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
Animate a pencil sketch or storyboard panel as the first frame
Use a sketch or storyboard panel as first_frame on Sume, and the next panel as last_frame on models that take an end frame. Prompt, models and windows.
How do I turn an app screen recording into a Black Friday sale ad?
Trim a screen recording to 15 seconds, add a music bed and burn the offer in as captions. Four calls, $0.445 on Sume, no generative video needed.
How do I make a Black Friday video ad with no product photos?
Three 5-second Wan 3.0 text-to-video clips, a music bed, one render and burned-in deal text: $2.315 on Sume at 720p, no photo shoot needed.
Change the background behind a person in a video with AI (Omni edit)
Swap the backdrop behind a person in an existing clip with Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 edit on Sume: a keep-the-subject prompt, limits, and a 10-second price table.
Change the print on a t-shirt in a model photo with a design reference
Swap the graphic on a shirt in a model photo: photo first, new design as a second reference to ideogram/ideogram-v4.5. $0.075 per photo at medium on Sume.
Customer onboarding email series with an avatar: 5 clips, cost by tier
Five 20-second onboarding clips from one Sume avatar cost $18.40 on standard, $24.50 on plus and $55.00 on max. How to plan the series and when to re-render.
What does a first-time home buyer video series cost with an avatar?
Six 30-second avatar tips cost $33.12 at standard, $44.10 at plus or $99.00 at max on Sume, plus $0.95 once for the avatar. Rates and script limits.
How do I turn my free course lessons into text for a sales page?
Detach each lesson's audio ($0.01), then transcribe it at $0.01 a minute: $0.09 for an 8-minute lesson, $0.90 for ten, on Sume.
Character still first, then Kling 3.0 motion control
Kling 3.0 motion control on Sume needs a still and a motion video. Make and approve the still first, then spend the $0.1575-a-second job on it.
How do I make a Halloween party invitation video with RSVP?
Make the poster with Ideogram 4.5 ($0.075), animate it for 6 seconds ($0.75) and burn the date and RSVP as captions ($0.20): $1.025 on Sume.
How do I make a 9-minute Halloween haunt sound loop from one track?
Generate one 3-minute ambience track ($0.125) and join it three times with Timeline audio concat ($0.01): a 9-minute file for $0.135 on Sume.
How much narration per product in a gift guide video, and its cost?
Plan about 150 characters a product plus 300 for intro and outro. Eight products is 1,500 characters, $0.08 on Sume TTS, or $0.09 as eight jobs and a join.
How to shoot 1 to 4 person photos for H3 Max Recast
Photo guidance for Recast references on Sume: one photo per new person, framing, light and angle. What the route takes and what to check before you submit.
Landscape listing photos in a vertical reel: cover, contain or blur?
A 3:2 photo in a 9:16 reel shows only 37.5% of its width with fit cover. Pick the fit per photo in Timeline 1.0: eight photos and a bed cost $0.225 on Sume.
Lock the look with one image, then animate it on three video models
Make one approved image, then use it as first_frame on wan-3.0, kling-3 and minimax-h3-max. Same start, three motions, one prompt, so you can compare.
Meta Feed allows 1-second video ads: shortest Sume clip is 2 s
Meta's Feed spec allows video from 1 second. The shortest clip any Sume video model generates is 2 seconds (Wan 3.0). What to do for a 1-second cut test.
How do I make one intro bumper and reuse it in every course lesson?
Make a 5-second bumper once ($0.83 with a sting), then add it to 24 eight-minute lessons at $0.82 each: $20.51 for the course on Sume.
Pick clip lengths from a voice-over script: one sentence per clip
Turn a voice-over into clips: measure each voiced sentence, round up, and pick the models whose duration window contains it. Windows for six Sume models.
Pre-rendered avatar greetings per visitor segment, not a live avatar
Instead of a live avatar for each visitor, render one short Sume avatar clip per segment ahead of time. Per-tier cost for six 12-second greetings.
Remove dust, lint and wrinkles from a product photo with an AI edit
Clean dust, lint and fabric wrinkles from a product photo with ideogram/ideogram-v4.5: one reference, no mask, $0.0375 to $0.275 per image on Sume.
Remove the photographer's reflection from a window photo: masked edit
Remove your own reflection from a shop window photo: mask it and send a gpt-image-2.5 edit with mask_url, $0.0094 to $0.0835 per image on Sume. Checks inside.
Replace an old logo on 40 product photos with Ideogram 4.5
Rebrand 40 product photos: send each photo plus the new logo as a second reference to ideogram/ideogram-v4.5. Cost on Sume: $1.50 at low, $3 at medium.
Swap the presenter per market: one ad, two Recast jobs on Sume
Recast keeps the motion, camera, cuts and sound of one source ad and replaces the people. How to make one version per market, the limits and the price.
How do I put three products in one AI video from reference photos?
Send three product photos as input_references to Gemini Omni Flash 1.1: one 8-second 720p clip is $1.00 on Sume, against $1.89 for three single clips.
Transcribe an interview with timestamps via API (no speaker labels)
Send interview audio to Sume STT for text, word start and end times and sentence segments. It returns no speaker names. 25 minutes costs 28 cents.
Translate a coffee bag label to Japanese with Ideogram 4.5
Translate a packaging label into Japanese with ideogram/ideogram-v4.5: give the exact string, one language per call, check characters. $0.075 per bag at medium.
Turn summer footage into autumn with an edit prompt (Omni Flash)
Change the season of a clip you already shot with a video_url edit on Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 at Sume: prompt wording, what to verify, and a 6-second price table.
Virtual staging an empty room photo with AI: GPT Image 2.5 via API
Stage an empty room photo with openai/gpt-image-2.5: the room plus up to 15 furniture references, an optional mask, and about $0.08 per staged image at high.
Write a lip-sync script in 5 to 14.8 second beats (H3 Max voice-over)
MiniMax H3 Max lip-sync on Sume takes audio of 5 to 14.8 seconds. Write the script in beats that fit the window, then voice each beat; the price per beat.
YouTube bumper ad 5-6 seconds: generate at 6 or trim on Sume
YouTube's help page puts bumper ads at 5 to 6 seconds. Which Sume video models can generate a 6 second clip directly, and when a $0.02 trim is the better route.
30, 15 and 6-second cutdowns from one master with video trim
Make three cutdowns from one master clip with video trim: $0.02 each, $0.06 in all. Use exact precision, conform to 1080x1920, and keep or drop the audio.
How do I animate my podcast cover art into a 5-second video intro?
Use the cover as a first frame for a 5-second clip ($0.63 at 720p), add a $0.125 sting and a $0.10 render: $0.855 once, reused every episode.
Change prices on a chalkboard menu photo with Ideogram 4.5
Update dish prices on a chalkboard menu photo with ideogram/ideogram-v4.5: list old and new text, one change set per call, check each digit. $0.075 at medium.
How do I automate a daily morning briefing audio with a TTS API?
A daily briefing of 2,200 characters is one TTS job: 11 cents a day, $3.30 for 30 days on Sume, plus a 1-cent concat if you add a music sting.
How do I make AI announcer intros for conference speakers?
Ten 25-second speaker intros with one shared sting cost about 43 cents on Sume: 2 cents of TTS and a 1-cent join each, plus a $0.125 track made once.
How do I make a safety briefing audio in three languages with TTS?
One 1,800-character briefing in English, Spanish and Polish is three TTS jobs: 9 cents each, 27 cents in all on Sume. Set language on every job and review it.
Game NPC dialogue with AI avatar clips: pre-render lines, not live
For a game or interactive story, 120 pre-rendered 5-second NPC lines cost $147.00 on Sume's plus tier. When clips are enough and when you need a live character.
Why a vertical-only YouTube ad may not serve, and the 16:9 fix
Google says campaigns with only vertical videos may not serve in YouTube in-feed. Render a 16:9 twin of your 9:16 ad from one audio spine with Sume Timeline.
Instagram Reels templates need music and 3 clips: prepare them
Instagram says templates need a reel with music and at least 3 clips. Render one master with Sume Timeline, then cut three clips with video trim at $0.02 each.
How do I keep a product label exact in an AI product video?
Animate the product photo, then overlay your real label still with Timeline compose: $0.63 for a 5-second clip plus $0.02 for the overlay on Sume.
Live stream avatar: queue pre-rendered reaction clips instead
For a stream overlay, render ten short Sume avatar clips ahead of time and trigger them from chat events. Ten 6-second clips cost $14.70 on plus.
Meta Feed video ad spec checklist before uploading an AI clip
Meta's Facebook Feed video spec: 4:5, 1440 x 1800, up to 4 GB, MP4 or MOV, H.264 with AAC audio. A checklist, and the Sume Timeline output size that meets it.
One voiceover, two ratios: render 9:16 and 1:1 from one audio file
Reuse one voiceover for a 1080x1920 and a 1080x1080 cut in Sume Timeline. Two renders at $0.10 per output minute each; only output width and height change.
How to make a pep talk audio track with music: voice, bed and render
A 90-second pep talk with a music bed is one TTS job, one Music Router job and one render: about $0.39 on Sume. Suno Speech beta does it in one pass.
How do I turn one podcast episode into five quote clips for social?
Transcribe the episode in 10-minute chunks, split five quotes out, put the cover still under each and burn captions: $1.80 for a 28-minute episode on Sume.
Post-call recap video with an AI avatar for prospects: script and cost
After a sales call, send a 30-second recap clip from a Sume avatar. Script structure, cost at standard, plus and max, and how to keep it honest and reviewed.
Product photo to a 6-second vertical ad: a still is a static hold
A still in a Timeline video slot is held, not animated: motion is accepted but ignored with a motion_ignored warning. Default 1080x1920, $0.10 for 6 seconds.
Remove a date stamp from a scanned photo: crop first, then a mask edit
Remove an orange date stamp from a scanned family photo: crop it for free in Pillow, or mask it and edit with openai/gpt-image-2.5 from $0.0094 an image.