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
Shopify video limits: 120 fps max, 100 px minimum, 0.25 s floor
Shopify lists videos up to 1 GB, 10 minutes, UHD, 120 fps, 100-4096 px per edge and a 0.25 s minimum. What to check on a Sume clip before you upload.
Spotify Clips: 60-90 seconds, one per episode, cut it with Sume
Spotify's creator guidance says one 60-90 second clip per episode. Find the moment with Sume video inspect, then cut it with video trim.
TikTok ad disclaimers: 90 characters, 3 links, and the AI type
TikTok Ads Manager has three disclaimer types: 90-character text, up to 3 clickable links, and an AI-generated label. What each does and what Sume does not set.
TikTok video package opening and end scenes: 1-10 seconds, 720x1280
TikTok's video package page lists opening and end scenes of 1 to 10 seconds in MP4, MOV, FLV, MKV or WebM, and Lottie templates under 16 s. Trim with Sume.
TikTok Creator Rewards: 1-minute videos, 10,000 followers, 100K views
TikTok's US Creator Rewards terms (updated July 20, 2026) require a 1-minute video, 10,000 followers and 100,000 views in 30 days. How to build a 60-second cut.
TikTok Shop daily posting limit: 25 videos, 50 photos or 30 and 60?
TikTok Shop's UK page caps shoppable posts at 25 videos and 50 photos a day; the US page says 30 and 60. How to plan an AI batch under whichever cap applies.
TikTok Shop affiliate pilot: 3 videos a day under 5,000 followers
TikTok Shop's US page puts new affiliates under 5,000 followers in a 30-day pilot capped at 3 shoppable videos a day. What that means for an AI clip workflow.
TikTok Shop quality check: 10 videos a day and what AI clips must pass
TikTok Shop's UK page says its quality check tool takes up to 10 videos a day and lists failure reasons. How to pre-screen an AI product clip first.
TikTok shoppable photo post: 2 images minimum, 10 products maximum
TikTok Shop's UK page says a shoppable photo post needs at least 2 images and links up to 10 products. How to build an accurate AI image set for one.
TikTok Smart+ Generate with AI: one product per URL, English only
TikTok's Generate with AI for Smart+ starts from a URL with one product, English only, and labels videos AI-generated. What it leaves open and what Sume adds.
Symphony Creative Studio reference clips must be under 10 seconds
TikTok's Symphony help page limits reference videos to under 10 seconds and single scenes. Cut your clip first with Sume's video trim, then upload it.
Twilio MMS 5 MB video limit: shrink a clip with Sume video trim
Twilio's MMS limit is 5 MB overall. Shorten, drop audio and downsize a clip with Sume video trim, then check the file size yourself.
Walmart image file names: GTIN-14 and 100x100 swatches in a batch
Walmart recommends the 14-digit GTIN in each image file name and lists swatches at 100x100 px. How to name and size a batch of generated images to match.
Walmart image URLs: ports 80/443/8080/8443, no Dropbox or queries
Walmart accepts image URLs on ports 8080, 80, 443 or 8443 and rejects query strings, non-public links, HTML pages and Dropbox. Check Sume media URLs first.
Walmart Media Library video: 100 MB limit and 200-character title
Walmart's Media Library takes videos of 100 MB or less with a title up to 200 characters, and restricts alcohol, tobacco and firearms. Check a Sume clip first.
Walmart minimum four images per listing: a four-shot batch per SKU
Walmart's image guide asks for at least four images per listing. A four-shot plan per SKU on Sume: main on white, angle, detail, in-use, plus the checks to run.
X Ads card video: 10 minutes, 500 MB, MP4 or MOV, 16:9 or 1:1
X's Ads API docs list card video up to 10 minutes and 500 MB, MP4 or MOV, 16:9 or 1:1, and images up to 3 MB. Here is how to fit a Sume clip to that.
What happens if I don't label AI video on YouTube? Penalties
YouTube says missing an AI disclosure can lead to a manual label, removal or Partner Program suspension. What triggers it and how Sume users avoid it.
Do I disclose an AI-generated YouTube thumbnail? What YouTube says
YouTube lists thumbnails under production assistance that needs no AI disclosure. Where that stops, and how C2PA metadata can still trigger a label.
YouTube auto dub 'speech too fast': measure your pace with Sume
YouTube lists speech that is too fast as a reason a video can't be auto dubbed. It gives no threshold, so measure your own pace with video inspect first.
Can YouTube disable monetization on an inactive channel? 6 months
YouTube says it may disable monetization on channels inactive for 6+ months. What counts as activity, how the 2027 terms change the picture, and a batch plan.
Same host face on every YouTube thumbnail with GPT Image 2.5
Anchor one approved host image, repeat the appearance constraints, change only the scene. OpenAI's character method for a thumbnail series, run on Sume.
16:9 to a 9:16 Short: crop first with Sume, then trim to 1080x1920
A conform in Sume video trim is a stretch, so crop a 16:9 video to 9:16 with video filter first, then trim to 1080x1920. Shorts run up to 3 minutes.
Shorts under 10M views: YouTube's shopping and brand deal incentives
YouTube's 2027 update says Shorts channels below 10 million views can reach new incentive programs: shopping bonuses, brand deal incentives, trend boosts.
YouTube subtitle files: SRT has no styling, so burn captions with Sume
YouTube accepts SRT with no style info and TTML with styling and positioning. For a look you control, burn captions with Sume and keep a sidecar too.
Zalando bans non-English text on primary views: check AI images
Zalando's guidelines prohibit non-English text on primary views. Generated images can add stray lettering; a check to run on every primary shot.
Zalando designer apparel needs 5 views, shoes 4: a batch grid
Zalando's Premium/Designer guide lists five views for apparel, four for shoes and bags. A per-SKU shot grid, and which views to leave to a photographer.
Zalando Premium/Designer: model views need real models, not AI
Zalando's Premium/Designer image guide says model views need real models, not AI-generated. What that leaves for Sume: packshots, retouching and checks.
Zalando adds light grey behind white packshots: what to upload
Zalando says it applies a light grey background to primary packshots submitted on white. Send pure white, not grey. How to ask Sume for it.
YouTube "Edit into a Short": 60 seconds, public videos only
YouTube's Remix > Edit into a Short takes up to 60 seconds of your own public video. The rules, the music limit, and when to cut the clip with Sume instead.
YouTube Shorts remix: Cut is 1-5 seconds, plus 3 other modes
Shorts Remix offers Cut (1-5 seconds), Green screen, Collab and Template, with audio sampling up to 90 seconds. What each does and where Sume fits.
Remixed Short after the source is deleted: muted or removed
If the original creator deletes or restricts a source, remixed audio is muted, set to unlisted and deleted in 30 days; video remixes are deleted. Plan for it.
Add yourself to an AI video with a reference photo (Gemini Omni)
How to put a real person into a new AI clip from a photo: what YouTube's Shorts Remix offers, and the Sume request with reference_image_urls and IMAGE_REF tags.
AI music video from a song: Flow Music vs Lyria plus Timeline on Sume
Flow Music uses Gemini Omni to direct a music video by conversation. How to build a song with Lyria 3.5 and cut clips to it with Timeline 1.0 on Sume.
AI video with readable on-screen text: Kling 3.0 or Seedance 2.5
Kling pitches native text rendering; Dreamina pitches clean frames for text editing. What each page says and the Sume route that guarantees your exact words.
beehiiv audio block: make the MP3 from a video issue
beehiiv posts take mp3, wav, ogg, flac, aac and webm audio. Pull a 128 kbps MP3 out of your video issue with Sume's audio detach, $0.01 a job.
Canvas upload by URL: send lecture clips cut per module
Canvas can fetch a file from a public URL. Cut a recorded lecture into one clip per module with Sume's video trim, then hand Canvas each clip's URL.
Google Meet speech translation: caption the recording with Sume
Meet translates live speech between English and five languages, one pair per call. Google's pages do not say recordings carry it, so caption the file yourself.
Instagram Reels product tags: five per post and what the API needs
Product tags on a Reel take up to 5 product_ids, need a Business Manager admin role and shop permissions. What to prepare, and where Sume ends.
Instagram trial reels: test three hooks from one source clip
Publish three trial reels that differ only in the opening, graduate the winner by hand. Cut the variants with Sume video trim, one idempotency key each.
Listing photos from a walkthrough video: 24 stills, 300 s
Pull up to 24 full-size stills from a listing walkthrough with Sume's video frames, free, on clips up to 300 seconds. Staging rules stay with your MLS.
Looping AI video: use the same image as first and last frame
Try a seamless loop on Sume by sending one still as both first_frame and last_frame to Seedance or Kling. Request shape, limits and what to check.
Make a Short look like a 1990s home video: a Gemini Omni edit
YouTube's Shorts Remix example turns a scene 1990s. The same restyle on your own clip with Gemini Omni video edit on Sume: prompt wording, request, and limits.
Nano Banana Pro 4:5 is not 1080x1350: crop and resize in Python
On Sume, Nano Banana Pro takes 4:5 at about 928x1152, not exact 1080x1350. Resize to Instagram's size locally with Pillow, with the small crop explained.
News video reaches 77% weekly: cut platform-native versions
Reuters Institute's 2026 report says 77% watch online news video weekly. Cut one finished piece into vertical and landscape versions with Sume's video trim.
Newsletter issue as a 60-second avatar video and MP3
Turn a newsletter summary into a 60-second avatar video, then pull the MP3 for beehiiv's audio block with Sume's audio detach. What fits in a minute.
Online course, 20 three-minute avatar lessons: cost by quality tier
Twenty 3-minute avatar lessons are 3,600 seconds. On Sume that is $662.40 Standard, $882.00 Plus or $1,980.00 Max, plus $0.95 once to create the avatar.
Restaurant daily special video: change the price with cues
Reuse one silent dish clip and burn a new special and price each day with Sume caption cues: $0.20 a job, $1.40 a week, within Google's 30 second limit.