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 book cover generator: a 1600×2560 Kindle ebook cover
Amazon KDP recommends ebook covers 2,560 pixels tall by 1,600 wide. ChatGPT Image 2.5 on Sume takes 1600 × 2560 exactly; add the title and author.
AI coloring page generator: from a prompt or a photo
Ask for black outlines on white with no shading, in a portrait size for your paper. Send a photo as a reference to turn it into a coloring page.
AI images for Facebook ads: sizes for Feed, Stories, Reels
Meta recommends 4:5 at 1440×1800 for Feed image ads and 9:16 at 1440×2560 for Stories and Reels. Make each size from one brief and one product photo.
AI Instagram carousel post generator: same size, same style
Generate every carousel slide at one aspect ratio, 4:5 or 1:1, and reuse an approved slide as a style reference. Instagram's rules and an API recipe.
Real estate photo to video AI: a listing tour from photos
Turn listing photos into a video tour with AI: animate each photo as a clip's first frame, join the clips in room order, and check every frame.
How long should an ad be? Video ad lengths by platform
There is no single right length: each platform publishes its own. YouTube bumpers are 6 s, and Facebook plays in-stream ads of 15 s or less in full.
Hook variations for UGC ads: swap the hook, reuse the body
Make UGC ad hook variations by changing only the opening: one Timeline render per hook over the same body clips and voice, checked free first.
Product teaser video with AI: hold back, then reveal
A product teaser shows a detail and holds back the full product until the end. With AI, start a clip on a close-up and end it on the packshot.
AI book trailer maker: turn a blurb and cover into video
An AI book trailer turns your blurb and cover into a short video: narration, mood shots that end on the cover, music, and the title on screen.
How to make a 30 second advertisement with AI
Make a 30-second ad as one 30-second clip, or as shots cut over a voiceover to exactly 30 s. On Sume, seedance-2.5 and wan-3.0 make 30 s in one clip.
How to make an explainer video with AI: two ways
To make an explainer video with AI, split the script into beats, then have an avatar present them or run a voiceover over B-roll. Join longer parts.
Can AI animate old photos? How to bring a print to life
Yes. Scan the print, put it at a public link, and send it as the first frame of an image-to-video clip. Upscaling, print shapes, and what to expect.
Can AI make a music video for my song? Yes, clip by clip
Yes, as a series of short AI clips cut to your track. On Sume one clip runs 30 seconds at most, so you plan a shot for each section of the song.
Can AI make a video from a story? Yes, shot by shot
Yes: AI turns a story into video as a series of short shots. Approve a still per shot, animate it, voice the lines, then join the shots in order.
Storyboard to video AI: turn each frame into a shot
Turn a storyboard into video one frame at a time: render sketches into stills, animate each as a clip's first frame, then join the clips in order.
Can AI animate manga panels? Yes, one panel per clip
Yes: each manga panel can be the first frame of a short AI clip, and a timeline joins the clips in reading order into a motion comic with sound.
Virtual try-on video API: put a garment on a person
Make a virtual try-on video with the Sume API: call sume-virtual-try-on or sume-virtual-fitting with photos, or make a still and animate it.
Product photo to video API: e-commerce clips from SKU photos
Turn a product photo into a video with the Sume API: call the catalog Format that fits the product, or animate the photo as a first frame.
AI product photography API: splash, drip and pour shots
Six Sume catalog Formats make splash, drip, pour, squeeze, and texture stills of beauty products; for anything else, edit a packshot via /v1/images.
Before-and-after video generator API: build the reveal
Build a before-and-after video with the Sume API: the sume-before-after Format, a first-and-last-frame clip, or a Timeline wipe between two stills.
Logo animation API: from brand mark to ident or end card
Animate a logo with the Sume API: call sume-logo-motion-design with the mark attached, or animate it as a first frame, then add it as an end card.
AI product commercial video generator API: Formats or DIY
Make a product commercial with the Sume API: run sume-product-commercial or sume-cinematic-studio-commercial, or generate the clip on /v1/videos.
Product logo warping in image-to-video: frames vs references
In Sume's image-to-video API, a packshot in frame_images sets the first frame; input_references only guide. Check the label in extracted stills.
AI model holding your product: photos and video via API
Pose an AI model with your product via the Sume API: sume-model-product-portrait for stills, sume-beauty-studio for video, or image edits you control.
AI fashion video generator API: editorial films, lookbooks
Make AI fashion editorial videos with the Sume API: run sume-fashion-editorial per look, queue a lookbook in bulk, or animate a cover still yourself.
Mobile app ad video generator API: creator demos, end cards
Make a mobile app ad with the Sume API: run sume-mobile-app-ugc with app screenshots, add a logo end card, and join both clips with Timeline 1.0.
Combine multiple product photos into one AI image via API
Combine product photos into one AI image: attach a packshot per SKU to Sume's sume-editorial-product-set Format, or send them to POST /v1/images.
AI product demo video generator API: show one real action
Make a product demo video with Sume: run the sume-product-usage-demo Format with a packshot and one action, or animate stills and join on Timeline.
Generate marketing assets from one product photo via Formats
Generate marketing assets from one product photo with Sume: one catalog Format run per asset, the same packshot attached, and a key and cap per run.
AI magazine cover generator API: covers with room for type
Generate a magazine-cover-style image with Sume: run the sume-magazine-cover-campaign Format with your photos, then set the masthead yourself.
Automate faceless short-form videos: AI voiceover, captions, music
How to automate faceless short-form videos: script, AI voiceover, B-roll, music, a 9:16 render and captions by API or one agent call, with a dated tool table.