Ok, I think this is ready for beta testing. And in the process of implementing it, I discovered a long-standing bug affecting PNG images when using fixed-size, non-discrete images (which probably no one ever noticed).
One limitation here is that in the non-discrete image mode, it can currently only distinguish 16 different images for the purpose of sorting. That could be expanded if it seems inadequate, but it should be plenty for scenarios like the one shown above.
Consider it beta for now though, so testing is advised...
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