diff --git a/src/app/tools/wigglegram/AutoAlignTool.tsx b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/AutoAlignTool.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dc06cb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/AutoAlignTool.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { ExtractedFrame, AlignmentOffsets, BoundingBox } from "./types";
+import { BoundingBoxSelector } from "./BoundingBoxSelector";
+import { autoAlign } from "./autoAlign";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+
+interface AutoAlignToolProps {
+  canvasRef: React.RefObject<HTMLCanvasElement>;
+  extractedFrames: ExtractedFrame[];
+  baseFrameIndex: number;
+  onAlignment: (offsets: AlignmentOffsets) => void;
+}
+
+export const AutoAlignTool = ({
+  canvasRef,
+  extractedFrames,
+  baseFrameIndex,
+  onAlignment,
+}: AutoAlignToolProps) => {
+  const [box, setBox] = useState<BoundingBox | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+    if (canvas && !box) {
+      const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const size = Math.min(rect.width, rect.height) * 0.25;
+      setBox({
+        x: (rect.width - size) / 2,
+        y: (rect.height - size) / 2,
+        width: size,
+        height: size,
+      });
+    }
+  }, [canvasRef, box]);
+
+  if (!box) return null;
+
+  const handleAlign = async () => {
+    const canvasEl = canvasRef.current;
+    const base = extractedFrames[baseFrameIndex];
+    if (!canvasEl || !base) return;
+
+    const rect = canvasEl.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const scaleX = base.canvas.width / rect.width;
+    const scaleY = base.canvas.height / rect.height;
+    const scaledBox: BoundingBox = {
+      x: Math.round(box.x * scaleX),
+      y: Math.round(box.y * scaleY),
+      width: Math.round(box.width * scaleX),
+      height: Math.round(box.height * scaleY),
+    };
+
+    const newOffsets: AlignmentOffsets = {
+      left: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+      right: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+    };
+    const leftFrame = extractedFrames[baseFrameIndex - 1];
+    if (leftFrame) {
+      newOffsets.left = await autoAlign(base.canvas, leftFrame.canvas, scaledBox);
+    }
+    const rightFrame = extractedFrames[baseFrameIndex + 1];
+    if (rightFrame) {
+      newOffsets.right = await autoAlign(base.canvas, rightFrame.canvas, scaledBox);
+    }
+    onAlignment(newOffsets);
+  };
+
+  const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+  const width = canvas?.clientWidth || 0;
+  const height = canvas?.clientHeight || 0;
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <BoundingBoxSelector
+        box={box}
+        onChange={setBox}
+        containerWidth={width}
+        containerHeight={height}
+      />
+      <div className="absolute bottom-2 right-2">
+        <Button size="sm" onClick={handleAlign}>
+          Align
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/app/tools/wigglegram/BoundingBoxSelector.tsx b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/BoundingBoxSelector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e4abb126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/BoundingBoxSelector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { BoundingBox } from "./types";
+
+interface BoundingBoxSelectorProps {
+  box: BoundingBox;
+  onChange: (box: BoundingBox) => void;
+  containerWidth: number;
+  containerHeight: number;
+}
+
+export const BoundingBoxSelector = ({
+  box,
+  onChange,
+  containerWidth,
+  containerHeight,
+}: BoundingBoxSelectorProps) => {
+  const [action, setAction] = useState<
+    | null
+    | {
+        type: "move" | "resize";
+        corner?: "tl" | "tr" | "bl" | "br";
+        startX: number;
+        startY: number;
+        startBox: BoundingBox;
+      }
+  >(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleMouseMove = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      if (!action) return;
+      const dx = e.clientX - action.startX;
+      const dy = e.clientY - action.startY;
+      let newBox = { ...action.startBox };
+      if (action.type === "move") {
+        newBox.x = Math.min(
+          Math.max(0, action.startBox.x + dx),
+          containerWidth - action.startBox.width,
+        );
+        newBox.y = Math.min(
+          Math.max(0, action.startBox.y + dy),
+          containerHeight - action.startBox.height,
+        );
+      } else if (action.type === "resize") {
+        switch (action.corner) {
+          case "tl":
+            newBox.x = Math.min(
+              action.startBox.x + dx,
+              action.startBox.x + action.startBox.width - 20,
+            );
+            newBox.y = Math.min(
+              action.startBox.y + dy,
+              action.startBox.y + action.startBox.height - 20,
+            );
+            newBox.width = action.startBox.width - dx;
+            newBox.height = action.startBox.height - dy;
+            break;
+          case "tr":
+            newBox.y = Math.min(
+              action.startBox.y + dy,
+              action.startBox.y + action.startBox.height - 20,
+            );
+            newBox.width = action.startBox.width + dx;
+            newBox.height = action.startBox.height - dy;
+            break;
+          case "bl":
+            newBox.x = Math.min(
+              action.startBox.x + dx,
+              action.startBox.x + action.startBox.width - 20,
+            );
+            newBox.width = action.startBox.width - dx;
+            newBox.height = action.startBox.height + dy;
+            break;
+          case "br":
+            newBox.width = action.startBox.width + dx;
+            newBox.height = action.startBox.height + dy;
+            break;
+        }
+        if (newBox.width < 20) newBox.width = 20;
+        if (newBox.height < 20) newBox.height = 20;
+        if (newBox.x < 0) {
+          newBox.width += newBox.x;
+          newBox.x = 0;
+        }
+        if (newBox.y < 0) {
+          newBox.height += newBox.y;
+          newBox.y = 0;
+        }
+        if (newBox.x + newBox.width > containerWidth)
+          newBox.width = containerWidth - newBox.x;
+        if (newBox.y + newBox.height > containerHeight)
+          newBox.height = containerHeight - newBox.y;
+      }
+      onChange(newBox);
+    };
+    const handleMouseUp = () => setAction(null);
+    window.addEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove);
+    window.addEventListener("mouseup", handleMouseUp);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove);
+      window.removeEventListener("mouseup", handleMouseUp);
+    };
+  }, [action, onChange, containerWidth, containerHeight]);
+
+  const startMove = (
+    e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>,
+    type: "move" | "resize",
+    corner?: "tl" | "tr" | "bl" | "br",
+  ) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    setAction({
+      type,
+      corner,
+      startX: e.clientX,
+      startY: e.clientY,
+      startBox: { ...box },
+    });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className="absolute inset-0"
+      style={{ width: containerWidth, height: containerHeight, pointerEvents: "none" }}
+    >
+      <div
+        className="absolute border-2 border-blue-500 bg-blue-200/10"
+        style={{
+          left: box.x,
+          top: box.y,
+          width: box.width,
+          height: box.height,
+          cursor: action?.type === "move" ? "grabbing" : "move",
+          pointerEvents: "auto",
+        }}
+        onMouseDown={(e) => startMove(e, "move")}
+      >
+        {(["tl", "tr", "bl", "br"] as const).map((corner) => (
+          <div
+            key={corner}
+            className="absolute h-3 w-3 bg-blue-500"
+            style={{
+              left: corner.includes("l") ? -4 : undefined,
+              right: corner.includes("r") ? -4 : undefined,
+              top: corner.includes("t") ? -4 : undefined,
+              bottom: corner.includes("b") ? -4 : undefined,
+              cursor: `${corner}-resize`,
+            }}
+            onMouseDown={(e) => startMove(e, "resize", corner)}
+          />
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export type { BoundingBox };
diff --git a/src/app/tools/wigglegram/ImageAlignmentEditor.tsx b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/ImageAlignmentEditor.tsx
index d1bf53a69..8ada54392 100644
--- a/src/app/tools/wigglegram/ImageAlignmentEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/ImageAlignmentEditor.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   AlignmentOffsets,
   DragLayer,
 } from "./types";
+import { AutoAlignTool } from "./AutoAlignTool";
 
 export const ImageAlignmentEditor = ({
   extractedFrames,
@@ -351,17 +352,25 @@ export const ImageAlignmentEditor = ({
         </div>
 
         <div className="w-full overflow-auto rounded-lg border border-gray-300">
-          <canvas
-            ref={editorCanvasRef}
-            onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
-            onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
-            onMouseUp={handleMouseUp}
-            onTouchStart={handleTouchStart}
-            onTouchMove={handleTouchMove}
-            onTouchEnd={handleTouchEnd}
-            className="block h-auto max-w-full cursor-crosshair"
-            style={{ touchAction: "none" }}
-          />
+          <div className="relative inline-block">
+            <canvas
+              ref={editorCanvasRef}
+              onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
+              onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
+              onMouseUp={handleMouseUp}
+              onTouchStart={handleTouchStart}
+              onTouchMove={handleTouchMove}
+              onTouchEnd={handleTouchEnd}
+              className="block h-auto max-w-full cursor-crosshair"
+              style={{ touchAction: "none" }}
+            />
+            <AutoAlignTool
+              canvasRef={editorCanvasRef}
+              extractedFrames={extractedFrames}
+              baseFrameIndex={baseFrameIndex}
+              onAlignment={setAlignmentOffsets}
+            />
+          </div>
         </div>
 
         <p className="mt-4 text-sm text-gray-600">
diff --git a/src/app/tools/wigglegram/autoAlign.ts b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/autoAlign.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..196e04b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/autoAlign.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { BoundingBox } from "./types";
+
+function downscaleCanvas(
+  canvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
+  scale: number,
+): HTMLCanvasElement {
+  const scaled = document.createElement("canvas");
+  scaled.width = Math.round(canvas.width * scale);
+  scaled.height = Math.round(canvas.height * scale);
+  const ctx = scaled.getContext("2d")!;
+  ctx.drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, scaled.width, scaled.height);
+  return scaled;
+}
+
+function computeEdges(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) {
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")!;
+  const { data, width, height } = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+  const gray = new Float32Array(width * height);
+  for (let i = 0; i < width * height; i++) {
+    const idx = i * 4;
+    gray[i] = data[idx] * 0.299 + data[idx + 1] * 0.587 + data[idx + 2] * 0.114;
+  }
+  const edges = new Float32Array(width * height);
+  for (let y = 1; y < height - 1; y++) {
+    for (let x = 1; x < width - 1; x++) {
+      const idx = y * width + x;
+      const gx = gray[idx + 1] - gray[idx - 1];
+      const gy = gray[idx + width] - gray[idx - width];
+      edges[idx] = Math.sqrt(gx * gx + gy * gy);
+    }
+  }
+  return { data: edges, width, height };
+}
+
+function edgeDifference(
+  base: { data: Float32Array; width: number; height: number },
+  target: { data: Float32Array; width: number; height: number },
+  box: BoundingBox,
+  dx: number,
+  dy: number,
+) {
+  let score = 0;
+  let count = 0;
+  for (let y = 0; y < box.height; y++) {
+    const by = box.y + y;
+    const ty = by + dy;
+    if (ty < 0 || ty >= target.height) continue;
+    for (let x = 0; x < box.width; x++) {
+      const bx = box.x + x;
+      const tx = bx + dx;
+      if (tx < 0 || tx >= target.width) continue;
+      const bIdx = by * base.width + bx;
+      const tIdx = ty * target.width + tx;
+      const diff = base.data[bIdx] - target.data[tIdx];
+      score += diff * diff;
+      count++;
+    }
+  }
+  return count === 0 ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : score / count;
+}
+
+export async function autoAlign(
+  baseCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
+  targetCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
+  box: BoundingBox,
+) {
+  const maxDim = 200;
+  const scale = Math.min(
+    maxDim / baseCanvas.width,
+    maxDim / baseCanvas.height,
+    1,
+  );
+  const baseScaled = downscaleCanvas(baseCanvas, scale);
+  const targetScaled = downscaleCanvas(targetCanvas, scale);
+  const scaledBox: BoundingBox = {
+    x: Math.round(box.x * scale),
+    y: Math.round(box.y * scale),
+    width: Math.round(box.width * scale),
+    height: Math.round(box.height * scale),
+  };
+  const baseEdges = computeEdges(baseScaled);
+  const targetEdges = computeEdges(targetScaled);
+  const maxRadius = 20;
+  let bestScore = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+  let bestOffset = { x: 0, y: 0 };
+  for (let r = 0; r <= maxRadius; r++) {
+    for (let dx = -r; dx <= r; dx++) {
+      for (let dy = -r; dy <= r; dy++) {
+        if (Math.max(Math.abs(dx), Math.abs(dy)) !== r) continue;
+        const score = edgeDifference(baseEdges, targetEdges, scaledBox, dx, dy);
+        if (score < bestScore) {
+          bestScore = score;
+          bestOffset = { x: dx, y: dy };
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return { x: bestOffset.x / scale, y: bestOffset.y / scale };
+}
diff --git a/src/app/tools/wigglegram/types.ts b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/types.ts
index c16b0e876..8fce855c8 100644
--- a/src/app/tools/wigglegram/types.ts
+++ b/src/app/tools/wigglegram/types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ export interface AlignmentOffsets {
   right: { x: number; y: number };
 }
 
+export interface BoundingBox {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+}
+
 export interface LayerState {
   left: boolean;
   right: boolean;