Holiday text-message promo: pull a poster frame from your ad clip

A text-message promo often carries a still and a link rather than a video. Sume's video frames job pulls stills from a finished clip, so the poster comes from the same ad. Billing is by compute and the probe-only inspect call is free.

What to pull

First check the clip with video inspect and frames set to false: that is the free probe and it returns duration and size. Then request stills at the moments you want.

Pick by looking

Open each still at phone size. Avoid frames mid-motion; blur in a thumbnail reads as low quality.

Carrier and channel rules

Message size limits and filtering differ by carrier and provider and are not Sume facts. Check your messaging vendor's docs for the current limits before choosing file sizes.

The landing page

Link the still to a page that plays the full clip, so the message stays light and the video loads only for people who click.