Restyle last year's holiday clip with the Sume restyle Format

If you own a holiday clip that performed well, sume-restyle gives it a new look without a new shoot. The Format keeps the same motion and cuts and changes the visual style from a prompt or style references. It is not for swapping a person or a product, or for remaking the video. If you need a different product in the same shot, use a different route.

What is restyle for, exactly?

Confirm the input profile with GET /v1/formats/sume/sume-restyle before you build a call. The Format's app UI sits behind a feature flag, so check that the entry returns for your account before you plan around it.

How do I run it?

Put the clip URL in input; media URLs in input share the run's attachment budget. Use a public HTTPS URL, or a media.sume.com URL after POST /v1/media-imports. Add style references as attachments (up to 30 images). Describe the target look in instruction. The video_url key in the example is illustrative; use the key name the Format's input profile shows.

Keep your spend limit explicit with generation_spend_cap_usd, which accepts a value up to the platform maximum of $500. Sume rejects 0.

curl -sS -X POST "https://api.sume.com/v1/formats/sume/sume-restyle/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: holiday-2025-restyle-v1" \
  -d '{
    "instruction": "Keep every cut and camera move. New look: warm film grain, deep green and gold, snowy evening grade.",
    "input": { "video_url": "https://cdn.example.com/holiday-2025-ad.mp4" },
    "generation_spend_cap_usd": 20
  }'

What should I check afterwards?

Check that the product, the logo and any text still look right. A style change can soften small print. Pull stills at the moments where text shows with video frames and compare them with the original.

Also check the offer. A clip from last year may still carry last year's dates, prices or claims. Restyle does not update them, so cut or replace those shots first.

When should I choose something else?

Restyle changes the look and keeps the content. When you need to change what is in the shot, you need a different route.

• To rebuild the idea with a new presenter and new footage, use the recreate Format (sume-recreate).
• To change a few seconds, trim the clip first with Video trim.
• To change the aspect ratio only, crop or pad with Video filter.
• To remake the idea from scratch, brief a new run.

How do I read the receipt?

The run returns a receipt with primary_output_url and artifacts. Compare the first and last frame with the original clip before it goes into an ad.