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That is what the owner of a production company said to me when I spoke to him at their freelancer cattle call. Somehow Final Cut is much more "professional." I posted this to get the attention mainly of the marketing people at Adobe. It looks like they are in fact pushing hard with CS 5.5; emphasizing the Mercury engine and the dynamic link. But you are going to encounter people who think Starbucks has the best coffee because of the image (and the price) even though McDonald's coffee was voted the best in a survey (not to equate Adobe with McDonalds, just pointing out how people rely on perceptions rather than reality).
I have always been mind-boggled by editing job ads that list as their requirements Adobe this, Adobe that, Adobe, Adobe, Adobe...Final Cut!
Some people even think the end result looks better coming from a Mac than a PC! What, are Mac's pixels somehow better (higher resolution per pixel - lol?).
I love the dynamic link. No more pre-rendering and accumulation of video files. Also, Final Cut can't deal directly with a number of file formats while Premiere is much more versatile.
If you read comparative reviews of Premiere and Final Cut, it boils down to personal preference with no clear winner. But I think the scales will be tipped with CS 5.5 - but you'll have to slap the ignorant around a bit and really SHOW them. Make them actually TASTE the coffee!!
Now I've had my share of problems with Adobe products, but with others as well. Software in general will not always run perfectly on every system. But the instant the stubborn encounter one problem, they will say, "See!"
Far as job qualification goes, I have an aptitude for adapting to any interface or upgrade (shameless self promotion). When I did work with Final Cut, my impression was I couldn't understand why employers see this as so different from a user's perspective? That is what employers should be looking for - people who can advance and adapt along with the technology. Finding someone who matches their present laundry list of apps doesn't guarantee they will be able to handle the next upgrade or re-tooling.
Any similar experiences or observations?
Bruce B.
Yeah, I've dealt with this B.S. since 2002. The broadcast journalism school had Media 100 suites for our newscutting and FCP suites for the rest of the production classes. I got sick of waiting in line to cut my edits, and having to rush against the clock...edit sessions were 2 hours max, and the school closed at 8pm. Nevermind taking the time to ride into campus to cut the projects and having to store everything on portable drives (which were small and expensive at the time).
I looked into buying my own FCP system but I quickly found out the costs (I was so naieve, i didn't even realize it was a Mac-only application). Someone tipped me to Premiere which was just recently released as v6.5. Truth be told, this person gave me an illegal copy of Premiere (hey, it was the days of Napster, we were stupid and didn't realize this stuff was supposed to cost money).
At any rate, I installed Premiere on my decently-outfitted Dell computer with plenty of storage and that was that. To me, it was actually more functional than FCP and faster, and it didn't require a $4,000 computer system. I did purchase the software after my first edit, just so everyone knows that's on the record, and I've purchased every version ever since.
It was hilarious to me that a few of my peers refused to work on Premiere because, as they said, "all the pros are using FCP and you're going to need to know how to use it if you want a job." Of course, I always pictured myself as eventually being indepedent - which I am - and so that means I get to pick what I want to use. Nonetheless, they all slaved away back and forth to the edit bays, whereas I could just stay up til 2am cutting a student project and be done with it in one session and without any external storage.
9 years later, nothing much has changed. The BBC bought 2,000+ seats of Premiere Pro CS5, and when I tell my friends over at a major Atlanta broadcaster (where they run FCP and a few Avids) they scoff, like it's no big deal. I guarantee if the BBC bought 2,000 seats of FCPX they'd be telling me all about it.
Even more interesting, this major broadcaster here in Atlanta actually has a few copies of FCPX on their test beds, and now the word is that they're ditching FCP and either moving back to Avid...or to Premiere Pro. One of the guys actually said this: "yeah, it's starting to look like we're either going back to Avid or - yuck! - Premiere [sic]."
I didn't address the "yuck" comment, but that sort of sentiment runs rampant through the FCP faithful who haven't even worked in Premiere Pro and couldn't tell you anything about it except that they don't like it. Somehow they just KNOW that it's terrible...even though, as you mentioned, everything else they work with is Adobe...Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash.
The worst thing - and I'll end with this - is that they will all complain about this that and the other when it comes to the current FCP suite ("motion is crap" and "dvd studio pro is useless" and "FCP is so buggy" and "Quicktime gamma is horrible and unworkable"). This is akin to some kid on the playground saying "my mom is such a jerk." You can bet that if another kid says "yeah, she really is...your mom sucks" that you will find this same person coming rapidly to his own mother's defense. Point is, FCP users have no shortage of complaints about their own software of choice, but if any outsider says anything about it or recommends Premiere Pro as a solution, it's all smirks, scoffs and BS.
Pretty much all the freelancer jobs I look at in my own market are also asking for FCP experience.
Yet another reason for me to hate Macs.
For what it's worth, I have sent my demo in to jobs before that required FCP experience. After they loved the reel, they asked about FCP..."didn't see it on your resume"
I just told them I don't use FCP, that to me it doesn't matter what software somebody uses to create, so long as the product is great.
They agreed in both instances, and I got the job.
Haven't been turned down yet for not using FCP. Not like it's hard to learn.
It used to be the same, after PS was ported for the PC. The designers in the Denver Area (and beyond) were all on Macs, and the majority felt that if an Image ever touched a PC, there was some sort of negative ju-ju now, and forever, attached to that Image. I just did not tell them, that my PC could read and write to a Mac-formatted SyQuest disc, and they never knew. When they wanted to drop by, and watch me edit, I always had an excuse, so they never got to see my PC cranking out their Images.
Amazing how centric some can get. As you point out, it is but a tool, and it's the art behind the tool that should count. Some just do not see it that way.
Heck, I do not care if my mechanic uses Snap-On, Craftsman, MAC, or some other spanner - so long as the car gets fixed!
that mac vs pc stuff with photoshop was related to the "post script" fonts for mac vs "true type" for pc...with some good reason for commercial printing.
also the postscript stuff was used then for imagesetters ( making color separations from quark and photoshop )... so part of the problem back then was indeed a quality issue and the diff between commercial quality and "small business / home " quality ( postscript vs HP standards re: fonts and color spaces etc ..... what we now refer to as cmyk vs rgb in a lot of cases )
also, at that time , using something like quark with photoshop required ( with cmyk space and non-scalable postscript fonts ) some knowledge of dot screens, angles, shapes of dots and dot gain etc etc.... which pc people ( home and small biz apps ) didnt know about generally....
sooo, we have to take this evolution with some degree of sincere factual stuff .....not just a passion for some platform etc
pps... I once worked on a hybrid silicon graphics machine in a commercial house that was called the " SNAKE MACHINE " !!!! NO KIDDING !
( joking )
and...getting back to the orig subject ( rare for me in the forums during BEER THIRY !!!! ( YES, ITS BEER THIRTY ! ) ) ....
I just asked Bill ( check your personal emails you slacker ! ) to help me make a video mask for something that will augment an already roughcut previous scene ..... that was already introduced to the director / exec producer of something produced for network ... not edited yet etc.... where I will recommend premiere pro for on set daily roughcuts and dailies previews ( if he gets back to me via agent and I dont get sued from here to mars for taking the liberty with certain material )
( shaking in boots now as this could either be very cool , or could end my career on film crews )
Here's hoping for the former.
thanks Jim
you would think that anything that makes things "better" and faster etc would be OK....and if I can introduce cs3-5 into workflow why the heck not ??
have a great weekend !
In my cases, this was a time, before PS had much in the way of Type handling. Everything was done in Raster, Filled Selections for Type - all that work was done in Quark, PageMaker, or similar program. I was ONLY working on the Images. It wasn't until what, PS v 4.0, that PS got Vector Type?
I just asked Bill ( check your personal emails you slacker ! ) to help me make a video mask for something that will augment an already roughcut previous scene .....
Thanks for the nudge. Check you Inbox - "you've got mail... "
Couple of questions, and then I should be able to knock it out tomorrow.
Yeah, I forget when it happened that adobe stuff went to pc and it came with an "adobe type manager" thing that you could use your postscript fonts with ( as well as the true type scalable fonts ).. all in all the market changed then , going to home businss, small business and home stuff ( RGB ) based stuff...and the imagesetters using postscript got more advanced ( instead of making color separations on film they started making the plates for offset press )... I kinda lost touch with all that when that happened...
I do not recall if ATM came with PS, as I had it already with PageMaker, which was picked up from Aldus.
Back in those days, I added a PostScript board to my B/W only laser printer, and the danged thing costs as much as the printer, but did bump up my RAM in the printer to about 256 KB. For an other printer, I went the software PostScript route, but it was such a hassle, that I soon gave up. I was doing very little with type anyway.
robodog2 wrote:
Yeah, I forget when it happened....
Holy cow, a capital letter! Dude, I knew you could do it. Keep 'em comin' man.
JSS1138 wrote:
robodog2 wrote:
Yeah, I forget when it happened....
Holy cow, a capital letter! Dude, I knew you could do it. Keep 'em comin' man.
Oh, I dunno, I think he uses some --
i sincerely hope you guys dont have very scary dreams about
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSnakes !
It's the same in the recording studio world. Professionals use Pro Tools. Only amatuers use anything else. Of course, that's complete BS, but I understand how it got started, which I suspect is very much the same for FCP.
I've been a Microsoft software developer for over 20 years, starting with the dark days of DOS 3.1, so I'm pretty familiar with PC capabilities over the years. For ages, Macs were light years ahead of Windows PCs for anything multimedia. Want to do some production on these newfangled personal computers? The word on the street was consistent: you need a Mac. PCs simply don't have solutions. Thing is, back then, it was true.
Pro Tools ran on Macs for this reason, and they also had proprietary hardware (still do) that let you offload all the intensive crunching to rack mount processors dedicated to this purpose. Without that, even early Macs would have choked and died from the load. So, back then, if you wanted to do professional recording studio work on a computer, you needed Pro Tools. There simply wasn't another viable solution. And certainly not from the Microsoft world, where even Windows 3.1 was just a coat of paint on a computer running DOS as the operating system.
There's also a second chapter to this story. In the early days of personal computers, there was an initial battle between Apple and Microsoft for dominance of the desktop, and Apple had their head handed to them very, very early in the game. Microsoft owned the business world, and by extension much of the personal world. DOS (yes, DOS), was the defacto standard. Apple couldn't even get arrested. As an aside, this is why I'm a Microsoft developer rather than an Apple one - no religion, I just went where the work was.
Since they were clearly outgunned in the business world, Apple tried a different tactic - they went after academia and the arts. They gave lots of computers to colleges. Because of the aforementioned shortcomings of the MS world, they went after recording studios and yes, the TV / movie industry. They had the advantage of offering functionality MS couldn't touch in the entertainment world. In the idealistic environment of college youth, they had the advantage of being "not Microsoft." So they established a base in these areas and effectively locked MS out of the game by a) being better and b) being first.
Fast forward to the present day. Windows PCs, having lifted every useful design element they could from Macs and coupled with modern processors, are caple of doing any and everything that their Apple counterparts can. But Apple is the established big dog in these areas and has been for decades. While the prejudice against PCs is no longer justified, it once was. However, even that doesn't matter. Apple has a long tradition, and thus much loyalty in these arenas. Today, it has nothing to do with which is better. It's all about religion. And any student of history will point out how dangerous it can be to disrespect someone else's religion.
Because I have decades of MS experience, I have a MS network of machines. Could I buy a Mac and FCP (or Pro Tools)? Sure. But as others have mentioned, I'm not looking for a job as an editor, I'm a freelance content producer, so why should I? For the record, in my recording studio I use Nuendo and Sonar and it turns out I'm not missing any functionality I'd have were it a Pro Tools shop. I should know. I once had Pro Tools installed as well.
If you're interested in the end result, it simply doesn't matter whether you use Macs or PCs. However, if you want to get a job in the audio / video industry, the tools you use absolutely matter. It's not important that Adobe products are just as capable as FCP. All that matters is that prejudice, whether you like it or not, is a reality. Ignore it at your peril. That doesn't mean you can't get a job without FCP. What it means is that you're in for a pitched battle. Either buy FCP and add it to the list of your skills, or be prepared to contact many, many more people before you find a job.
No, it's not fair. And yes, it really shouldn't matter. But it does. Adjust your plans accordingly. Those who choose to ignore reality will eventually find themselves impaled upon it.
Chris, your take on the history and evolution of this stuff ( pc mac ) etc is right on...or at least exactly what I saw happening too.
Now, just for the heck of it, my latest foray into "editing" has me potentially getting in touch with dir / exec prod re: using csX to do some manipulation of dailies and maybe roughcuts during shoots in the future ( and some info wrangling ( assets ) )...
I can't imagine I'm the only one doing that.... so everything once again just comes down to just using tools that do the jobs.
on another subject... I need to make about 8 short clips ( about 1 sec each ...maybe .5 sec ) of scrambled video like when you turn on, off and on again a cheap video camera and replay stuff....that noise you see between turning off and on ...
any ideas ?? ( dv ntsc 720x480 16:9 "upper field first" ( is weird but true ) ) --- Im using cs3
I have seen some too - SCARY SNAKES!!!!
Check your FTP site in about 15 mins.. You should have an MPEG, plus a screen-cap of the Effects that I used. I did not adjust the Keyfrmes, so it's all Linear. Also, I did not have the SFX external hooked up, but think that if the Audio is attenuated and an SFX of static comes up, during the middle of that Clip, it will go a very long way to "selling" the Effect.
No professional uses Premiere Pro?
Someone had better tell the guy holding the award in this picture:
http://bifa.org.uk/2010/awards/best-technical-achievement/entries/mons tersgareth-edwards
That award---along with several others---is for a film edited in Premiere Pro.
Hey, he must be some guy - award, PrPro and Moët.
PS - I am glad that I suggested that the OP also post here, as I knew that there would be some worthwhile comments following.
PPS - I also warned him about the Rolling Rock and Scary Snakes, so don't think that I lured him in here, without warning.
Yeah, hopefully all they care about is the end result. As for static, sounds like Bill's got you covered!
Yes to Todd, great discussion.
I think the best word to respond to this 'No Professional Uses Premiere!" statement is simply "FALSE".
If you label that comment as "false", you don't call the speaker a liar or anything inflammatory, but calmly rebut it on an objective basis.
For example, I'm making my way through the Peachpit Video2Brain interactive videos on Premiere Pro and After Effects, the latter featuring Todd Kopriva.
Throughout these 20 hours of incredible instructional videos, the instructors are working on various "medieval gladiator pitched battle" material as a platform for teaching a myriad of tips and techniques in these two applications. The name of the undertaking is apparently called "Palladin" or something like that.
Just ten days ago, something raced by me on the TV screen, some quick, catchy ad about a hot new cable TV show.
It had this same footage and characters as these instructional videos did. What Todd and others had been working on during these instructional videos was a very ambitious cable tv project for a major entity.
So it is simply false to say that no professional uses premiere.
1. It is being used to win awards on feature films as Todd points out.
2. It is also being used on major network television studio broadcasts, as the anecdote above demonstrates. (I wish I remembered the name of the show....).
So unless they want to challenge those two projects set forth above as "unprofessional", I simply have zero idea what the heck they are talking about.
i sincerely hope you guys dont have very scary dreams about
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSnakes !
I kind of hope I do. I like scary dreams.
robodog2 wrote:
Chris, your take on the history
Now, just for the heck of it
I can't imagine
Ooh! Ooh! Three of them in the same post!
Everybody now:
Rob! Rob! Rob!...
I rarely pass on silly stuff sent over emails by friends who think I will be amused, amazed or humored by various things out there.
Luckily I only have one friend who does that despite my asking him not to ( for security reasons mostly ).
But this is something I've thought about a few times when I've seen little "Smart" cars on the road around here. For one thing, I don't know why little cars that run on electricity or gas and electricity have box shapes to them sometimes. Like, what happened to aero-dynamic design ? Just because it's electric doesn't mean it has to look like a phone booth or a box, right ?
But here's one that doesn't look like a box or phone booth. The 2nd photo is from some place near New Orleans and happened at less than ( LESS ) 10 MPH. Yikes !!!!
Now that was a post easy to read. Proper capitalization for every sentence. Proper punctuation and spelling. Very nice.
Thanks, dude. Keep at it.
(I sure hope no one was in that car at the time.)
I see a whole bunch of those little suckas around Mayfair. They are very popular in the London city-center.
The other day, a really big Rolls Phantom was heading up Mounds St, and thre was this "clicking" noise. The driver got out, examined the tires, went to the boot and got out a large screwdriver. He began poking any prying at the front tire, and extracted two SmartCars from the treads. The clicking stopped, and he drove away.
re: pro work with premiere ...I have to admit that I'm leaning toward wanting to see some LUT functionality with the product without plug ins or 3rd party programs.
I guess you can work around alexa prores 4444 C log stuff using avchd or something and then use fast color correction ( rgb ? ) settings to get some kinda rec709 thing...but if a DP did camera tests and on the day of tests ( with DIT guy there ) made a LUT for all his dailies ....it would be nice to plug that into premiere right off the bat....
apparently thats one reason avid and fcp is being used for those dailies now and NOT premiere pro...as the LUT is custom made and NOT trying to replicate a common color space.
this sorta explains some of what I mean...scroll down and look at sxs card recording, prores , and c log gamma ...
show I just worked on recorded "master" as prores c log on sxs cards ( network tv )....
just saying, luts would be nice to start ( say if it was recorded raw ), and some kind of handling of prores might be nice ??
anyway, Im gonna go visit the post house ( tour etc ) soon...so will let you know what I find out.
Oh damn. Old habits die hard I guess.
Well, those proper capitals were nice while they lasted.
We all appreciated them, but then I declared Wine-thirty, and somehow, it just did not matter anymore.
Arri and Panavision ( and probably other manufacturers ) sometimes have useful information on their website under " downloads"...
In this case there are a couple at Arri ...re: formats (lots of formats ) and frameleaders ( kinda like focus charts with cool info )...
If you right click on a link for pdf files and use " save link as" option you'll be able to download the pdf to computer ( rather than load the pdf into browser's pdf reader ) -- on pc.
You can then put files like these onto a flash memory stick and put in pocket and you'll always have various little tidbits of information available to you when you might need it on a set or whatever...
There are apps for smart phones that do a lot of this , supply info re: lens substitutions and all sorts of stuff...but that is often either slow or not available with bad phone reception in some buildings etc.
Anyway, here's some cool stuff .... go to "downloads" for all files avaiable.
Frame leader charts have become a very popular method of showing the lab/transfer house where the specific film format will be placed on the film. The camera assistant shoots several feet of a Frame leader chart, either in the rental house or on set, and sends this footage to the lab along with the production footage. The lab then knows the exact size and position of the format on the film negative.
The ARRI CSC Frameleaders for 35mm, 16mm and Digital include all groundglass markings available at ARRI CSC. The pages can be printed and used as template for shooting a Frameleader. They also can be customized online with the names of your Production Company, Product, Director/ DP etc.
ARRI CSC Frameleader 35mm (6.6 MB)
ARRI CSC Frameleader 16mm (2.5 MB)
ARRI CSC Frameleader Digital (1.9 MB)
ARRI CSC Frameleader Complete 35mm, 16mm, Digital (9.9 MB)
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Top 5 Storage Rules
You have a lot of choices for drives to store your digital video files. A stand-alone SATA hard drive is fast enough for editing Standard Definition (SD) footage using DV or MPEG2 compression. But, if you're working with uncompressed SD footage or HD footage, we recommend more robust storage solutions. Before we get into our FAQ, we'd like to review Videoguys' Five Rules of Video Storage:
You can never have too much storage.
DV compressed video requires 13GB per hour of footage, ProRes 422 requires 66GB per hour. While this may not seem like a big deal to you today, it sure was not so many years ago. Back in 1998 a 9GB SCSI drive would cost you over $1500!! And if you wanted to create great looking video, you had no choice but to invest that kind of money. Today's SATA drives are faster, more reliable and most importantly offer far greater capacities at a fraction of the cost. You can find 1TB drives (1,000 GB) for under $100 online.
It's the throughput baby!
Seek times and peak transfer rates mean nothing for video production. All we care about is sustained throughput. We don't care about the highest specs of the drive. We only care about the minimum. If the sustained data rate of the drive dips below the required transfer rate for our video, the result is jerky playback, messed up audio and dropped frames. Given today's technology, there is no excuse for this. When in doubt, get better storage then you think you will need.
RPMs are a good indicator of a drives over-all performance. For video work we recommend drives rated 7200 RPM or faster. We have found that many 5400 RPM drives do not have the sustained throughput required for NLE work.
A single drive will get slower as it fills with data.
A hard drive is a spinning disk. Back when we all had turntables and records, this was very easy to explain. If you placed a penny on the outer edge of the record, it would travel a much greater distance in a single rotation then a penny placed near the label on the inside of the LP. More distance over the same period of time equals greater speed. Using this analogy today just gets me a strange look by most people. But the reality is still the same: A single drive will get slower as it fills with data. Even with todays SATA technology we have seen that once a drive reaches 75% of capacity, the sustained data rate starts to drop off considerably.
Drives are so big, affordable & fast today that this rule at times does not even apply. You can buy a 1TB drive for under $100, that's big enough to store over 15 hours of ProRes 422 or 75 hours of DV/HDV video. Even though we don't want you to fill the drive beyond 75% capacity - that still leaves you with enough room for several hours of video!
Use a dedicated drive for your video projects and media.
With today's powerful processors, lightening fast memory, super 3D graphics cards and huge SATA hard drives; you can capture, edit & playback single stream DV video with your system drive. That said, we still urge you to get a dedicated hard drive (7200 RPM or faster) for all your video clips. This will produce the best results - especially for video projects over 1 hour in length. If you are going to be editing HD footage we still recommend a dedicated RAID for all your video and media. That will give you the best results.
RAIDs are GREAT for video!!
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. That means that 2 or more drives are grouped and formatted together in order to provide greater storage and performance. There are several different types of RAID, which we outline in greater detail in the FAQ section of this article. Setting up a RAID is very simple and easy to do. If you are putting together a new machine for video editing we recommend selecting a motherboard with a built-in SATA RAID controller. Not only will this work great, but we've found they often include very easy to use RAID configuration software. If you have a laptop or you do not want to open up your computer you can ad an external RAID solution like our G-Tech G-RAIDs.
Now that you know our Five Rules of Video Storage, let's dig in and answer some very important video storage questions!
How should I configure the storage for my video editing workstation?
For video editing, the Videoguys recommend the following RAID storage configuration:
1. SATA Boot drive (500GB or larger)
2. Pair of Identical SATA drives striped in a RAID0 configuration 2 x 1,000GB = 2TB (1,000GB) or an external RAID 0 or RAID5
3. (optional) 4th SATA drive (500GB or larger) for encoding to. Plus use it for back-ups, digital photo library, MP3 library, etc.
Why can't I just set up my computer with one big RAID-0 for all my storage?
We do NOT recommend setting up your computer with a single RAID 0 array as your boot drive and video storage. This will actually give you poor performance for video editing. The constant reading and writing of small bits of data to the boot drive works against the need to read & write large continuous video files. Add in the overhead of the RAID controller and you get potential bottlenecks. For video editing you always want to have a separate drive or RAID array dedicated to your video files.
What about SCSI?
Years ago we only recommended SCSI hard drives for video storage but now, with SATA drive technology, that is no longer the case. While SCSI drives are faster, more reliable and better then SATA drives, they are also much more expensive and, for video work, they are not worth the premium. You get much better price / performance with a SATA RAID then a SCSI drive.
How much storage do I need for making standard definition DVDs?
Lets break it down:
Add it all up and it comes to almost 50GB of high speed video storage to make a 2 hour DVD!!
How much storage do I need for HD?
That depends on the compression you are using. HDV footage takes up about the same amount of space as DV, 13GB per hour, while ProRes 422, DNxHD or DVC Pro HD takes up about 4 times as much space, over 60GB per hour. Uncompressed HD footage requires around 500GB per hour - almost 50x the storage capacity of compressed HD footage. Plus, uncompressed HD also requires substantially faster sustained throughput. A single stream of uncompressed HD footage requires over 100 MB/sec!! At first glance, uncompressed HD video capture cards are inexpensive, but once you add the cost of the necessary storage you'll realize that editing uncompressed HD is actually very expensive.
Below is a simple chart to help make this easier to understand:
HDV 720p
HDV 1080i
DVCPro HD
ProRes 422 1920x1080
ProRes 422 HQ 1920x1080
Cineform Low
Cineform High
Avid DNxHD 145 8-bit
Avid DNxHD 220 10-bit
Uncompressed SD 8-bit
Uncompressed SD 10-bit
Uncompressed HD 720p 8-bit
Uncompressed HD 720p 10-bit
Uncompressed HD 1080i 8-bit
Uncompressed HD 1080i 10-bit
What are the different RAID configurations and how are they used for video storage?
Which storage system should I use?
As of January, 2011 the Videoguys' Techs have agreed on these storage recommendations based on the availability and prices of current products:
If you want to add an external storage solution to your PC or Mac; workstation or laptop; then we recommend the following solutions:
G-RAIDs come pre-configured in a RAID-0 stripe for maximum throughput and they're specifically designed for video editing with excellent cooling and air flow. Heat is the enemy of any hard drive and constant video storage will surely create a lot of heat. G-Tech has taken this into account on all the G-RAID solutions including the newest G-RAID 4. G-RAID 4 allows you to connect to your computer via eSATA (in addition to USB2, FW400 & FW800), which is much faster then FireWire and even more reliable.
We hope that this article gives you a better understanding of the various types of video storage and what you need for your own projects
Videoguys recommends G-Tech as our preferred storage partner
Heat is the enemy of all drives and Lacie and many other external drive vendors do not properly ventilate or cool their units. In addition the quality control on the drives these other vendors use in their drives are simply not as tight or rigorous as those used by G-Tech.
G-Tech drives are designed for good air flow and heat dissipation. Their Raids are also fan cooled. Their quality control is excellent. We've been selling GTech storage for over 5 years and the long-term reliability has been superb. We've been banging on a G-Speed eS unit with our DIY6 rig for almost 6 months now. It simply works and works. In a RAID5 you get throughput speed and redundancy.
G-Tech just introduced GRAID ver 4 with quad interface. Now you get USB, FireWire 400 & 800 and eSata. If your Mobo has an eSata port, this is a really nice solution. G-RAIDs are RAID0, so you don't get any redundancy.
then I declared Wine-thirty, and somehow, it just did not matter anymore.
I'm not much of a drinker myself. I always appreciate proper writing. Makes things easier to read.
had an easy day at work and got home early... kinda unusual in this biz...so its time to celebrate.
spoke to a DIT guy on movie set yesterday re: some editing and digital camera ( pro cameras ) stuff... and I mentioned I use premiere pro cs3, and am learning stuff about editing etc...which is why I keep asking him questions....
He said ( he's a nice guy ) .." ask away ! "
He also said, " premiere is a GREAT product...and said he has CS5.
however, he was using fcp on set with hd sdi from cameras to his DIT station ( 2 monitors ) where he was helping DP get the right lighting and exposure for the shots ( using a rec709 lut from camera )..
there was also a video guy on the job, recording SD from the cameras ( 2 ) for playback.
there isnt much time to just sit and "chat" on jobs...and things are moving fast etc ...so its not like I can just keep asking these guys questions and have them teach me things, you know ? But my feeling is that being able to use luts is a big deal ...a really big deal .....for whatever is going to be used on sets for DIT ....
megaplayground ( nyc post house and a new upcoming place for digital camera shoots )...is using fcp and avid...check there site out.
so, my opinion .....adobe needs to talk to the camera manufacturers ( like arri for alexa and their prores output ) and get luts happening on the fly ....with presets ....
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The college where I work started out with Premiere 6.0 in their film tech lab for our film students. The students and profs all complained and insisted on getting FCP. Problem was, the college not only didn't own any Macs, but the IT Director refused to allow Macs onto his network because they would "break" it. I'll admit, at the time, I was one of the students clamoring for FCP... but only because Premiere 6.0 was definitely lacking when compared to the FCP that was out at the time, but also because the PCs running 6.0 were Pentium 2s with 512MB of Ram, integrated video card, and single 10GB hard drive. Well, I digress...
Two years ago they broke down and got rid of 6.0 and the horribly outdated computers and outfitted the entire lab (12 systems) with 24" iMacs with FCP. And then they bought several new cameras whose native footage doesn't work in FCP. You know what their solution was? Yep... buy CS5 and install it on all the Macs. So now they just struggle with how poorly Adobe operates on iMacs, and have wasted a ton of money on the iMacs and the FCP software. At that point I was already a convert to PrPro (I was on CS4 at the time, having used it religiously since CS3... I got out of the business temporarily between 6.0 and CS2) and tried to get them to replace their aging PCs with 6.0 with better PCs and CS5, but was ignored. Oh well. Now I get to "troubleshoot" things for them when PrPro won't launch properly or when they have trouble with other things--been forced into the mac world, as it were.
I had to laugh last week, too, cause my graphic designer who works right above my office swears by Mac... he uses all Adobe products, and nevermind the fact that they work just as well (or better) on the PC--he's a Mac man to the core. He's got a Mac Pro and the video card died on it about three weeks ago. Could our IT department pop a new card in there? Nope... they had to send it off to Mac Authority forty miles away. Did he get it back the same day? Nope... it came back four days later with a new video card and a software "bandaid" of some sort that they promised would hold things together until they had time to reinstall the entire OS and all his programs--apparently something they did in swapping out the video card basically corrupted the whole machine. They also ended up "losing" most of his data (it's all still there, but his shortcuts and file structures are totally screwed up) and all his programs had to be re-authorized before they could be used. They sent it back to Mac Authority yesterday to get rebuilt. And all because he's on a Mac. Were he on a PC it would have been a simple matter of swapping out the card by our IT folks and he would've been on his way. Three weeks later he's still crippled and sending me stuff to do for him on my PC. And when I tell him to get a PC, he starts mocking and scorning... Oh well!


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Reuters - U.S. construction workers cheer stimulus dollars
… The 32-year-old father of four from Mississippi is among hundreds of construction workers who are either keeping their jobs or finding new employment as the U.S. government's record $787 billion package to jump-start the economy is slowly disbursed.
'I was quite thrilled and very shocked,' Fort said with a chuckle. 'There was nothing lined up, so there was a big possibility that I could have been laid off.' … 'We were getting ready to lay off about two dozen people on a project in Mississippi and as a result of having picked up one of the stimulus projects in Louisiana, we offered them all jobs,' said Jim Andoga, the company's president.
Contractors, companies and unions agree the massive stimulus package, criticized by some as mortgaging the country's future, was behind signs of improvement in the sector. The industry was allocated about $140 billion in federal dollars, mostly for work on highways and dams. Not only are hourly laborers getting a respite, but the improved economic tone is also benefiting white collar professionals, such as engineers and project managers.
'Early reports indicate that the infrastructure piece of the stimulus is beginning to do exactly what was intended, to put construction workers back on the job,' said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America in Arlington, Virginia. [6/2/09]
Statesman-Journal (Oregon) - Marion among Oregon counties getting job-creation stimulus money
Marion and other Oregon counties will share $35 million in federal stimulus funding meant to put people to work maintaining forest roads and restoring vital watersheds and floodplains.
More than $3 million will go to protect against flooding in Marion and Yamhill counties. About $25 million will go to road-maintenance projects that will create jobs in 26 Oregon counties: Baker, Clackamas, Coos, Curry, Crook, Harney, Deschutes, Douglas, Grant, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Morrow, Multnomah, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler counties. About $7 million will go to watershed projects, including restoration of the Oregon Sand Dunes, improvement of the coho salmon habitat in Lane County and restoration of forest fisheries in Douglas County.
'This economic recovery funding is about jobs, jobs, jobs,' said Wyden, D-Ore. 'Here we are creating much-needed jobs in some of Oregon's hardest-hit counties, jobs that will result in healthier forests and improved water quality.' [6/03/09]
WIBC Radio (Indiana) - Ag Secretary Announces $11M for Hoosier Flood Protection
The first stop in Terre Haute came with the announcement of $3.3 million for the Honeycreek Watershed project and another $8.1 million to invest in floodplain easements in eight other Indiana counties.
The $11.4 million is a part of a national program through the Department of Agriculture funded by President Obama's stimulus package. Vilsack says Indiana stands to receive a total of $2 billion in stimulus money from the various federal agencies, saving over 75,000 jobs. [6/3/09]
The Providence Journal (Rhode Island) - Stimulus Money to Provide 821 Summer Jobs
Mayor David N. Cicilline said Monday that $1.9 million in federal stimulus money will be used to expand job opportunities for youths at 30 local agencies and a handful of municipal departments.
Exactly 821 summer jobs will be created with money received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to the mayor. The work opportunities will have the double benefit of bolstering community organizations and exposing young people to new skills, potential career paths, and a better understanding of the community around them, he said.
The amount represents about half the money that Rhode Island will be getting under the federal youth summer jobs initiative. All told, the federal stimulus plan calls for $4 million to be funneled to the state to create about 1,700 summer jobs. [6/3/09]
Georgetown Record (Massachusetts) - State announces $3.42 million for job training, support services for Merrimack Valley
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Suzanne M. Bump announced on May 27 more than $3.42 million in federal recovery funds to make immediate investments in job training and support services for dislocated workers, low-income youths and adults in the Merrimack Valley.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding will go to the Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board for the one-stop career centers in Haverhill and Lawrence. The board and the centers serve both employers and job-seekers in communities in the Merrimack Valley. These resources are a portion of the $67 million recently announced statewide, and will assist all of the 37 One-Stop Career Centers throughout Massachusetts.
"These funds will help put people back to work, and give unemployed citizens the support and services they need to rejoin the workforce," said Patrick…."Workforce training dollars will go a long way to help unemployed workers prepare for the jobs that Massachusetts has to offer," said Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray."We are grateful for the stimulus funding and are committed to using it to help as many people as possible."
The ARRA funding provides $21.2 million to serve dislocated workers and more than $10 million to help low-income adults find work. With these new resources, more people will be able to enroll in training for high demand jobs in careers such as healthcare. [6/1/09]
San Diego Union-Tribune - Jobs group awarded $24 million grant
One of the region's biggest recipients of federal economic stimulus money is a City Heights-based job training agency, which is pumping millions into funding summer jobs for more than 3,000 local youths.
The nonprofit San Diego Workforce Partnership, which was found by a 2007 audit to have mismanaged federal grants, has been awarded nearly $24 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The 35-year-old agency plans to spend $13.3 million on employment and training programs for out-of-work adults and $10.5 million on similar support services for low-income youths.
A big chunk of the stimulus money, nearly $8 million, will go toward reviving a dormant youth-employment program, called Hire-A-Youth. The program will provide summer jobs to 3,200 people ages 14 to 24, who meet income and other eligibility criteria. Mayor Jerry Sanders and other dignitaries will hold a press conference to announce the program today. Much of the stimulus money will flow from the Workforce Partnership to scores of community organizations, community colleges and universities, which are being contracted by the agency to design and run programs. [6/2/09]
- Indianapolis Star (Indiana) - Ag, energy secretaries announce funding for biofuels and other alternative energy sources
- The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - Chu touts next-gen factories
- The Cherokeean Herald (Texas) - New Veterans Hospital Planned for Tyler
- Idaho Statesman (Idaho) - Idaho gets more stimulus road money from the Forest Service
AP (Idaho) - Forest Service: $228M to fix roads, bridges
Baltimore Sun (Maryland) - Maryland schools eligible for $589 million in stimulus funds


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RiverSide ElementaryA wonderful school great teachers accept there is no cross guard before and after school dismal/arrival. Most kids walk or ride there bikes to school who live in River Side subdivison because there is no bus route for those children on Webster Blvd. I have seen way too many times kids running across the Laurel drive. There needs to be a cross guard or cop directing traffic just like at the high school. Come on these are Elementary kids get a at least 2 cross guards. One across the street from the school and the first stop sign turning onto Webster and another bus route for Webster Blvd. The safety of this issue should be a priority and there should be more adult supervision before the doors open while kids are gathered around waiting for doors to open for breakfast as well.
With 2 children in this school for 2/3 years now I would have to say it has been the best experience. They love going to school everyday. The teachers are amazing and are always communicating both the strengths & weaknesses in the classroom. Everybody is always very nice and helpful as well from the teachers, to the principal, to the janitor. Safety is also very evident with the intercom system and having to enter through the office during the school day.
Riverside Elementary has provided a positive and goal setting learning environment for both of my childred. The principal consistantly encourages students to higher heights in their educational journey by promoting positive behavior with reward methods at the student, classroom and grade level. The halls of Riverside echo the charge "Be Responsible, Be Respectful, Be Ready to Learn!" I am thankful my children attend Riverside.
Both of my children have exceeded my expectations while attending Riverside Elementary. I directly credit the principals leadership and my children's teachers to the success we have experienced. They LOVE going to school. Riverside has taught them to set achievable yet challenging goals and the joy, reward and pride that comes after achieving them at the individual, class, grade and school wide levels. I couldn't be more pleased.
The 2012-2013 school year is our 4th year as a Riverside Elementary family and we couldn't be happier with the WONDERFUL education our children have received and are continuing to receive. One of my children is advanced and the teachers at Riverside have gone above & beyond to provide a more challenging workload and the attention needed. My other child is speech delayed, but has never been made to feel different because his teachers have taught tolerance & acceptance. Both of my children love their school and after volunteering in the classrooms I understand why! Riverside encourages parent involvement both in & out of the classroom. Someone mentioned too many fundraisers, but I for one like that we can chose which activities to participate in and still support the school. Our favorite teachers are Miss Angie (Pre-K) Mrs. Wanke (K) Mrs. Powell (1st) Mrs. Miller (2nd) Mrs. Cooper (2nd) & Mrs. Abner (3rd) & Mrs. Smart. We wouldn't send our kids anywhere else!
Poor leadership and teachers. Students can be bullied and verbally abused by teachers. I sent in a hidden recorder my daughter proved the point to the administration. Nothing was done to the teacher. The YMCA was no selected as the after school child care. It appears that the current company has shared ownership with educators and administrators in the system. Too many fundraisers throughout the year. They are poor in reading instruction. No phonics, primarily site words.
I felt that some children were belittled during the "K" graduation ceremony. Some of the children were identified for there appearance, or popularity instead of Academics Achievements through out the year. The children who had trouble with "K" in certain subjects were identified by there improvement , The "K" graduation ceremony needs to be done differently. I will not send my future "K" to River Side Elementary.
As a parent of a special needs child I could not imagine a better school for my child to attend!! This is his 5th school year at Riverside and every year I am amazed at how much he has learned. The Pre-K and self-contained classroom staff are nothing less than exceptional! I have formed person and lasting relationships with many of them and it has really helped to keep an open line of communication about my child's needs.
As a parent of 1 former student and 2 current, I feel that Riverside is no longer what it used to be. I feel that the principal is not really much of a 'people' person as she should be and I have also experienced a lot of racial profiling within the school. Its nothing like it used to be when I went there many years ago. And its nothing like it used to be there since Mrs.Emily has been gone. I admit the new school is nice, and several of the teachers are awesome, but I believe it would be a lot better with a new principal.
My son came from Green Acres, and it was the best move we could have made. He never wanted to go to school until we moved and he started attending Riverside. I am very please with the education he is getting and the teacher support he has.
As a grandparent I feel my grandchildren have gotten an excellent education this year.
My son attended Riverside last year for first grade due to re-districting. He had previously attended Utica, and I was shocked at the differences that exist within one school system. My son is back at Utica this year, and he is now struggling to catch back up with his classmates. Overall I feel that because my son was an above average student, his education suffered at Riverside. If you compare the test score between the two schools, it is shocking.
This is the best elementary school in the district, bar none!
I have two children who began attending Riverside last year. We have found the teachers that they've had to be excellent. They are inclusive to all the kids, encouraging to them, and seem to have a positive attitude about their jobs. Yay! My children's participation in school activities has seemed to improve, they've made lots of new friends, and their grades are great. Keep up the good work, Riverside.
my son is a second grader this year and he couldn't wait to get back to riverside. the teachers he's had have been very helpful and have been really eager to teach him he loves it and so do i.
Riverside is a great school! Now that we are in the new building it is an awesome school! The new technology used in the classroom is state-of-the-art and my kids love it! I have been affiliated with Riverside for almost 5 years and I am a bit sad my child will be moving on to Jr. High. Most of the teachers are young, tech savvy and add a fresh new outlook to school. The parent involvement has always been welcomed and highly encouraged. I have volunteered in the classroom many times through the years and found it very rewarding. Riverside is a great school!
My child attended this school for 3 years. I will agree the teachers are good, but parental involvement is horrible. As a previous officer on the PTA (they refer to it as PAC), The parents always showed up for ball games, but anything academic or requesting volunteers for fundraising or anything else was fruitless. The parents just did not care. We left for a private school where parents care enough to be involved in their children's education.
I love this school!!! The teachers and staff are awesome!! The New Building is great. My son's teacher is so good about letting us know where he needs to show improvement. There is great communication among teachers and parents. I am excited about the new school year coming up and excited to send my five year old to Kindergarten.
Definitely the best school my 3 year old could attend.The teachers are top notch and provide excellent and personalised feedback for every child.They help in the all round development of a child. Keep up the good work!
As a previous student of this school, i beleive that it really taught me alot i needed to know for middle school.The teachers would always push their kids to the fullest and had different work for all the children that way they could all have a great education. This experience was great.
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Author Notes: Pasta salads can be considered comfort foods. This one may knock you a bit out of the comfort zone, into the Umami Zone. The flavors are so appealing that you may already have found a new level of comfort there.
My favorite Japanese-style cold noodles are made with soba and udon, but curly noodles hold their sauce better and are easier to eat. This one looks best on day one, but the flavors benefit from a night in the fridge. - susan g
Food52 Review: This noodle dish is exotic, fresh, and light, yet very full-bodied and rich in flavor. What seems like an oxymoron of descriptions is formed by the complexity of this dish's ingredients: the sauce is nutty, salty, and a little spicy, the mushrooms lend a woodsy taste, and the bok choy (which I swapped the broccoli out for) and shallots lend a vibrant, bright green crunch! I preferred this dish 'cool' over cold -- only leaving it in the fridge for a couple of hours seemed to bring out the flavors better than overnight. - Alexandra K
Makes about 6 cups
- 1 1/2 tablespoon sunflower oil, or another neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon Chinese mushroom soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Chinkiang black vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce (see note)
- 4 ounces broccoli
- 4 ounces mushrooms (I like shiitake)
- 2 ounces shallots
- 4 ounces curly pasta, like fusilli or radiatore
- 4 ounces firm tofu
- Cut the broccoli into small florets. Peel the tender part of the stem and cut into thin, diagonal slices. Add stems to the boiling water, then add the florets once the water returns to a boil. Blanch only until they are bright green, drain, then run under cold water. Cut the mushrooms in wedges, no bigger than the florets (if you use shiitakes, use the caps only). Thinly slice the shallots, breaking up large heads first. Add the prepared vegetables to the sauce.
- Cook the pasta until just al dente, then run under cold water until cooled. Stir into the bowl with vegetables.
- Chill until ready to serve. Cut tofu into small cubes, mix into the bowl, and you're all set.
- NOTES: The chili-garlic sauce I use is Huy Fong ("Rooster"). For other brands, or dry crushed chilis, adjust to your taste. For a gluten-free version, I use Ancient Harvest Garden Pagodas (quinoa-corn pasta) and gluten-free soy sauce.
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9 months ago loubaby
Now I can use more of my black vinegar and mushroom soy sauce...I get stuck in the rut with regular vinegars and soy. Thanks
9 months ago healthierkitchen
Susan, this sounds great! Sorry I missed it till now.
12 months ago Kukla
Congratulations susan on the CP! I love Asian flavors and this sounds really Umami.
12 months ago LE BEC FIN
nice one, susan! I am def making this.( one suggestion from an admiring sister- try Maruhon sesame oil- soooo much better than kadoya!) Black vinegar is such a great ingredient that I keep forgetting about. I bet you love black garlic too, eh? It's not so easy to find here on the East Coast but it is so interesting!
Thx again for the inspiration, and congrats on the CP.
over 1 year ago PistachioDoughnut
delicious susan..I love cold noodles esp for music concert nights, picnics..
over 1 year ago EmilyC
This sounds really good...love Asian noodles and your version sounds light and flavorful.
over 1 year ago healthierkitchen
sounds delicious! I have the mushroom soy sauce so it's nice to find more uses!
over 1 year ago inpatskitchen
This sounds really, really good! I love pasta salads and this is certainly a wonderful Asian twist. Saved!


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Student and employee veterans were treated to a breakfast and ceremony at Piedmont Virginia Community College Monday morning.
After the marching of the colors by the American Legion Color Guard, Albemarle Pipes and Drums played a military tribute.
About 150 veterans attend PVCC. The college has ramped up its services to veteran students with a new, grant-funded advisor position.
Jacquelyn Fisher, a veteran herself, is the new military and veterans advisor. She is able to meet with veterans as soon as they apply to the school. Fisher helps students form an academic plan, register for classes and informs them about receiving benefits and financial aid.
"Because the military culture is so unique, it's helpful to have someone like myself, who is a veteran, who's lived that lifestyle, to be able to help them and guide them," Fisher said.
PVCC was one of six schools to receive the competitive grant from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The grant is for one year and totals about $67,000. The money will also help pay for other outreach services.
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NEW YORK ( MainStreet) While picking the right college is a momentous life decision for many, so too is picking a major. A new study, however, shows a lot of college-bound students are failing at that choice.
A recent survey by the testing and research firm ACT Inc., shows only about a third of high school graduates selected a major that was deemed a good fit for their strengths. The new research titled College Choice Report Part 1: Preferences and Prospects" took into account 79% of ACT-tested 2013 high school graduates who reported a college major they planned to pursue.
The new study showed a majority of those graduates selected a major that was at least a moderate fit with their interests but only 36% selected one that was deemed a good fit. It also revealed 32% selected a college major that was a poor fit with what they listed as their interests.
"It's important for students to have the information they need to make the best decisions about their future," said Jon Erickson, ACT president of education and career solutions. "They should be made aware that choosing a college major that reflects their interests will give them a better chance of succeeding and could also contribute to their satisfaction and happiness in school and on the job."
Elizabeth Heaton, a college admissions consultant at the educational advising firm College Coach, said she was not surprised by the results of the ACT survey. She said she advises college-bound high school students to pick a school more for the opportunity and skill set it provides than the major you may think you want even before attending college.
"Your career path is not necessarily determined by your major," said Heaton, who is former senior admissions officer at the University of Pennsylvania.
The ACT report shows students' intended major can play a significant role in which college they chose. Nearly half of the students in the survey said the availability of their planned major was a major factor in selecting a college.
"Students who start out with the right major choice can save significant time and money, which is increasingly important given the rising cost of attending college," Erickson said. "Far too many colleges require students to select a major without looking at how well the students' interests fit with their intended program of study."
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A stream restoration project on Lake Tahoe's North Shore is reaping environmental benefits as a small, fall run of kokanee salmon was spotted in the lower reaches of the creek earlier this month. The run has gone missing since the 1960s when Lake Forest Meadow was filled and numerous stream channels were diverted into a culvert in anticipation of a construction project that was never built.
Restoration work by the Placer County Department of Public Works Tahoe Engineering Division began in 2009. The project reconstructed the historic stream channel close to how it existed prior to modification in the 1960s. Additionally, the meadow was changed back to its historic contours. In all, 35 acres were restored, which required moving 21,000 yards of soil. To restore the natural grade of the area, 3,000 yards of that soil were actually trucked out of the Tahoe Basin.
"This is wonderful news for everyone who lives in or visits Lake Tahoe," said Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery, whose 5th District includes a large portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin. "The Department of Public Works, in cooperation with many other entities, has succeeded in correcting environmental damage in the Basin. This restoration has brought back not only the natural beauty of this stream environment zone, but has also brought back the kokanee salmon. They are there again, after being gone for decades, using the stream channel for spawning."
Kokanee salmon are actually not a native fish species to Lake Tahoe. Their introduction likely occurred in the 1920s when an overflow of troughs in the Tahoe City fish hatchery allowed kokanee fry to escape into the lake. The fish established themselves, despite the belief that they wouldn't survive in the alpine environment. The salmon have thrived in Lake Tahoe and do not prey on the lake's native fish.
The kokanee are actually a small, landlocked sockeye salmon. They are perhaps best known in the Tahoe Basin for their annual run up Taylor Creek to Fallen Leaf Lake on the South Shore. During the spawning run, the fish turn red and the males develop a hump on their backs and their jaws change into a hook shape. While the salmon run near Lake Forest Meadow only lasted a short time, it is the first time these fish have been seen in this creek in decades.
The land for the Lake Forest Meadow restoration was acquired by the California Tahoe Conservancy and work began in September 2009. In 2010, work was completed on restoration of 300 feet of channel on the north side of State Route 28, along Old Mill Road three miles east of Tahoe City. The channel runs south through the Lake Forest Meadow and ends at the outlet to Lake Tahoe in Pomin Park. The project was finished earlier this year and took three construction seasons to complete.
When the meadow was filled in the 1960s, it became drier than normal and vegetation was reduced. This lack of riparian vegetation then reduced wildlife habitat, encouraged erosion, and reduced opportunities for the public to enjoy the area.
In the now finished project, water flows through the meadow and has re-established a more natural environment. The finished grade of the meadow is closer to the top of the water table, which encourages greater vitality for the plant community. The restoration has increased species richness associated with riparian, meadow, and wetland habitats.
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