PDF Watermark Workflow - Automator-HOW!?!?!

YO!
Trying to build my first workflow ever in Automator. Just want it to take files out of one folder, watermark them, save them to a new folder. That's it. Can't seem to get it down.. Under the watermak action I keep getting "watermark action not supplied required data"
Not sure if it's not getting the file I need it to get or what.
I'm doing FIND FINDER ITEMS - specifying PDFs in my "folder A"
Then "GET FINDER ITEMS"
Then the WATERMARKING action
Then I get a little lost.. I don't seem to have any save action anywhere in my library...
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