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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

Meal prep weekly menu clip: 12 Mondays to year-end, 51 cents each

A meal-prep cook can post a weekly menu clip every Monday until Dec 28 for about $6.12 in total: an 8-second clip plus a text-to-speech line each week.

YouTube AI disclosure for AI music and voiceover: what to keep

YouTube asks creators to disclose meaningfully altered or synthetic realistic content. What to keep from Sume music and TTS jobs, and what Sume cannot decide.

Thrift and resale listing videos from one flat-lay photo

A reseller can turn a flat-lay photo into a 6-second listing clip with Wan 3.0 first-frame video for $0.38 at 480p. Rules for honest motion and a batch run.

Dog groomer holiday booking clip from one photo: 6 s, $0.75

How a dog groomer can fill December slots with a 6-second vertical clip made from one grooming photo, plus a music bed. Sume prices to the cent.

Detach 13 seconds of speech from a clip and lip-sync it on H3 Max

Sume can detach audio from a hosted clip by time range, then drive a talking face with H3 Max lip-sync. $1.31 for 13 seconds; rights and limits explained.

Live-sale replay to 10 highlight clips: import, trim, caption

Cut ten highlight clips from one TikTok live replay with Sume: $0.15 import, ten $0.02 trims, ten $0.20 captions. Total $2.35. Limits stated plainly.

Bike shop Black Friday clip: dim the footage so price text reads

A bike shop can darken a generated clip with Sume video filter dim, then burn price cues on it for $0.20. One 5 s clip at 720p is $0.85.

YouTube AI label: in the player or the description?

YouTube shows its altered-content label in the player for photorealistic AI and in the expanded description for animated or non-photorealistic AI.

Pressure-wash and gutter reminder: one clip, six neighborhood captions

Burn a different neighborhood name into one silent clip with Sume video captions cues, $0.20 per version. Six versions cost $1.20 on top of the base clip.

Descript-style delete-a-word editing with Sume STT and video trim

Descript edits video by editing its transcript. Sume has no such editor, but STT word timings, video trim at $0.02 a cut and Timeline can rebuild the result.

Twelve colourways times three takes: n=3 versus 36 calls on Sume

For 12 colourways with 3 takes each, use 12 calls with n=3, not 36 calls with n=1. Same cost, fewer requests. Totals on FLUX.2 Pro and Seedream 4.5 inside.

Maple and honey gift box unboxing clip from two photos: $1.00

A small farm can show a gift box opening by giving Wan 3.0 a closed-box first frame and an open-box last frame. 8 seconds at 720p is $1.00 on Sume.

Q4 gift guide video: five picks, five stills, price cues

Build a five-pick holiday gift guide video on Sume: five stills, 400 characters of TTS, a Timeline render and one cue caption job for prices. Read 2026-10-10.

Daily special video for 21 cents: TTS, one still, one render

A restaurant daily special as a 12-second video on Sume: one still, 180 characters of TTS and a Timeline render. Cost per day and per month, read 2026-10-10.

Q4 holiday campaign budget: 34 posts priced from Sume endpoint rates

Price a Q4 holiday campaign on Sume: 28 daily stills with voice, 4 weekly 720p clips and 2 gift guides. Endpoints and totals, read 2026-10-10.

Family holiday greeting: a 10-second Omni Flash card with music

Make a 10-second holiday greeting with Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 at 720p, a Lyria 3.5 music bed and a caption cue for the message. Chain and cost, read 2026-10-10.

Newsletter to video: sentence-timed TTS drives four slots, 74 cents

Turn a 900-character newsletter intro into a video on Sume: sentence segments set each slot start, four stills, one render, one caption job (read 2026-10-10).

Consignment shop: cutout plus 3-second video for 12 items, $2.52

Twelve consignment items become short videos on Sume: Remove Background, then a 3-second Wan 3.0 480p job each, keyed per item. Cost read 2026-10-10.

Yard sale announcement video: three stills, a voice, 62 cents

Make a yard sale video for a neighborhood group: three item stills, TTS, one Timeline render and burned-in date cues. Endpoint chain and cost, read 2026-10-10.

Product video from four reference photos with Omni Flash 1080p

Give Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 up to 10 reference images; a 6-second 1080p product video is $1.125 on Sume. Reference limits and costs, read 2026-10-10.

Lesson recording captions: Sume STT, 8 minutes for 28 cents

Caption an 8-minute lesson recording on Sume: transcribe at $0.01 per minute (10-minute cap) then burn captions for $0.20. Chain and limits, read 2026-10-10.

School bake sale video: three small stills, free music, 53 cents

A bake sale video on Sume with three 0.5K stills, a free BGM track and date cues. Silent-spine Timeline render and caption cost, read 2026-10-10.

ElevenLabs dubbing editor in maintenance mode: redo one line on Sume

ElevenLabs says its dubbing editor gets critical fixes only. If you need per-line regeneration, a Sume TTS job per sentence gives you one retry per line.

One 16:9 hero video cropped to 9:16 and 1:1 for $1.04

Cut a 16:9 Wan 3.0 hero video into 9:16 and 1:1 versions with Sume Video filter crop fractions at $0.02 each. Chain, math and limits, read 2026-10-10.

Pop-up shop teasers: one still, three 5-second videos, dated cues

Plan a three-day pop-up shop teaser series on Sume: one Nano Banana 2.1 still, three Wan 3.0 jobs, three caption cue jobs. Chain and limits, read 2026-10-10.

Launch teaser: one Seedance 2.5 hero shot plus two Wan fillers

Spend on one 5-second Seedance 2.5 hero shot at 720p ($2.889) and fill the rest with cheap Wan 3.0 480p. Timeline chain and a $3.69 total, read 2026-10-10.

German voice-over on Sume: TTS language field plus cue captions

Localize a 300-character promo into German with Sume TTS and cue captions for $0.31. What the language field covers, read 2026-10-10.

New-hire welcome video: 30-second avatar with auto captions

A 30-second welcome video from an Avatar 1.0 talking video plus speech captions costs $5.72 on Sume. Chain, limits and English-only caveat, read 2026-10-10.

TikTok Spark Ads: 10,000 per account cap, un-authorize before delete

TikTok's Spark Ads page caps an Ads Manager account at 10,000 Spark Ads and says to un-authorize a video before deleting it. A rule for batches of Sume renders.

Music teacher intro video: an avatar, cutaways and a 480p b-roll

Build a 20-second music lesson intro: one Avatar 1.0 talking video, audio detach as the spine, a Wan 3.0 cutaway and Timeline. Chain and cost, read 2026-10-10.

Ten micro-lessons from ten scripts: plan first, $5.29 to render

A ten-lesson micro-course on Sume costs $5.29: per lesson 600 characters of TTS, two stills, a render and cues. Free /plan checks first, read 2026-10-10.

One 30-second Wan take cut into three variants with Video trim

Generate one 30-second Wan 3.0 take at 480p, then cut three variants with Video trim at $0.02 each. Chain, cost and limits, read 2026-10-10.

Gym class schedule promo: a silent Wan clip and three timed cues

A gym class schedule video on Sume: one 6-second Wan 3.0 480p clip and one caption job with three timed cues. $0.575, no speech-to-text, read 2026-10-10.

Coworking day-pass promo: a price card stacked over a room video

Stack a still price card over a 6-second room video with Timeline compose: Omni Flash 720p, one Nano Banana 2.1 card, 87 cents in total (read 2026-10-10).

India Rule 3(3): metadata, identifier and no-removal for AI media

India's IT Rules now require tools that make synthetic media to label it and embed permanent metadata. What the rule text says and what to check on a Sume file.

Japan's AI display duty for election video starts 1 March 2027

Japan's election-law bill adds Article 142-5: AI-made or altered campaign images and video must say so on screen. Dates, exceptions, and a burn-in step on Sume.

India's upload prompt: declare AI video before a big platform shows it

Under India's IT Rules, large social platforms must ask uploaders to declare synthetic media and verify it. What to answer, and what to log per Sume job.

Podia video cap by plan: 500, 1,000 or unlimited lessons

Podia counts video files per plan: Mover 500, Shaker 1,000, Earthquaker unlimited. Join a Sume intro bumper into each lesson render so it is one file, not two.

Toast Websites video: 50 MB, landscape only, uploaded by hand

Toast Websites takes a brand video up to 50 MB in landscape only and does not pull it automatically. Make a 16:9 holiday-menu clip with Sume and trim it to fit.

Black Friday give-back clip: Omni Flash plus pledge captions, $0.95

Announce a Black Friday give-back pledge as a 6-second 9:16 clip on Sume: Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 at 720p and three caption cues, $0.95, plus $0.20 per variant.

Cohort course waitlist teaser: two Wan clips and dates for $1.05

Build a 10-second 9:16 waitlist teaser for a cohort course on Sume: two Wan 3.0 B-roll clips, Music 1.0, Timeline and date captions for $1.05.

Outdoor event postponed: re-caption your clean promo for $0.20

Rain moved your event? Keep a text-free master and burn a postponed, new-date and reminder caption onto it with Sume cues: $0.20 each, not a new render.

Photographer holiday mini-session reel: 4 clips, music, $1.43

Turn four sample portraits into a 16-second mini-session ad on Sume: Wan 3.0 clips, a Music 1.0 bed, one Timeline render and slot captions for $1.43.

Sora API is gone: a 10-second clip on Gemini Omni Flash 1.1, priced

OpenAI removed the Videos API on 2026-09-24. A 10-second clip on Sume's Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 bills $0.375 to $1.875 by resolution.

Sora API is gone: a 10-second clip on Kling 3.0, priced

OpenAI removed the Videos API on 2026-09-24. A 10-second clip on Sume's Kling 3.0 bills $2.10 at its one resolution.

Sora API is gone: a 10-second clip on MiniMax H3 Max, priced

OpenAI removed the Videos API on 2026-09-24. A 10-second clip on Sume's MiniMax H3 Max bills $0.625 to $2.00 by resolution.

Sora API is gone: a 10-second clip on Seedance 2.0, priced

OpenAI removed the Videos API on 2026-09-24. A 10-second clip on Sume's Seedance 2.0 bills $1.7577 to $8.505 by resolution.

Sora API is gone: a 10-second clip on Seedance 2 Fast, priced

OpenAI removed the Videos API on 2026-09-24. A 10-second clip on Sume's Seedance 2 Fast bills $1.4062 to $3.024 by resolution.