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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

Virtual try-on video API: put a garment on a person

Make a virtual try-on video with the Sume API: call sume-virtual-try-on or sume-virtual-fitting with photos, or make a still and animate it.

Product photo to video API: e-commerce clips from SKU photos

Turn a product photo into a video with the Sume API: call the catalog Format that fits the product, or animate the photo as a first frame.

AI product photography API: splash, drip and pour shots

Six Sume catalog Formats make splash, drip, pour, squeeze, and texture stills of beauty products; for anything else, edit a packshot via /v1/images.

Before-and-after video generator API: build the reveal

Build a before-and-after video with the Sume API: the sume-before-after Format, a first-and-last-frame clip, or a Timeline wipe between two stills.

Logo animation API: from brand mark to ident or end card

Animate a logo with the Sume API: call sume-logo-motion-design with the mark attached, or animate it as a first frame, then add it as an end card.

AI product commercial video generator API: Formats or DIY

Make a product commercial with the Sume API: run sume-product-commercial or sume-cinematic-studio-commercial, or generate the clip on /v1/videos.

Product logo warping in image-to-video: frames vs references

In Sume's image-to-video API, a packshot in frame_images sets the first frame; input_references only guide. Check the label in extracted stills.

AI model holding your product: photos and video via API

Pose an AI model with your product via the Sume API: sume-model-product-portrait for stills, sume-beauty-studio for video, or image edits you control.

AI fashion video generator API: editorial films, lookbooks

Make AI fashion editorial videos with the Sume API: run sume-fashion-editorial per look, queue a lookbook in bulk, or animate a cover still yourself.

Mobile app ad video generator API: creator demos, end cards

Make a mobile app ad with the Sume API: run sume-mobile-app-ugc with app screenshots, add a logo end card, and join both clips with Timeline 1.0.

Combine multiple product photos into one AI image via API

Combine product photos into one AI image: attach a packshot per SKU to Sume's sume-editorial-product-set Format, or send them to POST /v1/images.

AI product demo video generator API: show one real action

Make a product demo video with Sume: run the sume-product-usage-demo Format with a packshot and one action, or animate stills and join on Timeline.

Generate marketing assets from one product photo via Formats

Generate marketing assets from one product photo with Sume: one catalog Format run per asset, the same packshot attached, and a key and cap per run.

AI magazine cover generator API: covers with room for type

Generate a magazine-cover-style image with Sume: run the sume-magazine-cover-campaign Format with your photos, then set the masthead yourself.

Faceless video API: voiceover, B-roll, music, and captions

Build a faceless video with the Sume API: TTS narration as the spine, generated B-roll, a Sume-hosted music bed, and captions timed from TTS words.