Batches, droplets and Automations

I'm a non-linear editor and a very sporadic user of Photoshop...in otherwords
I only open it when I MUST alter a image in Photoshop and can't
work with it within Final Cut Pro, Premiere or Avid in its original form.
Here's my question:
I have several hundred JPEG images in a folder that I want to change
to PDF's. There is something about the particular JPEGS that I have obtained that won't let me import them into Final Cut Pro. However, I can open
them in Adobe Photoshop 7 (for MAC), and then resave them as JPEG's
or PDF's, and once I've done that, they import fine for me into Final Cut Pro.
Since I'm working with several hundred images at a time, (and do this process alot) and have to convert them all, I've tried automating the process by creating a BATCH or DROPLET Instruction. I tell the dialog boxes what folder I want the images to be taken from, I tell it I want to turn them into PDF's with
the same names, and I tell it what folder I want those new files saved to.
The problem is that when using either a BATCH or DROPLET, Photoshop
opens all the images, but it won't go any further. It prompts ME to SAVE
the photo's and pick the size compression and tell it what folder
to save them to even though I've already made those selections in the
automation process.
While it saves me a little time to have it open all the files for me, I thought
the idea of a BATCH or DROPLET was that you didn't have to actually
TOUCH or Manually save anything,....that photoshop does the whole
process for you.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong or forgetting?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks.

I realize this is off-topic a little, becuase I'm not going to suggest a solution to your problem with photoshop, but rather suggest a different tool for batch processing,

www.irfanview.com

Hi,
This might not be the right way of doing this, but it's how I get it done.
Open 1 of the images you want to convert to a pdf.
Open the Actions Palette in Photoshop, and create a new action. Name it something like 'Convert to PDF'.
Once you are ready, press 'Record'.
While recording, go File>Save As and browse to the folder you want them saved to. Change the format to PDF and save.
Close the image.
Press the 'Stop' button on the Actions palette.
In the finder browse to the folder you nominated in the Save As dialog and delete the pdf file you just saved (just so the action doesnt stop to ask if you want to replace the file).
Go to File>Automate>Batch and choose the 'Convert to PDF' action you just recorded.
Choose the Source folder of your images.
in the Destination put 'none' (you have saved your destination in your action) and press OK.

Photoshop will open the images, save them as PDF's and close them again.

I hope this is what you meant

Cheers

I took your suggestion and discovered freedom again. Irfanview did an excellent job of resizing my photos and my blood pressure is a lot lower. Saving and closing using Photoshop Automate > Batch actually sucks.

Thanks A Lot,

Johnny