Merging images - newbie query

I have an A3 picture that I have scanned in 2 parts using my A4 scanner and would like to know to find the easiest way of stitching them together with PS. I am aware of Autostitch, but want to produce a high resolution TIFF image. Can anyone direct me to a suitable tutorial - I do need click by click instructions though as I'm still feeling my way along with PS!

What is the problem with File->Automate->Photomerge? you can then change the resolution using Image->Image Size (if you need to) and save it as a TIFF as you would any document.
Using Photomerge: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-75e8a.html

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Jen,
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I use the Merge with background function A LOT and have never had an issue... until today.
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Hi,
I am a developmental biologist carrying out experiments on a type of microscope known as a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CSLM). Basically, this is a microscope coupled to some lasers which allow fluorescently-labelled parts of a biological sample to be imaged in high detail.
For each sample there will be a set of two images produced, named and numbered as follows:
sample01_g.tif
sample01_r.tif
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I want to produce a merge of these two channels to generate a new TIFF file such that:
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Red channel is taken from sample01_r.tif
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This is fine to do by hand in Photoshop, but takes a long time when you have a couple of hundred images to process. So, what I would like to do is write a script that batch automates the process, like a droplet. I have the process outlined below:
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I have never used script before and would love to learn, but I am making slow progress and would like to have this problem solved sooner than I will be able to do so by myself. So... I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how to go about doing this?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
I use a Mac Pro running OSX 10.8.3 and Photoshop CS6 Extended
Best regards,
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