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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

One model for 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9 and 21:9: 6 Sume rows do it

Of 10 Sume image rows checked, only six list all of 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9 and 21:9. FLUX.2 pro does it at $0.0375, so five placements cost $0.1875.

12 team avatars plus one 20-second clip each: $11.40 + $58.80 = $70.20

12 team avatars cost 12 x $0.95 = $11.40 on Sume; one 20-second plus clip each adds 12 x $4.90 = $58.80. Total $70.20, or $55.56 at standard.

A 30-minute lecture video to text: three detach ranges, 33 cents

A 1,800-second video is the audio detach source ceiling. Three 600-second ranges at $0.01 plus 30 minutes of Sume STT at $0.01 a minute come to $0.33.

Do 480p AI video clips pass TikTok's ad minimums? 540x960 and 640x640

TikTok's non-Spark ad minimums are 540x960, 960x540 and 640x640. A 480p AI clip is named for 480 pixels on its short side, which is below all three. Use 720p.

One 9-second dance on four brand avatars: Kling motion control, $5.67

Four avatars, one 9-second driving video: four Kling 3.0 Motion Control jobs at $0.1575 a second, 4 x 9 x 0.1575 = $5.67 on Sume. Request shape and queueing.

Square 1:1 AI video for YouTube Shorts: Seedance 2.0 15 s from $2.64

YouTube counts square or vertical uploads up to 3 minutes as Shorts. A 15-second 1:1 Seedance 2.0 clip on Sume is $2.64 at 480p, $5.67 at 720p, $12.76 at 1080p.

A 15-second ad with 3 stills: $3.89

One 15-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar standard tier, 3 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $3.89.

A 20-second ad with 2 stills: $12.07

One 20-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar max tier, 2 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $12.07.

A 30-second ad with 4 stills: $17.69

One 30-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar max tier, 4 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $17.69.

A 30-second ad with 2 b-roll clips and 4 stills: $9.80

One 30-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar plus tier, 2 Wan 3.0 b-roll clips, 4 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $9.80.

A 30-second ad with 5 stills: $6.77

One 30-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar standard tier, 5 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $6.77.

A 40-second ad with 6 b-roll clips and 10 stills: $12.69

One 40-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar standard tier, 6 Wan 3.0 b-roll clips, 10 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $12.69.

A 45-second ad with 2 b-roll clips and 5 stills: $13.54

One 45-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar plus tier, 2 Wan 3.0 b-roll clips, 5 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $13.54.

A 45-second ad with 3 b-roll clips and 6 stills: $11.48

One 45-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar standard tier, 3 Wan 3.0 b-roll clips, 6 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $11.48.

A 50-second ad with 8 b-roll clips and 12 stills: $15.91

One 50-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar standard tier, 8 Wan 3.0 b-roll clips, 12 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $15.91.

A 60-second ad with 6 stills: $34.31

One 60-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar max tier, 6 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $34.31.

A 60-second ad with 4 b-roll clips and 8 stills: $18.65

One 60-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar plus tier, 4 Wan 3.0 b-roll clips, 8 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $18.65.

A 60-second ad with 4 b-roll clips and 8 stills: $14.99

One 60-second spokesperson ad on Sume: avatar standard tier, 4 Wan 3.0 b-roll clips, 8 GPT Image 2.5 stills and a new avatar come to $14.99.

330 listing photos a month: Seedream 4.5 edit $16.50, cutouts $7.43

Editing 330 product photos with Seedream 4.5 costs $16.50 on Sume, cutouts add $7.425, and upscaling 33 heroes adds $6.60. All-in, $30.525 or $0.0925 a photo.

Nano Banana 2.1 0.5K is a 512 tier; YouTube thumbnails need 640 wide

The Image API names its smallest tier 512, below YouTube's 640-pixel minimum thumbnail width. 91 test thumbnails cost $6.825 at 0.5K, $9.10 at 1K, $13.65 at 2K.

Reels ads: sound strongly recommended, captions optional; 12 for $2.40

Meta: captions optional but recommended; sound optional, strongly recommended on Reels. Captioning 12 thirty-second ads on Sume is $2.40 per the docs.

TikTok ad text is fixed white; a brand typeface must be burned in

TikTok shows ad text in white, fixed font, no links, @ or hashtags. A brand typeface must be burned into the video; what Sume's caption API can set.

YouTube can add an AI label you cannot remove: C2PA 2.1 and Sume jobs

YouTube auto-labels files with Content Credentials 2.1+ and can add a label creators cannot remove. What to record per Sume job, and what the docs do not claim.

YouTube's in-Shorts AI clips are 10 s and auto-labelled; yours are not

YouTube's Shorts AI tools make clips up to 10 seconds, auto-disclosed. A clip made on Sume and uploaded is not auto-labelled; you set the answer yourself.

Duck a Music Bed Under a Voiceover in Timeline 1.0: $0.25 Total

Mix a generated music bed under a 45-second voiceover with Timeline 1.0: soundtrack duck_db, gain_db, loop and fade-out, plus the cost of music, TTS and render.

Agency Batch of 10 Clips: Draft at 480p, Final at 1080p, Priced

Budget a 10-clip client batch on Seedance 2.5: 480p drafts, two revision rounds on 4 clips, then 1080p finals, versus rendering everything at 1080p.

App Promo Half-Banner: A Headline Still Over a Screen Recording

Stack a headline image above an app screen recording in one 9:16 shot with timeline compose: layout ratio, overlay mode, output size and a $0.02 price.

Avatar Presenter Training Video Over 60 Seconds: Split Into Jobs

A single avatar video job covers 4 to 60 seconds. Plan a 3-minute presenter video as three jobs and stitch them: costs at standard, plus and max quality.

Face Swap a 15-Second Clip With a Consented Avatar: What It Costs

Beta Avatar Face Swap on Sume applies a ready avatar to a 4 to 15 second source video. Price at standard, plus and max, the avatar fee and the consent rules.

Narrated Lesson Video From 10 Slides: A Seven-Minute Cost Breakdown

A 7-minute course lesson from a script and 10 slide images: TTS, gpt-image-2.5 slides and a Timeline 1.0 render, with each line of the bill worked out.

12 Ad Variants From One Body Clip: Hooks, Renders, Queue Limits

Test 12 opening hooks on one product ad: 3-second Omni Flash hooks, one trimmed body, 12 renders and captions, plus how queue limits shape the batch.

Product Page Video From One Packshot for Under $2.50

One packshot to a 15-second product video on Sume: background removal, three Nano Banana 2.1 scenes, three Omni Flash clips and a timeline render, itemized.

Localize One Ad to Korean: Burned-In Captions With Hangul Styles

Add Korean captions to an ad: why Latin styles return a 400, which Hangul style to pick, how a restyle skips a second transcription, and what a job costs.

Shadowing Audio for 30 Sentences With script_run: Cost and Setup

Make 30 sentence-length audio clips for a language lesson with one script_run program and tts_create: the cost for 80-character lines and the limits.

50 Product Photos for a Marketplace: Cutout and Upscale Costs on Sume

Clean 50 SKU photos with RMBG at $0.0225 each, then upscale only the hero shots at $0.20: costs of cutouts, selective upscales and upscaling all 50.

90-Second News Explainer Video: Stills, Voiceover, Timeline, $1.06

How to build a 90-second vertical explainer on a current story with Sume: research calls, six stills, 1,200 characters of voiceover, one two-minute render.

Podcast Video to Three Vertical Clips With Captions: $0.66

Cut three 45-second clips from a 30-minute video podcast, burn captions on each and pay $0.66 on Sume: video trim, standalone captions, and the limits to know.

Real Estate Listing Reel From 8 Photos: A $5.23 Workflow

Turn eight listing photos into a 40-second 9:16 tour: Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 clips, a generated music bed and a timeline render, with the arithmetic.

YouTube Shorts Over 60 Seconds: Why a Music Claim Blocks the Video

A YouTube Short longer than one minute with an active copyright claim is blocked worldwide. What that means for music choices, with Sume's Music Router noted.

Swap a Product in an Existing Clip With Omni Flash Video Edit: Cost

Edit a finished clip instead of regenerating it with Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 video-to-video on Sume: what you send, what you cannot, and prices for 3, 5 and 10 s.

Talking Still Testimonial: VEED Fabric 1.0 or H3 Max Lip Sync, Priced

Make a 14.8-second talking-head clip from a still and a TTS line on Sume: Fabric at 720p versus MiniMax H3 Max Lip Sync at 768p, with each price multiplied out.

TikTok Ad Teardown Before You Remake It: Trending Search and Ingest

Research what works on TikTok, then read one reference clip into shots, on-screen text and audio facts before a remake brief. Sume costs and dest-first limits.

TikTok Non-Spark Ad Upload Specs: Check Your Render Before You Upload

TikTok non-Spark ads need 9:16 at 540x960 or more, up to 500 MB, 516 kbps or higher. Use Timeline 1.0, video trim and video inspect to meet and check them.

Virtual Staging 12 Empty Rooms With an Image API: Cost by Model

What it costs to stage 12 empty-room photos with image edits on Sume: gpt-image-2.5 medium and high, and Nano Banana 2.1 at 2K, with the multiplication shown.

150-second YouTube Short from three avatar jobs (60+60+30): cost

A 150-second avatar Short built from 60, 60 and 30 second jobs costs $27.60 at standard video, plus $0.125 music and $0.30 Timeline render.

28-second vertical ad from four 7 s Omni clips: $5.35 with the render

Four 7-second Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 clips at 1080p cost $5.25 on Sume; a Timeline render of the 28-second cut adds $0.10, so the ad is $5.35 in total.

31 Shorts thumbnails at 9:16: Nano Banana 2.1 2K is $4.65, 4K is $6.20

YouTube recommends 2160x3840 for Shorts thumbnails and accepts uploads only from Studio on a computer. 31 images are $4.65 at 2K or $6.20 at 4K on Sume.

3840x2160 YouTube thumbnail on GPT Image 2.5: valid size, 2 MB trap

3840x2160 is a legal GPT Image 2.5 custom size on Sume at exactly 8,294,400 pixels. YouTube recommends it, but mobile uploads stop at 2 MB, so check the file.