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
Clothing care instructions video: wash and dry steps on screen
A care video can repeat the label's wash and dry steps but cannot replace the label. What the FTC Care Labeling Rule page says and how to caption it on Sume.
Flat-pack furniture assembly video: real footage, trimmed steps
Film each assembly step once, trim it for $0.02, caption it with exact cues for $0.20. Add a wall-anchor step, since CPSC cites 199 child tip-over deaths.
Gift Unwrap Reveal Video: Wrapped-Box Photo to Product Photo
Turn a photo of a wrapped box and a photo of the product into an unwrap reveal: first frame, last frame, which Sume models take both, and what to check.
Conversation rehearsal with AI video: Griffin or recorded clips
Tavus lists rehearsing hard workplace talks for Griffin. A recorded version on Sume: one avatar per clip, with a silence beat where the learner replies.
AI repair guidance video: Griffin's idea, Sume's step clips
Tavus lists technical troubleshooting among Griffin's uses. For fixed repair steps, Sume can render a short clip per step with captions and a product image.
Limited-edition holiday packaging: concept renders from one photo
Preview a holiday sleeve or box on your real product photo with Ideogram 4.5 edits on Sume: reference limits, quality tiers, and what each draft costs.
Personalized gift video with a name: Ideogram edit, cues and cost
Put a customer's name on a gift card still with an Ideogram 4.5 edit, animate it, and burn exact caption cues for the name. The per-recipient cost on Sume.
Return policy explainer video for holiday shoppers: avatar, 4-60 s
Turn your own return window into a short talking video. Shopify sets return rules in admin; Sume's avatar route renders 4-60 seconds, and you write the policy.
Selfie or full-body photo for AI try-on: what to send
TechCrunch says ChatGPT Try On takes a selfie or full-body photo. Which suits which item, and how to send a photo plus a garment to Sume's image API.
Slow narration for language learners: what speed 0.6 does to cost
Slow TTS narration to speed 0.6 for learners. The price stays per character, but the audio gets longer, which moves the render and caption steps after it.
TikTok LIVE event teaser video: date and time on screen
Make a 9:16 teaser for a scheduled TikTok LIVE with the date, time and time zone burned in as exact caption cues. $0.22 per clip on Sume; check each frame.
AI image with a working QR code: Muse Image uses code, others guess
Meta says Muse Image runs code to make accurate QR codes. Image models just draw one that may not scan. Generate the art, then add a real QR yourself.
AI thumbnail variants in one call: n=4, pick one, then polish
Ask for four thumbnail options in one POST /v1/images call with n up to 4, pick the best by eye, then run a polish edit. Cost per step and when n is a waste.
Amazon DVA+ rolls out from late October: get your video assets ready
Amazon says DVA+ begins rolling out in late October and advertisers approve creatives before launch. A checklist for preparing holiday video assets with Sume.
Black Friday audio ad read: a TTS voice over a music bed
Produce a 30-second Black Friday ad read: write to character count, generate with Sume TTS, add a short music bed and mix. Costs and limits included.
Cost to research a competitor ad: search plus video analysis
Researching one reference video costs $0.40 on Sume: a $0.10 trending search plus a $0.30 video analysis. Ten references cost $4.00 before any generation.
Testimonial video from a written review: quote cards over B-roll
Turn a written customer review into a 20-second video: generate B-roll, burn the quote with caption cues, and credit the source honestly. Costs and limits.
Diwali greeting video from photos: music bed and Timeline render
Make a 20-second Diwali greeting video from four photos: generate an instrumental bed with Music Router, add fades, and render vertically for status posts.
Event recap video from phone clips: trim, join, add music
Make a 45-second recap from phone footage: trim each clip at $0.02, join with fades in one Timeline render at $0.10, and add a $0.125 music bed.
GPT Image 2.5 drafts at low quality, then a final: cost and steps
fal lists GPT Image 2.5 at $0.00588 low and $0.05268 high for 1024 squares. Draft four options at low, pick one, then redo it at high. Sume steps and the catch.
Halloween product teaser: a 15-second vertical clip from one still
Make a 15-second Halloween teaser for a product with Seedance 2.5 on Sume: first-frame still, 9:16 at 720p, native audio, and how to read the price first.
Log the exact video model id per shot after Runway model removals
When a vendor retires a video model, a logged model id turns the audit into a query. Record it on every shot, and know what Sume echoes.
Translate text inside an image: one Nano Banana 2 edit per language
Google says Nano Banana 2 can translate and localize text within an image. Loop one edit per language through Sume POST /v1/images and keep the layout fixed.
Podcast audiogram API: audio plus a cover still in one render
Make a podcast audiogram video from an audio clip and a cover image with Timeline 1.0: spine, still slot, square output and the cost per minute.
Turn a product changelog into a 30-second update video
Convert release notes into a short update video: pick three changes, write a 70-word script, voice it with TTS, add real screenshots and render with Timeline.
Product photo on a white background: one image edit call on Sume
Turn a messy product photo into a clean white-background shot with one POST /v1/images edit. Which model, which fields, and what to check before you publish.
Listing photos to a narrated tour video with TTS and Timeline
Turn ten listing photos into a 45-second narrated tour: write the script, get word timestamps from TTS, then render stills on a Timeline spine for about $0.15.
Run one video prompt across five Sume models: a Python bake-off
Submit the same prompt to five Sume video models, choose each model's resolution from the catalog, and compare cost and time. Runnable code under 30 lines.
Yearbook slideshow video: photos, narration and music in one render
Build a 90-second class slideshow: 18 photos on a Timeline 1.0 spine with fades, TTS narration, and a Music Router bed. Costs worked out, with limits.
Shoppable videos on Shop: make the vertical product clips with Sume
Shopify's Winter '26 Edition covers shoppable videos on Shop. How to produce a set of vertical product clips for a Shopify store from product stills with Sume.
Synthesia Sessions alternative: avatar briefing clips by API
Synthesia launched Sessions for live avatar roleplay. Sume renders scripted avatar clips instead: what that covers in sales training, and what it does not.
Thanksgiving recipe video: step cards with caption cues
Make a 40-second Thanksgiving recipe video from five phone shots: join them in Timeline 1.0, burn numbered step cards with caption cues, add a music bed.
Walmart Sponsored Videos run 5 to 45 seconds: cut yours to length
Walmart Connect says Sponsored Videos run between five and 45 seconds. How to trim a finished product video to that window with Sume's video-trim endpoint.
Wan 3.0 30-second drafts at 480p, then the 1080p final: cost on Sume
Alibaba lists Wan 3.0 at $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 a second. A 30-second shot is $1.50, $3.00 or $6.00 at list; Sume's list x 1.25 makes it $1.875, $3.75 or $7.50.
Webinar highlight reel: trim five moments, stitch, add cue captions
Cut a 60-second webinar highlight reel from a recording: five trims at $0.02, one Timeline render at $0.10, and caption cues at $0.20, about $0.40 in total.
Wedding highlight video: keep the vows audio, cut the rest
Cut a 2-minute wedding highlight from guest clips: take vows audio with audio-detach, place clips over it in Timeline 1.0, and add a quiet music bed.
YouTube channel trailer: trim three clips, add music, 30 seconds
Build a 30-second channel trailer: trim three best moments at $0.02 each, join them in Timeline 1.0 for $0.10, and add a Lyria music bed at $0.125.
Accessible transcript for a video page: Sume transcript, then review
Get a timed transcript of your video from Sume's video inspect for $0.01 a minute, then correct it by ear. Silent clips fail, and no output is pre-certified.
Storyboard animatic from stills with a Sume timeline
Check pacing and shot order before paying for video: render storyboard stills as a silent Timeline 1.0 animatic, with an unbilled plan call first.
Avatar UGC ad: captions.status failed but the video is fine, now what
Inline captions on a Sume avatar video soft-fail: the job can succeed with a clean video_url and captions.status failed. Re-caption it standalone for $0.20.
Build a 3-minute YouTube Short from clips with Sume Timeline
Stitch several clips into one Short of up to 180 seconds with Timeline 1.0: fades, a looped music bed with ducking, and the $0.30 render for three minutes.
Bulk run says completed: re-queue only the failed holiday SKUs
A Sume bulk queue is completed once every item is terminal, not once all succeed. Read counts.failed, then re-queue only those under a new idempotency key.
Gift guide video from 20 product stills: Timeline plan and render
Hold 20 product stills for 3 seconds each over one voiceover in Timeline 1.0. Plan it free, expect a chunked render past 12 slots, and cap fades at 8 in a row.
GPT Image 2.5 ad headline text: quote the copy, test medium vs high
For an ad still with a headline, quote the exact words, state position and type style, and render at medium and high to compare. A Sume script and its cost.
Ad still from a packshot: tell GPT Image 2.5 what must not move
Turn a product packshot into an ad still with GPT Image 2.5 by listing what must not move: shape, colour, label text. A Sume request and a checklist.
Keep the same face in a GPT Image 2.5 edit: the prompt block to use
To keep a person recognisable in a GPT Image 2.5 edit, send the photo as a reference and spell out what must not change. The exact wording and a Sume call.
Check 200 holiday clips before upload with a free probe-only inspect
A video-inspect call with frames false is a probe with no stills and no charge. Use it as a pre-upload audio gate, then pull stills only for clips you doubt.
Hour-long podcast video to clips: the 1800-second source cap
Sume's trim, detach and inspect tools read sources up to 1800 seconds, so a 60-minute episode must be split before import. Limits and a safe split plan.