Does Sume face swap keep the original voice, outfit and scene?
Sume's Face Swap (Beta) keeps the source clip's audio, camera and timing but replaces the whole person, not just the face. What stays, what changes, cost.
Sume Avatar 1.0
Sume Avatar 1.0 by API: reusable avatars, talking video from a script, multi-scene and two-speaker videos, previews, B-roll, and Face Swap (Beta).
Start with: Introducing Sume Avatar 1.0
AI spokesperson: build the avatar from a prompt, profile or photo?
Sume makes an avatar three ways: prompt, profile traits or a photo. Which one suits a brand spokesperson, what each costs, and the rights each one raises.
Shortest AI avatar video: 4 seconds, from $0.74 on Sume Standard
Sume avatar videos run 4 to 60 seconds. Per-second rates for Standard, Plus and Max, the 4 second floor, and what 15, 30 and 60 second clips cost.
AI spokesperson video price per second: standard, plus, max
Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video bills per second: $0.184 standard, $0.245 plus, $0.55 max, with a product image adding a little. A 4-second floor example.
Avatar video aspect ratios: 9:16, 1:1, 4:3 or 16:9 for ads?
Sume avatar videos render in 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3 or 16:9 at 720p. Which ratio to pick for feed, story and listing placements, and what the default is.
Create an AI spokesperson avatar from a prompt or photo
Sume Avatar 1.0 creates a reusable avatar at a flat $0.95 from a text prompt, a photo, or props. How to make one before you generate talking videos.
Demand Gen: what to hold constant between two AI video ads
Google says Demand Gen experiment campaigns should differ in one variable. A field-by-field checklist for two Sume avatar videos so only the hook changes.
Face swap for UGC ads: source clip rules (Sume beta)
Sume's beta Avatar Face Swap applies a ready avatar face to a public 4-15 second source video with audio. Required fields, quality tiers and what it rejects.
Write an avatar script that sounds authentic in 4 to 60 seconds
HeyGen says 64.6% trust avatars that sound authentic. Draft a Sume avatar script in the 4-60 second window with scene beats and a silence gap.
Make an avatar video look professional: scene photo of your office
53.9% of shelved videos were held back for not looking professional enough, per HeyGen. Set a Sume avatar scene from your own photo, prompt or per-scene image.
Lip sync looks fake? Check teeth, profile, timing and seams on Sume
sync. labs names four tells of fake lip sync. Pull PNG stills from a Sume avatar clip with video frames at the moments each tell shows up, then decide.
Lip sync audio under 5 seconds: H3 Max rejects it, use Fabric
Sume's MiniMax H3 Max lip sync only accepts 5 to 14.8 seconds of audio and returns invalid_request outside it. A 4.5-second line goes to Fabric instead.
YouTube avatar vs Sume Avatar: selfie capture or prompt and photo
YouTube's avatar is made once from your own face and voice and used in its AI tools. How it is created, its limits, and how Sume's Avatar 1.0 differs.
Tavus Phoenix-4.5 adds cartoon and anime faces; Sume's options
Tavus Phoenix-4.5 supports cartoon, anime and Pixar-style faces from a photo or video. Sume creates avatars from a prompt, traits or a photo; test styles first.
Azure photo avatar is 512x512; Sume avatar video is 720p
Azure's photo avatar renders head-only at 512x512 and 25 fps. Sume's avatar video offers 720p in five aspect ratios, from a prompt, traits or a photo.
Azure avatar batch: 20-minute videos, 200 jobs, vs Sume
Azure's text to speech avatar batch API allows 20-minute outputs and 200 concurrent jobs per Speech resource. Sume avatar videos run 4-60 seconds per job.
Synthesia's hosted avatar pipeline (Oct 1) vs Sume clips
Synthesia's no-code hosted LLM, TTS and avatar pipeline was due Oct 1, 2026 for live conversation. If you need a rendered clip instead, Sume takes a script.
AI avatar video with a transparent background: Azure webm vs Sume
Azure's avatar batch API can output VP9 webm with an alpha channel. Sume's avatar video returns an MP4 with a scene behind the avatar.
Face swap API webhook: get job.completed instead of polling
Sume's face swap (Beta) takes mode webhook with a public HTTPS webhook_url, then sends one signed terminal event: job.completed, job.failed or job.canceled.
MCP avatar-image-to-video_create: choose Fabric or H3 Max
On Sume's hosted MCP, one tool, avatar-image-to-video_create, makes still-plus-audio talking clips. A model field picks Fabric or MiniMax H3 Max lip sync.
HeyGen lipsync captions are always on; Sume's are opt-in
HeyGen deprecated enable_caption on translation and lipsync and now always returns SRT and VTT. Sume avatar videos burn captions only when you ask for them.
LemonSlice API: image plus streaming audio vs Sume lip sync
LemonSlice drives a live avatar from an image and streaming audio. For a recorded line, Sume's lip sync takes a still plus an audio_url and returns a file.
Avatar video price by length: 4, 15, 30, 45 and 60 seconds
What a Sume Avatar Video 1.0 clip costs at 4, 15, 30, 45 and 60 seconds on standard, plus and max, with and without a product image. Table from the rate card.
Sume Avatar Video quality default: what plus costs vs standard
Omit quality and Avatar Video runs on plus, not standard. On 20-second clips that is $1.22 more each, or $122 over 100 clips. The arithmetic and a safe default.
Holiday avatar ad roster: 3 presenters x 4 scripts, cost by tier
Three reusable avatars and four holiday scripts make 12 clips. Priced on standard, plus and max with a product image; the avatars cost $2.85.
AI avatar host for YouTube Shorts: why the script is what counts
YouTube lists AI content from generic templates as not allowed. How a Sume Avatar 1.0 host fits a Shorts series when each script carries your own point of view.
Avatar 1.0 API routes: canonical paths vs legacy aliases
New Avatar 1.0 code should call /v1/avatar-1.0/generate and /v1/avatar-1.0/talking-video. Older model-run and legacy aliases still work with the same body.
Avatar flash-sale video in three scenes: hook, silent demo beat, CTA
Build a Black Friday flash-sale talking video with Sume Avatar 1.0 video_inputs: a spoken hook, a silent demo beat, and a spoken call to action.
Avatar photo scene: a talking host in your showroom for year-end
Use a scene photo reference in Sume Avatar 1.0 so a talking host stands in your own showroom or shop for a year-end sale clip.
Avatar preview: regenerate stills or create a new preview
Regenerate redraws the first-frame stills of one preview. A new script, avatar, scene or aspect ratio needs a new preview. Quality is set at generate-video.
Avatar video previews: test three holiday hook lines, render only one
Create three Sume avatar-video previews with different hooks, compare first frames, then call generate-video on the winner and keep its stills.
Avatar face swap Beta: check the 4 to 15 second clip before you submit
Sume's Avatar Face Swap Beta needs a public HTTPS source clip of about 4 to 15 seconds with usable audio and a required quality tier.
Seasonal avatar host from a prompt, profile or photo for Christmas
Create a reusable Sume Avatar 1.0 handle from a prompt, structured profile props or a reference photo, then reuse it across holiday clips.
12-second Reel with an AI presenter: cost by quality tier
A 12-second talking-avatar Reel costs $2.21 on Standard, $2.94 on Plus and $6.60 on Max at Sume's per-second rates, plus a 4-second minimum.
3-minute AI presenter Reel: three 60-second avatar jobs, cost by tier
An avatar job accepts 4 to 60 seconds, so a 180-second presenter Reel is three jobs: $33.12 on Standard, $44.10 on Plus, $99.00 on Max at no-product rates.
Avatar 1.0 quality: standard for drafts, max for the final weekly cut
Sume Avatar 1.0 takes quality standard, plus or max. plus is the default. Use standard to check a script, then re-render the keeper at max.
Avatar script over 60 seconds: split it into jobs and join the clips
Sume Avatar 1.0 accepts 4 to 60 seconds per job. For a longer explainer, split the script at sentence breaks, send one job per part and keep the order.
Recurring AI lead for a TikTok series: $0.95 once, then per episode
Make a series lead once with Sume Avatar 1.0 for $0.95, then bill each episode by the second. 60, 180 and 300 second costs at three quality tiers.
Two AI characters in one TikTok scene: one avatar per job, then cut
One Sume avatar job holds one avatar. For a two-person dialogue, make a job per speaker and alternate them in Timeline 1.0. Cost for 60 s of dialogue: $14.82.
English avatar video with Spanish and Korean subtitles via cues
Make the avatar clip in English, then burn Spanish and Korean subtitles with video-captions cues. Korean needs a Hangul style such as black-outline, not slam.
Restaurant owner avatar host: three 30-second Google profile clips
Google Business Profile video allows 30 seconds, 75 MB and 720p. Three 30-second avatar host clips from Sume cost $16.56 on standard, $22.05 on plus.
Approve an AI avatar video's first frame before the full render
Sume avatar video previews render only the first-frame still, let you regenerate it, then start the final video. What a preview holds and what it does not.
Face swap on a short clip with Sume Avatar 1.0: a 4 to 15 s Beta
Sume's Avatar Face Swap is a Beta: a ready avatar plus a public HTTPS video of about 4 to 15 seconds with audio. What it rejects and what the call needs.
What does a 30-second Sume avatar video cost? Standard, Plus, Max
A 30-second Sume Avatar 1.0 video costs $5.52 on standard, $7.35 on plus and $16.50 on max without a product image. Per-second rates and a 12-video budget.
Avatar video script over 60 seconds: what Sume does and how to split
Sume avatar videos accept 4 to 60 seconds, and inline captions stop at 60. How to split a longer script, add a silent beat, and price the parts.
One avatar, twelve videos: brand-consistent presenter cost on Sume
Sume Avatar 1.0 creation is a one-time $0.95; every video then references the same avatar_handle. A 12-video month priced, with the limits to know.
Griffin generates the whole scene: what a Sume avatar scene is
Tavus says Griffin generates body, background and shadows live. Sume avatar videos take a scene prompt or photo, one shared scene per video. What you control.
Griffin ranks second on LSE-C: how to judge lip sync yourself
Tavus says LSE-C rewards pronounced mouth movement beyond naturalness. A way to check a Sume avatar clip with timed stills and a word-timed transcript.