Automator Scaling

I set up automator to scale images in Preview to 30%. To do that I clicked Preview in Applications and dragged Scale Images from Actions into the Workflow area. Automator suggested using Copy finder Items so I clicked Add. So much so good.
When I ran Automator, however, nothing happened. How does Automator know which images I wish to scale to 30%. I have tried selecting them in the Finder, and I have tried opening them in Preview, but in neither case do the images get re-scaled.
What am I missing?
Marc

Drag the files from finder to the top of your workflow, you should then get a 'Get Specified Finder Items' action appear.
Or you could save the workflow as a finder plug-in so you can access from a right-click context menu in finder to specify the files to operate on.
This is a good resource.
Hope that helps.
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