Can automator create folders and organize files?

I produce a large number of files that must all be moved into appropriate folders manually, but in a consistent manner every time. The files are titled with a keyword for the folder that needs to be created for them. There are just five consistent folders.
Can automator be made to automatically create these folders and move the appropriate images into them? Perhaps from the right click menu?
I've tinkered a little bit, but only been able to produce erratic behavior. In all my experiments it always stalls on the 'create new folder' step, although it does create a folder, though usually not where I needed it to go.
Any advice would be really helpful! Thanks!

Bravenewcharles wrote:
Ok, so while I edit my files in my Mac that will occupy some space on its hard drive that will be backed up in the TC. Does that mean that I will occupy two hard drives on the same stuff?
Exactly. That's kinda the definition of a backup. When (not if) something awful happens, like your Mac being lost or stolen, or the HD failing or getting corrupted, or you accidentally change or delete some stuff, you have a backup you can recover.
What will happen when my Mac's hard drive is completely full?
Don't let it. Delete things you don't need. If you can't delete enough, as Neil says, get an external HD for the "overflow" that won't fit, then let Time Machine back up both your Mac and the external. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #32 for more info.
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Ok, so while I edit my files in my Mac that will occupy some space on its hard drive that will be backed up in the TC. Does that mean that I will occupy two hard drives on the same stuff?
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I've been reading through the forum for the better part of the last 6 hours wracking my brain trying to figure out how to accomplish what I'm trying to do. I've been playing around with Automator and also trying to decipher some Apple Script samples that were posted on here, but I'm really having no luck at all. I'm sure you've all been there where you feel like you're on an endless search to solve a problem and it feels like there's no hope. I've tried every single possible thing I can and I'm getting close, but it's never quite right.
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