Festivus Dec 23: a brewery 'airing of grievances' promo clip with cues
Festivus is Dec 23, a Wednesday in 2026. A brewery or bar can make a deadpan pole-and-grievances promo from one photo, with caption cues for the event details.
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
Gift-wrap pop-up promo clip: three cues and a pickup cutoff
A gift-wrap or alteration pop-up sells time, so the clip must show the cutoff. Build it from one photo, burn three caption cues, and check the finished file.
Hogmanay Dec 31 pub promo: a first-footing bundle clip from one photo
Hogmanay is Dec 31 and Scotland also takes Jan 2 off. A pub or shop can build a first-footing bundle promo from one product photo with timed caption cues.
Nutcracker ticket promo for a dance school: one poster, one short clip
The Nutcracker premiered Dec 18, 1892 and runs about 90 minutes uncut. A dance school can animate its poster into a ticket promo and burn showtimes as cues.
St. Lucia Day Dec 13: bakery lussekatter pre-order clip from one photo
St. Lucia Day falls on Sunday, Dec 13, 2026. A bakery can turn one saffron-bun photo into a short image-to-video clip with pickup cues and captions.
App preview video that loops and works muted: first and last frame
Apple says previews autoplay, repeat and are usually muted. Use one image as first and last frame so the loop has no jump, with generate_audio off.
App Store creative assets must be 4+, even for a 17+ app
Apple's asset rule: every App Store asset must meet a 4+ rating whatever the app's own rating. A review table for generated art, and a $1.20 candidate-set cost.
App Store creative assets: no prices, discounts or URLs in the art
Can a Black Friday app asset say 40% off? Apple's asset rules bar pricing, discounts and URLs. What to leave out, and how to generate art with room for type.
Google Ads promotion occasions: Q4 dates and a creative set per window
Google lists Black Friday as Oct 15 to Dec 15 and Christmas from Nov 1. See the overlaps, the 6-month rule, and how to batch one creative set per window.
Logo in the first 2 seconds plus an end card: Pinterest and Amazon
Pinterest wants the logo in the first 1-2 seconds; Amazon says beginning or end. Build both cuts from one clip with Timeline 1.0 for $0.10 each.
Voice actor or AI voice for a 30-second ad? What an API covers
Hire a voice actor or use AI text to speech for a 30-second ad: what Sume's TTS API does, what it cannot do, and the $0.315 audio bill for three takes.
AI battle map for tabletop RPGs: square image, grid drawn in code
Generate a top-down battle map on Sume at $0.15 for a 2K square, then draw the grid in Pillow so squares are exact. Revise one room with a reference edit.
Layered paper-cut art from a photo: FLUX.2 flex or pro on Sume
Photo to layered paper-cut art with a reference edit: FLUX.2 flex at $0.0625 or pro at $0.0375 on Sume, four takes for $0.25 or $0.15.
Photo to halftone pop art: a $0.025 Qwen edit plus Pillow dots
Make a pop-art halftone from a photo: a flat-colour Qwen Image edit at $0.025 on Sume, then a short Pillow script that draws the dot grid in code.
Photo to linocut print: Ideogram 4.5 edit and a 2-color threshold
A linocut look from a photo: one Ideogram 4.5 edit from $0.0375, then a Pillow threshold that makes it truly two-colour. Low, medium, high compared on Sume.
Photo to stained glass window: one Seedream 4.5 edit
Turn a photo into a stained glass window with one reference edit: Seedream 4.5 at $0.05 an image, an explicit ratio, and four takes for $0.20 on Sume.
Tilt-shift miniature effect: Nano Banana 2.1 edit or Pillow blur
Make a photo look like a tiny model town: a Nano Banana 2.1 edit with auto ratio from $0.10 on Sume, or a free Pillow gradient blur. Both compared.
Audio-reactive music visualizer: does Sume render waveforms?
No waveform or spectrum bars in Sume's docs. What ships: a still held over your audio on a timeline, or a video model that takes audio as a reference.
Christmas carol sing-along video: lyric lines as timed cues
Trim your choir's recording, then burn each lyric line as a timed caption cue so a congregation can sing along. Two jobs, $0.22 at listed rates.
Course Black Friday offer clip: lesson excerpt under a price card
Trim 20 seconds of a real lesson, stack a price card above it with timeline compose, and let captions transcribe the lesson. Three jobs, $0.24 listed.
DJ set teaser: flyer above the booth clip, lineup as captions
Stack a night's flyer over 15 seconds of booth footage with timeline compose ($0.02), then burn set times as cues ($0.20). The clip's own audio stays.
Double-exposure portrait from two photos with Nano Banana 2.1
Blend a portrait and a landscape into one double exposure: two input_references, a pinned 4:5 ratio, Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K, and the 10-reference cap on Sume.
eBay listing video: no URLs or calls to action, check before upload
eBay's images, videos and text policy bars contact details, links and calls to action in listing video. Check stills and speech on Sume before you upload.
Game devlog video with no voice-over: captures, a bed, cue cards
Build a 45-second devlog from gameplay captures: trim each clip, render on a silent spine with a music bed, then burn feature names as cues. $0.525.
Game patch notes video: dim the capture, one caption card per change
A patch notes video is gameplay dimmed 50 percent, then one caption card per change. Dim is $0.02 with a free check; the cards are $0.20 for up to 60 s.
Massage gift certificate holiday clip: five stills, music, $0.425
A 20-second holiday clip for a massage studio's gift certificates: five stills on a silent spine with a music bed and burned cues. $0.425 at listed rates.
Meta blocks TikTok-linked ads: audit your Reel ad clips
After Meta's Oct 8 TikTok ad ban, check video ads for spoken or on-screen TikTok mentions with video_inspect and frames, then fix with a trim or captions.
Nine stickers in one render: a 3x3 transparent sheet, sliced
Ask ChatGPT Image 2.5 for a 1:1 sheet of nine stickers on a transparent background, cut it into nine PNGs, and flag any sticker that crosses a cell edge.
Photo to cyanotype print: Qwen Image edit or a Pillow colorize?
A cyanotype look is two tones, so Pillow can do it free. Use qwen/qwen-image at $0.025 only when you want paper texture and brushed edges. Both steps here.
Photo to felt and knitted looks: three Grok Imagine calls, 7.5 cents
Grok Imagine on Sume returns one image per call and costs $0.025, so three craft looks of one photo are three requests and $0.075. One short script runs them.
Photo to line drawing on a transparent background with GPT Image 2.5
Turn one photo into black line art with a real alpha channel: ChatGPT Image 2.5 edit, background transparent, PNG, and a Pillow check before you trust it.
Photo to oil painting with a style reference: Ideogram 4.5 edit
Send your photo first and a painting second to ideogram/ideogram-v4.5: image one is edited, up to 4 more guide style. Low, medium, high cost 3.75 to 27.5 cents.
Photo to two-ink risograph look: Seedream 5 Lite and a color check
A risograph print uses two or three inks on paper. Ask Seedream 5 Lite for the look on Sume, then count the palette in Pillow to see whether the inks held.
Photo to woodcut print: Flux 2 Flex edit, then a 1-bit threshold
Make a woodcut from a photo with Flux 2 Flex on Sume at $0.0625, then force true 1-bit black and white in Pillow so the file is ready for print.
Speedrun PB video: trim the run, burn split times as cues
Cut a personal-best run out of a long capture with video trim, then burn split times as timed caption cues: two jobs, $0.22 at the listed rates.
TikTok tests AI-spam detection: politics, finance, medical explainers
TikTok said on Sept 29, 2026 it is testing detection of accounts built to post AI spam in politics, financial advice and medical content. What to check on Sume.
Trim a self-hosted AI clip with Sume: $0.02, audio kept
Open-weights video models give fixed-length clips with sound. Import the file to Sume and cut a start-to-end range with video trim at $0.02 a job.
Trunk-or-treat event video: plan the cost first, pull a poster frame
A church or school trunk-or-treat promo from event photos: check cost with the free plan route, render for $0.10, then pull a poster still with video frames.
Ugly Christmas sweater party invite: card over a clip, $0.02
Float your invite card over 8 seconds of last year's party footage with timeline compose overlay: $0.02 flat, 9:16 by default, card keeps its shape.
Canadian Thanksgiving hours clip in English and French for $0.40
Canadian Thanksgiving is Monday, Oct 12, 2026. Burn English and French open-hours cues onto one clean clip with two Sume caption jobs at $0.20 each.
Halloween costume contest voting reel from phone clips, 46 cents
Trim eight phone clips, join them in one Sume timeline render, then burn Costume 1 to 8 number cards with one caption job. Total $0.46, no music.
Beaujolais Nouveau day clip for a wine shop: 8 s with sound, $1.70
A wine shop's Beaujolais Nouveau tasting clip for Thu Nov 19, 2026: Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 with native sound from a shelf photo, plus burned-in cues, $1.70.
Thanksgiving turkey pickup clips for a butcher: two clips, $1.15
Two silent clips for a butcher shop, a preorder clip and a last-call clip before Thanksgiving, Nov 26, 2026: Wan 3.0 plus caption cues, $1.15 on Sume.
Furnace tune-up reminder video: 3 stills, voiceover, 61 cents
A heating company's tune-up reminder before the first freeze: three Nano Banana 2.1 stills, TTS voice, one Timeline 1.0 render and captions, about $0.61.
Pan de muerto bakery clip in English and Spanish, Nov 1-2
Animate one photo of your pan de muerto for Nov 1-2, 2026 with Wan 3.0, then burn English and Spanish caption cues. Two versions cost $0.775 on Sume.
Salon gift certificate holiday promo: card art and clip, $0.90
Gift certificate promo for a salon: Ideogram 4.5 card art ($0.075), a 5-second Wan 3.0 720p clip ($0.625) and terms as caption cues ($0.20): $0.90.
Secret Santa invite video: a card image, a clip, and the rules
Make an office Secret Santa invite: one card image, a 5-second Wan 3.0 clip and rules burned as caption cues. $0.6125 on Sume with a 480p clip.
Reuse your own Reel for Small Business Saturday: import, trim, caption
Re-cut your own Instagram Reel for Small Business Saturday (Nov 28, 2026) with Sume media-imports ($0.15), a 12-second trim ($0.02) and new captions: $0.37.