Can Automator be used to make movie screencaptures?

Even though I've had a MacBook Pro for over a year, I've only recently discovered that I have Automator on it and what it can do. I noticed that there is a "New Video Capture" option and I was wondering if this option is the equivalent of making movie screen captures?
If it is, can someone forward me to a quick tutorial?
Thanks in advance

No.
A quick glance at the options for iPhoto in Automator shows no options for exporting.
That's not your only hope, of course, and an app like Keyboard Maestro should certainly be able to create such a workflow triggered by a keystorke or event - like completing an import.
http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/
KM is a complex and very powerful app. You'll need to read the help on it.

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view on the world. Americans tend to believe that everyone else is
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American, and I am very proud to be an American) If you step back,
and open your views, and your code, you will find a much different
picture painted. The majority of people aren't looking for
something to steal, but they are forced to take methods that people
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to do.
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the permission of the person who wrote it.
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Those are your views, and you are not alone in them. If you lose
respect for me, then you do. I am here to help who I can help with
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