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
Korea AI Basic Act: who must label AI video, provider or user?
Under Korea's AI Basic Act the duty rests on AI providers and operators, not private users. What that means for a business that renders video through an API.
New York FAIR News Act: AI video labels and what is pending
New York's FAIR News Act would require a label on news video substantially made by generative AI. It awaits the governor; here is what the sources say.
Pinterest Performance+ Creative picks by asset: feed it variants
Pinterest says Performance+ Creative now chooses at asset level, not ad level. Fill it with distinct product images and clips by queueing a Sume bulk run.
Real estate walkthrough with no voiceover: burn room labels
A silent listing walkthrough has no speech to caption, so Sume's caption job needs cues. Burn room names, price and address at set times with video-captions.
Snapchat Ghost watermark on AI images: can you remove it?
Snapchat marks exported AI images with a Ghost-and-sparkles watermark and says removing it violates its terms. What it covers and what it leaves unlabeled.
Snapchat Saved Stories: 5-minute cap and 45-character titles
A Snap Saved Story can combine snaps up to 5 minutes with a title of 45 characters. Plan an avatar series as episodes of 60 seconds or less to fit the cap.
Sora shutdown audit: which feature did you use, what replaces it
OpenAI shut down Sora 2 and the Videos API on September 24 with no replacement. A feature-by-feature checklist of what Sume covers and what it does not.
YouTube auto dubbing: 120-minute limit and no edits, so what now
YouTube dubs videos up to 120 minutes and will not let you edit a dub. When a clip is ineligible or wrong, here is the Sume pipeline for dubbing it yourself.
Clip your own long video into Shorts: is it still original?
YouTube has not said how its Oct 1, 2026 originality update treats Shorts cut from your own long video. What is known, and how to cut with video trim.
YouTube cuts reach for reposted Shorts: what counts as original
YouTube said on Oct 1, 2026 that Shorts recommendations will favor original work. What it said is not enough, and what Sume can and cannot change.
YouTube Shorts series: 180-second episodes, make a season in batch
YouTube Shorts series group Shorts into seasons of episodes up to 180 seconds. Plan a season, keep one look, and batch the jobs on Sume.
YouTube Studio AI clip suggestions: 10 countries; clips elsewhere
YouTube's AI clip suggestions are limited to ten countries and select languages. Outside them, find moments from a transcript and cut podcast clips with Sume.
YouTube thumbnail test: 3 variants, 2 weeks, desktop only
YouTube's A/B test takes up to three thumbnails and picks by watch time. Generate three distinct 16:9 candidates in one Sume image call and keep them testable.
YouTube video A/B testing of three cuts: build them with Sume
YouTube says Studio will test up to three cuts of a video. Prepare three openings with video trim and a Timeline plan before you pay for any render.
Adobe: do not remove Content Credentials. Check before you trim a clip
Adobe's Gen AI guidelines say users must not remove, alter or disable Content Credentials. Before a trim or filter on Sume, test whether your file keeps them.
Airbnb listing photo size: 1024x683 landscape, then a Reel
Airbnb says listing photos should be at least 1024 x 683 px and landscape. Keep the listing real, then turn the same photos into a 9:16 promo with Sume.
Allegro image rules: 500 px minimum, 2560 max, no logos
Allegro needs the longer side at least 500 px and at most 2560 x 2560, in JPG, PNG or WEBP, with no store logos or text. Check the account image limits first.
Apartments.com photos: 2,048 px, JPG or PNG, no B&W
Apartments.com suggests 2,048 px on the longest side, JPG or PNG, owned by you and no black and white. Its two help pages disagree on GIF and file size.
Apple Podcasts audio specs vs Sume TTS mp3 44.1 kHz 128 kbps
Apple Podcasts wants 44.1 kHz audio, about -16 LKFS and, for WAV or FLAC, stereo. What Sume TTS mp3 output meets and what you must still measure yourself.
Deezer: 85% of AI-track streams fraudulent. Use Sume Music for beds
Deezer says up to 85% of streams on fully AI tracks were fraudulent in 2025 and demonetized. Why Sume Music fits video beds better than streaming releases.
Deezer tags AI music: what to keep from a Sume Music job
Deezer tags fully AI-generated tracks and removes them from recommendations and editorial playlists. What a Sume Music job returns and what record to keep.
Demand Gen one-click image ads: match the landing page
Google's September 2026 Demand Gen Drop adds one-click landing pages from image ads on YouTube Shorts and Gmail. Make a matching page hero with Sume.
DoorDash menu photos: 1400x800, 16:9, unedited. Use AI elsewhere
DoorDash wants menu photos at least 1400x800, 16:9, under 2 MB and unedited. Keep AI out of the menu; make promo clips and ads from the same photo with Sume.
ElevenLabs Avatars Flows batch hooks vs Sume idempotent submits
ElevenLabs integrates Avatars with Flows to batch products, languages and hooks. How to batch avatar videos in Sume with idempotency keys.
Facebook Page photos: 320x320 profile, 16:9 and 2.4:1 cover
Facebook recommends a 320 x 320 Page profile picture cropped to a circle and a cover that shows 16:9 on computer, 2.4:1 on mobile. Make one safe-zone cover.
FCC: AI voices in calls are artificial under the TCPA. A checklist
The FCC's February 2024 ruling treats AI-generated voices in calls as artificial under the TCPA, so consent is needed. What to check before a TTS-driven call.
Google Business Profile photo checklist: 3 of each category
Google suggests at least 3 exterior, 3 interior, 3 product and 3 team photos on a business profile. Use a script to count your folder and spot the gaps.
Google Business Profile video: 30 seconds, 75 MB, 720p
Google Business Profile videos can be up to 30 seconds, 75 MB and 720p or higher. Cut a longer promo clip to length with Sume's video trim, one call.
Local Services Ads photos: 640x640, 10 MB, no phone numbers
Local Services Ads business photos need 640 x 640 px or more, up to 10 MB and 100 images per account, with no phone numbers shown. Plan a compliant set.
Merchant Center: AI product images must keep AI metadata
Google Merchant Center says generative-AI images must contain metadata marking them AI-generated. Check your exported file with exiftool before uploading.
Mercari lets you add 12 photos: a 12-shot plan
Mercari allows up to 12 photos per listing and shows the first one first. Plan the set, and use Sume only for promo clips made from your real shots.
AI image edit comes back stretched or recropped: use aspect_ratio auto
Midjourney's editor now preserves the original aspect ratio. On the Sume image API, edits keep the shape of your photo only if you send aspect_ratio auto.
Nextdoor ad images: 1080x1080 or 2:1, 30 MB, 120-char headline
Nextdoor image ads use 1:1 at 1080 x 1080 or 2:1 at 1080 x 540, JPG or PNG up to 30 MB. Make the 1:1 with Sume and crop a 2:1 locally.
OpenAI TTS requires AI-voice disclosure: burn it with Sume cues
OpenAI's TTS guide says to tell users the voice is AI-generated. A Sume caption job can burn that notice into video with authored cues, no ASR.
Poshmark listing photos are 3:4 portrait: how to make them
Since March 2026 Poshmark listing and cover photos are portrait 3:4 instead of square. Request 3:4 from the Sume Image API and reframe old square shots.
Rightmove AI photo rules: light touch vs enhanced edits
Rightmove's January 2026 guidelines allow AI-edited property images only if not misleading, labelled, and paired with current, accurate images of the room.
Rightmove watermark rules: white, 30% opacity, quarter size
Rightmove allows only white, translucent watermarks, at most a quarter of the image and 30% opacity or lower. Check the rule before you brand property photos.
Snapchat's AI ad tools: image-to-video and Smart Upscale
Snap's June 2026 announcement adds Image-to-Video, Smart Upscale and Background Image Enhancement for ads. Here is what each does and the Sume equivalent.
Square item images: 2000x2000, 15 MB, 1:1 from AI
Square recommends item images of at least 2000 x 2000 px at 1:1, up to 15 MB. Use the Sume Image API 2K tier with a 1:1 ratio and check the pixel size.
Tennessee ELVIS Act and AI voice: a checklist for TTS projects
Tennessee's ELVIS Act, signed 21 March 2024, extends protection to voice. A consent checklist for AI voiceover, using the governor's page and Sume's TTS docs.
Toast menu images: 750x450, 5 MB, crop-safe dishes
Toast recommends 750 x 450 px menu item images up to 5 MB that may be cropped. Generate a 3:2 plate with Sume, then crop to 5:3 with a short script.
Uber Eats menu photo size: 5:4, one item, no text, no logos
Uber Eats menu photos should be 5:4 to 6:4, one item, no people, no text. Here is the rule list and how to prepare a crop with Sume's 5:4 aspect ratio.
Vinted bans edited and stock photos: what AI can still do
Vinted's rules say photos must show the item as it is with no image editing, and ban stock and watermarked pictures. Keep AI out of listings; use it for promos.
Vrbo photo rules: 6 photos, 1024x683, no overlays
Vrbo requires at least 6 published photos at 1024 x 683 or larger, with no text or watermark overlays. Plan a compliant gallery and use AI only for promos.
Walmart's AI content rule: accurate, truthful, rights-compliant
Walmart's image guide says AI-generated content must be accurate, truthful and rights-compliant, with no logos or non-English text. Review each output.
Wayfair image guide: five shot types, 1000x1000 minimum
Wayfair wants product images of at least 1,000 x 1,000 px in five shot types. Plan a silo, two environmental, functional and dimensional set from one packshot.
WCAG 1.2.5 audio description: narrate a video with TTS timestamps
WCAG 1.2.5 asks for audio description on prerecorded video. Build the narration track with Sume TTS word timings and timeline audio concat.
Wix Stores wants 3000x3000 images: check your model's cap
Wix Stores lists 3000 x 3000 px as its minimum product image. Check GET /v1/images/models for each model's largest size before you generate for it.