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
YouTube Audio-to-Short: 8 s to 3 min, English transcript required
YouTube's Audio-to-Short turns audio-first videos into Shorts of 8 seconds to 3 minutes. It needs an English transcript and desktop. Prepare both with Sume.
A 15-second Omni ad: two clips, one fade, what it costs
Omni makes 3 to 10 seconds, so a 15-second ad is a 10 and a 5 second clip joined by a Sume Timeline fade: about $1.98 at 720p versus $1.50 of Omni on Google.
AI music evidence file for an agency hand-off: job, engine, terms
What an agency should keep per AI music track: job record, engine, prompt, metadata, plan, terms date. What Sume returns and what vendor pages let you cite.
AI voice disclosure: OpenAI rule, cloning consent, Voxtral license
What the OpenAI, Microsoft and Mistral pages say about disclosing AI speech, cloning a voice and non-commercial weights, and a publish-time checklist.
Gemini Omni has no voice editing yet: keep your own voiceover
Google says Omni voice editing is not yet available and audio references are unsupported. Generate the picture, then add your own voice in a Sume Timeline.
Omni clips can repeat for others: a brand checklist for Google video
Google won't claim ownership of Gemini API outputs but may generate similar content for others. A checklist for brand video built on Omni.
HeyGen Free: 3 videos of 1 minute to test a script
HeyGen's Free plan lists 3 videos a month up to a minute. Use them to judge a script's pacing, then check it against Sume's 4 to 60 second window.
Keep one character consistent in a 30-second Seedance 2.5 clip
Character consistency in a single 30 s Seedance 2.5 pass: send reference_image_urls on Sume, test at 480p, and judge stills. No guarantee, a cheap test plan.
Lyria 3.5 screens prompts: brand slogans and lyrics in an ad song
Google says every Lyria prompt is safety-screened and it cannot output copyrighted lyrics or named artist voices. How to write a brand jingle brief that passes.
Meta's AI info label: signals or self-disclosure, and a trimmed clip
Meta applies its AI info label from industry-standard signals or self-disclosure. A trim or re-encode may drop file metadata, so disclose at upload too.
Listing clip from photos with Seedance 2.5, and what to disclose
Nine listing photos can feed a Seedance 2.5 reference-to-video request on Sume. Price a 30 s clip, plan the camera path, label it AI-generated.
Sora feature retired: what to tell users and what to flip
Your Sora-powered feature is gone. How to word the message, map Sume job states to UI copy, and flip one backend flag to Sume video without a rewrite.
Square 1:1 video from Gemini Omni: it only makes 16:9 or 9:16
Omni outputs 16:9 or 9:16 only. For a 1:1 square feed post, render a Sume Timeline at 1080x1080 with fit cover or blur; the render is $0.10 per output minute.
Suno terms: no copyright warranty, what to tell a client
Suno assigns its rights in Pro and Premier outputs but does not warrant copyright will vest in AI output. What to write into a client brief or ad contract.
Suno terms: remixes are non-commercial; edit ads on the video side
Suno limits other users' remixes of your output to non-commercial use. What that clause covers, and how to keep ad edits on the video side.
Thumbnail A/B test: five GPT Image 2.5 variants at medium vs high
Five 16:9 thumbnail variants cost about $0.04 at medium and $0.16 at high in GPT Image 2.5 output tokens. A budget for 20 videos and the review step.
TikTok creator-labeled AI tag: who sets it on an API upload
TikTok's Direct Post API has an is_aigc field for the creator-labeled AI tag. Sume's trim, captions and timeline jobs do not set it; your upload step must.
UGC-style ad on Sume: a Format run or the avatar endpoint
Two ways to make a UGC-style ad on Sume: a catalog Format run for a full cut, or the avatar talking-video endpoint for a 4 to 60 second presenter clip.
AI b-roll of a real place on YouTube: the realistic-scene label test
YouTube asks for a label when AI footage alters a real place or shows a realistic scene that never happened. Fantasy and animation are exempt. Here is the test.
ElevenLabs free-plan music: the ElevenMusic credit rule for ads
Free ElevenLabs users may use tracks commercially only with an ElevenMusic credit; Pro gets rights with the plan. What that means for a paid video ad.
90-second AI video API: three 30 s Wan 3.0 jobs and what they cost
A 90-second AI video on Sume is three 30-second jobs. Wan 3.0 totals $5.64 at 480p, $11.25 at 720p and $22.50 at 1080p. A shot-list plan with a Python loop.
Amazon's Seller Assistant drafts ads: animate a product photo
Amazon's Seller Assistant checks listings and drafts Sponsored campaigns. Prepare the creative: animate your real product photo with Sume's frame_images.
Amazon multichannel tools: one media set for four channels
Seller Central now links eBay, Shopify, TikTok Shop and Walmart. Auto-formatting is listed as upcoming; media is still yours. Plan one set with Sume.
Best Buy joins TikTok Shop: vertical clips for electronics
Best Buy debuts on TikTok Shop in late October with creator videos. If you sell electronics there too, here is how to make 9:16 product clips with Sume.
Walmart items with under 15 reviews: add a how-to-use clip
Walmart widened its Recognized Reviewer Program to items with under 15 reviews. While reviews build, a short how-to clip made with Sume can help.
Walmart Listing Quality dashboard: fill thin image sets
Walmart's GenAI Listing Quality dashboard recommends catalog fixes. When the fix is more images, here is how to generate and check them with Sume before upload.
Walmart Returns Insights: add a what's-in-the-box image
Walmart's Returns Insights shows return trends. If buyers expected more, make a labeled what's-in-the-box image with Ideogram 4.5 on Sume.
Make a for-rent listing video from 8 photos with one Timeline call
A 32-second rental walkthrough from eight listing photos, a music bed and one Sume Timeline render at $0.10 per output minute. Preview with the free plan call.
Friendsgiving invite and place cards from one prompt skeleton
One invitation and ten named place cards for a Friendsgiving before Thursday, November 26, 2026: $0.66 at Ideogram 4.5 list, with every name proofread.
Bookstore staff-pick shelf talkers for Small Business Saturday
Print staff-pick shelf talkers for Saturday, November 28, 2026: one Ideogram 4.5 card per book with the exact title and a one-line note, $0.06 each at list.
Neighborhood holiday lights clip for agents from three street photos
A real estate agent's neighborhood lights tour from three of your own street photos: three 4-second Wan 3.0 shots at 480p and a join, about $0.85 on Sume.
Newsletter paid-upgrade pitch as a 45-second avatar clip: cost
What a 45-second talking-avatar pitch for your paid newsletter tier costs on Sume: $8.28 at Standard, $11.03 at Plus. Request body, 4-60 second limit.
Podcast episode art: 12 numbered cards from one prompt skeleton
Make a season of consistent episode art with number and title drawn in. Ideogram 4.5 lists $0.06 per card at medium, so twelve cards are $0.72 at list.
Animate podcast cover art into a season-launch clip on Sume
Turn your podcast cover into a 6-second motion clip for the season launch: Wan 3.0 first frame at 720p is $0.75, then add audio with one Timeline render.
Pumpkin patch last-weekend promo clip with a carving-night hook
Use the NRF carving stat to make a 10-second last-weekend promo for a pumpkin patch: two Wan 3.0 shots and a Timeline join, about $0.73 at 480p on Sume.
Substitute-day intro clip: a 20-second avatar per class period
Leave a 20-second talking-avatar instruction clip for each class period on a substitute day. $3.68 per clip at Sume's Standard rate, 720p, 4 to 60 seconds.
Teal pumpkin sign and non-food treat cards: a 3-image set
Make a printable Teal Pumpkin Project door sign, a treat menu card and a square post with Ideogram 4.5 on Sume. $0.18 at list for three mediums, text proofread.
Can you lip-sync an existing video to new audio with Sume?
Sume's docs list no video-to-video lip-sync route. Here are the three documented ways to get a speaking face: from a still, face swap, or a new avatar video.
Before and after slider for an AI image edit: HTML and CSS, no library
Show an original and its AI edit with a draggable divider using two stacked images, a clip-path and a range input. About 25 lines, no JavaScript framework.
Brand color check for AI images: Delta E in Python before publishing
Prompts cannot guarantee a brand hex. Measure the nearest palette color in a generated image with CIE76 Delta E and block misses. Code for Sume output.
Near-duplicate AI images: perceptual-hash dedupe before human review
Four-up image batches often contain near twins. Use a 64-bit difference hash in Pillow to drop duplicates before a person reviews them. Python for Sume results.
One 16:9 master for Samsung Ads CTV and Quora video ads, under 50 MB
Both take 16:9 MP4 with H.264 and AAC. The shared envelope: 5 to 60 seconds, 1920x1080, 30 fps, under 50 MB. Build it as a Sume timeline and check the size.
Add print bleed to an AI image: mirror padding in Pillow
An AI image has no bleed, so a trimmed print can show a white edge. Extend the edges by mirroring with NumPy and Pillow, to the bleed your printer specifies.
Does an AI image tile seamlessly? A wraparound check in Pillow
Asking for a seamless pattern does not guarantee one. Compare the left and right edges and preview a 2x2 tiling to test a Sume image before you ship it.
Re-voice a recording: Sume STT then TTS as two jobs
Transcribe a recording with Sume STT, fix the text, then speak it with Sume TTS. Two jobs, two prices, and where the human edit goes.
Snapchat AI Clips (photo to 5-second video) vs a fixed Sume prompt
Snap's AI Clips turn one photo into a five-second video with a closed prompt, for Lens+ users. Rebuild it outside Snapchat: fixed prompt, POST /v1/videos.
YouTube Affiliate Partnerships Boost: cut taggable clips with Sume
Brandcast 2026 adds Affiliate Partnerships Boost for organic content with your products tagged. Make more of it from your own footage: Sume video-trim, $0.02.
YouTube Shorts over 60 seconds with claimed content: trim to 59 s
YouTube says Shorts over one minute with claimed content are blocked and not eligible for monetization. Cut to 59 seconds with Sume video-trim, $0.02 a cut.