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
Faceless education video episodes, 1-5 minutes, on Sume Timeline
Build a 1-5 minute faceless education episode on Sume: one narration track plus scene stills on a Timeline 1.0 document you reuse for each new episode.
Fix color banding in AI video: the deband filter API
Visible steps in skies and gradients can be softened with the deband filter in Sume's video filter, with noise as a fallback. It returns a new MP4. Check free.
Fix washed-out, flat video: normalize or histeq filter API
Flat, washed-out footage can be auto-leveled with the normalize or histeq filter in Sume's video filter, or tuned by hand with colorlevels. Check it free first.
FLUX.2 interior design edit: repaint walls, swap flooring
Send a room photo as a public HTTPS image URL plus a prompt naming the change. BFL describes the FLUX.2 use case; Sume takes it as a reference edit.
FLUX infographic prompts: layout, icons, palette, one Sume request
BFL says to specify layout, content hierarchy, icons and color palette in a FLUX infographic prompt. Here is that prompt sent as one Sume image request.
FLUX UI mockup prompts: app screens and game UI via one API call
Describe layout, sections and visual style in the prompt, pick a portrait or landscape aspect_ratio, and use n to get several concepts in one Sume call.
AI frame interpolation API: 24 to 60 fps on Sume
Sume has no AI interpolation model. Timeline repeats or drops frames to reach 60 fps, video filter allows an ffmpeg framerate filter, and setpts is refused.
Gemini Media Watermark setting: visible off, SynthID stays
Gemini Apps' Media Watermark setting turns off only the visible mark. SynthID and Content Credentials stay on. India, South Korea and Vietnam need AI Ultra.
Hue shift a video's colors by API for a Candy Pink look
Shift a whole video's hue and saturation with the hue, vibrance and colorize filters on Sume's video filter. One encode job, one new MP4, no preset library.
Ideogram Sketch to Render API vs a Sume image reference edit
Ideogram's Sketch to Render turns a fashion sketch into garment imagery. On Sume, send the sketch URL in image_urls with a prompt describing materials.
Invert video colors by API with the negate filter
Send filtergraph negate to Sume's video filter to invert a clip's colors. A typo in the filter name is refused with invalid_filtergraph before any encode.
Add black frames to the start or end of a video with tpad
Use the tpad filter on Sume's video filter to add black frames before or after a clip. A few lines of graph, one encode job, a new MP4 with handles.
ProRes 4444 or PNG sequence from AI video: Sume returns MP4
Sume's video jobs return an MP4, not ProRes 4444 or a PNG sequence. Frame stills at times you name come from video frames as images. What to use instead.
Relight a video with AI by API: pixel filters or a prompted edit
Sume has no relight preset. Darken or lift tone with the dim op and exposure or eq filters, or describe new lighting in a video edit prompt. What each can do.
Seedance real-face reference images rejected: what to do
BytePlus says Seedance 2.5 and 2.0 do not accept reference images or videos with real human faces. The exceptions, and a safe reference plan on Sume.
Sepia or blue tint filter for video by API
Tint a clip sepia or blue with colorchannelmixer, colorbalance or monochrome in Sume's video filter. Presets and .cube LUT files are not available.
Sharpen video after an upscale: unsharp or cas filter API
Sharpen an upscaled clip with the unsharp or cas filter in Sume's video filter: one MP4 in, one new MP4 out, a flat per-job rate, and a free check first.
Split screen from one video by API: split and hstack
Put a clip beside its own filtered copy with split and hstack in Sume's video filter. One source in, one side-by-side MP4 out. Video filter takes only one clip.
Spotify AI credits in Song Credits: DDEX disclosure for AI music
Spotify shows AI credits in Song Credits only when your label or distributor submits the DDEX disclosure. No credit does not mean no AI. Keep job notes.
Stop-motion look at 12 fps: use the video filter fps filter
Timeline output.fps stops at 24, 25, 30 or 60. To get a choppy 12 fps look, run the fps filter in Sume's video filter and get a new MP4 for $0.02.
Sync dubbing in 92 languages vs building a dub on Sume
Sync's built-in dubbing now lists 92 languages with speaker detection. Sume has no dubbing endpoint: chain transcription with a language hint, translation, TTS.
TikTok invisible watermark on reupload: what it covers
TikTok is testing invisible watermarks on AI Editor Pro content and on uploads with C2PA Content Credentials, since labels can vanish on reupload or edit.
Fix tilted video perspective by API with the perspective filter
Sume's video filter allowlists ffmpeg's perspective filter, so you can pull a keystoned phone clip back to a rectangle. You choose the four corner points.
Tumblr video pixelated? Upload 720p H.264 MP4, not a 360p source
Tumblr re-compresses every upload and aims for 720p H.264 MP4. Ask for 720p when you generate, avoid 360p, and trim with exact mode to limit extra passes.
Tumblr video limits: 20 a day, 10 minutes each, 60 minutes, 500 MB
Tumblr allows 20 videos a day, 10 minutes and 500 MB per video, 60 minutes in total. How to size AI video batches, trims and clip lengths to fit.
YouTube AI label: below the player, and an overlay on Shorts
Since May 2026 YouTube shows one AI label below the player on long-form and as an overlay on Shorts. What a burned-in caption line adds, and what it does not.
YouTube AI label can't be removed: Veo and C2PA cases
YouTube keeps the AI disclosure permanent for its own AI tools such as Veo, and for files whose C2PA metadata says fully generative. What that means.
YouTube added an AI label to my video: how to change it
From May 2026 YouTube may label a video itself when it detects photorealistic AI. If it is wrong, update the disclosure in YouTube Studio; re-editing will not.
AI background music for a video: Lyria 3.5 plus Timeline soundtrack
Google lists background music as a Lyria 3.5 template. Generate a bed with Sume's Music Router, then lay it under narration with Timeline soundtrack ducking.
AI birthday song generator by API: Lyria 3.5 on Sume
Google lists custom birthday tracks as a Lyria 3.5 template. Here is how to generate a birthday song with the Sume Music Router and what it costs.
AI brand jingle generator by API with Lyria 3.5 on Sume
Google lists brand jingles as a Lyria 3.5 template. How to brief a short jingle with the Sume Music Router, keep it instrumental or sung, and cost it.
AI ringtone maker by API: Lyria 3.5 plus a Timeline audio cut
Google lists personalised ringtones as a Lyria 3.5 template. Generate the track with Sume, then cut a short wav or mp3 clip with Timeline audio split.
Apple Podcasts video uses HLS: what Sume renders instead
Apple Podcasts video is delivered by HLS through hosting providers. Sume renders an MP4 episode with Timeline; it does not produce HLS.
Chrome Web Store 440x280 promo tile: generate at 1760x1120
The Chrome Web Store small promo tile is 440x280, below GPT Image 2.5's pixel floor. Request 1760x1120 (exact 4x, same 11:7 ratio) on Sume and downscale.
Chrome Web Store screenshots at 1280x800: request it directly
Chrome Web Store screenshots are 1280x800 (or 640x400), JPG or PNG, square corners, full bleed. 1280x800 passes GPT Image 2.5 rules, so request it on Sume.
Cost per SKU for an AI product video: 500 holiday SKUs priced
What one vertical product clip costs on seedance-2.5 at 480p and 720p for 6 and 10 seconds, and what 500 SKUs add up to. Computed from Sume's pricing code.
Cost to transcribe 1,000 hours of audio with an API
1,000 hours is 60,000 minutes: $600 at Sume's $0.01 per minute, in 6,000 or more 10-minute jobs. OpenAI's listed transcription rates give $270 to $1,020.
Edge Add-ons extension logo: 300x300 recommended, 128x128 minimum
Edge Add-ons wants a 1:1 extension logo, 300x300 recommended, 128x128 minimum, per language. Generate 1024x1024 with GPT Image 2.5 on Sume and downscale.
Edge Add-ons 1400x560 promo tile: generate 2800x1120 and halve
Edge's large promotional tile is a 1400x560 PNG, but 1400 is not a multiple of 16. Request exactly 5:2 at 2800x1120 on Sume GPT Image 2.5 and halve it.
Add a 3-second end card after a clip with Timeline 1.0
In Timeline 1.0 a still is a static hold, so an end card is a second slot after the clip. Add a fade and a soundtrack fade-out on the card.
Facebook catalog: 20 extra images per product from one photo
Meta lets a catalog item carry up to 20 additional_image_link entries. Make extra angles from your real photo with input_references and n.
Facebook catalog product video: 20 per item, 200 MB, direct link
Meta catalog items take up to 20 videos of 200 MB each from a direct download link. Make a clip with Sume and hand Meta the Sume media URL, not a player page.
Cut a 15-second vertical teaser from a trailer with video-trim
After a showcase like Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2026, studios cut teasers. One Sume video-trim call takes a 15-second range and conforms it to 1080x1920.
GitHub social preview 1280x640: generate it with an image API
GitHub's social preview is 1280x640 PNG, JPG or GIF under 1 MB. 1280x640 passes GPT Image 2.5's size rules on Sume; here is the request and the file-size step.
How many ad variants per product? Google says test gradually
Google's YouTube ads guidance says test gradually and favor quality over quantity. A starting plan: 3 variants per SKU in one bulk run, reviewed by a person.
Instacart ads: submit creative 3 days early, batch the clips
Instacart wants display creative at least 3 days before launch. Work back from the date and queue the product clips as one Sume bulk run of up to 100.
Instacart shoppable video ad: 16:9, 3-30 s, from an AI clip
Instacart shoppable video wants a 16:9 MP4 or MOV of 3 to 30 seconds, 500 MB max. Request a 16:9 clip from Sume, then probe the file before you upload.
Instagram Live ads are live: cut the replay into ad clips
Meta made Instagram Live video ads generally available on September 29, 2026. Cut a Live replay into short clips with Sume's video-trim at $0.02 per job.