27-second Recast swap: $10.125 at 768p or $15.1875 at 1080p

A 27-second source clip swapped through H3 Max Recast costs 27 x $0.375 = $10.125 at 768p, and 27 x $0.5625 = $15.1875 at 1080p. The maximum source length is 30 seconds, so the most one job can cost is 30 x $0.375 = $11.25 at 768p or 30 x $0.5625 = $16.875 at 1080p.

Cost by source length

Recast is linear in the source length inside its 5 to 30 second range. The table gives four lengths so you can place your own clip.

Why 27 seconds is a useful size

A single job of up to 30 seconds is longer than the 15-second cap on the beta Avatar Face Swap route, so a 20 to 30 second hero ad is a Recast job rather than a face-swap job. The step from 768p to 1080p adds $0.1875 per second, which is $5.0625 on a 27-second clip. If the ad ships as a vertical 9:16 post that will be viewed on a phone, check a still of the 768p result first and pay for 1080p only if you can see the difference.

Reservation and refunds

Sume reserves the estimated amount at submit, rounded up to whole cents ($10.13 and $15.19 here), captures it at completion and refunds failed or pre-generation canceled jobs. Check your balance against the 1080p figure before a batch: ten clips of 27 seconds at 1080p reserve about $151.88 in total (10 x $15.1875 = $151.875).

If your source is longer than 30 seconds, split it first. Sume's trim route handles cutting at $0.02 per job, and Recast then takes each piece.

Choosing between one long job and two short ones

Splitting a 27-second source into a 12-second and a 15-second piece does not change the Recast price, because 12 x $0.375 + 15 x $0.375 = $10.125, the same as one job. What changes is risk and effort. One job gives one consistent result with no seam; two jobs let you re-run only the shot that failed, which can save money. If shot two fails and you redo it, you pay 15 x $0.375 = $5.625 again, not the whole $10.125.

Splitting costs two trims at $0.02 each, so the break-even is simple: split when the chance of redoing half is high enough that the expected saving is above $0.04 plus the cost of rejoining the pieces. The join uses the timeline render at $0.10 per output minute, minimum one minute.

If the swap involves a real person's likeness, apply your disclosure and approval steps before the 1080p render, not after.