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
GPT Image 2.5 drafts at low quality, then a final: cost and steps
fal lists GPT Image 2.5 at $0.00588 low and $0.05268 high for 1024 squares. Draft four options at low, pick one, then redo it at high. Sume steps and the catch.
Halloween product teaser: a 15-second vertical clip from one still
Make a 15-second Halloween teaser for a product with Seedance 2.5 on Sume: first-frame still, 9:16 at 720p, native audio, and how to read the price first.
Log the exact video model id per shot after Runway model removals
When a vendor retires a video model, a logged model id turns the audit into a query. Record it on every shot, and know what Sume echoes.
Podcast audiogram API: audio plus a cover still in one render
Make a podcast audiogram video from an audio clip and a cover image with Timeline 1.0: spine, still slot, square output and the cost per minute.
Turn a product changelog into a 30-second update video
Convert release notes into a short update video: pick three changes, write a 70-word script, voice it with TTS, add real screenshots and render with Timeline.
Listing photos to a narrated tour video with TTS and Timeline
Turn ten listing photos into a 45-second narrated tour: write the script, get word timestamps from TTS, then render stills on a Timeline spine for about $0.15.
Run one video prompt across five Sume models: a Python bake-off
Submit the same prompt to five Sume video models, choose each model's resolution from the catalog, and compare cost and time. Runnable code under 30 lines.
Yearbook slideshow video: photos, narration and music in one render
Build a 90-second class slideshow: 18 photos on a Timeline 1.0 spine with fades, TTS narration, and a Music Router bed. Costs worked out, with limits.
Shoppable videos on Shop: make the vertical product clips with Sume
Shopify's Winter '26 Edition covers shoppable videos on Shop. How to produce a set of vertical product clips for a Shopify store from product stills with Sume.
Synthesia Sessions alternative: avatar briefing clips by API
Synthesia launched Sessions for live avatar roleplay. Sume renders scripted avatar clips instead: what that covers in sales training, and what it does not.
Thanksgiving recipe video: step cards with caption cues
Make a 40-second Thanksgiving recipe video from five phone shots: join them in Timeline 1.0, burn numbered step cards with caption cues, add a music bed.
Walmart Sponsored Videos run 5 to 45 seconds: cut yours to length
Walmart Connect says Sponsored Videos run between five and 45 seconds. How to trim a finished product video to that window with Sume's video-trim endpoint.
Wan 3.0 30-second drafts at 480p, then the 1080p final: cost on Sume
Alibaba lists Wan 3.0 at $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 a second. A 30-second shot is $1.50, $3.00 or $6.00 at list; Sume's list x 1.25 makes it $1.875, $3.75 or $7.50.
Webinar highlight reel: trim five moments, stitch, add cue captions
Cut a 60-second webinar highlight reel from a recording: five trims at $0.02, one Timeline render at $0.10, and caption cues at $0.20, about $0.40 in total.
Wedding highlight video: keep the vows audio, cut the rest
Cut a 2-minute wedding highlight from guest clips: take vows audio with audio-detach, place clips over it in Timeline 1.0, and add a quiet music bed.
YouTube channel trailer: trim three clips, add music, 30 seconds
Build a 30-second channel trailer: trim three best moments at $0.02 each, join them in Timeline 1.0 for $0.10, and add a Lyria music bed at $0.125.
Accessible transcript for a video page: Sume transcript, then review
Get a timed transcript of your video from Sume's video inspect for $0.01 a minute, then correct it by ear. Silent clips fail, and no output is pre-certified.
Storyboard animatic from stills with a Sume timeline
Check pacing and shot order before paying for video: render storyboard stills as a silent Timeline 1.0 animatic, with an unbilled plan call first.
Avatar UGC ad: captions.status failed but the video is fine, now what
Inline captions on a Sume avatar video soft-fail: the job can succeed with a clean video_url and captions.status failed. Re-caption it standalone for $0.20.
Build a 3-minute YouTube Short from clips with Sume Timeline
Stitch several clips into one Short of up to 180 seconds with Timeline 1.0: fades, a looped music bed with ducking, and the $0.30 render for three minutes.
Gift guide video from 20 product stills: Timeline plan and render
Hold 20 product stills for 3 seconds each over one voiceover in Timeline 1.0. Plan it free, expect a chunked render past 12 slots, and cap fades at 8 in a row.
GPT Image 2.5 ad headline text: quote the copy, test medium vs high
For an ad still with a headline, quote the exact words, state position and type style, and render at medium and high to compare. A Sume script and its cost.
Ad still from a packshot: tell GPT Image 2.5 what must not move
Turn a product packshot into an ad still with GPT Image 2.5 by listing what must not move: shape, colour, label text. A Sume request and a checklist.
Keep the same face in a GPT Image 2.5 edit: the prompt block to use
To keep a person recognisable in a GPT Image 2.5 edit, send the photo as a reference and spell out what must not change. The exact wording and a Sume call.
Check 200 holiday clips before upload with a free probe-only inspect
A video-inspect call with frames false is a probe with no stills and no charge. Use it as a pre-upload audio gate, then pull stills only for clips you doubt.
Hour-long podcast video to clips: the 1800-second source cap
Sume's trim, detach and inspect tools read sources up to 1800 seconds, so a 60-minute episode must be split before import. Limits and a safe split plan.
How many clips for a 10-minute faceless video? Timeline slot math
A 10-minute faceless video fits Timeline 1.0 comfortably: up to 200 slots, a render near $1.00, and limits on fades and single-pass renders to plan around.
Korean captions on product clips: use korean-ad, not slam
slam, punch and tiktok-green have no Hangul glyphs and return 400 on Korean copy. Use korean-ad with language ko for Korean product clips; $0.20 a job.
Find product moments in a live-commerce replay and trim them out
Run one transcript on a live-selling replay, find the sentences where each product is pitched, then cut each range with video-trim at $0.02 a clip.
Live replay highlight reel in one render: detach once, no trims
Detach a live replay's audio once ($0.01), then build a 30-second highlight reel in one Timeline render using audio parts and source_in. No per-clip trim jobs.
Launch teaser from product shots: Gemini Omni Flash reference images
Feed up to 10 product references to gemini-omni-flash-1.1 on Sume, address them as IMAGE_REF_0 in the prompt, and get a 3-10 second teaser with native audio.
Re-roll one shot in a stitched film without redoing the rest
Regenerate a single bad shot, swap its source_url in the Timeline 1.0 video array, and re-render the cut for $0.10 per output minute. The other shots stay.
Recast a video longer than 30 seconds: trim, recast, rejoin
H3 Max Recast takes 5 to 30 seconds of source. For a 90 second video on Sume, probe it, trim ranges, recast each at 768p, then plan the join. Cost math inside.
Review a creator clip's transcript before reusing it as a paid ad
Get a creator clip's transcript for $0.01 per audio minute with video inspect, then flag risky claims with your own word list before the clip becomes an ad.
Score a multi-scene video with AI music: tempo, key, lead instrument
How to brief Sume Music for a video with several scenes: one consistent score or contrasting cues, with tempo, key and lead-instrument rules from the docs.
Sketch plus face photo to a thumbnail with GPT Image 2.5
Send a rough layout sketch and a portrait as two references and ask GPT Image 2.5 for a 16:9 thumbnail. The prompt, a 1280x720 Sume request and what to verify.
Trim a long video then caption the clip: two Sume jobs in order
Cut a moment from a long recording with video-trim, then burn captions on the new MP4. Why the order matters, what each job costs, and which URL goes where.
Upload 15 YouTube Shorts at a time: prepare the batch with Sume
YouTube's upload page lets you pick up to 15 Shorts at once. Prepare 15 correctly sized clips with Sume trim jobs, one idempotency key each.
YouTube automatic captions not available: what to do instead
YouTube lists silence, overlapping speakers and poor audio as reasons auto captions fail. Burn your own with Sume cues or a script_text-aligned caption job.
YouTube inauthentic content rule: a faceless channel checklist
YouTube's monetization policy targets mass-produced, generic content. What a faceless channel should vary per episode, and which Sume steps hold your input.
AI-written script on a public-interest topic: Article 50 text label
Article 50(4) text labels cover published public-interest text with no human review or editorial control. What counts as review, per the Commission.
AI Act marking exemption for B2B and industrial output: how narrow
The Commission FAQ says a narrow Article 50(2) marking exemption is envisaged for B2B or industrial outputs, with conditions in the guidelines. What it lists.
AI Act Article 50 fines: up to EUR 15M or 3%, and who enforces it
The Commission's Article 50 FAQ says fines can reach 15 million euros or 3% of worldwide turnover, enforced mainly by national market surveillance authorities.
AI Act Article 50 for non-EU providers: output used in the EU
The Commission FAQ says providers outside the EU are subject to the AI Act if their system's output is used in the EU. How it defines provider and deployer.
Can one avatar UGC ad change location mid-video? One scene only
Sume's avatar video renders one avatar and one shared scene per final video. For a second location, make two jobs and join them with a Timeline 1.0 render.
Character turnaround sheet by API: front, profile, back views
Make a turnaround sheet by API: render the front view, then send it as a reference for profile and back. Google's 360-view method, and the Sume request.
EU AI icon: embedded in the video or a UI overlay, and when reshared
The Commission says the EU AI icon should be embedded in the content unless an equivalent like a UI overlay exists, and be visible on reshare or download.
EU AI icon licence: free, no attribution, not proof of compliance
The Commission's EU AI icons are free with no attribution, but using one does not prove compliance, and a non-signatory using one does not signal adherence.