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
Demand Gen video crop and trim tool vs an API crop and trim
Demand Gen's console tool crops to 16:9, 1:1 or 9:16 and trims 5 to 300 seconds. The same edit as two Sume calls: a video-filter crop, then video-trim.
Descript captions: in/out animations vs Sume design overrides
Descript captions now have separate in and out motion. Sume's video-captions API exposes enter, exit and emphasis timing through a design object.
eBay listing video length: 60 seconds, MP4 or MOV
eBay allows one video per listing, up to 60 seconds, in MP4 or MOV. Cut a longer clip down to 60 seconds with Sume Video trim, which returns an MP4.
EU AI icon on video: burn it into the MP4 with Timeline compose
The Commission says the EU AI icon should be embedded in the video and survive resharing. Overlay your icon PNG onto a Sume-hosted clip with Timeline compose.
EU AI icon: Partially AI-Modified or Fully AI-Generated?
The Commission's icons page gives a face swap in an authentic photo as its Partially AI-Modified example. What that means for a Sume face-swapped video.
FLUX Deblur: 4 MP input vs Sume's 1-4x image upscale
FLUX Deblur sharpens a blurry image with no prompt or mask, up to 4 MP. Sume has no deblur endpoint; its image upscaler takes a factor of 1 to 4.
FLUX Erase: mask rules and dilate_pixels vs a Sume mask edit
FLUX Erase removes a masked object with no prompt and a dilate_pixels setting. Sume has no erase endpoint; masked edits use mask_url with a prompt.
FLUX Outpainting: 4 MP canvas cap vs Sume's image size options
FLUX Outpainting extends an image onto a canvas of up to 4 megapixels with offsets. Sume documents no outpainting mode; use image_size or aspect_ratio.
Google Ads AI label setting: a label inside the video
Google now allows an AI label inside AI video ad creatives without tripping text-overlay policy. Burn your own label line as the last step with Sume.
Google Ads election ads: the altered or synthetic checkbox
Election ads with synthetic or altered content need the Altered or synthetic content checkbox in Google Ads. Some formats get an automatic label.
Google Ads AI disclosure labels: add your own, away from the edges
Google says you can add your own AI label to an ad asset, keep it off the edges, and opt out of enhancements that crop it. Set margins with Sume compose.
Google Ads AI labels: SynthID and C2PA cover Google-made assets
Google Ads embeds SynthID and C2PA in assets made inside its own tools. An MP4 made elsewhere and uploaded relies on your AI label setting instead.
Asset Studio video in 16:9 and 9:16: two Sume requests
Google's Asset Studio makes horizontal and vertical video in one workflow. With Sume, send one brief as two requests, 16:9 and 9:16, with model limits.
Replace a Merchant Center product video: new filename and URL
Google says video_link URLs must stay stable and never be reused for another video. Each Sume trim or filter returns a new artifact URL, so a re-cut fits.
Google Merchant Center video link: 6 to 240 seconds, trimmed
Google Merchant Center video_link needs a video of 6 to 240 seconds. Probe the length, then cut a longer clip to size with Sume Video trim into a new MP4.
Merchant Center product video 720p minimum: what to request
Merchant Center video_link needs at least 720p (1280x720). Sume's generated video defaults to 720p; probe a file first, then conform with Video trim if needed.
Merchant Center video link aspect ratio: 9:16, 16:9, 1:1
Merchant Center video_link accepts only 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, so a 4:5 clip is out. Sume Timeline and Video trim can output a size that fits one of the three.
Merchant Center "Video not processed": use a raw MP4 URL
Fix Merchant's "Video not processed" by submitting a URL to a raw video file, not a page with a player. A media.sume.com MP4 URL is a direct file link.
Google Play preview video length: the first 30 seconds
Play Console says only the first 30 seconds of a preview video autoplays. Trim a lead 30-second cut, and review its opening stills, with Sume.
India's synthetic-media label rule: does routine editing count?
India's amended IT rules exclude routine editing, formatting and compression from synthetic media, and require a prominent label on the rest. What Sume offers.
App Store preview video length: 15-30 s, 30 fps max
Apple's app preview specs list 15-30 seconds and a 30 fps maximum. Sume's Timeline keeps source fps when omitted, so set output fps to 30 for a preview.
Kevin MacLeod attribution: credit text and Sume's BGM field
Kevin MacLeod tracks need a CC BY 4.0 credit that is easy to find. Sume's BGM featured beds are his tracks; keep track.attribution with any public use.
Korea AI Basic Act Article 31: labeling an exported AI video
MSIT's guidelines ask for a human-recognizable label when AI video leaves the service. Here is how to burn a visible Korean label onto a clip with cues.
Mastodon alt text: 10,000 characters and a video transcript
Mastodon 4.6.0 raised the media alt text limit to 10,000 characters. Seed a long video description from a Sume transcript and a few stills.
Merchant Center video_link: 6-240 s, 500 MB, raw file URL
The Merchant Center video_link attribute needs 6-240 s, 720p, 500 MB and a raw-file URL. Which Sume video outputs meet each limit, and which need a join.
Meta final-week political ad block: finish video early
Meta blocks new political, electoral and social issue ads in the final week of the US campaign. Submit every video cut, with AI disclosure, before then.
Midjourney inpainting via API: mask_url on GPT Image 2.5
Midjourney's edit model now changes only selected pixels. Sume lists no Midjourney model; its masked inpainting runs on GPT Image 2.5 through mask_url.
New York synthetic performer ad law and AI avatar ads
NY S8420A requires a conspicuous disclosure of synthetic performers in ads. What it covers, what it exempts, and how to burn a line onto an avatar ad.
Seedance 2.5 draft mode: a 480p-then-1080p loop on Sume
Higgsfield added Seedance 2.5 Draft Mode. On Sume there is no draft model: render at resolution 480p, pick a take, then re-request at 1080p.
Seedream 5.0 pro bbox and point tags vs region edits on Sume
Seedream 5.0 pro edits a region from <bbox> and <point> tags on a 0-999 grid. Sume lists other Seedream ids; use mask_url on ChatGPT Image 2.5 for regions.
Squarespace video background on mobile: make it 16:9
Squarespace says to use landscape video like 16:9 to minimize cropping. Turn a vertical clip into 16:9 with Timeline blur fit, or crop it with Video filter.
Squarespace background video blurry: 1080p and 3 Mbps
Squarespace advises 1080p and at least 3 Mbps for background videos. Sume sets size and fps on its renders but has no bitrate field. What to control.
Squarespace background video not working on mobile: fallback
Phones in low-battery or power-saving mode won't play Squarespace background videos. Add a fallback image; pull a still from the clip with Video frames.
Squarespace background video size: 60 seconds, aim for 40
Squarespace caps an uploaded section background video at 60 seconds and advises under 40. Cut a longer clip to 40 seconds with Sume Video trim first.
Suno mashup of two songs: what Sume's music API can do
Sume's music models take a text prompt and one optional image, not audio, so no mashup of two songs. You can generate two tracks and join them end to end.
Text to speech add pause: Flux, HeyGen and Gemini markers vs Sume
Deepgram Flux, HeyGen and Gemini TTS each use their own pause marker. Sume TTS has none, so use punctuation, speed, or a declared silence in Timeline.
TikTok AI voiceover label: generic TTS vs a real person's voice
TikTok's 2026-H2 guidelines: generic text-to-speech narration needs no label, but AI audio that mimics a real person's voice does. How that maps to Sume voices.
TikTok AI label policy: does anime or cartoon video need one?
TikTok counts anime and cartoons as AI content but says artistic styles need no disclosure. Realistic-looking people or scenes still do. The edge case.
TikTok political ads policy: paid ads banned, with one exception
TikTok bans paid political advertising, including paid creator content. Only official election bodies may advertise procedures such as voter registration.
TikTok significantly edited content: which Timeline edits count
TikTok's AI content rules name rearranging clips, cutting phrases and speed changes as significant edits. See which Timeline and trim steps fall on that list.
Twitch clip captions: edit text and timing, burn them in
Twitch is rolling out editable clip captions. For a clip file you edit yourself, Sume burns your own cues with text, start and end, no speech-to-text.
Twitch vertical clips: crop an older 16:9 clip to 9:16
Twitch Dual Format makes vertical clips going forward. For a 16:9 clip without one, crop a 9:16 slice with video-filter: width 0.316, height 1.
Walmart main image size: 2200x2200 and Sume's multiples of 16
Walmart wants a 2200x2200 px main image under 5 MB. 2200 is not a multiple of 16, so generate 2208x2208 on Sume's gpt-image-2.5, then resize.
WordPress 7.1 client-side media processing and Sume images
WordPress 7.1 resizes and converts uploads in the browser (default quality 0.82). Sume has no output_compression, so request the format you want.
YouTube inauthentic content policy and bulk AI video runs
YouTube's inauthentic content policy targets mass-produced, generic AI templates. How a 100-item Format bulk queue can give every video its own input.
Topaz Labs and Adobe: what Sume's image upscale API takes
Adobe completed its Topaz Labs acquisition on Sep 23, 2026, and Topaz stays standalone. If you need an upscale API, here is what Sume's accepts.
Midjourney --tile seamless pattern API: what Sume accepts
Midjourney fixed --tile seams for V8.1 and V8.2 on Sep 24, 2026. Sume's image API has no tile flag; here is what a pattern request can set instead.
AI product color changer: colorways through an image edit API
To recolor a product photo, send it as an input_references image with a prompt naming the new color. Sume's edit calls take up to 10 images per request.