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
Home Depot primary image: 1000x1000 white and what to ask Sume
Home Depot's content best-practices sheet: product only, plain white, 1,000x1,000 minimum. The Sume model, size and background settings that match.
Kaufland product image requirements and what to ask Sume for
Kaufland Global Marketplace's image rules (1024 px, 2048 px zoom, 5 to 10 pictures, white first photo) and the Sume Image API request that fits them.
Mixed real and AI footage: what Gemini's SynthID check reports
A video that mixes camera footage and Gemini Omni clips shows SynthID in some segments only. What Google says it reports, and a test edit on Sume.
Nano Banana 2 catalog photos: draft at 0.5K, finish at 2K
Cut catalog image cost by drafting at 0.5K and rendering only approved shots at 2K with Nano Banana 2; vendor rates and the Sume resolution tiers.
Newegg product image requirements and what to ask Sume for
Newegg Seller Academy's image rules (640 px, 480 px, 5 MB, no collages, no watermarks) and the Sume Image API request that fits them.
Newegg Premium Store banner size 1920x360 and how to make it
Newegg's Premium Store banner spec (1920x360, safe areas, under 5 MB, up to 9 banners) and the Sume aspect ratios that get closest.
noon image requirements and what to ask Sume for
noon Seller Help Center image rules (JPEG, 660 px width, 10 MB, 70-80% frame, white or light grey) and the Sume Image API request that fits them.
Printful print file requirements and what to ask Sume for
Printful's print-file page: PNG or JPEG, 300 DPI ideal, 75 DPI minimum, sRGB, full bleed. The Sume Image API settings that fit.
Qwen Image Max backdrop plates for product composites
Generate empty lifestyle backdrops with Qwen Image Max, then place the real product photo: vendor facts, price, and Sume's text-only catalog entry.
Restyle a video as claymation or watercolor with Gemini Omni
Apply a claymation or watercolor look to existing footage with Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 on Sume: Google's style wording, the edit request, and a still check.
Shopify allows 250 media per product: how many AI images to plan?
Shopify caps a product at 250 images, 3D models or videos, and variants take one image each from that gallery. How to budget AI shots per product.
Shopify collection grid: one aspect ratio for every featured image
Shopify advises a consistent aspect ratio for featured images on collection pages. Which Sume image models give you 1:1 or 4:5, and how to batch a catalog.
Shortest Omni Flash clip is 3 seconds: stingers and loops
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 outputs 3 to 10 seconds, shorter than Sora's 4 second minimum. Uses for 3 second stingers, and costs at 720p and 360p on Sume.
Trendyol image size 1200x1800 and what to ask Sume for
Trendyol's Product Create v2 API doc: 1200x1800 px at 96 dpi, up to 8 images per barcode, https URLs. The 2:3 Sume request that fits.
Turn a drawing into live-action video with Gemini Omni Flash
DeepMind lists drawings to realistic footage for Omni. How to send a sketch as a reference image on Sume, write the prompt, and what to compare afterward.
YouTube thumbnail 1920x1080 is not a legal GPT Image 2.5 size
1080 is not a multiple of 16, so Sume's custom size rule rejects 1920x1080 for GPT Image 2.5. Use 1280x720, 2560x1440 or 3840x2160 for 16:9 thumbnails.
3-minute explainer Reel as six beats: voice first, then pictures
Plan a 180-second Reel as six voiced beats: one TTS file per beat, one concat for offsets, then picture slots that start where each beat starts.
3-minute Reel script with AI voice: characters, cost and the cap
A 180-second Reel narration is a character budget, not a word count. Sume TTS is $0.0475 per 1,000 characters with a 20,000-character cap; measure, then scale.
A/B test three Shorts hooks from one body: Timeline source_in
YouTube announced A/B testing for up to three Short versions. Build the three files from one body with Timeline slots, source_in and a plan call before you pay.
Splice an AI ending onto a Short and keep the original audio
Gemini Omni clips come with their own sound. To keep your Short's voice and music, detach both audio tracks and join them as audio parts in one Timeline render.
Alternative ending for a Short: write your own, not a preset
YouTube's Extend with AI offers preset prompts for a new ending. With Sume you write the ending yourself and feed Gemini Omni up to three 3-second clips.
Amazon product tags on Shorts: no timestamps, so cut the product beat
Amazon products can be tagged in YouTube Shorts, but product timestamps are not available on Shorts. Build a clear product beat with Sume trim and Timeline.
Captions covering Shorts stickers: move the line with anchor_ratio
Burned-in captions can sit where a Shorts sticker will land. Sume's caption design.placement.anchor_ratio moves the line, from 0.05 to 0.95 of frame height.
Cut video to the beat: Sume has no beat finder, so set the starts
YouTube's audio tools include find beats. Sume does not detect beats; for a fixed tempo you compute slot start times from BPM and send them to Timeline.
Day-in-my-life Reel from 12 clips: one Timeline render and its cost
Cut 12 phone clips into a 48-second day-in-my-life Reel: slot timings, a silent spine with a music bed, and what the render costs at Sume's listed rates.
Does TikTok reward 3 to 5 minute videos? What was reported, and cost
Reported: TikTok favours 3 to 5 minute videos. A 3 minute vertical cut is about $104 on Seedance 2.5, 5 minutes $173.34. Treat it as a test.
Find the product moment in a Short: a contact sheet with video-frames
For an affiliate or product-tag Short, pull up to 24 frames in one call with video-frames, spot when the product is on screen, then cut to that second.
A 40-clip season on each Sume plan: how many rounds of jobs
Eight episodes of five clips is 40 video jobs. Pro runs 4 at a time, Scale 20. Rounds per plan, plus a submitter that survives queue_full.
How to make a TikTok micro-drama with AI: six steps and the costs
A six step workflow for a vertical AI micro-drama episode with Sume: script, shots, first frames, assembly, captions and the is_aigc flag. About $52 for 90 s.
Instagram one-tap pause: check Reel captions on a paused frame
Instagram now lets viewers pause a Reel with one tap. Sample stills from your cut with Sume video inspect and fix unreadable frames before you post.
3-minute Reels on Timeline: 61 seconds bills as two minutes
Sume Timeline charges $0.10 per started output minute. A 60-second cut is $0.10, 61 seconds is $0.20, and 180 seconds is $0.30. Plan the trim before you render.
LLM-written script to Sume TTS: speak only the approved draft
Draft with Gemini 3.8 Flash or any LLM, approve, then send hash-keyed paragraphs to Sume TTS so unchanged lines never bill twice. $0.0475 per 1,000 characters.
Mixed-model clips judder in Timeline: conform each to 30 fps first
Timeline resamples sources that run at different frame rates and warns output_fps_resamples_sources. Conform each clip with video-trim output, $0.02 a clip.
Music bed longer than your Short: YouTube Create caps it, Sume cuts it
YouTube Create says audio cannot exceed the video's length. A Sume Timeline render ends at audio.duration_seconds, with a soundtrack fade up to 10 s.
One 30 s micro-drama shot or three 10 s shots: same price, so split?
On Seedance 2.5 a 30 second shot and three 10 second shots both cost $17.33 at 720p. The split buys control and cheaper retries. A rule for choosing.
Product launch week content budget: hero video, 5 Reels, 3 carousels
A launch week with research, one 30 s hero video, five 15 s Reels and three carousels costs about $32 on Sume. Itemised, with the levers that move it.
Reimagine a Short from one frame: build your own 8-second clip
YouTube's Reimagine turns one frame of a Short into an 8-second Veo clip. To do the same with your own footage, pull a frame and use Gemini Omni on Sume.
One narrator for 8 episodes: reuse the settings a Sume TTS job logs
Keep one voice across a series: send the same voice id, language and speed each episode, and read them back from the finished text_to_speech job. Costs $0.95.
Separate audio and video tracks in a Short: the same split in Sume
Reports say YouTube's Shorts editor now separates audio and video tracks. Sume's Timeline has that split: one audio spine, up to 200 video slots.
Shorts audio fade in and out: map the sliders to Timeline fields
YouTube Create has audio fade tool. In Sume, soundtrack.fade_out_seconds fades music (up to 10 s); output fade_in_seconds and fade_out_seconds fade the render.
Singles' Day 24-hour sale: hourly drop clips from one template
Singles' Day became a 24-hour sale in 2009. Eight drop clips from one clip and eight caption jobs cost about $1.62 on Sume, with no new shoots.
Split a Short's audio at a cut point: timeline-audio ranges
YouTube Create has a split tool for audio. Sume's timeline-audio endpoint splits one file into up to 20 ranges, or joins up to 20 parts, for $0.01 a job.
Test three Reel hooks from one clip: three video trims plus renders
Cut three first-3-second hooks with video trim at $0.02 each, put each ahead of the same body in Timeline, and the test costs $0.36 for 60-second Reels.
Three products, one Short: trim each segment exact, then join
A three-product review Short is three exact trims at $0.02 plus one $0.10 Timeline render. Use precision exact so each cut lands on the frame you chose.
Voiceover-only Short: silent B-roll plus a TTS spine in Timeline
A Short with no on-camera speech is narration over B-roll. In Timeline the narration is the audio spine, the clips are slots, and audio sets the length.
What is TikTok's The Next Episode, and what to have ready
TikTok's The Next Episode was reported to fund creator-led series. What was said, what was not, and a pilot kit you can build with Sume for about $157.
YouTube's AI Q&A sticker is for live streams: what Shorts get
The AI-generated Q&A sticker was reported for live streams on mobile in English. For a Short, the Q&A sticker is written by hand; plan room for it in the edit.
24-door advent calendar art on Qwen Image: cost and ratio on Sume
Twenty-four advent door illustrations on Qwen Image cost $0.60 on Sume, or $1.20 with one retake each. Use an explicit 3:4 ratio.