Photoshop Batch Processing

I have a questions about actions, and I need to know if this is possible in CS3 (or any other versions) of Photoshop.
I have a template image that has 3 boxes on it. I have a folder filled with images that will populate these boxes. Is it possible to have an action populate these boxes (via paste or place I would imagine) and then save the template image as a separate filename? I need it to go through the folder and populate three images at a time, with no repeats.
I am only somewhat experienced with photoshop actions, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Shaun

Yes you can create an action to populate a Collage template. It is better done using a Photoshop script. Take a look ate my Photo Collage Toolkit. I would suspect that with some minor changes to you template the Scripts providef will have not problem populating your template. There are scripts to interactivly populate templates to automaticlt populate templates and to batch populate templates.
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If it's a simple matter of installing the appropriate script, where might I
find it? And if not, how can I solve the problem?
By default they are installed in the library at root level ( Mac OS:
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but I have no experience with - nor would I recommend - the use of CS5
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