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 Shorts ad video specs: 6 to 60 seconds, 9:16 or 1:1
Google Ads lists Shorts ad video as 9:16 1080x1920 or 1:1 1080x1080, 6 to 60 s. DV360 says 5 s or longer. Make the clip with Sume's Videos API and a timeline.
Gym promo video for early January, made from your own floor photos
Christmas Day is Dec 25, 2026. Make a 15-second promo for a local gym from three floor photos, with offer terms typed as caption cues and nothing invented.
Helpdesk holiday-closed message as a 20-second avatar video
Christmas Day is Dec 25, 2026. Record one avatar clip that tells customers when support is closed and where to find help, for your helpdesk auto-reply.
Discounts of 14%, 21%, 30%: swap the offer on one product clip
Adobe expects peak discounts to deepen from 14% to 21% to 30% by Cyber Week. Keep one clean clip and burn a new offer line for each stage with caption cues.
Holiday hours videos for 20 locations: one bulk run, one clip each
Thanksgiving is Nov 26 and Christmas Day is Dec 25, 2026. Queue one captioned holiday-hours clip per location with a bulk run instead of editing 20 files.
Holiday party invite video from venue photos with an avatar host
Christmas Day is Dec 25, 2026. Make a 20-second invite with an avatar host, three venue photos and the date on screen, for company or club parties.
Liftoff video creative specs: 1080x1920, 300 MB, 180 s
Liftoff lists portrait video at 1080x1920 up to 300 MB and 180 s, landscape at 1920x1080, plus a 1 MB end card image. How to cut both with Sume.
Medicare open enrollment video for insurance agents, with AI
Medicare open enrollment runs Oct 15 to Dec 7. Plan a short explainer series with an AI avatar, captions and one Timeline cut, with every claim checked by you.
Microsoft Invest hosted video: 1.8 GB limit and bitrate ladder
Microsoft Invest hosted video creatives allow 1.8 GB, ask for 1280x720 minimum and 2500 kbps, and list a bitrate per height. What Sume can set for them.
Mintegral video specs: MP4 only, 200 MB, 6, 15, 30 or 60 s
Mintegral wants MP4 up to 200 MB, 1080x1920 and 1920x1080 recommended, 6/15/30/60 s lengths, and a 1200x627 image as the endcard. Cut those lengths with Sume.
Mobile game ad cutdowns: one master to 6, 15, 30 and 60 seconds
Mintegral recommends 6/15/30/60 s, Unity and Axon cap at 60 s, Liftoff at 180 s. Cut one portrait master to each length with Sume's trim API for $0.02 a job.
Newsletter issue to a vertical recap video for Christmas week
Christmas Day is Friday, Dec 25, 2026. Turn a newsletter issue into a 30-second vertical recap with three avatar clips and a Timeline join, no new writing.
One edit, three Google Ads sizes: 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 on Timeline
Google lists 1920x1080, 1080x1920 and 1080x1080 for 15-second video. Render one Timeline edit three times with fit set per shape. Cost: $0.10 per render.
Open house invite video for Thanksgiving weekend, from listing photos
Thanksgiving is Nov 26, 2026, so the open house weekend is Nov 28 and 29. Turn six listing photos into one vertical invite with the date and address burned in.
Podcast episode teaser for Thanksgiving week: trim, caption, post
Thanksgiving is Nov 26, 2026. Trim a 30-second moment from an episode video, burn in captions and add a title card, with limits on rights and accuracy.
Recraft Flash draft then Refine: the closest rerun on Sume
Recraft's Refine regenerates a Flash draft at higher quality while keeping composition. Sume has no refine call or seed, so here is the nearest honest workflow.
Seedream 4.5 edit: swap a product with up to 10 references
fal describes Seedream 4.5 edit as multi-reference product replacement and text overlay with no masking tool. The same shape of call on Sume.
Snapchat AI Clips make 5-second videos; do it outside Snapchat
Snap's AI Clips turn a photo into a five-second video inside a Lens. Here is how to get the same photo-to-clip result as a file you can post anywhere.
Spotify in-feed video ad specs: 30 s, three ratios, 500 MB
Spotify in-feed video takes up to 30 s in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, MOV or MP4 up to 500 MB, no black bars, no leaders. How to cut it and avoid bars with Sume.
Spotify in-stream video ads must have sound: no silent files
Spotify's in-stream video spec says all files must include sound and no silent videos are accepted. Check a clip has audio and add a track before upload.
Thanksgiving week release notes video for SaaS: three avatar clips
Thanksgiving is Nov 26, 2026. Ship release notes as three short avatar clips, one per change, with captions, and add a plain-text fallback for each.
TikTok Shop video: no PDP screenshots, 50% rule, check with frames
TikTok Shop video rules bar screenshots, stills, slideshows and animated figures over half the screen. How to check a finished clip with Sume video frames.
Unity Ads video specs: 60 s, H.264 MP4, 100 MB cap
Unity's user acquisition docs set video at 60 seconds or less, H.264 in MP4, 16:9 or 9:16, 100 MB max, and an end card. What Sume's trim step can and cannot do.
VAST video ads: Microsoft wants 500, 1200 and 2500 kbps files
For third-party VAST video, Microsoft Invest recommends three bitrates and 15 or 30 s on Google inventory. What a Sume master gives you and what it lacks.
Google Ads video action campaigns: 10 s minimum, three ratios
Google's spec page gives video action campaigns a minimum length of 10 seconds in 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1. Cut a master to length and ratio with Sume.
Video ad end card images: Mintegral, Liftoff, Unity and Axon sizes
End card image sizes differ: Mintegral 1200x627, Liftoff portrait 1080x1920 up to 1 MB, Axon page image 270x480 minimum. Make them with Sume's Images API.
Year-end client recap video: twelve photos, one Timeline render
Christmas Day is Dec 25, 2026. Build a 36-second thank-you recap from twelve project photos with Timeline holds, caption cues and no invented numbers.
YouTube ad length limits in DV360: masthead 10 s, Shorts 5 s
DV360 lists YouTube lengths: bumper 6 s or less, non-skippable 7 to 15 s, Shorts 5 s or more, masthead 10 s or more. How to cut to each with Sume.
YouTube auto dubbing skips videos over 120 minutes: dub in chunks
YouTube auto dubbing is unavailable for videos over 120 minutes. A script can cut a long file into trims of up to 900 seconds, then dub each piece.
3-minute AI presenter video: three 60-second clips plus Timeline
A 180-second presenter video built from three 60-second avatar jobs costs about $44.10 on Plus plus $0.30 to join them with Timeline, at listed rates.
AI airport sign photos: set arrows and words in code, not the model
Image models still bend arrows and misspell wayfinding text. Generate a sign with no text, then set the exact arrows and words in Pillow. Runnable script.
AI outfit builder: three garments, one model, reference order
Put a top, trousers and shoes from three separate product photos onto one model in a single gpt-image-2.5 edit on Sume, with a reference order that holds.
AI presenter video for job postings: 25 roles, 20 seconds each
25 twenty-second hiring clips from one recruiter avatar cost $122.50 on Plus or $92.00 on Standard, plus $0.95 once, at Sume's listed rates.
Amazon Sponsored Brands video: no letterboxing, lower right clear
Amazon's Sponsored Brands video spec says avoid letterboxing and keep text out of the lower right. Test both on a still pulled with Sume video frames.
App Store app preview: one 886x1920 master covers four iPhone sizes
Apple lists 886x1920 for the 6.9, 6.5, 6.3 and 6.1 inch iPhone app previews. Cut one 15 to 30 second master with Sume video trim, then probe it.
One voice in 23 languages: a test matrix to run before you commit
MAI-Voice-2.1 claims one voice with a native accent in 23 languages. Build a 23-line audition matrix and cost it before you promise it to a market.
Clipper channel with permission: does YouTube still count it?
YouTube's page says promoting others' content is not allowed even with permission. What a clipper channel must add, plus trim and caption mechanics.
Unreadable captions on bright Reels: dim 0.45, check for free
Burned-in captions vanish on bright footage. Sume video filter dim 0.45 darkens luma; the /video-filter/check endpoint validates the program at no charge.
ChatGPT Try On saves a reference photo: what your own flow should keep
OpenAI's Try On keeps a reference photo you can delete. If you build your own try-on on Sume, decide what you store, what you send, and what you link back.
Best-of compilation of your own Shorts: does it count as original?
YouTube lists compilations with no original content as non-original. For your own clips the pages are silent. What to add so a best-of earns its place.
Does YouTube's originality update demonetize Shorts?
As reported, the Oct 1 change affects Shorts recommendations while monetization stays under the existing reused-content policy. What that means.
Dub a video, keep the music: Sume has no stem splitter, so do this
Sume can detach a video's audio and re-voice a script, but its docs list no vocal and music separation. A clean workaround with a new music bed and ducking.
Edits assistant: US-only, daily cap, and what Sume covers instead
Edits assistant rolled out Sept 30 2026 to US users with a free daily prompt limit. What Sume docs cover for the media steps, and what they do not.
Edits beat markers: cut to the beat with Sume Timeline start times
Edits auto-detects beats in your audio. Sume docs describe no beat detection, but a known BPM gives exact cut times for Timeline video slots. Script included.
Edits teleprompter script: check the recorded pace with video inspect
Instagram Edits has a teleprompter. After recording, Sume video inspect returns a transcript at $0.01 per audio minute, so you can compute words per minute.
Reel end card: trim the last 3 s, then overlay a still
Sume timeline-compose holds a still for the whole clip, so an end card on the last 3 seconds needs a trim first. Trim, compose, then join in Timeline.
Flat-lay garment photo to on-model image with GPT Image 2.5
Turn a flat-lay or hanger photo into an on-model image with openai/gpt-image-2.5 on Sume: reference order, aspect ratio auto, and a quality ladder.
Virtual try-on for a sofa in a room photo: image edit with Sume
ChatGPT Try On covers clothes and accessories. For a sofa or wall art in a room photo, use gpt-image-2.5 with input_references and an optional mask_url on Sume.