Batch pdf to jpeg using action

Using CS4 I am attempting to batch a group of pdf files to jpeg. My goal is to create an action/batch that will open a set of pdf files from a source folder, flatten each image, resize each image to 25%, save as jpeg with setting 6, and save each file to a destination folder under its original filename plus the jpg extension. I have been successful automating the process of opening each pdf, applying the flatten, and image resize but every jpg file is then saved over the same name identified in the action. I cannot get the batch Override Save As Command and File Naming scheme to name each processed jpg file with its original filename. I seem to have exhausted all available options. Help Is Greatly Appreciated.

You are almost there. Go back to your single Action, that just did the Save in the wrong place. Note its name. Go to File>Automate>Batch and point to that Action. Set your Source Folder and Destination Folder, choose whether to bypass Open command, and hit OK. Done!
Here's a look at the dialog screen:
You do not need multiple Actions, just the one that "almost" worked.
Good luck,
Hunt
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          GNU Public License
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