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
Restore old photos with AI: repair damage, then upscale
To restore an old photo with AI, send the scan with a prompt listing the damage to fix, then upscale it up to 4x. Compare the result with the scan.
Virtual staging AI: furnish an empty room from one photo
Virtual staging with AI: send the empty-room photo with a prompt naming the style and what must not change, then check the walls and windows.
AI hairstyle changer: try a new cut or color on your photo
Send a clear photo of yourself to an AI image model, describe the haircut or color, and say your face stays. Compare several versions of the preview.
AI ghost mannequin: remove the mannequin, keep the shape
A ghost mannequin photo shows a garment's 3D shape with no mannequin. Make one with an AI image edit of your photos; cut it out if you need a PNG.
AI food photography: restyle your real dish or generate one
Photograph the real dish and let AI restyle the scene around it, or generate food from a prompt where no dish is promised. Prompts, steps, and limits.
AI sprite generator: make 2D game sprites and sprite sheets
Make 2D game sprites with AI: one pose per image on a plain background, the same character reference every time, then a transparent PNG cutout.
AI image generator for presentations: 16:9 slide images
Make AI images for a presentation at the slide's shape, 16:9 by default in PowerPoint: exact pixel sizes, one style on every slide, room for text.
YouTube end screen template: a 5–20 second 16:9 outro
A YouTube end screen template is a 16:9 outro of 5–20 seconds with room for up to four elements. YouTube's rules, and how to make the outro with AI.
How to make a YouTube channel trailer with AI
A YouTube channel trailer greets people who haven't subscribed. What to say, how long to make it, and how to render one with an AI avatar.
Stream starting soon screen: make an animated loop
A stream starting soon screen is a looping video the size of your stream's canvas. How to make an animated one with AI: the loop, the words, the length.
Event promo video: make one with AI from your poster
An event promo video sets the mood and shows the name, date, venue and ticket link. How to make one with AI from your poster, in 9:16 and 16:9.
How to make dropshipping video ads with AI
Make dropshipping video ads from a product photo you may use: short vertical clips, a few hook versions, and a check against the real product.
Product video prompt examples: a template and 6 shots
A product video prompt describes one shot: the action, one camera move, the light, the setting. A template, six examples, and what goes in fields.
Earth zoom out AI video: from your photo to space
Make an Earth zoom out AI video by pinning both ends: your photo as the first frame, the Earth from space as the last, and one zoom in the prompt.
AI construction timelapse: from empty lot to finished build
An AI construction timelapse pins the empty site as the first frame and the finished building as the last. The model invents every stage between.
AI 360 rotation video: spin a product from two photos
From one photo, AI invents every side it can't see. For a 360 rotation video, pin the front and back as frames, make two half turns, and join them.
Image to drone shot AI: turn a photo into an aerial move
To turn an image into a drone shot, send it as the first frame of an AI video and describe the aerial move. Everything past the photo is invented.
AI hug video generator: from two photos to one hug clip
Make an AI hug video in two steps: combine both people in one still and check it, then animate it with a prompt that describes the hug.
AI B-roll generator: make cutaway clips from a prompt
An AI B-roll generator makes cutaway clips from a text prompt or a still. Match your edit's shape, pick a length the model allows, and skip the sound.
How to make AI ASMR videos: prompt the picture and the sound
Use a video model that generates sound with the picture, and describe the close-up action and its sounds in the prompt. Models, prompts, and length.
AI lofi video generator: a looping scene plus a lo-fi track
An AI lofi video is a short looping scene under a lo-fi track. Generate the loop and the music, then repeat both for up to 30 minutes in one render.
AI Spotify Canvas generator: make a 3–8 second loop
Spotify asks for a 3–8 second, 9:16 Canvas, 720–1080 px tall. Generate a looping 9:16 clip with AI, then render it at an exact size and length.
AI birthday video from photos: animate, add music and text
Make an AI birthday video by animating a few photos into short clips, joining them over an original instrumental, and burning your message on screen.
AI motion poster generator: animate the art, keep the title
A motion poster moves the artwork while the title stays readable. Animate a text-free version of the art, then put the title back on top of the clip.
Text to speech for long text and audiobooks: split and join
Split long text or a book under the TTS request limits, voice every chunk with the same settings, then join the audio into files of up to 30 minutes.
Text to speech with multiple voices: one voice per line
A TTS request speaks with one voice. For a dialogue, synthesize each speaker's lines in that speaker's voice, then join the clips in script order.
AI podcast generator from text: script, voices, one file
An AI podcast generator is three steps: a speaker-tagged script, one voice per host, and a join into one audio file. How to do each with Sume's API.
IVR text to speech: phone menu prompts in telephony formats
Make IVR prompts and voicemail greetings with text to speech: one request per prompt, returned as 8 kHz μ-law or A-law WAV, or as MP3 or other PCM.
Text to speech for language learning: slow sentence audio
Make language-learning audio with text to speech: set the target language, slow the voice to 0.6×, and get one clip per sentence with word timings.
Text to speech recording for e-learning: one file per slide
Record e-learning narration with text to speech: one audio file per slide, the same voice each time, MP3 or WAV, and redo only the slide that changed.
Slideshow with voiceover: time each slide to its sentence
Make a slideshow with voiceover by holding each slide for its narration line. With Sume, TTS sentence timings become the slide slots in one render.
Text to speech for websites: one audio file per article
Add text to speech to a website: generate each article's audio once on your server, store the file, and play it on the page with an HTML audio player.
Generate music for a video with AI, then fit it to the cut
To generate music for a video with AI, describe the cut in a music brief, send a still from it, ask for its length, then fit the track to the video.
AI jingle generator from text: make a podcast intro sting
Generate a jingle or podcast intro from a text brief: ask for the length in the prompt, then cut the track to the exact second with an audio split.
Personalized video at scale: one recipe, one run per person
For personalized video at scale, keep one recipe fixed, pass each person's details as input, batch up to 100 per request, and map videos back by id.
Automate YouTube Shorts with AI: generate, then upload
You can automate YouTube Shorts with AI as two jobs: generate a vertical video on a schedule, then upload it with the YouTube Data API from your code.
Blog to video AI: turn each new post into a video
Blog to video AI turns an article into a narrated video. Automate it: send each new post's text to a video agent with a spend cap and a post key.
AI avatar language tutor: slow, captioned lesson videos
Make AI avatar language tutor videos: speak each lesson line slowly with TTS 1.0, lip sync a tutor avatar with Fabric, then caption each clip.
How to make an AI avatar influencer: one face, one voice
An AI influencer is one reusable face and voice. Make a Sume avatar once, reuse its handle for videos and voiceovers, and its still for new photos.
Talking avatar for PowerPoint presentations, slide by slide
Make a talking avatar presenter for PowerPoint: one Sume clip per slide, up to 60 seconds each, in 16:9 or 4:3 to match the slide, inserted as MP4.
AI avatar news anchor: make an AI news presenter video
Make an AI avatar news anchor with Sume: one reusable avatar reads each story as a 16:9 talking video, captioned, then joined into one bulletin.
AI avatar for online course videos: build and update lessons
Use an AI avatar as your online course instructor: one reusable avatar, a short talking video per section, captions, and one Timeline join per lesson.
AI avatar for YouTube videos: Shorts and long-form
Use an AI avatar in YouTube videos: a 9:16 talking video of up to 60 seconds for a Short, or 16:9 segments joined into one long-form video.
How to change the background of a photo with AI
Give an AI image model your photo and a prompt that names the new background, or cut the subject out first. How to do both with the Sume API.
How to get a white background product photo with AI
Cut the product out with a background remover and flatten the PNG onto white, or have an image model re-render the shot on white. Both with Sume.
AI lifestyle product photography from one packshot
Turn one packshot into lifestyle scenes: send it as a reference to an image model, describe one scene per request, and keep the shots that match.
AI mockup generator API: put your design on a product
Make product mockups with an image API: send your design and a blank product photo as references, say where the design goes, and check each result.
AI album cover generator: square art at 3000×3000
Generate square album art, then upscale: Apple recommends at least 3000×3000. On Sume, generate 2400×2400 and upscale it 1.25× to reach 3000×3000.