Here is a different approach, I have modified a script created for working on pairs of images into one that works on sets of ten images.
This script will only process a single top-level folder, so you would need a root-level folder of 100 images, not a root-level folder containing 10 sub-folders of 10 images each.
All you need to do is point it at a source folder and it will create layered TIFF versions with layers in stacks of 10. There is no error checking to ensure that the source folder contains multiples of 10 images. There is placeholder code to run an action from the actions panel before saving each layered file. The TIFF saving options can be swapped out for a different file format. The code could be optimised, I'm just a newb at scripting so it is a bit rough but it does the job. I have tried to comment the code at key points to explain what is taking place. Hope this helps!
/*
Combine images into 10 layers.jsx
by Stephen Marsh - 2020
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/batch-processing-mutiple-set-of-images-as-layers/m-p/11714886
Code based on the following topic thread:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/open-photos-with-same-filename-as-layers/td-p/11515954
NOTE:
* No Files should be open.
* There is no error checking, the input folder should contain even quantities of 10 alphabetically sorting images.
* It is assumed that all files contain only a single image layer (flat or layered).
* It is also assumed that all files have the same pixel width, height and resolution.
*/
#target photoshop
/* Start Open Document Error Check - Part A: If */
if (app.documents.length === 0) {
(function () {
var restoreDialogMode = app.displayDialogs;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select the folder with multiples of 10 alphabetically sorting files:");
if (inputFolder === null) return;
var newPath = Folder(decodeURI(inputFolder + "/Combined")); // Create sub-dir
if (!newPath.exists) newPath.create();
var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles(/\.(jpg|jpeg|tif|tiff|png|psd)$/i); // Limit file format input
fileList.sort(); // Force alpha-numeric list sort, to reverse the sort order use .sort.reverse();
var inputCount = fileList.length;
var cancelScript = confirm(inputCount + " input files stacked into sets of 10 will produce " + inputCount / 10 + " layered files. Press 'Yes' to continue or 'No' to cancel.");
// Test if no returns false, then terminate the script
if (cancelScript === false) {
alert('Script cancelled!');
return;
}
while (fileList.length) {
for (var a = 0; a < 10; a++) { // Loop through 10 images
try {
app.open(fileList.pop());
} catch (e) { }
}
// Call the function named: processFiles
processFiles();
}
alert("Files saved to '" + inputFolder + "/Combined'");
function processFiles() {
try {
var Name = app.documents[0].name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, ''); // Remove file extension
/* There must be a better way, however, this was the quickest way to modify the existing script from 2 to 10 layers... */
// Document 2 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[1];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 3 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[2];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 4 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[3];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 5 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[4];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 6 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[5];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 7 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[6];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 8 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[7];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 9 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[8];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Document 10 to Document 1
app.activeDocument = documents[9];
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(documents[0]);
// Set Document 1 as the target for further processing
app.activeDocument = documents[0];
/* There should now be 10 layers! Do something else, such as run an action? */
// If so, uncomment the line below and change the action and action set as required...
//app.doAction("MyAction", "MyActionSet");
app.displayDialogs = restoreDialogMode;
} catch (e) { }
var saveFile = File(newPath + "/" + Name + "_Combined" + ".tif");
// Call the function named: saveTIFF
saveTIFF(saveFile);
// Close all open docs without saving
while (app.documents.length) {
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
}
function saveTIFF(saveFile) {
tiffSaveOptions = new TiffSaveOptions();
tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
tiffSaveOptions.byteOrder = ByteOrder.IBM;
tiffSaveOptions.transparency = true;
tiffSaveOptions.layers = true;
tiffSaveOptions.layerCompression = LayerCompression.ZIP;
tiffSaveOptions.interleaveChannels = true;
tiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;
tiffSaveOptions.annotations = true;
tiffSaveOptions.spotColors = true;
tiffSaveOptions.saveImagePyramid = false;
tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW; // NONE | JPEG | TIFFLZW | TIFFZIP
app.activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
}
})();
}
/* Finish Open Document Error Check - Part A: If */
/* Start Open Document Error Check - Part B: Else */
else {
alert('Please close all open documents before running this script!');
}
/* Finish Open Document Error Check - Part B: Else */
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