[Brandon Kuchta]

You can create folders within FCP X, but that doesn’t help it integrate with the rest of our server, which is organized by Client->Campaign->Execution. Currently, our Final Cut projects are just one folder that lives in a job with other folders for After Effetcs, Nuke, Maya, Color, etc. I’m having trouble seeing how FCP X’s approach to organization fits into this (fairly common) workflow. From what I can tell, all projects have to live together in the “Final Cut Projects” directory at the root level of the drive.

[Brandon Kuchta]

Harvest is one of the options we’re currently evaluating, but it feels like it was built for very simple organizations.

For example, in order to create a job you have to be an admin, which means you get to see how much everyone makes.

Also, only project managers can approve time sheets, and even then only time sheets for the jobs they’re assigned to — there’s no “Manager” type role who can just make sure artists are putting the right amount of time against the right jobs.

So it’d be nice to find an app that was a little more robust, but would also handle scheduling. I understand it’s a tricky balance because you certainly don’t want an app to have too many features you don’t use.