Function: Converts selected files/folders of PDFs to JPEG and saves to the Desktop.
Author: Automator World
Notes: This workflow demonstrates a few strange quirks with Automator; for some reason the Render PDF action saves the converted file to /tmp/ and doesn’t pass on the original filename. Therefore, the additional step of sequentially renaming the files was added (as there seems no way to restore the original names). And, despite the “bad link” between the Render and Move actions, it still works, while the more logically sound additional step of “Get Selected Finder Items” doesn’t. The workflow is an application, but can of course be modified to suit.
I’m trying to use the store original name and restore original name to get around the random numbering feature of the convert PDf to JPEG. it doesn’t seem to work. is there a better way to do this?
Comment by tom — March 10, 2006 @ 3:39 pm
There is an issue in this workflow related to a bug in Automator. If you are using FileValue (Security Preference Pane) then the copy to Desktop does not work because the files will be misaliased.
Comment by terry chay — June 14, 2005 @ 10:43 pm