if it could be printed???  Script is not hard or the complicated.
/* ==========================================================
// 2012  John J. McAssey (JJMack)
// ======================================================= */
// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware.
// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.
/* Help
<javascriptresource>
<about>$$$/JavaScripts/PasteImageRoll/About=JJMack's PasteImageRoll^r^rCopyright 2012 Mouseprints.^r^rCreate a document for printing on roll paper^rcan also be used as a wall hanging when^rall selected images have the same orientation.^rImages will be rotated to match cell orientation</about>
<category>JJMack's Collage Script</category>
</javascriptresource>
//Set Defaults here
var dfltRes = 300;          // default print DPI
var dfltCpys = 1;          // default image copies
var dfltPw  = 16;          // default roll paper width in inches
var dfltPl  = '';          // default roll paper length in feet. if set to null script will use 100 ft.
var dfltCw  = 4;          // default cell width in inches best if it divides paper with evenly.
var dfltCh  = 6;          // default cell height in inches
//End Defaults
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; // tell ps to work with pixels
try {
          // begin dialog layout
          var RollPaperDialog = new Window('dialog');
          RollPaperDialog.text = 'Paste Image Roll';
          RollPaperDialog.frameLocation = [70, 70];
          RollPaperDialog.alignChildren = 'center';
          RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl = RollPaperDialog.add('panel', [2, 2, 200, 56], 'Print Resolution');
                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('statictext', [10, 16, 50, 48], 'DPI ');
                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.docResEdt = RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('edittext', [50, 13, 90, 34], dfltRes, {name:'prtRes'});
                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.docResEdt.helpTip = 'Image Resolution';
                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('statictext', [96, 16, 140, 48], 'Copies ');
                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.imgCpysEdt = RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('edittext', [140, 13, 175, 34], dfltCpys, {name:'imgCpys'});
                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.imgCpysEdt.helpTip = 'Number of copies of selected Images';
          RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl = RollPaperDialog.add('panel', [2, 2, 200, 56], 'Roll Paper Size');
                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('statictext', [10, 16, 50, 48], 'Width ');
                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt = RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('edittext', [50, 13, 90, 34], dfltPw, {name:'pprWth'});
                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.helpTip = 'Roll width in inches';
                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('statictext', [96, 16, 140, 48], 'Length ');
                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt = RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('edittext', [140, 13, 175, 34], dfltPl, {name:'pprLnth'});
                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.helpTip = 'Remaing roll length in feet';
          RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl = RollPaperDialog.add('panel', [2, 2, 200, 56], 'Tile Cell Size');
                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('statictext', [10, 16, 50, 48], 'Width ');
                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt = RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('edittext', [50, 13, 90, 34], dfltCw, {name:'cllWth'});
                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.helpTip = 'Width in inches';
                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('statictext', [96, 16, 140, 48], 'Height ');
                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt = RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('edittext', [140, 13, 175, 34], dfltCh, {name:'cllHgt'});
                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.helpTip = 'Height in inches';
          var buttons = RollPaperDialog.add('group');
          buttons.orientation = 'row';
                              var okBtn = buttons.add('button');
                    okBtn.text = 'OK';
                    okBtn.properties = {name: 'ok'};
                              var cancelBtn = buttons.add('button');
                    cancelBtn.text = 'Cancel';
                    cancelBtn.properties = {name: 'cancel'};
          // display dialog and only continues on OK button press (OK = 1, Cancel = 2)
          if (RollPaperDialog.show() == 1) {
                    //variables passed from user interface
                    var res                    = String(RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.prtRes.text);
                    var copies          = String(RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.imgCpys.text);
                    var pprwidth    = String(RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.pprWth.text);
                    var pprlength   = String(RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.pprLnth.text); if (pprlength=='') { pprlength= 100; }
                    var cellwidth   = String(RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.cllWth.text);
                    var cellheight  = String(RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.cllHgt.text);
                    var maxpaperwidth=pprwidth*res;                    // Printer Paper width in pixels inches*res 
                    var maxpaperlnth=pprlength*12*res;          // Printer Paper Roll length in pixels
                    var width=cellwidth*res;                    // Document Cell width in pixels inches*res
                    var height=cellheight*res;                    // Document Cell height in pixels inches*res
                    var cols=0;                                        // Document number of columns will be determined by script using paper width and cell width 
                    var rows=0;                                        // Document rows will be determined by script using columns and # of images selected
                    if (width>maxpaperwidth) { throw "error1"; }
                    cols=Math.round((maxpaperwidth/width)-.499); //round down
                    if (height>maxpaperlnth) { throw "error2"; }
                    var file = new Array();
                    file = app.openDialog();//opens dialog,choose images
                    if (file.length<1) { throw "error3"; }
                    rows=Math.round((file.length*copies/cols)+.499); //round up
                    if (height*rows>maxpaperlnth) { throw "error4"; }
                    var doc = app.documents.add(width*cols, height*rows, res);
                    var currrow=0; var pasted=0;
                    for (var i=0;i<file.length;i++) {
                              app.load(file[i]); //load it into documents
                              var backFile= app.activeDocument; //prepare your image layer as active document
                              flatten(); //handle layered images
                              if (backFile.width.value<backFile.height.value&&width>height ) { backFile.rotateCanvas(-90.0);  } // Rotate portraits
                              if (backFile.height.value<backFile.width.value&&height>width ) { backFile.rotateCanvas(-90.0);  } // Rotate landscapes
                              if (backFile.width.value/backFile.height.value > width/height) { backFile.resizeImage(null, height, null, ResampleMethod.BICUBIC); } // wider
                              else {backFile.resizeImage(width, null, null, ResampleMethod.BICUBIC);} // same aspect ratio or taller
                              backFile.selection.selectAll();
                              backFile.selection.copy(); //copy resized image into clipboard
                              backFile.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); //close image without saving changes
                              for (var n=0;n<copies;n++) {
                                        var x =pasted*width;
                                        var y =currrow*height;
                                        var selectedRegion = Array(Array(x,y), Array(x+width,y), Array(x+width,y+height), Array(x,y+height));
                                        doc.selection.select(selectedRegion);
                                        doc.paste(true); //paste image into masked layer your document
                                        doc.selection.select(selectedRegion);
                                        align('AdCH'); align('AdCV');
                                        doc.selection.deselect();
                                        pasted++
                                        if ( pasted==cols ) { pasted=0; currrow++; }
          else {
                    //alert('Operation Canceled.');
          // Return the app preferences
          app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
catch(err){
          // Return the app preferences
          app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
          if (err=="error1") {alert("Paper width exceeded reduce the cell width");}
          else if (err=="error2") {alert("Paper roll length exceeded reduce cell height");}
          else if (err=="error3") {alert("No Images Selected");}
          else if (err=="error4") {alert("Paper roll length exceeded try selecting fewer images or reducing cell height");}
          // Lot's of things can go wrong, Give a generic alert and see if they want the details
          else if ( confirm("Sorry, something major happened and I can't continue! Would you like to see more info?" ) ) { alert(err + ': on line ' + err.line ); }
// flatten Image
function flatten() {
          try{
                    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "FltI" ), undefined, DialogModes.NO );
          }catch(e){}
// Align Layers to selection
function align(method) {
          var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
          var ref = new ActionReference();
          ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );
          desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
          desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), charIDToTypeID( "ADSt" ), charIDToTypeID( method ) );
          try{
                    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Algn" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
          }catch(e){}