Thanksgiving recipe video: step cards with caption cues
Make a 40-second Thanksgiving recipe video from five phone shots: join them in Timeline 1.0, burn numbered step cards with caption cues, add a music bed.
Thanksgiving is Thursday 26 November 2026. A recipe video works as five silent shots with a text card per step: join the shots in one Timeline 1.0 render ($0.10), then burn numbered step cards with cues in one video-captions job ($0.20). Total $0.30, plus a $0.125 music bed if you want one.
Layout
| Step | Shot | Card text | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chop | 1. Chop the onions | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Mix | 2. Mix the stuffing | 8.5 | 14.5 |
| 3 | Bake | 3. Bake 45 minutes | 16.5 | 22.5 |
| 4 | Glaze | 4. Brush the glaze | 24.5 | 30.5 |
| 5 | Serve | 5. Serve warm | 32.5 | 38.5 |
Request
Render the joined video first, then send its artifact URL with the cues. The shots carry no speech, so cues are required; without them the job fails with caption_no_speech.
{
"video_url": "https://media.sume.com/artifacts/artf_demo/recipe.mp4",
"style": "tiktok-green",
"cues": [
{ "text": "1. Chop the onions", "start": 0.5, "end": 6.5 },
{ "text": "2. Mix the stuffing", "start": 8.5, "end": 14.5 }
]
}Limits
Quantities and oven times belong in your caption or description, written by you; do not let a model invent them. Cues are plain text, so a long ingredient list needs a pinned comment instead. Check the style options: the design override does not apply to tiktok-green or punch.
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