Galentine's Day 2027 is Sat Feb 13: a 9:16 friends-brunch promo clip
Galentine's Day falls the day before Valentine's Day, Saturday 13 Feb 2027. A work-back plan and a 6-second 9:16 clip from one photo for a group booking.
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
Groundhog Day 2027 is Tue Feb 2: a 9:16 spring-or-winter promo clip
Groundhog Day falls on Tuesday 2 Feb 2027. A work-back plan and a 6-second 9:16 clip from one photo for a six-more-weeks promo, with platform limits.
Guy Fawkes Night 2026 is Thu Nov 5: a 9:16 bonfire clip from a photo
Bonfire Night falls on Thursday 5 Nov 2026. A work-back plan and a 6-second 9:16 clip from one photo, with TikTok and Reels limits from the platforms' pages.
One hero image to 3D toy, anime and pixel sprite via API
Recraft's Oct 9 art style challenge as three Sume calls: attach the hero, fix silhouette and palette, vary only the medium. Ratios and costs.
Place your character in concept art scenes with two references
Design locations first, then put the hero in each one with two input_references. Recraft's Oct 9 method as a Sume API script with costs.
St Nicholas Day 2026 is Sunday Dec 6: a 9:16 shoe-and-treat clip
St Nicholas Day is Sunday 6 Dec 2026, with the eve on Saturday. A work-back calendar and a Sume photo-to-video request for a 6-second 9:16 promo clip.
Smoke alarm battery reminder video for a fire department or HOA
One 10-second Gemini Omni Flash clip with a real chirp, captioned with Ready.gov's smoke alarm rules, costs about $1.45 on Sume. Prompt, cues and checks.
TikTok Shopping Assistant: what should product videos say?
TikTok's Shopping Assistant answers sizing, shipping and availability in chat. Make product clips that match your listing, with photo-to-video and burned cues.
Power outage safety videos for a utility co-op: three clips, $11
Turn Ready.gov's power outage and generator rules into three captioned avatar clips for members, with Sume prices at three quality tiers.
Bhai Dooj 2026 is Wed Nov 11: a sibling gift box clip, $1.51
Bhai Dooj 2026 is Wednesday, Nov 11, the day after Govardhan Puja. A 480p Wan draft, an 8-second Omni Flash 1.1 final and a caption job cost $1.51 on Sume.
Car dealer video ad: a Total Price line after FTC's Greenway deal
FTC's Oct 8, 2026 Greenway settlement asks for the Total Price as the most prominent price. Burn that line into each lot clip for $0.20 on Sume.
Chhath Puja 2026 (Nov 13-16): two order-by clips for a grocer
Chhath Puja 2026 runs Fri Nov 13 to Mon Nov 16, main arghya Sun Nov 15. Two 6-second 9:16 Wan 3.0 kit order-by clips with caption cues cost $1.90 on Sume.
Karwa Chauth 2026 is Thu Oct 29: mehndi booking clips, $2.48
Karwa Chauth 2026 falls on Thursday, Oct 29. Three 5-second 9:16 Wan 3.0 clips with burned-in booking cues cost $2.475 on Sume for a mehndi or jewelry shop.
New York allergen label law, Nov 12, 2026: a pack-station staff clip
NY's prepackaged-food allergen labeling law starts Nov 12, 2026. Caption a phone clip of your pack station for staff in two languages at $0.20 each on Sume.
NYC click-to-cancel rule: a gym how-to-cancel clip for $0.20
NYC's click-to-cancel rule took effect Oct 1, 2026. Turn a silent screen recording of your cancel page into a captioned how-to for $0.20 per clip.
SynthID Detector is public: what it checks for AI ad creative
Google opened SynthID Detector to everyone on Oct 7, 2026 for Google, OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao marks. What a result means for AI ads and Sume files.
10 SynthID checks a day: which of 40 ad assets to submit
SynthID Detector reportedly allows about 10 checks per user per day. A triage order for a 40-asset AI ad launch, with Sume job records as the real proof.
Wisconsin Act 69: label AI-altered rooms in listing video, Jan 2027
Wisconsin Act 69 requires licensees to disclose AI-altered property ads from Jan 1, 2027. Burn a per-room disclosure into a listing clip for $0.20 on Sume.
International Men's Day 2026: a captioned team message video
International Men's Day is 19 November 2026, theme 'The Future Is Everyone'. Trim one team recording and caption it for $0.22 on Sume.
Remembrance Day 2026: a 'Thank a Veteran' clip from staff recordings
Remembrance Day in Canada is Wednesday 11 November 2026. Trim three staff recordings, join them in Timeline and caption the result for $0.39 on Sume.
Remembrance Sunday 2026: a 12-second 11am pause notice video
Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026 and the two minutes' silence begins at 11am. Make a quiet 12-second notice from your own photos for $0.30 on Sume.
World Kindness Day 2026: a workplace thank-you round video
World Kindness Day is Friday 13 November 2026. Turn five silent colleague clips into one 30-second thank-you video with name cards, $0.30 on Sume.
Friday the 13th kindness challenge: a 13-clip recap in one render
World Kindness Day lands on Friday 13 November 2026. Join 13 four-second kind-act clips into a 52-second recap with numbered cards for $0.30 on Sume.
January stocktake sale video: one caption cue per price
Make a January clearance video where every price is a timed caption cue, not baked into an image. Five 3-second cues on a 15-second clip cost $0.30 to finish.
Orthodox Christmas greeting video for Jan 7, 2027, from photo cards
Orthodox Christmas falls on January 7. Make a 30-second greeting from stills and a music bed in Timeline 1.0: about $0.23 for render and music, plus cards.
Snow-day closure video: a silent clip with caption cues
Post a weather-closure notice as video: render two stills silent in Timeline 1.0, then burn the hours with caption cues. The silent clip needs cues, not speech.
AI UGC test playbook: which of the 8 stages Sume covers
A 2026 AI UGC playbook lists eight stages from brief to measurement. Here is which stages map to Sume routes and which stay with you or your ad platform.
White elephant invite video: 10-second AI clip, rules on screen
Make a white elephant or Secret Santa invite clip with Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 (3-10 s, native audio), then burn date, spend limit and steal rules in as cues.
Tax season reminder clips for a solo accountant: document checklist
A solo bookkeeper can turn a January document checklist into short reminder clips: one background, one cue set per client type, re-burned as dates change.
Winter closure notice video: a reusable caption-cue template
A snow-day or closure notice for a gym, studio or school: keep one background clip, change only the caption cues, and re-burn in minutes.
Small business year in review video from 10 photos and cues
Turn a year of shop photos into a thank-you recap: image-to-video clips from first frames, trimmed, then burned with your real numbers as caption cues.
12 colorway product clips: Nano Banana 2.1 recolor + Grok video, $1.95
Recolor one packshot into 12 colorways with nano-banana-2.1, then animate each with grok-imagine-video-1.5. 5 s each: $0.1625 per color, $1.95 for twelve.
Christmas Jumper Day 2026 (Dec 10): a fundraiser clip from one photo
Christmas Jumper Day 2026 is Thursday 10 December. Turn one team photo into a silent clip with burned-in donation cues using Sume's video and caption APIs.
Teams custom background: JPG, PNG or BMP, and what Sume outputs
Microsoft Teams accepts a custom meeting background as .JPG, .PNG or .BMP. Sume image models output png, jpeg or webp, so pick png or jpeg.
US federal holidays Nov 2026 to Jan 2027: one closed-notice clip each
OPM lists five federal holidays from Nov 2026 to Jan 2027. Build one closed-notice clip per date with Sume caption cues, with the payloads generated in Python.
Zoom video background: MP4 or MOV, 360p to 1080p, from Sume
Zoom accepts an MP4 or MOV video background between 480x360 and 1920x1080. Generate a 16:9 clip on Sume at 720p or 1080p and skip the 4K trap.
Community theater show promo video: poster, 8-second clip, dates
A 12-second promo for a local play: poster as first frame, a music bed, and ticket dates burned in as text. About $1.43 per cut on Sume.
Instagram Reel boost rules: 90 s, 9:16, no licensed music
Instagram's help page limits boosted Reels to 90 seconds, 9:16, and no licensed music. Three 30 s Wan 3.0 clips with generated audio fit, for $11.25 at 720p.
Locksmith ad video: 3 clips, typed phone number, $1.10 on Sume
A locksmith can make an 18-second vertical ad from three silent AI clips and a music bed, with the phone number burned in as text, not drawn. About $1.10.
Mardi Gras 2027 is Feb 9: a parade-night promo from five photos
Fat Tuesday is Feb 9, 2027 and Carnival runs from Jan 6. Build a 20-second bar or bakery promo from five photos, a brass bed and caption cues for $0.425.
Poetry reading video from your own recording, captions and music
Turn a 60-second poem recording into a captioned vertical video: six image or clip slots, a ducked music bed, script-aligned captions. About $0.43 plus visuals.
Pongal, Lohri and Makar Sankranti 2027: a greeting clip from photos
Lohri is Jan 14, Thai Pongal and Makar Sankranti are Jan 15, 2027. Make a 20-second harvest greeting from five photos, a bed and cues for $0.425.
Presidents Day 2027 is Feb 15: a sale clip from five photos
Washington's Birthday falls on Monday, Feb 15, 2027. Build a 20-second weekend-sale clip from five photos, a music bed and caption cues for $0.425 on Sume.
Ramadan 2027 begins around Feb 8: an iftar-special clip from photos
Ramadan 2027 is expected from the evening of Feb 7, pending moon sighting. Plan a 20-second iftar promo from five photos, a calm bed and cues for $0.425.
UK Self Assessment deadline Jan 31, 2027: a reminder clip from photos
GOV.UK sets 11:59pm on 31 January 2027 for online returns and payment. Build a 20-second accountant reminder from five photos, a bed and cues for $0.425.
Easter 2027 is March 28: a spring menu promo from five photos
Easter Sunday is March 28, 2027, with Good Friday on March 26. Build a 20-second bakery or brunch promo from five photos, a music bed and cues for $0.425.
Mother's Day 2027 is May 9: a gift-shop promo from five photos
US Mother's Day is Sunday May 9, 2027. Build a 20-second florist or gift promo with an order-by cue from five photos, a music bed and captions for $0.425.
St Patrick's Day 2027 is a Wednesday: a pub promo from five photos
St Patrick's Day is Wednesday, March 17, 2027. Build a 20-second pub or cafe promo from five photos, a music bed and caption cues for $0.425.