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
AI music for one section of a video: no duration field
Sume's Music 1.0 rejects duration and duration_seconds. Ask for the length in the prompt, then loop and fade the track to fit one section on a Timeline.
Remove background from video with AI: what Sume covers
Sume has no video background-removal endpoint: RMBG 1.0 takes a still image. What you can do instead is a prompt edit with video_to_video, or a crop.
Use a frame from your footage as a reference for AI video
Pull a still at a time you pick with video frames (unbilled), then pass it as image_url or reference_image_urls to a Sume video model. Steps and limits.
YouTube A/B testing video cuts: build hook variants by API
Build three hook variants of one video as separate files: trim for the hook, Timeline to join hook and body, and a fresh Idempotency-Key per request.
YouTube dynamic thumbnails: generate three options by API
Dynamic thumbnails need three candidate files. Send three Sume image jobs in webhook mode, each with its own Idempotency-Key, and collect the files when done.
Beat sync video editor via API: plan cuts from a stated BPM
Sume has no beat-detection tool. You can ask Music 1.0 for a BPM, then set Timeline 1.0 slot starts and durations as multiples of one beat.
YouTube Shorts series: queue episodes as one Format bulk run
Queue 1 to 100 episodes of a Shorts series in one Sume Format bulk run, set a concurrency of 1 to 16, and branch on counts.failed, not on completed.
YouTube Shorts thumbnail grabber: pull a frame with video frames
Pull up to 24 stills from a Short at times you name with POST /v1/video-frames, as png or jpeg, up to a 2160 long edge. The call is unbilled.
EU AI icon on video: keep burned captions off the label
The EC says the AI icon should sit where no overlay elements exist. Burn captions first, then compose the icon on top in a different band.
How big should the EU AI icon be on a video? No number given
The EC only says clearly visible size and gives no pixels. With Sume Timeline compose, width_ratio sets the badge width as a share of frame width.
AI voiceover for ads: one brand voice across every cut
Make AI voiceover for ads by pinning one voice and voicing each 6, 15 or 30 second cut as its own text to speech request. Fields, fit and cost.
Background music for commercials: generate a bed that fits
Background music for a commercial is an instrumental bed under the voiceover that ends on time. How to brief, generate, cut and duck one with AI.
AI game music generator: one track per level, cut to WAV
An AI game music generator makes each level, menu or boss track from a text brief. How to brief contrasting scenes, get WAV files, and what it costs.
AI voice generator for games: voice every line as a file
An AI voice generator for games turns each dialogue line into an audio file in a character's voice. Voices, engine formats, batch runs and cost.
AI meditation music generator: calm tracks, longer sessions
An AI meditation music generator makes calm instrumental tracks from a text brief. How to prompt one, join tracks into a session, and add a voice.
On hold music for business: make the music and messages
On hold music for a business is a calm track, often with spoken messages, played to waiting callers. How to generate both, in phone-ready formats.
Can AI make a lyric video? Yes, if you time the lines
AI can make a lyric video: pictures under the song, plus each lyric line burned in at the time it is sung. You supply the line timings.
AI Santa video: a personal message with the child's name
Make an AI Santa video in three steps: a Santa character still, the message as speech, then lip sync. One short job per child, billed per second.
Can I use AI images on Pinterest? What the AI label means
Yes. Pinterest labels Pins it detects as AI-generated or AI-edited "AI modified", from metadata or its classifiers, and you can appeal a wrong label.
LinkedIn content credentials: what the CR label means
LinkedIn shows a C2PA icon on images and videos signed with Content Credentials; clicking it shows whether AI was used, the tool, and who signed it.
AI architecture video generator: renders to moving shots
An AI architecture video generator animates a still render: the render is the first frame, the prompt names one camera move. Limits, walkthroughs, cost.
Perfume ad AI video: from one bottle photo to a short spot
Make a perfume ad with AI video: animate a real bottle photo with one move per shot, add a music bed, and check the glass and label in every frame.
Can I use AI images on Amazon KDP? What you must disclose
Yes, but KDP requires you to disclose AI-generated images, including cover and interior art. AI-assisted edits of your own work need no disclosure.
Podcast cover art size: 3000 × 3000 for Apple Podcasts
Apple Podcasts asks for a 3000 × 3000 px square Show Cover in PNG or JPG; via RSS it accepts 1400 to 3000 px. The rules, and making the art with AI.
AI real estate photo editing: fixes, prompts, and checks
AI real estate photo editing: send each listing photo to an image-edit model with one named fix and a list of what must not change, then check it.
Virtual twilight: turn a daytime exterior into a dusk photo
Virtual twilight turns a daytime house photo into a dusk shot with a sunset sky and lit windows. How to make one with AI, and what to check after.
AI product photo retouching: fix defects, keep the product
AI product photo retouching: send the real photo to an image-edit model, list the defects to fix and what must not change, then check every file.
Car background removal AI: one backdrop for every vehicle
Car background removal AI cuts each car out as a transparent PNG at a flat per-image price, or redraws the setting while the car stays. Steps and cost.
AI text to product image: what a prompt alone can give you
AI text to product image draws a product that fits your words, not your actual product. Use it for concepts; for listing photos, add a real photo.
AI menu generator: make the artwork, type the prices
An AI menu generator works best for the artwork: backgrounds, borders, and dish photos. Type dish names and prices yourself. Sizes, prompts, and cost.
AI stock photo generator: stock-style images made to order
An AI stock photo generator makes the image a stock search would find, at your size, several per call. How to prompt it, what it costs, and the rights.
Car dealership video ads with AI, from your lot photos
Make car dealership video ads from photos of cars on your lot: animate each photo into a clip, add the price and offer as voice-over, check every frame.
Hair salon promo video with AI, from your own photos
Make a hair salon promo video from your own photos: animate the space and real finished looks, add a voiced offer and music, and render it vertical.
Hotel promotional video with AI, from your own photos
A hotel promotional video can be made from the photos you already have: animate each shot, add a voiced welcome and music, render wide and vertical cuts.
Gym promo video with AI: from your own gym photos
Make a gym promo video without a shoot: animate photos of your own floor and classes, add a voiced offer, music and captions, and render a vertical cut.
Skincare video ads with AI: three Formats, one packshot
Skincare video ads can be made with AI from a packshot: a model-and-product studio film, an application or texture demo, or a before-and-after with proof.
AI virtual staging video: from empty room to furnished
An AI virtual staging video stages the empty-room photo first, then animates it or reveals the furniture, with the empty photo first and the staged one last.
AI video generator for business: 5 things to check
An AI video generator for business needs commercial rights, team roles, company billing, spend limits and an API. What to check, and Sume's answers.
Recruitment video ideas you can make with AI, one per role
Recruitment video ideas that need no film crew: a short clip per open role, a why-work-here piece and a hiring-process explainer, made with an AI presenter.
Safety training videos for employees, made with AI
Make safety training videos for employees with an AI presenter: one hazard per clip, your own site photos, captions, and versions in your crew's languages.
Customer service training videos: role-plays made with AI
Customer service training videos as short AI role-plays: which scenarios to script, how to build a two-person scene, captions, and what each clip costs.
Dental marketing videos with AI: what to make, what to skip
Dental marketing videos AI can make without a patient: a meet-the-dentist clip, first-visit and FAQ answers, and office-photo tours. What to skip, and costs.
Law firm video marketing with an AI avatar of the attorney
Law firm video marketing with AI: short attorney intro and practice-area clips from an avatar of the lawyer, what not to generate, how it's made and billed.
Financial advisor video marketing with AI, compliance first
Financial advisor video marketing with AI: short explainers from an avatar, scripts approved before rendering, exact on-screen text, and per-second costs.
Roofing video ads with AI: make them from your job photos
Roofing video ads can be made with AI from your own job photos: animate a finished roof, add a voice-over and your phone number. What not to fake, and costs.
Fundraising video ideas for nonprofits, made with AI
Fundraising video ideas built on real material: one true story, a program update, the ask and the link. Where AI helps, where it must stop, and what it costs.
School promotional video with AI: show the real campus
A school promotional video should show the real campus and programs. Use AI for motion, voice and text on your own photos, not a generated campus. Steps, costs.
How to make a podcast trailer: length, script, AI voice
To make a podcast trailer, script an intro, highlights, a hook and a call to follow, keep it to two minutes or less, and mix the voice over a music bed.