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
Test three caption looks on one video without re-transcribing
Burn a video once, then restyle it twice with source_caption_id. Word timings are reused, so no second speech-to-text. Each render is still $0.20.
Crop the browser bar off a screen recording with video filter
Crop browser chrome or a sidebar off a SaaS screen recording using Sume video-filter crop fractions. Free /check first, $0.02 per encode, 300-second cap.
Gemini app locks the chat while a video renders: run several at once
Gemini says a video takes a few minutes and you can't use that chat meanwhile. On Sume, valid jobs queue by plan: 1 at a time on Free, 4 on Pro, 20 on Scale.
Gemini Omni in Google Vids: where editing your own video is blocked
Google Vids can edit any video with Gemini Omni, except non-AI footage in the EEA, UK, Switzerland, Texas and Illinois. Plans, dates, and a Sume edit call.
Google Ads video voice-over: 5 messages, 150 characters each
Google Ads voice-over adds up to 5 text-to-speech messages of 150 characters to a campaign video. What it limits, and what to use for longer localized scripts.
Google product variants need an image each: make one per colour
Google's ProductGroup markup wants each variant to have its own image, ID and URL. Generate one image per colour from a single product photo with Sume.
Help-center article from a product video: one still per step
Combine video inspect sentence segments with video frames at[] to get a screenshot at each step start. 24 stills max per call, 300-second clip cap.
Instagram Reels Align tool: get the last frame of a clip with Sume
Instagram's Align tool overlays your last clip's final frame. To get that frame from a finished file, probe the duration, then ask Sume video frames for it.
Instagram Reels length: 3 minutes, 15 or 20? Which limit applies
Instagram pages and the API list three different Reels maximums: 3 minutes, 15 minutes and 20 minutes. Which one binds for the app, for a guide and for the API.
Instagram Reels speed control 0.5x to 3x: what Sume can't retime
Instagram's Reels camera offers 0.5x slow motion and 2x to 3x fast forward. Sume's trim and filter docs have no speed control. What to do instead.
Instagram Reels template: music plus 3 clips, how to build the cut
Instagram only offers Reels as a template when they have music and at least 3 clips. How to build a 3-clip, one-track vertical cut with Sume Timeline 1.0.
Long video to Instagram Reels: pick cuts from sentence segments
Turn a long talk into Reels by transcribing with sentence segments, choosing 15 to 60 second ranges, then cutting them with video trim. Limits and costs.
Meta catalog ads show video: make a product clip for every SKU
Meta says catalog ad sets with product video saw 20% more conversions per dollar. Queue a Sume Format clip per SKU, up to 100 per bulk run, and poll it.
Narrate a 2,000-word blog post with an AI voice: cost and steps
A 2,000-word post is roughly 12,000 characters, so one Sume TTS job at $0.0475 per 1,000 characters. The steps, settings and what to check before publishing.
Burn a rolling headline sequence onto a muted news clip
Put timed headlines on a muted news clip with video-captions cues, a card colour and anchor_ratio. $0.20 per clip up to 60 seconds, no speech needed.
Pull newsletter quotes from a video, with timestamps, via the API
Video inspect with transcribe and sentence segmentation returns timed sentences for $0.01 per audio minute, so a newsletter can link each quote to its moment.
Just sold video: put a SOLD plate over a listing tour clip
Make a just-sold video from an existing listing tour: overlay a SOLD plate PNG with Timeline compose, keep the original audio, one $0.02 job.
Weekly specials video for every restaurant location: one bulk run
One bulk run of up to 100 Format runs makes a weekly specials video per location. Concurrency 1 to 16, per-item webhooks, and the counts.failed check.
Shorts Audio Library music in a brand Short: personal use only?
YouTube says Shorts music library tracks are free but for personal, non-commercial use. For brand Shorts, read the terms or generate your own track.
Replace an ad read in a podcast episode: one concat job, no editor
Swap a 30-second ad in a finished podcast file by concatenating three parts with source_in and duration on Sume Timeline audio. $0.01 flat, wav or mp3.
Text to speech from a PDF with an API: extract, chunk, narrate
Sume's TTS takes text, not PDF files. Extract the text, split it under 20,000 characters, narrate each chunk, then join the audio. Costs and limits included.
TikTok-style hook, demo, CTA in one 9:16 avatar video call
Build a 12-second 9:16 hook, demo and CTA clip with Sume Avatar video_inputs, a silent demo beat and tiktok-green captions in a single request.
TikTok Multilingual tool: translated ad audio and captions
TikTok's Multilingual tool translates an ad's audio and adds captions per device language, but only in Smart+ campaigns. What it covers and what Sume adds.
AI video shows more units than you ship? TikTok Shop's quantity rule
TikTok Shop bars AI that shows more products than the buyer receives. Pull stills from an AI clip with Sume video frames and count the units before posting.
TikTok Shop listing video: one per product, 5 MB, made with Sume
TikTok Shop's listing policy allows one video per product, 5MB at most. How to size an AI product clip to fit with Sume, and what Sume cannot control.
TikTok Shop's nine-image set: white main image, no repeated angles
TikTok Shop wants a pure white front main image and up to nine images, no repeated angle. A nine-shot plan and the Sume calls that keep the product exact.
TikTok Shop on-screen prices: round up never down, state the terms
TikTok Shop lets you round $19.99 up to $20 but never down, and promo terms must be explicit. Generate the price captions per SKU with Sume cues.
TikTok Shop 'results may vary': adding the disclaimer to an AI clip
TikTok Shop allows disclaimers only for before-and-after and time-based results, worded 'results may vary'. Burn the line into a clip with Sume captions.
TikTok Shop skin-smoothing filter ban: AI beauty video rules
TikTok Shop bans skin-smoothing and instant-effect filters, with no disclaimer exemption. What to avoid in an AI beauty clip and what Sume can show.
TikTok Spark Ads translation skips text burned into the video
TikTok's viewer-side Spark Ads translation does not translate text inside the creative or AI-generated ads. Burn captions per market instead.
TikTok Translate and Dub: lip-sync limits and the AI label
TikTok's Translate and Dub in Symphony Creative Studio can clone the voice and lip-sync, but not for crowds or covered mouths. Texas and Illinois are excluded.
Vocabulary flashcard video: one still and one spoken word per card
Build a vocabulary flashcard video: one image and one TTS word per card, joined with Timeline audio concat, then re-based into render slots from segments[].
Why is my YouTube Short private? The default for ages 13 to 17
YouTube sets new Shorts to private by default for creators aged 13 to 17 and public for 18 and up. Change it at upload, then publish; Sume does not upload.
YouTube Create: Nano Banana from 3 images, then animate with Omni
YouTube Create lets Nano Banana use up to 3 reference images and Omni animate a clip. The same two steps on Sume: an image job, then image_url into video.
YouTube localized thumbnails and titles: a per-language checklist
YouTube lets you translate titles and descriptions and upload a thumbnail per language. A checklist, and where Sume's image and caption tools fit.
No Shorts camera on iPad or tablet? Record elsewhere, then upload
YouTube's Android help says the Shorts camera is unavailable on tablets. Upload a square or vertical video up to 3 minutes from Studio, or make one with Sume.
YouTube Shorts 'Get feedback': hook and pacing, plus Sume inspect
Tap Get feedback in the YouTube Shorts editor for an analysis of hook and pacing. Sume's video inspect adds stills and a timed transcript, but no score.
YouTube Shorts speed tool: slow motion and timelapse, and Sume
The Shorts camera has a Speed tool to slow or speed a clip. Sume's docs list no retime control, so do speed in YouTube and use Sume for the rest.
YouTube Shorts title limit: 100 characters, and a batch checker
YouTube's Shorts upload flow caps titles at 100 characters. A short Python script checks a batch of titles before you upload, with no API key.
Shorts 'Viewed vs swiped away': test your first frame with Sume
Viewed vs swiped away is the share of viewers who stayed versus swiped past your Short. Pull candidate first frames with Sume's video frames route.
YouTube subtitle file garbled? Save it as UTF-8, or burn captions
YouTube wants plain UTF-8 text for caption files. If accents or Hangul turn to boxes, re-save as UTF-8, or burn captions with Sume where the font is documented.
One 30-second AI clip or six short shots? A practical way to decide
A 30-second generation is one continuous take; six shots joined in Timeline give more control. Compare cost, retries, and consistency before you pick.
480p draft, 1080p final on Seedance 2.5: no seed, so a new take
Seedance 2.5 on Sume accepts 480p, 720p and 1080p, but no v1 model takes a seed. A cheap draft previews the idea, not the shot. How to use drafts honestly.
Turn a finished ad still into a short clip with a first frame
Send the approved still as frame_images with frame_type first_frame on POST /v1/videos. Which models accept it, and how to pick a duration, from Sume's docs.
Creator content live by mid-October for Black Friday: a plan
One agency advises having Advantage+ Shopping with creator content live by mid-October for Black Friday 2026-11-27. A plan and a Sume clip pipeline.
A client sign-off sheet for AI ad clips: one row per clip
Columns for a sign-off sheet on AI-generated ad clips, which Sume fields fill each, and what the client is actually approving. For agencies sending batches.
AI ad disclosure record: the Sume job fields to save per clip
A per-clip record that answers a platform or client query: model, prompt, job id and date from a Sume job, plus the label decision, in one sheet row.
AI music for ads: five license questions to ask before you pay to run
Before AI music backs paid media, ask five questions: training data, rights after cancelling, downloads, stated terms and records. Reported facts are marked.