Batch resize in pts as opposed to px

I've got Creative Cloud Photoshop running on Mac OSX.  I'm trying to batch process image resize in points to 480x320 pts, however, the sizes defaults only to px.  I don't understand why the option is not available as it was in Adobe Elements...  Anyone have any ideas how I can go about it?

To be able to watermark any size image would be very hard in an action for you need to resize the watermarks for the image being watermarked.  I was not able  to do that in and action without using a little script here and there.
Sample Actions.txt Photoshop CraftedActions set saved as a text file. Includs a watermark action

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