Automator not working like it 'oughta

Hi,
I've created a little Automator app that should rescale images into thumbnails when I drag an image or pdf file(s) on it, but it says the action is running, yet doesn't prompt where to save the files. I can't find them using spotlight either, is there a default location I should be looking in?
Thanks

I tried it, and discovered that you have to drag 'n drop the actual image files onto the Automator application, you can't drop a folder on it. If you do, nothing happens. If you select a batch of images, I used pngs and a jpeg, and drop them on the application then it creates thumbs in the same location as the images, with the name "originalname_tn.jpg" and a maximum dimension of whatever you selected. I added a little extra step: Move the output to a different folder. Then watched as it first created the thumbs in the original folder, then did indeed move all of them to the designated folder.
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