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
Voice agent hits voicemail: write and record the message with TTS
ElevenLabs agents added Twilio answering-machine detection on 2026-09-07. What your agent should say to a machine, and how to pre-record it with Sume TTS.
Change the price on an ad banner for each market: an edit loop
One banner, three markets: a Python loop that sends one edit per price with an Idempotency-Key, so a retry never pays for the same banner twice.
Bedtime story audio: slow narrator and lullaby bed on Sume
Make a bedtime story track: slow TTS narration, an instrumental lullaby from Music, mixed with Timeline ducking, then an mp3. Steps and cost.
Blind-test AI music models with one brief: Sume Music Router ids
New music models launch monthly (Suno v6, ElevenLabs Music v2.5). A simple blind test with one brief, and the three routable ids Sume's router accepts.
Can an AI avatar go live on TikTok? Sume makes clips, not streams
A summary reports TikTok live needs 1,000 followers and age 16 or older. Sume renders 4-60 second avatar clips, not live video. What it can do around a live.
Did the model use your first frame? Check t=0 with video frames
After image-to-video, extract the frame at 0 seconds with POST /v1/video-frames and compare it to your input still. Unbilled, 1 to 24 stills per call.
Do AI captions need an AI label on TikTok? What was reported
A snippet reports TikTok needs no AI label for AI-assisted captions, color grading or thumbnails. Where that stops and what burning captions with Sume changes.
Does an AI product image need a TikTok label? One summary says yes
One summary lists photorealistic AI product images and backgrounds among TikTok's label triggers. How that maps to images made with Sume, and what to record.
Editable ad layers without a layer model: composite PNGs in Pillow
Sume returns flat images, not layered files. Generate a background and transparent elements as separate calls, then stack them yourself with Pillow.
ElevenLabs Music rights after you cancel: keep a license file
ElevenLabs reportedly keeps music rights after cancellation. What to record per track, in any AI music tool, so you can prove what you used. Not legal advice.
After a frame-rate change: conform the clip in Sume Video trim
Got a clip at 48 or 120 fps back from an Enhance Frame Rate tool? Sume Video trim re-encodes to 24, 25, 30 or 60 fps and 256 to 2160 px, for $0.02 per job.
Find dead air in a voice-agent call recording with STT word gaps
Long silences hurt voice-agent calls. Transcribe a recording with Sume STT and list every pause over a threshold, with times. Python sketch.
Put the headline on in code: a text-free AI image plus Pillow
When the copy must be exact, ask the model for a text-free image with space for it, then draw the headline in Pillow. The text is then yours, not the model's.
Higgsfield's six launches in three days: what to re-test
Higgsfield's changelog lists six items from 2026-09-29 to 10-01. A re-test list for an ad team, with the Sume route to check for each one.
Citing a platform's AI rule to a client: reported vs platform page
How to write platform AI rules into client documents: quote the platform page, mark third-party summaries as reported, and add a read date.
AI avatar Instagram account: Avatar 1.0 clips, then label the profile
A workflow for an Instagram account fronted by a generated character: create it with Avatar 1.0, render 9:16 English clips, then add the AI profile label.
Instagram carousel with AI characters: label wording, 10-image set
The Instagram label description says images may feature AI-generated characters. What that means for a carousel built with Sume Images, and the n limit.
Appealing Instagram's AI generated profile label: records to keep
A snippet says notified profiles can add the AI label or appeal. What evidence to keep, including Sume job records, and why they cannot prove a person is real.
Instagram renamed the AI creator label to AI generated profile
Instagram changed its profile label from AI creator to AI generated profile and said unlabeled AI personas can have reach limited. What changed and the dates.
Instagram limits reach of unlabeled AI personas: check Account Status
Social Media Today reports Instagram limits reach for unlabeled AI profiles; a snippet says Account Status shows eligibility. What to check and in what order.
Keep one look across a video series with reference images
A restyle tool keeps one style per clip; for a series, send the same reference image with every Sume video request. How input_references works.
Luma Ray3.2 takes 16 keyframes; on Sume, chain first/last-frame clips
Ray3.2 accepts up to 16 keyframes in one clip. Sume's video models take a first and last frame, so 16 keyframes means 15 chained clips joined in Timeline.
Meta removed ad-set placement exclusions: render every ratio
Per Common Thread, Meta removed ad-set placement exclusions on 2026-08-21. If you cannot opt out of a placement, render every ratio your list needs.
Meta Creative Diversity Score: Low, Medium, High, and what to do
Meta added a Creative Diversity Score on 2026-08-26 with Low, Medium and High levels, per one agency summary. What it says, what it leaves out, what to do.
Music bed under narration: the no-spoken-word clause for Lyria 3.5
To get a music bed that stays out of a voiceover's way, end the Sume music prompt with no vocals, no spoken word, then duck it under the voice in Timeline.
Score a scene from its still: image_url on Sume music, Lyria 3.5
Pass the accepted scene still as image_url on a Sume music request so the score matches the picture. What the field accepts, what it does not, and the cost.
One score or contrasting cues: briefing Lyria 3.5 per scene
For a video with several scenes, decide first: one consistent score or contrasting cues. Sume's music docs give the rule for each, including a 12 BPM gap.
One product in five settings: image references and 4:5 for ad variants
Make five distinct scene variants of one product photo with Sume's Image API input_references at 4:5 for a Meta ad set. Request shape, limits and a Python loop.
Plan a 20-ad test: four hooks times five visuals
Twenty ads from one product is four hooks times five visuals. How to lay out the grid so you learn which half won, and how to name the files.
Replace a disputed music track across 20 ads with Timeline
Re-render 20 finished ads with a new music bed using Sume Timeline's soundtrack field: $0.10 per output minute, plan step unbilled, plus a checklist to keep.
Royalty-free AI music for TikTok ads: what the phrase does not settle
Royalty-free does not mean licensed for ads or cleared for a platform. What to check for AI music before a TikTok ad, using reported facts and a record to keep.
Runway Enhance Frame Rate on a Sume clip: get the MP4 first
Runway says Enhance Frame Rate works on any video, not only Runway-made. To run it on a Sume clip, download the finished job's MP4 from its content URL.
Suno lawsuits still pending: a risk checklist for ad music
Suno v6 is trained on licensed data, yet TechCrunch reports suits from Sony, UMG and artists continue. A checklist for using any AI music in an ad.
A 10-minute avatar module on Sume: ten jobs, priced by tier
Sume avatar videos run 4 to 60 seconds, so a 10-minute module is ten jobs and a join. Standard comes to $110.40 and plus to $147.00, by arithmetic from list.
Text edited in an ad image: a dimension check before you ship
After an AI text replacement, compare output and source dimensions in Pillow. Stretched or recropped edits are caught in one assert, before the ad goes live.
TikTok's reported 24 hours to disclose or appeal, and a burned-in fix
A brand-agency summary reports TikTok gives 24 hours to add a disclosure or appeal. A plan for that day, and a Sume captions call that burns the line in.
TikTok 90-day violation window: a label ledger for AI batches
If a summary's 90-day violation window is right, one unlabeled batch can cost a posting ban. Build a per-clip ledger from Sume job ids before you post.
TikTok bans AI-generated endorsements: avatar demo or testimonial?
A brand-agency summary reports TikTok prohibits AI-generated endorsements. How to tell an avatar product demo from a testimonial before you write the script.
TikTok AI label penalties: the four tiers one summary reports
A third-party summary lists four TikTok penalty tiers for unlabeled AI content, from a warning to a ban. What it says, what it leaves out, and what to log.
TikTok AI label triggers mapped to the Sume tools that cause them
A reported list of TikTok label triggers, matched to the Sume surface that produces each one: Avatar 1.0, Face Swap Beta, Images, and Video.
AI thumbnail or real frame for TikTok? The label angle, and a pick
A snippet reports AI-assisted thumbnails need no TikTok label. Pick a real cover frame with Sume video frames, or generate one and treat it as AI content.
TikTok joins the C2PA steering committee: what to log per AI clip
TikTok is reported to have joined the C2PA Steering Committee in July 2026. What that suggests about provenance checks, and the record to keep for each clip.
TikTok's reported detection methods and what to check in your clip
A summary reports TikTok flags AI via C2PA metadata, visual artifacts and audio fingerprinting. What you can check first with Sume inspect and audio detach.
TikTok impersonation deepfake ban: use face swap with your own avatar
A summary reports TikTok prohibits impersonation deepfakes. Sume's Face Swap (Beta) puts a ready avatar into a video. How to use it without impersonating.
AI background behind real product footage: TikTok's reported rule
Audit Socials reports TikTok wants a label on photorealistic AI backgrounds. When real product footage sits on a generated scene, and what to record with Sume.
Real-person deepfake on TikTok: the reported 30-day tier and avatars
A summary reports a 30-day TikTok suspension for real-person deepfakes. What that means when an avatar starts from a photo, and what to keep on file.
Preflight an AI UGC ad for TikTok: is the disclosure on screen?
Undisclosed commercial content can be reach-limited, one summary reports. Use Sume video frames and inspect to confirm the burned-in line before you upload.
Unlabeled AI video flagged after posting: what to do on TikTok
A summary reports unlabeled AI content flagged later may get a temporary distribution hold. A recovery plan and what Sume can and cannot fix after posting.