Image Capture - Automatic Task

I wanted to put an applescript to post process images downloaded from my digital camera. I tried putting the applescript file in the following directories:
/Library/Scripts/Applications/Image Capture/
/Library/Workflows/Applications/Image Capture/
/System/Library/Image Capture/Automatic Tasks/
And restarting Image Capture and restarting computer and nothing shows up in the Automatic Task list. I tried selecting Other... but Automater or Applescripts are unselectable.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Tom
iMac G5 Rev.B Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Rev.B Mac OS X (10.4.4)

That's helpful, but doesn't provide a way to get the automatic task that Image Capture offered in 10.5. A folder action is not nearly as good, because typically one downloads multiple items off a camera, and you want the automatic task to run after this completes. I believe a folder action is triggered when the first item is added.
(You can add a kluge to the folder action script to wait for some amount of time, but that is a poor way of doing things, since you don't know the right amount of time; too short and you miss items; too long and the items aren't adjusted before you want to play with them.)
I'm puzzled why Apple would take away such a handy feature.

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And with regards to the v2.4.1 update, the drivers included are provided by Canon to Apple, just as the other vendor drivers are provided to Apple, to make life easier for us Mac users. The drivers are available individually and get downloaded and installed automatically when the respective model is connected to the Mac and no local driver is present. As for the package including all these individual vendor drivers, this would be created by Apple.
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