Use cases
Worked examples on Sume's catalog Formats and endpoints: product video and photography, try-on, app and product ads, logo animation, and more.
Start with Ready-made Formats for product video: the Sume Format catalog
Sale badge on a product image: draw it in Pillow, not in the prompt
Generate a clean product photo on Sume, then draw the sale badge and percentage from your catalog data in Pillow, so a price change never costs a regeneration.
Shorts season trailer: first 5 seconds of every episode in one clip
Build a Shorts season trailer by trimming 0 to 5 s from each episode with video trim, then planning one timeline render under a music bed. Python included.
Reddit bills video over 15 s at 15 s: a 9:16 clip to make on Sume
Reddit's Engaged Video Views beta bills videos over 15 seconds at 15. Which Sume models stop at 15 s or less, what a 10 s vertical clip costs, and the call.
YouTube Shorts series after Sora: render 9:16 episodes by API
YouTube Shorts series rolled out from 2026-09-23. Render a season of vertical episodes on Sume, one job and one idempotency key per episode, with the cost.
Swap a character into an existing image with an Ideogram 4.5 edit
Put your mascot or character into a finished layout with Ideogram 4.5 on Sume: the layout image goes first, the character image second, one change per call.
Tote bag mockup with an AI image API: your logo on a canvas bag
Send your logo as a reference to GPT Image 2.5 on Sume and ask for a canvas tote on a plain studio set. Check the logo against the original before you list it.
Two-camera podcast clip for Shorts: alternate angles with source_in
Cut between two camera files against one audio spine in Timeline 1.0: equal on-spine starts and source_in keep both angles in sync. Python builder included.
Two voices, one conversation: Sume TTS jobs joined by concat
Make a two-person dialogue file with Sume: one TTS job per line using two avatar voices, then one Timeline audio concat. Cost, code and the gap.
UGC-style ad: test five hooks on one body with Timeline plans
Join five 3-second hooks to one 12-second body clip with Timeline 1.0. Plan each cut unbilled, then render the winners at $0.10 a minute.
UGC-style ad: a music bed that ducks under the voice
Add a looped music bed to a UGC-style ad and lower it under the voice with soundtrack.duck_db in a Timeline 1.0 render. Needs a real voice spine.
Video ad end card: add a fade-in and fade-out with Timeline
Close an ad with a 1-second fade-out and open it with a 0.5-second fade-in using output.fade_in_seconds and fade_out_seconds in a Timeline 1.0 render.
Which Sume video model makes a 15-second 9:16 ad? A catalog filter
List the models in GET /v1/videos/models that accept 15 seconds at 9:16 with a short Python filter, instead of trusting a stale table.
Yard sign artwork via API: 3:2 art, a quoted headline, a print check
Generate yard sign artwork at 3:2 on Sume with GPT Image 2.5 or Ideogram 4.5, keep the headline to a few words, quote it, and check the pixel size for print.
YouTube Shorts series covers: one template, one edit per episode
YouTube is rolling out Shorts series with covers. Make one template with Ideogram 4.5, then change only the episode number with one edit call per episode.
Shorts series: a season of 30-second episodes with Seedance 2.5
Shorts series are rolling out. A season of eight 30-second episodes costs $138.72 on Seedance 2.5 at 720p and $30.00 on Wan 3.0. The math and a batch loop.
Search what was said across clips: SQLite FTS5 from STT segments
Request sentence segmentation on Sume STT, load each segment into a SQLite FTS5 table, and find the clip and second where a phrase was spoken.
Criteo Retail Media onsite video: 720p, 15 s, a Sume avatar clip
Criteo onsite video asks for MP4 at 720p, 15 s recommended and 30 s max, in 16:9, 1:1 or 9:16. Sume avatar output is 720p, so script to 15 seconds.
Narration budget for a daily short-video channel: 30 videos a month
Thirty 750-character narrations a month cost $1.20 on Sume TTS with per-job rounding. The same characters are about $0.50 on MAI-Voice-2.1 and $0.34 on Flash.
Real-estate agent, 25 listings a month: staged photos and voiceover
25 listings with six AI-edited photos, a voiceover and a music bed cost about $14.60 a month on Sume. Unit prices and the sum.
SaaS launch week asset budget: images, voiceovers and clips on Sume
A launch week of 12 Ideogram images, six 450-character voiceovers, six 5-second Grok clips and one music track costs about $1.61 on Sume. The per-line bill.
Narrate 10 slides: one Sume TTS job or ten, and what rounding costs
Ten 80-character slide lines cost 10 cents as ten Sume jobs and 4 cents as one 800-character job. When splitting is worth the extra cents, and when it is not.
30-second explainer video: a bill of materials from stills to render
Six Ideogram stills, a 450-character voiceover, a music track, captions and a render for a 30-second explainer cost about $0.69 on Sume, line by line.
Kajabi lesson video from a 16:9 Sume avatar clip: what fits
Kajabi takes MP4 up to 4 GB and recommends 16:9. A 16:9 Sume avatar clip of up to 60 seconds is a lesson intro or recap. The numbers, and where it stops.
One Sume TTS job: 20,000 characters is about 26 minutes of narration
At 750 characters per minute, a 20,000-character job covers about 26.7 minutes for 95 cents. Compare Shorts at 3 min, TikTok at 10 min and Reels at 20 min.
Outbrain outstream video ad: 60 s, 250 MB, a Sume avatar clip
Outbrain outstream video takes up to 60 seconds and 250 MB in 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9. A Sume avatar job fits the length and the ratios. Check the file before upload.
Podcast network: transcripts, cover art and stings for 12 episodes
12 episodes of 45 minutes, four Ideogram 4.5 cover options each and three music stings each cost about $14.24 a month on Sume. Unit prices and the sum.
Print-on-demand: 200 designs a month on Ideogram 4.5, plus cutouts
200 text-on-shirt designs a month cost about $16 at Ideogram 4.5 medium or $58 at high on Sume, plus $4.75 for cutouts. The budget, line by line.
How many characters is a 15, 30, 45 or 60 second AI narration
Using 750 characters per minute of speech, a 15-second voiceover is 188 characters, 30 seconds is 375, 60 seconds is 750. Sume TTS cost for each.
Make a Top 5 vertical video from five stills with Sume Timeline
Five images, a 30-second silent Timeline at 1080x1920, then burned captions: the slot math, the still-motion limit and the cost in Sume.
Price labels on AI product photos: draw the text in code
AI image models can misplace text, per OpenAI's own guide. For exact prices, generate a clean product photo on Sume and add the label with Pillow instead.
Can AI image models spell a headline correctly? A pre-ship text check
Vendors say image models can render text but still miss. Use a short script to compare the wording you asked for with what a person typed back from the image.
AI avatar follow-up videos for stalled B2B deals: what they can do
Tavus cites Gartner on stalled B2B buying. A recorded avatar follow-up can restate one point, not answer questions. A 3-scene request and the cost by tier.
AI product demo avatar: live agent or recorded clip?
Tavus builds live demo agents that answer buyers; Sume renders a 4-60 second avatar clip with your product image. Where each fits, plus Sume per-second prices.
Add existing videos and playlists to a YouTube show with Add content
In Studio, Content, Shows, Add content takes existing videos or playlists into a show. Check what you already have, then fill the gaps with new renders.
Convert a YouTube Shorts playlist into a show with Add show features
In YouTube Studio, Options on a playlist offers Add show features, and every video lands in Season 1. What to fix first and how to prepare Shorts for it.
HR onboarding welcome video with an AI avatar: day-one clip
A 30-second welcome clip that lists the three things a new hire does on day one. Script size, cost per tier, and what must stay in text, not video.
How to split a training lesson into avatar clips under 60 seconds
Sume refuses avatar videos over 60 seconds. Split a 6-minute lesson by words, render each part, and stitch with Timeline 1.0. Word counts and cost by tier.
Gemini Omni extension only appends: how to add a lead-in clip
Google's Omni docs say extension adds to the end of a clip only. To get a clip before your footage, generate it separately and join on a Sume timeline.
EU Article 50 AI avatar video disclosure checklist for marketers
Tavus says EU Article 50 has required disclosure of AI likenesses since 2 August 2026. A checklist of what to label on an avatar clip, with the Sume fields.
AI avatar for kids videos: made for kids and COPPA, what changes
Marking a video made for kids turns off comments, cards and personalized ads on YouTube. What COPPA covers, and how a Sume avatar clip fits a children audience.
AI avatar objection handling clips for sales reps: 3 examples
Three short answer clips a rep can send after a buyer raises price, security or timing. Scripts sized by 2.8 words a second, the cost, and the review rule.
YouTube lip sync for auto dubs: what to prepare before you get access
YouTube is piloting lip sync on auto dubs. Prepare clean speech audio and a 5 to 14.8 second lip-synced clip workflow on Sume while you wait.
UGC-style spokesperson video script: hook, proof, ask in 45 seconds
A 126-word UGC-style script split into three scenes for Sume Avatar 1.0, with a silence beat, a product image, the request and the per-tier price.
YouTube show episode numbers follow publish date: render in that order
YouTube assigns Shorts episode numbers by publish date unless you set a manual playlist order. Plan your render queue so numbers match your story.
Black Friday grocery and toy promo videos with AI: where to start
Adobe's forecast has grocery up 10.3% and toys up 9.6%, the fastest of its categories. Which Sume Formats fit a food or toy promo, and what to check.
AI customer service with a video avatar: where a clip fits
Tavus compared eight AI customer service platforms on 2026-10-02. A live agent answers the long tail; a rendered avatar clip covers top answers. Costs.
What is a consistent story for a YouTube show? AI series checklist
YouTube asks shows for the same characters or hosts, one long story, or one topic. A checklist for keeping an AI-made series consistent across episodes.
Will a YouTube show accept audio-led Shorts with no real visuals?
YouTube says videos with no visuals likely will not be considered a show. How to give narrated, audio-led Shorts a real picture track before you build a series.