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
Translate a product label in place into 4 languages with Ideogram 4.5
Swap approved label copy per market with one Ideogram 4.5 edit each on Sume: a copy-deck prompt, $0.15 for four languages at low, and a proofing list.
Wan 3.0: one 30-second prompt or three 10-second clips on Sume
Alibaba says Wan 3.0 splits scenes itself. On Sume, one 30 s request and three 10 s clips cost $3.75 at 720p each way; with three clips a redo costs $1.25.
App demo promo clip: generate the scene, composite the real screen
Don't ask a video model to invent your app UI. Generate the scene with Sume, then stack your real screen recording with Timeline compose, $0.02 flat per shot.
Two listing photos, one room transition: first and last frame
Use two listing photos as first and last frame of a 6-second Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 clip on Sume: $0.75 at 720p, $1.125 at 1080p. Call and checks.
Translate chart and diagram labels in an image with Ideogram 4.5
Swap the axis titles, legend and callouts of a chart image into another language with one Ideogram 4.5 edit per language: $0.0375 each at low on Sume.
Coffee ad in one take, pour to sip: Seedance 2.5 prompt and price
A 20-second one-take coffee ad on Seedance 2.5: pour, steam, hand, sip. Prompt wording, why one take suits liquids, and the Sume price at 720p and 1080p.
Pet product demo clip on Seedance 2.5: treat, toy and leash prompts
Three prompts for pet product demo clips on Seedance 2.5, one each for a treat, a toy and a leash, with 10 to 15 second prices at 480p, 720p and 1080p on Sume.
Kitchen gadget UGC demo: 15 seconds on Seedance 2.5 with references
Make a 15-second UGC-style kitchen gadget demo on Seedance 2.5 using a product photo and a voice clip as references: prompt, limits on Sume, and cost at 720p.
Reskin a finished ad for a new product with an Ideogram 4.5 edit
Send the old ad plus up to 4 product shots in one POST /v1/images call and swap the product, keeping layout and copy. $0.0375 to $0.275 per ad on Sume.
Change the volume number on 12 book covers with Ideogram 4.5
Twelve volume covers from one finished cover: one Ideogram 4.5 edit per number, $0.45 at low and $0.90 at medium on Sume. Prompt, checks and a Python loop.
Furniture showroom reveal clip: 20 seconds on Seedance 2.5, priced
A 20-second one-take reveal of a sofa or table on Seedance 2.5: room-first framing, a slow push-in, the prompt, and what 480p, 720p and 1080p cost on Sume.
Talking photo: H3 Max lip sync, Kling motion control or Recast?
Lip sync follows your audio, motion control follows a reference video, Recast swaps a person. 10-second prices on Sume: $1.00, $1.58 and $3.75 at 768p.
Translate your comic's speech bubbles: one Ideogram 4.5 edit per page
Letter a 20-page comic in 3 languages with Ideogram 4.5 edits on Sume: one call per page, 60 calls, $2.25 at low quality, and why per-bubble calls cost 6x.
3-second logo sting with Omni: end frame as the lockup, cost on Sume
Make a 3-second logo reveal: first frame a texture, last frame your logo lockup. Omni 3 s is $0.12 at 360p and $0.57 at 1080p on Sume. Request and checks.
Jewelry macro in one take: Seedance 2.5 prompt, length and price
A macro-lens prompt for a ring, watch or pendant on Seedance 2.5: slow rotation, single light source, 6 to 12 seconds, and the Sume price at 720p and 1080p.
Press release to 30-second video: Wan 3.0 prompt and cost on Sume
Turn a press release into a 30 second video on Sume: write three beats, send one Wan 3.0 request, and pay $3.75 at 720p. A prompt template and what to check.
SaaS app UGC video on Seedance 2.5: screen reference and cost
Make a UGC-style SaaS app video on Seedance 2.5 from a product screenshot: what a screen reference can and cannot do, prompt, and cost for 10 to 20 seconds.
One-take walkthrough prompts: store, kitchen, studio on Seedance 2.5
Three one-take walkthrough prompts for Seedance 2.5 (store aisle, restaurant kitchen, studio), each with a route, a pace and a 30 s price at 480p to 1080p.
Product hero orbit in one take: a Seedance 2.5 prompt and price
A prompt pattern for a continuous product orbit on Seedance 2.5: camera path, speed, lighting, end beat, plus 1080p cost for 8 to 30 seconds on Sume.
Fix the last second of an Omni clip: edit it or generate a new ending
A bad last second in a 10 s Omni clip: edit the whole clip for $1.25 at 720p, or generate a new 3 s ending for $0.38. Cost and risk of each route on Sume.
Day-to-night and season-change video transitions with Omni on Sume
Make a day-to-night or summer-to-winter transition: same scene as first and last frame, Omni fills the time between. 8 s is $1.00 at 720p on Sume.
Product colorway morph video: Omni first and last frame on Sume
Show a product changing color: send the white shot as first frame and the red shot as last frame to Gemini Omni Flash 1.1. A 5 s clip is $0.63 at 720p.
Sneaker drop teaser: test on Seedance 2.0 Mini, finish on 2.5
Plan a 10-second sneaker teaser: five 480p tests on Seedance 2.0 Mini, one 720p keeper on 2.5, with exact Sume prices for each step and the reason to split.
Hotel room tour in one take: 30 seconds of Seedance 2.5 from photos
Turn room photos into a 30-second one-take hotel tour on Seedance 2.5: prompt route, first-frame photo, what it invents, and the Sume price at 720p and 1080p.
Six flavor variants of one can: recolor and rename with Ideogram 4.5
One can render becomes six SKUs by editing color and flavor name in one Ideogram 4.5 call each: $0.225 at low, $0.45 at medium on Sume. Prompt and checks.
Car walkaround clip: a 30-second Seedance 2.5 take for dealer ads
A one-take car walkaround prompt for Seedance 2.5: a 30-second path in 16:9, the Sume price at 720p and 1080p, and what to verify before posting.
A 30-second ad from three 10 s MiniMax H3 clips: cost and joins
H3 caps at 15 s per clip. Three 10 s clips make 30 s for $2.25 at 768p on H3, $3.00 on H3 Max, $6.00 at 1080p. Use end frames to keep the shots linked.
Handheld selfie UGC prompt for Seedance 2.5: a template and cost
A five-line prompt template for handheld, selfie-style UGC clips on Seedance 2.5, with 9:16 settings and the Sume price at 480p, 720p and 1080p.
Relight a product shot with Ideogram 4.5: 3 lighting passes, cost
Three lighting variants of one product photo through POST /v1/images with Ideogram 4.5 cost $0.1125 at low and $0.225 at medium on Sume. Prompts and checks.
Swap the seasonal dish in a restaurant clip with Omni Flash edit
Keep one good restaurant clip and edit the dish for each holiday special with Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 video_to_video: $0.125 per output second at 720p.
ACCC Black Friday sweep: match the clip's end date to the sale end
ACCC Black Friday sweeps target limited-time claims and countdown timers that miss the real sale end. Burn the end date from one value. Read 2026-10-05.
Amazon BFCM inventory arrival dates: which SKUs get sale clips first
Amazon's BFCM inbound dates are Oct 14, 21 and 28 by route. Make clips first for SKUs that arrive by Oct 14. Read 2026-10-05, with a queue sketch.
Amazon main image bans promo text: where the Black Friday banner goes
Amazon's photography page says main images are pure white, fill 85-100%, with no promotional text. Put the sale banner on a video overlay. Read 2026-10-05.
Annual compliance refresher as an avatar video: review and records
An avatar can deliver a 45-second compliance refresher. Legal approves the script; you keep the video id and transcript as a record of what was said.
Cancellation save video with an AI avatar: one 30-second clip, one ask
A cancellation-save clip should be 30 seconds and make one offer. At Plus it costs $7.35 to render; send it only to accounts where a human would also reach out.
Partner onboarding: one avatar clip per module, not one long video
Split reseller training into 20-45 second Sume avatar clips, one per module. A 20-second Standard clip is $3.68, and you re-render only the module that changes.
Choking hazard warning in a holiday toy ad: match the product label
CPSC says internet ads for toys that need a choking-hazard label must use the same warning (16 CFR 1500.20). Burn the label text as a cue and assert it matches.
Engraved and monogrammed gifts: one order-by cue per lead time
Personalised gifts need earlier cutoffs than stock items. Compute each order-by date from production plus transit days and burn all lines in one caption job.
EU price cuts: put the 30-day prior price on the sale video card
EU Directive 2019/2161 Art. 6a: a price-cut announcement must state the prior price, the lowest in 30+ days. Compute it, then burn it. Read 2026-10-05.
An executive avatar for internal updates: consent and labeling
Before you make an avatar of an executive for staff updates, get written consent for the face and voice, limit the scope, and label every clip as synthetic.
Fix one typo in an AI-generated image: quote the old and new text
Send the image as the first input_references entry and name the wrong text and the right text in quotes. Ideogram 4.5 on Sume costs $0.0375 to $0.275 per try.
FTC 30-day shipping rule: delivery claims in a holiday sale clip
If you state no shipping time, the FTC rule gives you 30 days; a time you do state needs a reasonable basis. Burn ship-by text from data. Read 2026-10-05.
FTC Made in USA claim in a holiday gift video: gate the caption text
An unqualified Made in USA claim needs all or virtually all US-made, FTC says, online too. Lint the cue text before you burn it. Read 2026-10-05.
Gift guide by budget: three short Timeline renders beat one long one
Split a holiday gift guide into under-$25, $50 and $100 brackets, one short Timeline render each, and plan all three free first. Each is $0.10 a started minute.
How fast is a reference Short cut? Shot length from reference-ingest
Average shot length is clip duration divided by the shots[] count in a Sume reference-ingest manifest. It is a detector estimate, not an editor's cut list.
Keep the barcode scannable in an AI packaging edit: paste it back
A model that translates pack text can redraw the barcode, and a redrawn code may not scan. Paste the original barcode box back with Pillow after each edit.
One Black Friday master, three markets: EU, UK, Australia cards
One clean master, a different price card per market: EU prior price, UK total with delivery, Australian end date. Three $0.20 jobs. Read 2026-10-05.
One narrator in many languages: a Sume TTS batch vs MAI-Voice-2.1
MAI-Voice-2.1 claims one voice across 23 languages. On Sume, you send the same voice.id with a language per request and audition each language.