The cut left. The cards are still in the bag.
The 2026 ping is specific: “send the raws,” “we need every take,” “drop the CFexpress dump in Drive,” “mail the SSD.” They already signed an edit. Talking-head, branded film, event recap — the MP4 they approved is what that number bought. Camera-original media is a different pile: offloads, folder names that a stranger can follow (A-cam, B-cam, scratch audio), a checksum so the copy actually arrived. Bill that clock against the hub floor. Target income, billable-week count, tax buffer you set: those stay on the hub. This page does not copy them, and it is not a 50-state tax engine. Read $180 as 2 × 90 with a dollar sign. Need a different currency on the invoice? Switch it on the hub. Floor still a guess? Build it on how to set a freelance rate.
Raw-footage extra = hours you type to dump, label, and hand off × hourly floor. Start the clock when the first card mounts. Stop it when they can open the folders without you. Two hours is the worked example — copy, labels, a short README, the upload. Four hours is a multi-cam shoot with audio that still needs naming. One hour is a clean copy-off when the cards were already tidy. You own the hour count. This card will not gift the dump because “we already paid for the day,” will not mint 50% of the shoot, and will not hang a dollar on each gigabyte so a 400 GB bag looks official.
Worked USD: 2h × $90 = $180
First preset. Dump / label / handoff hours: 2. Floor: $90. Product: 2 × $90 = $180.
That $180 is the unedited cards sitting on top of an edit they already bought. It is not a .fig zip of a design job. It is not more people licensed to run the finished MP4. It is not a keyworded icon pack. It is not 9:16 of the master they already have. Send the dollars before the first card mounts. “Raws were included” is not a line this card ever wrote.
Second preset keeps the same $90 and stretches the clock to 4 hours. Extra: 4 × $90 = $360. You typed 4. Dual-cam plus a bag of wild sound still prices as hours × floor, still because they asked after the cut shipped, still not 50% of the shoot, still not a per-GB mill.
Third preset: 1 hour at $90. Extra: 1 × $90 = $90. A short copy-off is still a dump they asked for after the edit. Short is not free, and it is not a gigabyte ticket.
Four other doors — none of them dump the cards
The native Figma / PSD zip of a design job, after they already bought the PDF, MP4, or live site, is working files of that job. That clock is package hours × floor on source-files (worked 2h × $90 = $180 there too — same arithmetic, different pile). Handing over this job’s .fig is not a camera-card offload. Copying unedited takes is not a layered PSD. Want both? Zip hours there, dump hours here. “Send the project, they can grab the media” is not a card dump.
More people running the finished file is a rights extra, not a bag of takes. Quoted hours × floor × a multiplier they type lives on usage-license. 0.5 is a half-again example they type — not 2× for nationwide ads, not a copyright statute. Extra seats do not copy CFexpress. Dumping cards does not widen who can run the cut. Want both? Rights extra there, dump hours here. Do not hide a card offload inside a paid-ads multiplier.
A named, tagged pack they can rummage next quarter is a shelf, not a dump. Hours to name, tag, and package × floor live on asset-library (worked 5h × $90 = $450; not 25% of the project; not a per-asset mill). Keywording icons is not offloading cards. Offloading cards is not a library they can search in October. Want both? Naming / tagging hours there, dump hours here.
A 9:16 Stories/Reels cut of a 16:9 or square master they already paid for is extra aspect ratios of the edit, not the unused takes. Hours × floor on social-cuts (worked 4h × $90 = $360; not $50 a cut; not 20% of the video). Recrop lives there. Camera-original media lives here. Want both? Cutdown hours there, dump hours here. A vertical of the approved cut is not “the raws.”
A Drive plan, a WeTransfer Pro invoice, or a postage label for the SSD is a receipt they asked you to buy — paste it on expense-markup. Share 0 is pass-through at cost. Type 0.15 as a 15% example, not a 20% agency markup. This page is your hours on the dump. That page is the envelope or the storage bill. Two lines if they want both: dump hours here, Drive / postage there. Do not launder an SSD ship into “a couple of copy hours,” and do not hang a fake per-GB fee on this card because the bag is heavy.
A second body on a day that already quoted you alone is not a card dump. Hours that extra person is on set × a rate you type for them live on the second-shooter card — 8h × $60 = $480. Not 50% of the day. Offloading CFexpress is this card. The B-cam standing next to you until wrap is that card. Want both? Dump hours here, extra-body hours there.
You type the hours. This page will not mint 50% of the shoot
Production Twitter still recites “raws are half the day,” “$20 a GB,” “everyone includes the cards.” None of that is a statute. None of it is this math. CFexpress vs SD vs a RAID only names which media they asked you to copy. Dollars = hours you type to dump, label, and hand off × floor. No 50%-of-the-shoot buyout. No per-GB mill.
If they ask for “the usual raw percent,” answer that this card has none. Show $180 from two hours, type 4, or type 1. You own the hour count. Skip the lecture. No confirm, no dump. The edit they already bought still stands.
Paste the line before the first card mounts
Name the hours. Name the floor. Name $180, or whatever the card shows. Name that it sits on top of an edit they already bought. Copy from this card so the email dollars match the screen dollars.
- 2h × $90. Raw-footage extra: 2 hours to dump, label, and hand off × $90.00/hr = $180.00. Unedited cards after the quote was the edit — hours × floor, not 50% of the shoot, not a per-GB mill, and not tucked inside the cut they already paid. Please confirm $180.00 before I start the dump.
- 4h labeled dump. Raw-footage extra: 4 hours to dump, label, and hand off × $90.00/hr = $360.00. Unedited cards after the quote was the edit — hours × floor, not 50% of the shoot, not a per-GB mill, and not tucked inside the cut they already paid. Please confirm $360.00 before I start the dump.
- 1h copy-off. Raw-footage extra: 1 hour to dump, label, and hand off × $90.00/hr = $90.00. Unedited cards after the quote was the edit — hours × floor, not 50% of the shoot, not a per-GB mill, and not tucked inside the cut they already paid. Please confirm $90.00 before I start the dump.
Skip guilt and “everyone knows raws are 50% of the shoot.” That speech turns a card dump into a fight. This page has no official shoot percent and no per-GB mill. No confirmed fee, no dump started. Native Figma / PSD of a design job belongs on source-files. More users of the finished file belong on usage-license. A Drive or postage invoice belongs on expense-markup. If the $90 floor moved, rebuild it on the hub, then name this dump extra.
Planning numbers, not a media-delivery contract
Planning toy only — not legal, tax, or collections advice, and not a camera-original handoff policy. No mandated shoot percent, no statute that prices a gigabyte, no 50% slice of a shoot day, no per-GB mill, and no 50-state tax engine. Keep the agreement you already signed. Need a clause that survives a dispute? Hire counsel where you work before the first card mounts. Filling this card does not write that clause and does not transfer the media.
Inputs: hours you type to dump, label, and hand off, plus the hourly floor. Output: the extra, and one sentence to paste. Dollars on this card are labeled USD. Live currency and any tax buffer stay on the hub. Drive storage or postage for the SSD is a receipt on expense-markup, not an hour here.
Rate calculator Native Figma / PSD zip, not the cards More users of the finished file Drive or postage invoice, not dump hours Extra body on the day, not the cards Set the hourly floor
Billable weeks moved? Recalculate the floor on the hub before you price the dump. This page names unedited cards after the quote was the edit — hours × floor, not 50% of the shoot, not a per-GB mill. Working files of a design job after a bought delivery: source-files. Broader rights on the same finished file: usage-license. Drive plan or SSD postage they asked you to buy: expense-markup. An extra body after a quote that was you alone on the day: second-shooter — 8h × $60 = $480, not 50% of the day. Extra aspect ratios of a shipped master: social-cuts. Floor still a placeholder? Begin on how to set a freelance rate.
FAQ
How do I charge extra when a client wants the unedited camera cards after they already paid for the freelance edit?
Type the hours it takes to dump the cards, label the folders, and hand them off. Multiply by your hourly floor. That product is the raw-footage extra. The signed number already paid for the cut. Camera-original media is a second delivery. 2 × $90 reads $180 because those are the numbers in the worked example — change them. Planning only. This is not 50% of the shoot and not a per-GB mill.
Should I charge 50% of the shoot day, or a dollar amount per GB, for raw footage?
No. This hub does not sell a 50%-of-the-shoot buyout and does not hang a price on each gigabyte. Hours you type to dump, label, and hand off × floor is the only product. If two hours is wrong for your card copy, type a different hour count.
Is dumping unedited cards the same as a Figma zip, more users of the finished file, a tagged library, or 9:16 cuts?
Four different doors. Source-files hands over the native Figma / PSD zip of a design job after they already bought the PDF, MP4, or site. Usage-license sells more users of the finished file via hours × floor × a multiplier they type. Asset-library shelves a named, tagged pack they can pull from later. Social-cuts exports extra aspect ratios of a master they already paid for. Raw-footage copies the unedited cards after the quote was the edit.
What if they only wanted the edit they already paid for, not the cards?
Leave the cards in the bag. Type 0 hours. Extra is $0. The cut they already bought still stands. The dump stays unstarted until they confirm hours × floor.
Does filling this raw-footage card create a media-delivery contract or run a 50-state tax engine?
No. $180 is 2 times 90 labeled USD so you can read it. Currency and any tax buffer live on the hub calculator. Typing here does not write a card-handoff clause, does not transfer camera-original media, and does not run a 50-state tax engine. A Drive plan or postage label for the SSD belongs on expense-markup — this page is your hours on the dump.