Type the scene.
Seedance 2.5 shoots all 30 seconds.
One prompt or image in — a single, continuous 30-second shot out. Native 4K, with sound. No stitching, no timeline. Start free.
- Text & image to video
- Native 4K output
- 30-second clips
- Up to 50 reference inputs
Shot entirely with Seedance 2.5
Every clip below came out of Seedance 2.5 as a sentence or a single still. No timeline, no keyframes — just a prompt.
Time-Freeze: Sports Bar
Use @ Reference Image as the main character, keeping facial features and body proportions consistent throughout. She is a 30-year-old woman. Cinematic time-freeze short film, 15 seconds, ultra-realistic, shot on Arri Alexa Mini, 35mm lens, moody sports bar interior lighting with neon accents, volumetric haze, dynamic hard shadows, shallow depth of field. [0:00–0:03] A packed, dimly lit sports bar, time flowing normally. Steadicam frontal medium shot tracking her walking confidently through absolute chaos. On the blurred TVs in the background, the Yankees have just clinched the World Series. The crowd is erupting in pure euphoria. As she walks, she raises her right hand and snaps. [0:03–0:06] At the snap, a subtle spherical shockwave bursts from her fingertips with air distortion and light refraction, expanding outward. Everything freezes mid-explosion. Thick arcs of golden beer suspend in the air, with individual glistening droplets visible. Popcorn kernels float motionless. People are frozen mid-cheer and mid-air in leaping embraces. Volumetric neon light catches the suspended dust and liquid. Absolute silence. [0:06–0:09] Only she moves. Her footsteps echo slightly. The camera moves backward as she walks through the frozen celebration, observing calmly. She casually ducks under an arc of frozen, splashing beer. She notices a cluster of floating popcorn, reaches out, and plucks a single kernel from the air. [0:09–0:11] She stops in front of a frozen woman wearing a Yankees jersey, her face locked in an ecstatic, tearful scream, arms raised for a high-five. The main character tilts her head, gently adjusts the brim of the frozen woman’s Yankees cap, nods slightly, and softly says: “perfect.” [0:11–0:15] She turns, tosses the popcorn kernel into her mouth, and crunches it. She faces the camera, smirks, and snaps again. A stronger reverse shockwave restores motion. The beer completes its splash, the cheering roar instantly returns, and fans land their jumps. She walks away as the camera pushes through the wildly celebrating crowd. Fade to black. Sound: deafening bar roar/celebration → snap → deep shockwave/bass drop → absolute silence → footsteps → sharp popcorn crunch → “perfect” → snap → reverse shockwave → deafening celebration returns
First Contact, Best Friend
[CINEMATIC SETUP] Cute 2D cartoon animation, playful sci-fi comedy, soft dusk lighting. Purple-blue sky, orange horizon, cyan UFO glow, green park. Keep strict left-to-right continuity: the dog always runs from screen left toward screen right, directly at the alien. [CHARACTERS] Small grey alien, big black eyes, nervous, simple sci-fi suit, mini ray pistol. Small Staffordshire dog, compact, playful, affectionate, long tongue. [TIMELINE] 0–1.5s: [Wide / Static] UFO lands in a park at dusk. 1.5–3s: [Medium / Push-In] Alien exits cautiously holding a ray pistol. 3–4.5s: [MCU / Pan] Alien senses movement, turns nervous, raises pistol. 4.5–6s: [Wide / Tracking] Dog runs fast from screen left toward screen right, directly at alien. 6–7.5s: [Medium / Push-In] Alien panics and aims pistol directly at the incoming dog. 7.5–9s: [Close / Forward] Dog jumps happily onto alien. 9–11s: [Close / Tight] Dog licks alien’s face while alien reacts in surprise. 11–13s: [Medium / Static] Dog circles alien playfully, alien starts relaxing. 13–15s: [Wide / Final Hold] Alien lowers pistol, offers hand, dog gives paw. [STYLE & QUALITY] Clear readable action, expressive faces, smooth comedic timing, charming wholesome ending
Toy City Pursuit
Use the uploaded reference image as the exact facial identity reference and keep the subject fully intact - preserve her real face structure, hairstyle, skin tone, facial proportions, expression quality, and recognizable features consistently throughout the video. Do not stylize or replace the identity. Transform her into a tiny cinematic police commander standing on top of a fast-moving toy muscle car speeding through a miniature city highway. She wears a stylish futuristic police jacket with neon blue accents, holding a playful toy blaster while chasing tiny runaway toys and mini villains running across the road. Dynamic action scene with dramatic camera movement, front POV shots, side tracking shots, aerial drone views, and intense motion blur. The car drifts sharply through turns while she balances confidently on the roof, hair blowing in the wind, firing colorful cartoon laser shots. Tiny explosions, sparks, flying debris, toy helicopters, and flashing police lights create a chaotic action-comedy atmosphere. Ultra-realistic cinematic lighting, Pixar-inspired miniature world realism, high-detail textures, shallow depth of field, expressive emotions, fast-paced cinematic energy, Seedance 2.0 style, vertical 9:16, ultra detailed, smooth animation, movie-quality action.
The City Holds Its Breath
Cinematic ultra-realistic 15-second short film, western girl in a dark jacket walking through a busy city sidewalk, natural daylight, hard shadows, shallow depth of field, shot on Arri Alexa Mini, 50mm lens. She walks confidently through moving pedestrians, phones, conversations, and pigeons flying in a bright sky. She snaps her fingers — a white spherical shockwave expands outward, freezing everything instantly: people mid-step, dust and leaves suspended, pigeons frozen mid-flight. Silence. She calmly walks through the frozen world, observing everything, gently touching a suspended pigeon. She stops in front of a fully clothed woman in a flowing red dress frozen mid-motion, studies her with a calm expression. She then snaps again — a stronger reverse shockwave restores motion across the city. Pedestrians resume walking, pigeons scatter into flight, leaves fall naturally. She turns and walks away as the camera pulls back into a wide cinematic aerial shot. Fade out.
Crustacean over Venice
Create a hyper-realistic, cinematic video of a colossal, mountain-sized lobster emerging from the turquoise waters of Venice's Grand Canal. The lobster rises directly in front of the ornate Doge's Palace, its massive red and orange claws lifting toward a moody, overcast sky. Waves crash violently against the Gothic arches of the palace, sending white sea spray into the air. Show the lobster’s shell glistening with wet textures and detailed barnacle-like patterns. Include dynamic camera movement: start with a wide-angle establishing shot of the Grand Canal, then slowly zoom in on the lobster as it towers over the palace. Natural, diffused lighting with realistic reflections on the water and building. Epic scale, photorealistic, surrealism, dramatic, and suspenseful atmosphere.
Rainstorm Confession
【风格】国产热门短剧风（Mini-Drama Style），极致快剪节奏，高颜值滤镜，情绪爆发，雨夜唯美虐心。 【时长】15秒 【角色】深情霸总男主（黑风衣，湿发，眼眶通红）VS 倘强破碎感女主（白裙，满脸泪痕）。 [00:00-00:05] 镜头1：冲突快切组合（Rapid Cuts）。 暴雨街头。女主决绝转身要走（背影）。男主冲上来一把拉住她的手腕（特写）。女主猛然回头，眼神是爱恨交织的痛苦。 【对白口型指导】女主哭喊：“放手！我们结束了！” [00:05-00:10] 镜头2：真相爆发（Intense Close-ups）。 男主死不放手，雨水在两人脸上横流。男主急切地从怀里掳出一枚戒指（或一份报告），举到她眼前，手指颤抖。 【对白口型指导】男主嚎吼：“你看清楚！我从来没有骗过你！” [00:10-00:15] 镜头3：情感决堤（Climax）。 女主看清手中之物的瞬间，瞳孔地震（极近特写），捾住嘴巴，防线崩溃。下一秒，男主猛地将她拉入怀中死死抱住，仿佛要揉进骨子里。镜头快速旋转环绕拍摄相拥的两人。 【对白口型指导】女主埋头痛哭（无声/呜咽）。
Ready to create your own Seedance 2.5 clip?
What Seedance 2.5 does best
One prompt in, a finished 30-second scene out — rendered at native 4K.
A sentence becomes a 30-second scene
Write a prompt and Seedance 2.5 returns one continuous 30-second shot — no clips to stitch together. Motion, camera and light come staged, ready for hooks, ads and social cuts.
Guide it with up to 50 references
Feed Seedance 2.5 up to 50 reference inputs — images, video, audio, even 3D models and style boards — and it holds your subject, look and characters consistent across the whole shot.
Native 4K, with sound
Seedance 2.5 renders at native 4K with 10-bit color and joint audio-video generation, so clips come back sharp and already scored — not silent drafts you fix later.
Prompts it actually follows
ByteDance reports about 20% better prompt adherence in Seedance 2.5, so the shot matches your brief on the first try more often — and you burn fewer takes.
What Seedance 2.5 gives you
No hidden tiers, no asterisks — here is what every Seedance 2.5 render brings.
Text to video
Generate a full scene straight from a prompt with Seedance 2.5.
Image to video
Start from a reference image and let Seedance 2.5 animate it into motion.
Native 4K
Seedance 2.5 renders at native 4K with 10-bit color — crisp enough for the big screen.
30-second shots
One continuous 30-second clip per generation — no manual stitching.
Up to 50 references
Guide a render with up to 50 images, clips, audio and style inputs at once.
Sound + MP4
Joint audio-video generation, downloaded as MP4 and ready to post.
Made for the videos you actually ship
Launches, ads, explainers, promos — Seedance 2.5 turns the brief into short-form video while the budget barely notices.
Launch teasers
Turn a feature into a short visual story. Seedance 2.5 renders hero shots and launch clips that convert.
Ad hook testing
Generate multiple hooks fast with Seedance 2.5, then refine the winners. A/B test variations for the cost of a coffee.
Product walkthroughs
Show before-and-after workflows in multi-shot sequences viewers actually remember.
A consistent look
Keep look and framing consistent across posts with repeatable Seedance 2.5 prompts and reference images.
Seasonal shop clips
Seasonal product clips without reshoots — swap the prompt, keep the style.
UGC-flavored stories
Quick narrative clips that feel human-led. Draft, iterate and publish at creator speed with Seedance 2.5.
Creators are switching to Seedance 2.5
Join creators shipping short-form video faster with Seedance 2.5.
”We used to brief an agency for every product teaser and wait two weeks for a first cut. Now I write the shot list as prompts, run it through Seedance 2.5 over coffee, and bring three options to the Monday meeting. Not every render is usable — maybe one in three needs a rerun — but the loop went from weeks to hours.”
”Seedance 2.5’s reference image mode is what sold me. I lock the first frame with a still from my own color grade, and the motion stays inside my look. I still would not use it for talking-head segments, but for B-roll and transitions it has fully replaced my stock subscriptions.”
”Our explainers needed B-roll we could never afford to shoot, and stock sites kept handing us generic footage that matched nothing. With Seedance 2.5 we generate exactly the scene the script describes — same kitchen, same lighting, lesson after lesson. Students noticed the consistency before we ever mentioned it.”
”Five versions of a hook before lunch sounds like marketing copy until you actually do it. Last month we A/B tested fourteen openings for one campaign in Seedance 2.5, and the winner came from a prompt we almost did not bother running. Shooting that experiment would have cost more than the whole media budget.”
”Seasonal promos used to mean borrowing my brother’s camera and losing a Sunday. Now I upload one product photo, describe the scene, and Seedance 2.5 hands back a clip I can post the same evening. My autumn collection video took twenty minutes, rerolls included.”
”I make lo-fi visualizers for my releases, and shot-to-shot consistency is the whole game. Older tools gave me beautiful frames that did not belong to the same world. With Seedance 2.5, a loop that used to take a week with an animator ships with the track on release day.”
Seedance 2.5 pricing that scales with you
Every plan runs on credits you spend only when you render with Seedance 2.5 — no lock-in, cancel anytime.
Basic
$0.055$0.027 / credit
$24/mo
Billed yearly at $288
900 credits / month
≈45 Seedance 2.5 clips (5s 480p) every month
Seedance 2.5 access for solo creators
- Native 4K video output
- 30-second one-shot clips, no stitching
- Up to 50 reference inputs
- Sound generated with every clip
- Text & image to video
- Every top AI model in one place
- AI image generation included
- Commercial license · watermark-free
- Fast generation speed
Pro
$0.046$0.023 / credit
$64/mo
Billed yearly at $768
2,800 credits / month
≈140 Seedance 2.5 clips (5s 480p) every month
More credits for heavier Seedance 2.5 iteration
- Native 4K video output
- 30-second one-shot clips, no stitching
- Up to 50 reference inputs
- Sound generated with every clip
- Text & image to video
- Every top AI model in one place
- AI image generation included
- Commercial license · watermark-free
- Priority generation speed
Max
$0.040$0.020 / credit
$160/mo
Billed yearly at $1,920
8,000 credits / month
≈400 Seedance 2.5 clips (5s 480p) · $0.02 per credit
Run Seedance 2.5 at team and production volume
- Native 4K video output
- 30-second one-shot clips, no stitching
- Up to 50 reference inputs
- Sound generated with every clip
- Text & image to video
- Every top AI model in one place
- AI image generation included
- Commercial license · watermark-free
- Fastest generation speed + priority support
Need just a few videos?
Buy Seedance 2.5 credits for one-off runs without a subscription plan
160 Credits
About 8 five-second 480p clips
800 Credits
About 40 five-second 480p clips
1,800 Credits
About 90 five-second 480p clips
3,200 Credits
About 160 five-second 480p clips
How Seedance 2.5 stacks up
How Seedance 2.5 compares with Seedance 2.0 andGoogle’s Gemini Omni — using only published information.
| Feature | Seedance 2.5 | Seedance 2.0 | Gemini Omni |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max clip length | 30s (one shot) | 4-15s | Not published |
| Max resolution | Native 4K | Up to 1080p | Not published |
| Reference inputs | Up to 50 | Up to 12 | Not published |
| Text & image to video | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Joint audio + video | Yes | Yes | Not published |
| Watermark-free export | Yes | Yes | SynthID watermark embedded |
Frequently asked questions
Start creating with Seedance 2.5.
Type a scene, pick a frame, and watch Seedance 2.5 return a 30-second 4K shot — your first clip is minutes away.