Photoshop Elements 7 Command Line Batch Processing?

I program in C# or VB .NET using Visual Studio 2008.
Q. Can I program or write Photoshop command line batch processing scripts?
I need to take several hundred photos and convert them as follows:
1. Import .jpg
2. Resize image
3. Convert to layer
4. Drop-shadow & resize canvas
5. Rotate-arbitraty (variable 3 deg cw - 3 deg ccw)
6. Save for use in web as .gif (transparent background)

You might be better asking in the SDK forum or Elements forum.
But if it was me I would use JavaScript where all you have listed is possible.

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