[Automator] Saving PDF in a new folder

How do I save a PDF I generate from a folder with pictures into a new folder on the desktop, where as the name of the PDF is the name of the folder with pictures, and the name of the new folder on the desktop where my PDF gets saved to is the name of the folder in which the folder with the pictures is located?
So basically, what I have is:
[folder A [folder B with pics] ]
And what I want to do is:
make pdf of folder B →　name pdf "folder B" →　save pdf in new folder on desktop named "folder A".
I've tried several Automator workflows, but I keep failing at this... It sounds like I want to do something really basic, but it seems it's something really hard... o_O
Cheers!

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