VHS camcorder look on purpose: 360p and 480p AI video on Sume

If you want a VHS or old-camcorder look, the cheapest honest route on Sume is to ask for a low resolution: gemini-omni-flash-1.1 at 360p costs $0.23 for 6 seconds, wan-3.0 and minimax-h3 at 480p cost $0.38, and seedance-2-mini at 480p costs $0.53. Omni Flash 1.1 is the only catalog id with a 360p rung; the others start at 480p.

A low-resolution render is not a VHS filter. It gives you soft pixels and cheap drafts, and the tape wobble, tracking lines and date stamp still have to come from the prompt or from a later edit. Limits and rates: Video Router, read 2026-10-06.

What does a 6-second low-res clip cost?

Same 6 seconds, lowest resolution each model offers.

How do I word it?

Describe the artefacts as part of the scene: handheld camcorder, 4:3 tape frame, soft colour bleed, timestamp in the corner. Omni Flash 1.1 is limited to 16:9 and 9:16, so for a true 4:3 tape frame choose Wan 3.0, H3 or Seedance, which list 4:3. Nothing here is a benchmark; run the cheapest row first and compare.

curl -sS -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-omni-flash-1.1",
    "prompt": "Handheld camcorder footage of a birthday party, soft colour bleed, timestamp in the corner",
    "duration": 6,
    "resolution": "360p"
  }'

Is 360p enough to publish?

Check the destination before you ship it. Platforms set their own minimum sizes, and a 360p clip may be rejected or upscaled badly. Sume lists a separate video upscale model if you need to lift a keeper, priced per second on its own row.