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
TikTok Shop 'results may vary': adding the disclaimer to an AI clip
TikTok Shop allows disclaimers only for before-and-after and time-based results, worded 'results may vary'. Burn the line into a clip with Sume captions.
TikTok Shop skin-smoothing filter ban: AI beauty video rules
TikTok Shop bans skin-smoothing and instant-effect filters, with no disclaimer exemption. What to avoid in an AI beauty clip and what Sume can show.
TikTok Spark Ads translation skips text burned into the video
TikTok's viewer-side Spark Ads translation does not translate text inside the creative or AI-generated ads. Burn captions per market instead.
TikTok Translate and Dub: lip-sync limits and the AI label
TikTok's Translate and Dub in Symphony Creative Studio can clone the voice and lip-sync, but not for crowds or covered mouths. Texas and Illinois are excluded.
Vocabulary flashcard video: one still and one spoken word per card
Build a vocabulary flashcard video: one image and one TTS word per card, joined with Timeline audio concat, then re-based into render slots from segments[].
Why is my YouTube Short private? The default for ages 13 to 17
YouTube sets new Shorts to private by default for creators aged 13 to 17 and public for 18 and up. Change it at upload, then publish; Sume does not upload.
YouTube Create: Nano Banana from 3 images, then animate with Omni
YouTube Create lets Nano Banana use up to 3 reference images and Omni animate a clip. The same two steps on Sume: an image job, then image_url into video.
YouTube localized thumbnails and titles: a per-language checklist
YouTube lets you translate titles and descriptions and upload a thumbnail per language. A checklist, and where Sume's image and caption tools fit.
No Shorts camera on iPad or tablet? Record elsewhere, then upload
YouTube's Android help says the Shorts camera is unavailable on tablets. Upload a square or vertical video up to 3 minutes from Studio, or make one with Sume.
YouTube Shorts 'Get feedback': hook and pacing, plus Sume inspect
Tap Get feedback in the YouTube Shorts editor for an analysis of hook and pacing. Sume's video inspect adds stills and a timed transcript, but no score.
YouTube Shorts speed tool: slow motion and timelapse, and Sume
The Shorts camera has a Speed tool to slow or speed a clip. Sume's docs list no retime control, so do speed in YouTube and use Sume for the rest.
YouTube Shorts title limit: 100 characters, and a batch checker
YouTube's Shorts upload flow caps titles at 100 characters. A short Python script checks a batch of titles before you upload, with no API key.
Shorts 'Viewed vs swiped away': test your first frame with Sume
Viewed vs swiped away is the share of viewers who stayed versus swiped past your Short. Pull candidate first frames with Sume's video frames route.
YouTube subtitle file garbled? Save it as UTF-8, or burn captions
YouTube wants plain UTF-8 text for caption files. If accents or Hangul turn to boxes, re-save as UTF-8, or burn captions with Sume where the font is documented.
One 30-second AI clip or six short shots? A practical way to decide
A 30-second generation is one continuous take; six shots joined in Timeline give more control. Compare cost, retries, and consistency before you pick.
480p draft, 1080p final on Seedance 2.5: no seed, so a new take
Seedance 2.5 on Sume accepts 480p, 720p and 1080p, but no v1 model takes a seed. A cheap draft previews the idea, not the shot. How to use drafts honestly.
Creator content live by mid-October for Black Friday: a plan
One agency advises having Advantage+ Shopping with creator content live by mid-October for Black Friday 2026-11-27. A plan and a Sume clip pipeline.
A client sign-off sheet for AI ad clips: one row per clip
Columns for a sign-off sheet on AI-generated ad clips, which Sume fields fill each, and what the client is actually approving. For agencies sending batches.
AI ad disclosure record: the Sume job fields to save per clip
A per-clip record that answers a platform or client query: model, prompt, job id and date from a Sume job, plus the label decision, in one sheet row.
AI music for ads: five license questions to ask before you pay to run
Before AI music backs paid media, ask five questions: training data, rights after cancelling, downloads, stated terms and records. Reported facts are marked.
Voice agent hits voicemail: write and record the message with TTS
ElevenLabs agents added Twilio answering-machine detection on 2026-09-07. What your agent should say to a machine, and how to pre-record it with Sume TTS.
Change the price on an ad banner for each market: an edit loop
One banner, three markets: a Python loop that sends one edit per price with an Idempotency-Key, so a retry never pays for the same banner twice.
Bedtime story audio: slow narrator and lullaby bed on Sume
Make a bedtime story track: slow TTS narration, an instrumental lullaby from Music, mixed with Timeline ducking, then an mp3. Steps and cost.
Blind-test AI music models with one brief: Sume Music Router ids
New music models launch monthly (Suno v6, ElevenLabs Music v2.5). A simple blind test with one brief, and the three routable ids Sume's router accepts.
Can an AI avatar go live on TikTok? Sume makes clips, not streams
A summary reports TikTok live needs 1,000 followers and age 16 or older. Sume renders 4-60 second avatar clips, not live video. What it can do around a live.
Do AI captions need an AI label on TikTok? What was reported
A snippet reports TikTok needs no AI label for AI-assisted captions, color grading or thumbnails. Where that stops and what burning captions with Sume changes.
Does an AI product image need a TikTok label? One summary says yes
One summary lists photorealistic AI product images and backgrounds among TikTok's label triggers. How that maps to images made with Sume, and what to record.
Editable ad layers without a layer model: composite PNGs in Pillow
Sume returns flat images, not layered files. Generate a background and transparent elements as separate calls, then stack them yourself with Pillow.
ElevenLabs Music rights after you cancel: keep a license file
ElevenLabs reportedly keeps music rights after cancellation. What to record per track, in any AI music tool, so you can prove what you used. Not legal advice.
After a frame-rate change: conform the clip in Sume Video trim
Got a clip at 48 or 120 fps back from an Enhance Frame Rate tool? Sume Video trim re-encodes to 24, 25, 30 or 60 fps and 256 to 2160 px, for $0.02 per job.
Find dead air in a voice-agent call recording with STT word gaps
Long silences hurt voice-agent calls. Transcribe a recording with Sume STT and list every pause over a threshold, with times. Python sketch.
Put the headline on in code: a text-free AI image plus Pillow
When the copy must be exact, ask the model for a text-free image with space for it, then draw the headline in Pillow. The text is then yours, not the model's.
Higgsfield's six launches in three days: what to re-test
Higgsfield's changelog lists six items from 2026-09-29 to 10-01. A re-test list for an ad team, with the Sume route to check for each one.
Citing a platform's AI rule to a client: reported vs platform page
How to write platform AI rules into client documents: quote the platform page, mark third-party summaries as reported, and add a read date.
Instagram carousel with AI characters: label wording, 10-image set
The Instagram label description says images may feature AI-generated characters. What that means for a carousel built with Sume Images, and the n limit.
Appealing Instagram's AI generated profile label: records to keep
A snippet says notified profiles can add the AI label or appeal. What evidence to keep, including Sume job records, and why they cannot prove a person is real.
Instagram renamed the AI creator label to AI generated profile
Instagram changed its profile label from AI creator to AI generated profile and said unlabeled AI personas can have reach limited. What changed and the dates.
Instagram limits reach of unlabeled AI personas: check Account Status
Social Media Today reports Instagram limits reach for unlabeled AI profiles; a snippet says Account Status shows eligibility. What to check and in what order.
Keep one look across a video series with reference images
A restyle tool keeps one style per clip; for a series, send the same reference image with every Sume video request. How input_references works.
Luma Ray3.2 takes 16 keyframes; on Sume, chain first/last-frame clips
Ray3.2 accepts up to 16 keyframes in one clip. Sume's video models take a first and last frame, so 16 keyframes means 15 chained clips joined in Timeline.
Meta removed ad-set placement exclusions: render every ratio
Per Common Thread, Meta removed ad-set placement exclusions on 2026-08-21. If you cannot opt out of a placement, render every ratio your list needs.
Meta Creative Diversity Score: Low, Medium, High, and what to do
Meta added a Creative Diversity Score on 2026-08-26 with Low, Medium and High levels, per one agency summary. What it says, what it leaves out, what to do.
Music bed under narration: the no-spoken-word clause for Lyria 3.5
To get a music bed that stays out of a voiceover's way, end the Sume music prompt with no vocals, no spoken word, then duck it under the voice in Timeline.
Score a scene from its still: image_url on Sume music, Lyria 3.5
Pass the accepted scene still as image_url on a Sume music request so the score matches the picture. What the field accepts, what it does not, and the cost.
One score or contrasting cues: briefing Lyria 3.5 per scene
For a video with several scenes, decide first: one consistent score or contrasting cues. Sume's music docs give the rule for each, including a 12 BPM gap.
One product in five settings: image references and 4:5 for ad variants
Make five distinct scene variants of one product photo with Sume's Image API input_references at 4:5 for a Meta ad set. Request shape, limits and a Python loop.
Plan a 20-ad test: four hooks times five visuals
Twenty ads from one product is four hooks times five visuals. How to lay out the grid so you learn which half won, and how to name the files.
Replace a disputed music track across 20 ads with Timeline
Re-render 20 finished ads with a new music bed using Sume Timeline's soundtrack field: $0.10 per output minute, plan step unbilled, plus a checklist to keep.