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
AI podcast intro music generator: one prompt, fixed price
Write a podcast intro as one Music Router prompt of 1 to 5000 characters. Every generation is charged the fixed Music price, whichever model id you route to.
Prime Big Deal Days beauty video ads: avatar clips, 4-60 s
Make beauty product ads for Prime Big Deal Days with Avatar Video: scripts must estimate to 4-60 seconds, and product_image is optional. Sizes and prices.
Recraft Crisp Upscale vs Creative Upscale, and Sume's upscale
Recraft's Crisp Upscale enlarges without redrawing; Creative Upscale regenerates. Sume's Image Upscale 1.0 takes an image_url and a factor from 1 to 4.
AI presenter for a SaaS demo video, with or without a product image
For a SaaS demo, omit `product_image` for a productless avatar video, or add one. Each Sume avatar job runs 4 to 60 seconds, so longer demos are split.
AI video background swap for a fashion lookbook with Seedance 2.5
Seedance 2.5 describes green screen editing that swaps a background and keeps the subject. On Sume, send the garment clip as a video reference, 4 to 30 seconds.
Seedance 2.5 green screen editing: what Sume can do
ByteDance says Seedance 2.5 improves green screen editing. Sume's docs document an edit mode only for Gemini Omni Flash 1.1; Seedance takes video references.
AI workout video generator: Seedance 2.5, 4 to 30 seconds
For a workout demo, one Seedance 2.5 request runs 4 to 30 seconds on Sume, with video and audio references; most other catalog models stop at 15 seconds.
Synthesia bulk download of 20 videos vs Sume result URLs
Synthesia can bulk download up to 20 videos as .mp4 files. On Sume you list avatar-video resources and fetch each job's result for its media.sume.com URL.
Synthesia animated scene preview vs Sume first-frame stills
Synthesia previews one scene with a fully animated avatar. Sume previews are first-frame stills with no motion, approved before the full render.
Synthesia avatar sharing vs Sume workspace-scoped avatars
Synthesia shares an avatar's base person with teammates or a workspace. Sume API keys are workspace-scoped, and avatars are referenced by handle.
TikTok Ad Network asset specs: banner 640x100 and where Sume stops
TikTok Ad Network wants video at 1280x720, 720x1280 or 720x720 and banners at 600x500, 640x200 or 640x100. What Sume renders natively and what needs a crop.
TikTok carousel ad specs: 2-35 images and three sizes
A standard TikTok carousel takes 2 to 35 JPG or PNG images at 1200x628, 640x640 or 720x1280. Here is how to map those onto Sume image settings.
TikTok carousel ad music: mp3 required, silent on Ad Network
TikTok carousel ads need an .mp3 of 2 s or more, up to 10M. Library music is silent on Ad Network placements, so upload your own file there.
TikTok Global App Bundle image ad sizes: 9:16, 16:9, 1:1
TikTok's Global App Bundle image ads need 9:16 at 720x1280 or more, 16:9 at 1280x720 or more, or 1:1 at 640x640 or more, as JPG or PNG within 100 MB.
Use audio from a TikTok or Instagram link in your video
Sume imports a public TikTok or Instagram URL, detaches its audio as wav or mp3, then lays it under a Timeline render. YouTube links are rejected.
YouTube A/B testing three cuts: render the variants by API
YouTube Studio can test up to three cuts of a video. To make the cuts, trim one source three ways and render each with Timeline; here is what that costs.
YouTube paid promotion label on an AI-generated sponsored video
A sponsored AI video on YouTube needs the paid promotion button in video details. Sume does not set it; you set it in YouTube Studio when you upload the file.
Trim pauses and reorder clips by API, like YouTube chat editing
YouTube's conversational editing trims pauses and reorders for pacing. By API: inspect the clip for free, trim ranges, then reorder slots in a Timeline spec.
Faceless YouTube channel from outlier videos: what Sume covers
Sume's trending search is TikTok-only, so find YouTube outliers in YouTube Studio. The long faceless build is one Timeline of up to 1,800 seconds.
AI Act deployer for an agency: the legal person, not each hand
Per the Commission FAQ, a company stays the deployer when contractors or freelancers operate the AI system for it. How that maps to one Sume workspace key.
AI Act Article 50(1) and a rendered avatar video: the test
Article 50(1) needs a system built for genuine two-way exchange. A rendered, script-driven avatar video is one-way; check the four criteria. Not legal advice.
AI Act closed-loop film previs: where preview ends, output begins
The EU FAQ puts closed-loop film production outside marking scope unless the output is final. Avatar preview stills are never captioned; the final MP4 can be.
Making AI videos for clients: are you an AI Act deployer?
The Commission FAQ treats freelance or regular paid use of an AI system as professional, making you a deployer. Personal use is excluded. Not legal advice.
Amazon Responsive eCommerce Creative: assets to supply
Amazon's REC builds ads from lifestyle images, video, logos and copy. Prepare lifestyle stills with reference-guided edits and short clips.
Android Automotive Play screenshots: 800x1280 and 1024x768
Play wants 2 portrait (800x1280) and 2 landscape (1024x768) Automotive screenshots of generic system UI. Both fit the ChatGPT Image 2.5 custom-size limits.
Android XR Play screenshots: 8:5 at 3200x2000, not 3840x2400
Play recommends 3840x2400 for Android XR, but that is 9,216,000 pixels, over the ChatGPT Image 2.5 custom-size cap. Use 3200x2000: 8:5 and under it.
Arcads clone static ad vs Sume Avatar Video product image
Arcads /clone-static-ad recreates a static ad as video. On Sume, the closest path is Avatar Video with an optional product_image and a scene prompt.
SB 1050 takedown orders: what an advertising medium must do
SB 1050 bars an advertising medium from running an ad after a served court order. How ad files and URLs fit in, and what a corrected cut means.
SB 1050 clear and conspicuous disclosure: the definition
SB 1050 defines clear and conspicuous as difficult to miss and easy to read in the ad's medium. Map those words to caption contrast and placement controls.
California SB 1050: does an AI avatar count as synthetic?
SB 1050 requires a clear and conspicuous disclosure for ads that prominently include a synthetic performer. Read the definition next to avatar creation.
Captions AI avatar looks vs one Sume avatar handle per look
Captions added Avatar Looks to save new looks per avatar. On Sume you create one avatar handle per look from a prompt, a profile or a reference image.
Coupang main image: white background, square, 95% fill
Coupang's main image should be square on white with the item near 95% of the frame. Request aspect_ratio 1:1 from Sume and check the fill yourself.
How long must the EU AI label stay on screen? Cue timing
The Commission gives no seconds: a limited-time disclosure should stay visible long enough to be read by people with cognitive or processing difficulties.
Final Cut Pro convert closed captions: burn cues in Sume
Final Cut Pro 12.3 converts closed captions to subtitles. To burn existing text onto a video elsewhere, send cues or segments to Sume; SRT is unsupported.
Final Cut Pro Edit Detection: sample stills to see the cuts
Final Cut Pro 12.3 Edit Detection splits a rendered video at shot changes. Sume does not detect cuts; video-frames samples stills at an fps so you can see them.
Final Cut Pro Generate Captions: US English only, Korean fix
Apple's Generate Captions in Final Cut Pro 12.3 is U.S. English only. For Korean speech, Sume video captions takes a language hint and Hangul caption styles.
Firefly Composite API for product photos vs Sume reference edit
Firefly Composite Operations blend a product photo into a generated scene. On Sume, send the photo as an input reference, with an optional mask_url.
FTC: actors, dramatizations and scripted AI avatar ads
The FTC Q&A says actors in an obviously fictional dramatization are not giving testimonials, yet could still be deceptive. What that means for avatar ads.
Is #ad enough in a video? What the FTC Q&A says
The FTC says #Ad may work at the start of a text post but may be too easy to miss in a video. Text in a video must stand out. Sume captions burn it in.
FTC reviews rule and AI stock avatars: fake or false testimonials
The FTC Q&A says no blanket ban on AI avatars; a testimonial is barred only if fake or false. Here is how a Sume avatar and script map to that answer.
FTC unavoidable disclosure: a link or hover is not enough
Under the FTC's testimonials rule Q&A, a disclosure is avoidable if viewers must click or hover to see it. Here is how burned-in text passes that test.
Google Play screenshot rules: 320-3840 px, no alpha, 2x ratio
Play screenshots must be JPEG or 24-bit PNG, 320 to 3840 px, with the long edge at most twice the short one. Sume's 3:1 limit is looser, so check 2:1.
Ideogram ad resizer API safe zones vs Sume aspect_ratio 4:5
Ideogram's ad resizer returns an exact WIDTHxHEIGHT inside a platform safe zone. Sume's image route picks an aspect_ratio and resolution tier instead.
Ideogram ad variations API: one axis per call vs Sume n
Ideogram's ad-variations tool varies people, setting, group_size or scene. Sume has no axis field: describe the change in the prompt and set n up to 10.
Ideogram ghost mannequin API views vs Sume input references
Ideogram's ghost-mannequin tool takes front, back, left, right, top and bottom photos and a required view. Sume takes a flat input_references list.
Ideogram model pose variants API vs a Sume edit prompt
Ideogram's pose tool takes an `instruction` field. Sume has no pose endpoint: you edit with a prompt, references and n up to 10 per call.
Edits bilingual captions vs Sume: language is only a STT hint
Edits translates captions into a second language. In Sume video captions, language only hints speech-to-text, so a second line comes from your own cues.
Extract audio from an Instagram video: Sume audio detach for intros
Edits can extract audio from a video and save it for later projects. In an API workflow, Sume audio detach returns the track as a new wav or mp3 artifact.