Easy ? on Tif overlay

Thanks for looking in..
I am coming from AVID and trying to learn this CS6. I wanted to resize my .tif file on track 2 with a movie track on track 1 I cannot find the resizer for resizing or repsotioning my Tif on my track. I right clicked (I'm on Win7 Pro BTW) the tif track and have a bunch of options I clicked through what I thought woudl be the obvious. Yet, the darn grab bars never appeared. Is there yet another hidden area I must find to finish the steps?
Must everything be complicated in this software. I watched 5 Tutorials which are more like interface tutorials with half information. Where are the "Real Tutorials?" Like ones that take you from start to finish creating a project that teaches tips and tricks. Such as creating a swipe with a Tif or Creating a patb for a Tif or Jpg to move around on a time line. The ones I find are like import a vector file from Illustrator but it only shows one type of file to do that with and does not go over any other type of files to emulate or do the same thing with. Really a frustrating peice of software. </rant

No it is not too late Thank you, Steven. I will go watch. I have watched 12 videos today. I have done a couple of lessons like using AE and creating a text that starts at the bottom of the page and goes diagonally across. Although 2 of the steps were not cohenert on my end. Like after step 8 it states "hit the End key or botton" Do not recall which but I did not find either.
As for the information above looking for EFFECTS CONTROL WINDOW
I have my effects window open and all I see in the pane in the bottom left are choices like:
Presets
Audio Effects
Audio Transitions
Video Effects
Video Transitions
None of what Shooternz mentioned nor Ann Bens
After pecking around' I tried this path. Which I had to discover on my own....
I did use the Window Tab and select Effect Controls and then was asked to select a clip and THEN video effects came up . (Which in hindsight and NOW knowing where it is the path was typed backwards...Relevent if you know the software.
So if your path was Windows/Effects Control/ select clip then under Video effects select Position, scale, etc... THEN that is the way you should share with someone how to find something, especially if they are new at the software.
Not ungrateful for the help, rather trying to bring you back to Earth, on helping with a correct or specific path. I spent 4 hours reasearching what a few keystrokes and a correct path could have negated.
So for those of you looking for the answer to my question the path is
Windows Tab / Select Effects Control/ you will be prompted to select a track if you have not one already selected.
Under Video Effects in the Top Left Hand Box Under "Motion" via the 'triangle' There is where you will find conrol of your image.
Peace,
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I have the odd feeling you can write your own Autohotkey script that toggles a simulated overlay with a double-tap of the right Ctrl key.
EDIT: And here it is:
~RControl::
if (A_PriorHotkey <> "~RControl" or A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 200)
KeyWait, RControl
return
t := !t
#If t
u::4
i::5
o::6
j::1
k::2
l::3
m::0
/::+
p::*
0::/
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Is there a way to overlay a soundcloud music player widget (flash or HTML5) ON TOP of a jpeg image?

I am designing my first webpage for a new site. It is very basic in function, where I am going to be embedding a bunch of soundcloud.com players of my music to my website. This part is fairly easy. I currently have Adobe Dreamweaver CS6.
Since I have ZERO webdesign experience, going the easy route is best. It was suggested to me by someone to create what I wanted my webpage to look like in photoshop (which I have lots of experience in). Essentially, I have a single image with lots of visual information on it, where I can then add "hotspots" if needed. So, I created my design, where there are specific areas ON TOP of the jpeg image where I want to overlay the soundcloud player. I am able to adjust the size, and format (HTML5 or Flash) of the player itself at soundcloud. I then have the proper code that needs to be put where I want it on top of my image.
Is there a simple piece of code, or a way in Dreamweaver to accomplish this in an easy way?
Thanks in advance!

Here is the widget code for HTML5 for the first one:
<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F63420632&c olor=c51c64&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false"></iframe>
Flash if needed:
<object height="81" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F63 420632&color=c51c64&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false&show_playcount=true&show_comments=t rue"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F63 420632&color=c51c64&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false&show_playcount=true&show_comments=t rue" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81"></embed></object><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/groovefunkel/the-human-league-vs-elo-vs">The Human League vs. ELO vs. Lady Gaga - Don't You Want Me Evil This Way</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groovefunkel">groovefunkel</a></span>
Second one: (HTML5)
<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F57922474&c olor=c51c64&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false"></iframe>
Flash:
<object height="81" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F57 922474&color=c51c64&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false&show_playcount=true&show_comments=t rue"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F57 922474&color=c51c64&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false&show_playcount=true&show_comments=t rue" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81"></embed></object><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/groovefunkel/adele-vs-hall-and-oates-1">Adele vs. Hall and Oates - Maneater Won't Go</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groovefunkel">groovefunkel</a></span>
And finally, here is a link to the jpeg image:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?z2bngmtiikmi9k9 (only 2mb files were permitted to be uploaded here directly)
You can probably see where I want the player to overlay...below the text and to the right of the artwork. I will have the image centered on the screen.
I greatly appreciate your help!
Thanks again,
David

Editing in Photoshop Elements 9 (tiff and tif)

Last week at the end I moved to Aperture. Now I've some problem when I edit with Photoshop Elements 9.
I've setted Aperture to transfer a 8 bit tiff to photoshop now Aperture tranfer a .tiff file to photoshop and when i save (not save as) photoshop save back a .tif file that obvisioly Aperture don't see..
There is a way in Aperture to set to export a .tif or in photoshop to save a .tiff; I know it is just a matter to remember to add an "f" before saving but it is so easy to forgot....

Only your camera can save as NEF. It's not even a file, really, a Raw is just the dump of the data from your camera sensor.
When you process (or edit) a Raw it has to be saved as something else - in this case a Jpeg.
You can choose tiff in the Preferences if you prefer.
But there is no way to edit a raw file and then send it, as a raw, to another editor on any system.
You can also process your Raw with a 3rd Party app like ACR or Photoshop. But iPhoto does not handle this gracefully and it's a bit of a kludge.
First off set your preferred app as an external editor in iPhoto:
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
Next: In the iPhoto Preferences -> Advanced, elect to use Raw with your External editor:
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Now when you go to edit the Raw it will be sent to your external editor.
Now for the kludge:
You cannot save a Raw. The work you do must be output to a new file, in a new format (jepg, tiff, whatever). However, as the External Editor is making this new file iPhoto has no knowledge of its existence. Therefore you *must save it to the desktop and then import it back to iPhoto as a new file*.
This means that you will have your Original Raw and the processed version in iPhoto but they will not be recognised as version and original. iPhoto will see them as two separate shots.
Regards
TD

Bridge doesn´t show preview of tif-images

Hi,
I uses Bridge CS6 on a Mac with MacOS 10.9.2. Suddenly bridge doesn´t show previews of Tif-images. It´s also impossible to fill in any metadata. The program also says that the image isn´t tagged with any color profile. I don´t have these problems with jpegs, only with Tif-images. I even get previews on the RAW-images. Does anyone know what the problem can be?
Ulf

I guess I have to try to reinstall the program.......
I'm 99,99 % sure that won't help solving your problem because to possible being effective you also should use the Adobe Clean tool to get rid of a lot of the hidden files that just stay put during a normal reinstall. But if you want to do something easier instead of reinstall, quit Bridge and go to the user library (by default hidden per OSX 7, use Finder, menu Go with option to reveal this library)
In the preferences folder is plist file for Bridge (com.adobe.bridge5.plist), drag this file to the trash. Then in same library go to the folder Caches / Adobe/ Bridge CS5 and inhere delete both plug in and folder called Cache. (this means recaching the previews and thumbs).
Then restart Bridge holding down option key and again choose 'reset prefs'. All previous deleted items will be replaced with new, fresh and empty ones and you have an almost like factory settings Bridge without the need of reinstall.
But I really suspect it comes down to the Tiff files so maybe also a reset of preferences in PS might be worth a try.

Easy ? on Tif overlay

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