Creating Photo Collages with Automator

Hi.
I'd like to use automator to create a photo collage from a set of pictures.
Let's say I have four pictures, each of varying dimensions. They're named sequentially in the order I'd like them to appear. I'd like an automator script that would take the photos, scale them to the same height (they're in portrait layout), and arrange them left to right in a collage.
I'd like the result being four photos stitched right next to each other, all the same height, filling out the screen. The ideal scenario would obtain the height of the tallest photo and upscale the others to that same height. But I'd settle for a set height (determined either by a fixed number or a prompt asking the user to set it each time).
Thanks.

Haven't had time to work on this problem but I have seen something almost identical done before. The result was a 20" x 30" poster but The same process should work with your photos. http://media.libsyn.com/media/macbreak/macbreak20060615-008-450p-h264.mov

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