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Sume guides: the API, Formats, agents, models, media tools and pricing, each answer dated and sourced.
Shopify video banner: add a looping video made with AI
A Shopify video banner is a video in a theme section on your home page. Upload the MP4 to Files, pick it in the theme editor, and make the loop with AI.
What is a hero video? The website loop and the brand film
A hero video is the short, usually silent, looping clip at the top of a web page. In campaign planning, the hero video is the flagship film instead.
Virtual try-on for Shopify: live AR or try-on videos
Virtual try-on on Shopify comes two ways: a live camera app on the product page, or AI try-on videos you make ahead and add to the product's media.
What is virtual try-on? AR try-on and AI try-on explained
Virtual try-on shows a product on a person who isn't wearing it: live on a camera feed with AR, or in a new AI-generated image or video made from photos.
Kling virtual try-on API: what it takes and returns
Kling's virtual try-on API takes one garment image and one person image and returns a try-on image, not a video. Fields, limits, price, and next steps.
Creatify pricing: app plans, API plans and credits
Creatify pricing: app plans from Free to $99/month, separate API plans at $99 and $299/month, and 5 credits per 30 seconds of URL to Video.
Arcads API: how it works, from credentials to video
Arcads has a public API: Basic auth with a client ID and secret, then a brand, a folder and a script, one generate call, and a poll for the video URL.
Arcads alternatives: AI UGC ad tools by plan and API
Arcads alternatives for AI-actor UGC ads: Creatify, HeyGen, Higgsfield and Sume compared on presenters, API, billing and free options, read 2026-09-28.
Creatify alternatives: link, image or script to video ad
Creatify alternatives compared on what they start from (a product link, product images, or a script) and whether batches run over an API. Dated table.
Product URL to video AI: how link-to-video tools work
Product URL to video AI reads a page's title, copy and images, then scripts and renders an ad. How it works, and what to send when a tool can't.
How to make an unboxing video with AI, step by step
An unboxing video shows hands opening the package and revealing the product. How to make one with AI from a box photo and a product photo.
Faceless UGC: what it is and how to make it with AI
Faceless UGC is creator-style content showing hands, the product and text, with a voiceover instead of a face. How to make it with AI in three steps.
Ad variations: how to make many versions of one video ad
Ad variations are versions of one ad that differ in one element. Plan the matrix, make each version once, check stills first, and count the cost.
What is creative automation? Templates, data, and review
Creative automation makes marketing assets by running one template over changing data, with people approving results instead of building each one.
AI jewelry product photography from one real photo
AI jewelry product photography works best as an edit: send a real photo of the piece, change only backdrop and light, then check every stone.
AI model for jewelry: put your piece on a model
To put jewelry on an AI model, send an image model your piece and a model photo, say exactly where it sits, and keep only versions that match.
AI video for jewellery: animate a real jewelry photo
Make an AI jewellery video from a real photo: pin it as the first frame, ask for one slow move, keep it short, and check stones frame by frame.
Relight a photo with AI: change the light, keep the shot
To relight a photo with AI, send it to an image-edit model with a prompt that describes only the new light and says everything else stays the same.
Product shadow: add a natural shadow to a product photo
A product shadow grounds the item on its surface. Cut-outs lose it; add it back with an AI image edit, or keep it by changing only the background.
What is a packshot? Meaning, examples, and use in AI
A packshot is a clean, evenly lit photo of a product, often in its packaging, on a plain background. AI tools use one as the product's reference.
AI clothing model generator: put your garment on a model
An AI clothing model generator dresses a model in your garment: send a flat lay and a model photo to an image model, then check print and color.
AI product photography prompts: a template and 8 examples
A product photo prompt names the shot, the backdrop, the light, and the camera, plus what must not change in your real product. Template and 8 examples.
Cinemagraph AI: make a living photo from a still
A cinemagraph is a still photo where one element moves in a loop. With AI, pin the photo as first and last frame and describe only that motion.
WebM vs MP4: which video format to use, and when
WebM and MP4 are both video containers. Use MP4 when one file must play everywhere; add WebM (AV1 or VP9 with Opus) as an open, royalty-free option.
MOV vs MP4: which is better, and does quality differ?
MOV and MP4 are sibling containers that can hold the same H.264 video, so quality comes from the codec, not the extension. MP4 plays in more places.
Product video sound: when to add it, and how with AI
Browsers generally block autoplay with sound until a visitor interacts, so a looping product clip must work muted. Save sound for clips people play.
CGI product videos with AI: the 3D ad look from a photo
AI can imitate the CGI product-ad look from a packshot and a scene prompt. You get a generated video clip, not a 3D model you can re-render.
Nano Banana MCP server for Claude: how to add one
To use Nano Banana in Claude, connect an MCP server that runs it. Which servers list it, how to add Sume's, and what a call looks like and costs.
Higgsfield MCP: server URL, setup, and what it costs
Higgsfield MCP runs at mcp.higgsfield.ai/mcp. Sign in with a Higgsfield account, no API key; each generation spends your plan's credits.
fal MCP server: setup for Claude Code, Cursor, and billing
fal's MCP server runs at mcp.fal.ai/mcp with a fal API key or sign-in. The server is free; model runs bill to your fal account at API prices.
Runway MCP: connect Runway to Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT
Runway MCP runs at mcp.runwayml.com/mcp. Add it as a connector or plugin, sign in with Runway, no API key; generations use your Runway credits.
Replicate MCP server: remote and local setup for Claude
Replicate's MCP server is hosted at mcp.replicate.com or runs locally with npx replicate-mcp. Both use a Replicate API token. Setup per client.
Synthesia MCP: turn a script into a video draft in Claude
Synthesia MCP is a hosted server in public beta at mcp.synthesia.io/mcp. It turns a script into a Synthesia video draft from Claude or ChatGPT.
Kling MCP: use Kling 3.0 from Claude Code or Cursor
Kling's own agent tool is a Skill. To call Kling 3.0 over MCP, connect a remote server that carries it, such as Sume's, which runs kling-3.
Seedance MCP: make Seedance 2.5 clips from Claude Code
To use Seedance over MCP, connect a remote server that runs it. On Sume's, generate_video takes four Seedance ids, with 30-second clips on 2.5.
Sora MCP server: why it stopped working and what to use
A Sora MCP server can't make video now: OpenAI shut the Sora API down on September 24, 2026. Point your MCP client at other video models instead.
FLUX MCP server: generate FLUX images from Claude
To use FLUX in Claude or Cursor, connect an MCP server that runs it. Which servers name FLUX, and how Sume's generate_image runs FLUX.2 Pro.
GPT Image MCP server: use GPT Image 2.5 in Claude or Cursor
To use GPT Image from Claude or Cursor, connect an MCP server that runs it. On Sume's, generate_image takes GPT Image 2.5 with masks and references.
Lyria MCP: generate music with Lyria 3.5 from Claude
Sume's hosted MCP server has a music_create tool that runs on Google Lyria 3.5 today: a prompt in, a job id back, an audio file on media.sume.com.
Can Codex make videos? No, but it can call a video tool
No: Codex's docs list image generation but not video. Add a video tool over MCP, such as Sume's hosted server, and Codex can start clips for you.
Can Cursor generate videos? Images yes, video via MCP
Cursor's Agent has a built-in image generation tool but no video tool. To make video from Cursor, connect an MCP server that has one.
Is MCP free? The protocol is; some server tools are paid
MCP itself is a free, open-source standard. Charges come from the servers you connect: a hosted server's owner decides which of its tools bill.
MCP server API key vs OAuth: which one to use
Use OAuth when a person signs in from Claude, Cursor, or another client; use an API key header for scripts, CI, and headless runs with no browser.
MCP server file upload: how a local file reaches a tool
A remote MCP server can't read your disk. A tool gets only the arguments your client sends, so the file must sit at a URL the tool accepts.
MCP tool limit in VS Code, Claude Code, and Cursor
VS Code allows 128 enabled tools per chat request. Claude Code has no fixed cap and defers MCP tools. Cursor's MCP docs name no number.
MCP tool exceeds maximum allowed tokens: the fix
Claude Code caps MCP tool output at 25,000 tokens by default. Raise it with MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS, or make the tool return less data.
Claude Code: allow MCP tools without approving every call
Allow MCP tools in Claude Code with permission rules named mcp__server__tool. Allow one tool or a whole server; keep paid tools on ask.
Auto run MCP tools in Cursor: Run Modes and the allowlist
Cursor auto runs an MCP tool when it is on your allowlist or your Run Mode is Run Everything. How to set it, and which tools to keep on approval.