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
Claymation stop-motion look: a Gemini Omni prompt that holds
Prompt Gemini Omni for a claymation or stop-motion look: material words, a choppy-frame cue, and sound. Includes a 6-second Sume request and the cost per take.
Coffee roaster iced-coffee ad: GPT Image 2.5 still, then a clip
A coffee roaster can design one hero still with GPT Image 2.5 on Sume, check the bag and glass, then use it as the first frame of a short video. Two steps.
Dentist office welcome video: a 9:16 AI avatar clip from one script
A dental practice can make a vertical welcome video without a shoot: one avatar, one script of 4 to 60 seconds, burned-in captions, and a staff review step.
Dolly zoom (vertigo effect) prompt for Gemini Omni, tested cheap
Ask Gemini Omni for a dolly zoom by describing both motions, try it at 360p for 30 cents, and check the background stretch before paying for 1080p on Sume.
Etsy seller listing video from one photo with Wan 3.0 on Sume
Make a short handmade-product listing video from one photo with Wan 3.0 on Sume: 2 to 30 seconds, reference inputs, an async job, and a pre-upload check.
Food truck weekly special clip: Gemini Omni Flash 1.1, vertical, sound
Make a 3 to 10 second vertical clip of this week's special with Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 on Sume: native synced audio, 9:16, from a dish photo as a reference.
GPT Image 2.5 background: opaque for listings, transparent
The background field takes auto, transparent or opaque on GPT Image 2.5 only. Use opaque with a white-backdrop prompt for listings, transparent for stickers.
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: a five-turn product photo edit loop
OpenAI positions Sunburst for tighter control over repeated edits. A five-turn loop on Sume: one source photo, one change per call, a preserve list each time.
Gym promo for Reels: three beats in 8 seconds with Gemini Omni
Write a 9:16 fitness promo for Gemini Omni with timecoded beats, a sound line and a $1.00 720p price on Sume. Includes a prompt you can paste.
House cleaning before-and-after reel with the sume-before-after Format
A cleaning company can turn a before photo and an after photo into a reveal video with one Format call. What to send, what to cap, and what it cannot prove.
Indie skincare brand launch kit: texture still, serum-drip still, reel
An indie skincare brand can make a texture still, a serum-drip still and a studio reel from one packshot with three Sume catalog Formats. What each one does.
Macro liquid pour video prompt for Gemini Omni and its price
A prompt recipe for a macro pour shot (oil, serum, honey) with Gemini Omni Flash on Sume: camera words, sound line, 5-second cost at 360p, 720p and 1080p.
Mobile pet groomer reel from one photo: Seedance 2.5 image-to-video
Turn one photo of a groomed dog into a vertical reel clip with Seedance 2.5 on Sume: first-frame input, 4 to 30 seconds, native audio, async job.
Restaurant dish reveal video prompt for Gemini Omni, 6 seconds
A six-second plating and steam reveal for a menu item with Gemini Omni Flash on Sume: camera move, audio line, first-frame trick and price at 720p and 1080p.
Retexture a product photo with FLUX.2 pro: prompt and call
Change leather to canvas or oak to walnut while the shape stays put. A FLUX.2 pro reference edit on Sume: one photo in, a preserve clause, aspect_ratio auto.
Shorts-only YouTube playlists can't be reordered: render in order
YouTube's playlist help says reordering is unavailable for Shorts-only playlists. Fix episode order before upload and render in order with fixed keys.
Slow-motion water splash prompt for Gemini Omni: what 'slow' does
Prompt a slow-motion splash in Gemini Omni: how to word the speed, why a 5-second clip is enough, and what 360p, 720p and 1080p cost on Sume.
TikTok trending this week: a small shop's research call
Use Sume's trending-videos search with window this-week to see which TikTok videos in your niche are moving before you make one. Fields, price note, limits.
Wedding venue teaser music: write the prompt with section markers
Score a 30-second venue teaser with Sume's Music Router: no duration field, so length goes in the prompt with timed section markers. Example prompt and request.
Wine bottle reveal clip: 6 seconds of Wan 3.0 from a label photo
Animate a bottle photo into a 6-second reveal with wan-3.0 on Sume: 38 cents at 480p, 75 cents at 720p, $1.50 at 1080p. Why the label needs checking.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kling 3 start-and-end-frame transitions: 6 clips for a slideshow
Seven photos need six morphs. Kling 3 Pro takes a first and a last frame: $0.70 per 5 s clip silent, $1.05 with sound, so $4.20 or $6.30. Request shape inside.
Repost or regenerate a 15-second Wan clip for Reels and Shorts?
Repurpose.io can repost TikTok or Reels to Shorts. A 15-second Wan 720p clip costs $1.88 to generate; regenerating per platform triples it.
Micro-drama season of 40 one-minute episodes: cost by Sume model
Micro-dramas are rising on TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Forty 60-second episodes in 9:16 priced on Omni, Wan, Kling, MiniMax H3 and Seedance, with the catches.
Five hooks a week at 10 seconds: a month of ad testing on three models
Five 10-second hooks a week for four weeks is 20 clips. On Sume that is $25 on Wan 3.0 720p, $25 on Omni 720p, or $20 on H3 Max 768p.
Repost a Reel or TikTok to YouTube Shorts: import, trim, caption
Orca reports a Repurpose.io tie-up for reposting TikTok and Reels to Shorts. The Sume route is import, trim ($0.02), caption ($0.20), plus a note on reach.
B-roll from a transcript: one 4-second clip per sentence
Turn a 2-minute talk into B-roll: STT for $0.02, 12 sentence clips at Wan 3.0 480p and a 2-minute Timeline render come to $3.22.
Plant shop care-tip loop: Seedance 2.5 with one image as both frames
Send one photo as first_frame and last_frame to Seedance 2.5 on Sume for an 8-second 1:1 loop-style clip: the request body, $4.63 at 720p, and the limits.
Shorts split audio from video: which Sume models let you drop AI sound
The Shorts editor now separates audio and video tracks. Which Sume video models can generate silent footage, which always embed audio, and the price gap.
Repost TikTok to Shorts: what a Sume rebuild chain costs
A TikTok or Reel you own, rebuilt as a Short with new voice, music bed and captions: six Sume calls priced at about $0.61 in total.
YouTube Shorts hook generator: what Sume does and does not do
Sume has no hook-generator button. It can test a 3-second opener for $0.1125 on Gemini Omni Flash. Five variants cost $0.5625.
YouTube Shorts AI slop: an originality checklist for your pipeline
People search 'youtube shorts ai slop'. A checklist of choices that make a generated Short yours, each tied to a Sume step and its cost.
Travel itinerary reel: 4 destinations x 7 seconds on Seedance 2.5
Four 7-second 9:16 destination clips on Seedance 2.5 at 720p cost $4.05 each and $16.20 together on Sume. How to keep one look across all four.
8x10 inch print from an AI image: dpi by Sume model at 4:5
An 8x10 print is a 4:5 crop. Pixels and dpi per Sume image model: Seedream 5 Lite 240, GPT Image 2.5 custom 300, Flux 2 Pro 154, with price per image.
Animatic then finals: 12 shots at 480p, 3 hero shots at 1080p
A 12-shot animatic at Seedance 2.5 480p costs $12.96; three 8-second 1080p hero finals add $34.14. Total plan priced on Sume, with the redo caveat.
Micro-drama episode length: 60, 90 or 180 seconds priced
Reels now allow 3 minutes. See what a 60, 90 and 180-second AI micro-drama episode costs in Wan 3.0 shots and Timeline minutes on Sume.
Seamless looping clip on Wan 3.0: same first and last frame, priced
Wan 3.0 takes a start and an end frame. Use one image for both for a loop: 5 seconds costs $0.32 at 480p, $0.63 at 720p, $1.25 at 1080p.