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15-second vertical Seedance ad: 12 prices vs TikTok's 540x960
A 15 s 9:16 Seedance clip costs $1.32 to $21.33 on Sume across four models and three tiers. Only 720p and 1080p clear TikTok's 540x960 minimum.
90-second Shorts ad: the feed plays 60 s; three Sume jobs priced
Google says Shorts feed ads show only the first 60 seconds, with an overlay at 50 seconds. 90 s vertical ad is three 30 s Sume jobs plus Timeline, from $11.45.
Agent Completion cost: cap, billable_amount_usd_micros, or usage?
Where to read what an Agent Completion cost: the required spend cap, the receipt's usage.billable_amount_usd_micros, and GET /v1/usage as the billing record.
AI b-roll instead of stock footage: 50 six-second clips cost
A library of 50 six-second b-roll clips costs $11.50 at Omni 360p, $19 on Wan 480p or $37.50 at 720p on Sume. Per-clip prices, limits and a batch script.
aiohttp web server: verify a Sume webhook with await request.read()
An aiohttp 3.14 web handler that verifies the Sume HMAC on await request.read(), then calls request.json(). Exits on an empty secret and handles webhook.test.
Cline autoApprove for Sume: list only the read-only tools
Cline's remote MCP entry supports an autoApprove array. Put Sume's read tools in it and keep paid creates such as generate_image on manual approval.
Bottle: verify a Sume webhook with request.body.read()
A single-file Bottle 0.13 app that verifies the Sume webhook HMAC with request.body.read(), aborts 401 on a bad signature and exits on an empty secret.
Check GET /v1/videos/models before you pay: a Python validator
Read GET /v1/videos/models and reject bad duration, resolution or audio flags in Python before POST /v1/videos. Fewer 400s, no paid retries.
Classroom science explainer clips: six 10-second AI shots, priced
Plan six 10-second text-to-video shots for a lesson on Sume: $6.00 on H3 Max, $7.50 on Wan 3.0 or Omni Flash, $34.68 on Seedance 2.5. Accuracy limits too.
Claude Code routine artifacts: link Sume media, don't paste it
Claude Code 2.1.292 lets Scheduled and Run now routines publish a private artifact without approval. Hand off Sume results as durable media.sume.com links.
Claude Code scheduled task never fired? Compare with a Sume cron run
Claude Code 2.1.292 fixed scheduled tasks that never fired after /resume, /branch or /clear. A Sume schedule runs on Sume's clock, so check it separately.
Codex keeps your computer on reconnect: find Sume jobs first
Codex CLI 0.161.0 keeps a new task on the selected computer while it reconnects or is offline. After a gap, list Sume jobs before you resubmit any paid call.
Copilot 'MCP servers in Copilot' policy: admin checklist for Sume
For Copilot Business and Enterprise, an MCP servers in Copilot policy controls remote servers. What an admin checks before allowing Sume's hosted endpoint.
Crop a 21:9 Seedance clip for TikTok: 1120x630 passes, 630x630 misses
A 720p 21:9 Seedance frame is 1470x630. Cropped to 16:9 it is 1120x630, above TikTok's 960x540 floor. Cropped to a square it is 630x630, ten pixels short.
Elysia on Bun: verify a Sume webhook with parse: "text"
An Elysia route that checks the Sume HMAC signature on the raw string, refuses an empty secret, skips duplicates and answers webhook.test. Tested on Bun 1.4.
Price a mixed image batch first: endpoint pricing in Python
Read cost_usd from each Sume image endpoint and multiply by the count. 200 Grok, 50 Seedream 4.5 and 100 Flux 2 Pro images should total $11.25 before you spend.
Wan 3.0 text-to-video: fal list price vs Sume per second
fal lists Wan 3.0 at $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 per second (read 2026-10-07). Sume bills 25% on top: $0.0625, $0.125, $0.25. Cost of 10 seconds and a minute.
Fashion lookbook video from flat-lay photos: 12 outfits, 9:16 cost
Animate 12 flat-lay outfit photos into 6-second 9:16 clips on Sume: $7.20 on H3 Max, $9.00 on Wan 3.0 or Omni, $41.64 on Seedance 2.5.
FastMCP 4 client OAuth with Sume: request mcp:read, add write later
Use FastMCP's OAuth helper in Python to sign in to Sume's hosted MCP with mcp:read first, then ask for mcp:write only for the script that spends.
FLUX 3 Image 5456x3072 at 300 dpi: print size vs Sume pixel caps
BFL shows FLUX 3 Image at 5456x3072 (16.8 MP). At 300 dpi that prints 18.19 x 10.24 in. Here is what Sume models give at the same dpi.
Google Ads allows ratios between 16:9 and 9:16: Sume models for 3:4
Google Ads lists 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16 and allows ratios between them. Seedance, Wan 3.0 and MiniMax H3 render 3:4 and 4:3 on Sume; Kling 3 and Omni do not.
Google Shorts ad lengths 6-60 s vs Sume model limits: jobs per ad
Google lists 6-60 s for Video Reach and 10-60 s for Video Action, App and PMax Shorts ads. How many Sume jobs a 30 s or 60 s ad takes on each video model.
GPT Image 2.5 image_size auto: priced as 8,294,400 pixels
Sume's docs say image_size auto on GPT Image 2.5 reserves the upper bound of output tokens. Estimate: $0.2224 at high vs $0.0659 at 1024x1024. Send a size.
Grok Imagine returns one image per call: fan out 1,000 in Python
Grok Imagine on Sume takes n=1, so 1,000 images means 1,000 requests at $0.025 each, $25.00 in all. A short Python fan-out shows how to run them safely.
Hotel room tour from two photos: first and last frame API
Turn a door photo and a window photo into a 6-second room walkthrough with frame_images. Ten rooms cost $6.00 to $8.40 on Sume, Seedance 2.5 $34.70.
Image-to-image vs image edit on an API: one route, five fields
On Sume, image-to-image and image edit are one POST /v1/images call. The fields that decide the result: input_references, aspect_ratio, mask_url, quality, n.
Interior design mood board to video: up to 10 reference images
Use up to 10 mood-board images and 3 short clips as references for a Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 room video on Sume. An 8 s clip is $1.00 at 720p, $1.50 at 1080p.
A skills repo still recommends Sora 2 and gpt-image-1: swap guide
marketingskills issue 594 lists skill files that name Sora 2 and gpt-image-1. Which lines to edit and which Sume models fit video and image briefs now.
Media tool prices for 10, 100 and 1,000 files on Sume
Cutouts $0.0225, image upscales $0.20, video upscale $0.009 a second, trims $0.02, transcripts $0.01 a minute: totals for 10, 100 and 1,000 files on Sume.
Meta's video from static assets is GA: prepare six photos first
Advantage+ can now generate video from existing images. Prepare the photos so the clip keeps your product intact, and price a backup run on Sume.
MiniMax H3 and H3 Max for TikTok ads: 5 to 15 seconds, priced by tier
MiniMax H3 takes 5 to 15 seconds in 9:16 at 480p or 768p; H3 Max adds 1080p. What 5, 10 and 15 seconds cost on Sume, and the TikTok pixel check to run first.
mulmo images and mulmo movie break on gpt-image-1: set a model now
mulmocast-cli issue 1605: the gpt-image-1 default breaks mulmo images and movie after Oct 23, 2026. Which files to change, and a Python call to Sume instead.
Agents SDK cache_tools_list: stale tools after you grant Sume Write
With cache_tools_list on, an OpenAI Agents SDK MCP server can keep an old tool list. After a Sume Write grant, call invalidate_tools_cache() to see paid tools.
OpenClaw still lists sora-2 as a configured video provider: fix it
OpenClaw issue 158876: the bundled OpenAI video provider still defaults to sora-2, though /v1/videos returns 404. What to do now, and a Sume video call.
X-OpenRouter-Idempotency-Key vs Sume webhook dedupe on job_id
OpenRouter's webhook dedupe key is job_id plus status. Sume says dedupe on job_id. A SQLite sample builds a job_id plus event key that skips replays.
Roda: verify a Sume webhook with r.body.read in config.ru
A Roda app in one config.ru that verifies a Sume webhook with OpenSSL HMAC and a length-checked secure compare. Aborts on an empty secret. Tested on Ruby 4.0.
SaaS launch teaser from one screenshot: a 12-second AI clip, priced
Animate an app screenshot into a 12-second teaser with first_frame. H3 Max $1.20, Wan 3.0 $1.50, Kling $1.68 sound off, Seedance 2.5 $6.94 on Sume.
Seedream 4.5 costs 1.54x Seedream 4.0 on Sume; 5.0 Lite sits between
On Sume, Seedream 4.0 bills $0.0325, 5.0 Lite $0.04375 and 4.5 $0.05 per image: $32.50, $43.75 and $50.00 per 1,000. The newest is not the dearest.
Transcribing 10, 100 and 1,000 hours: AssemblyAI, Scribe, Sume
Speech-to-text list prices per hour, read 2026-10-07 (AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs, Speechmatics, Cartesia, Gladia) beside Sume at $0.60, for 10 to 1,000 hours.
Split a 31 or 61 second video into valid Sume jobs: Python by model
A 31 or 61 second video cannot be 30 s plus 1 s on Wan 3.0 or Seedance 2.5, since the last job is under the minimum. Split evenly with this Python script.
Submit 6 ad hooks in parallel in Python with one Idempotency-Key each
A Python script that submits six 3-second Omni hook jobs in parallel, each with its own Idempotency-Key so a retry replays the original job. Cost: $2.25.
How many video scenes fit in one Sume script_run? Ten
script_run allows at most 32 paid calls per run. At three paid calls per scene (voice, image, clip) that is ten scenes, with two calls to spare.
Platform presets in Python: build a Sume video request, refuse bad
A 28-line Python preset table for TikTok 9:16, TikTok 1:1 and Shorts ads that picks the lowest Seedance tier clearing the pixel floor and refuses bad lengths.
TikTok Buy Direct: a clip that answers before the one-click tap
TikTok announced Buy Direct checkout from the For You feed on Oct 5. Plan an 8-second clip with size, ship and stock lines for 20 SKUs at $26.00.
Tornado: verify a Sume webhook in a RequestHandler
A Tornado 6.5 RequestHandler that checks the Sume webhook HMAC on self.request.body, raises HTTPError 401 on failure and handles the webhook.test event.
Seedance 9:16 pixel sizes: 496x864, 720x1280, 1080x1920 and cost
Seedance 9:16 frames are 496x864, 720x1280 and 1080x1920: 10,044 to 48,600 tokens a second, so 15 s on Seedance 2.5 costs $4.03 to $21.32.
Split a 181-second Reel into valid AI video jobs (even split)
Greedy 30-second jobs leave a 1-second tail no model accepts. An even split gives 7 Seedance 2.5 jobs or 19 Omni jobs. Python planner and prices at 720p.
Pick a video model for a Reel by length: 3, 10, 15 or 30 seconds
The length you need narrows the Sume models fast: 2 s is Wan only, 10 s allows Omni, 30 s allows Seedance 2.5 or Wan. Table of the shortlist.