ByteDance Seedance 2.0: text-to-video, image-to-video, and extend. Cinema-grade quality, 5–15s duration, multiple aspect ratios.
This model gets stronger as the shot becomes more explicit. Give it a subject, a move, a frame, and a mood so the output feels directed instead of guessed.
Best results start with a directed prompt or a strong first frame.
Seedance 2 Pro is ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 video generation model on Pixio. It delivers cinema-grade quality across three modes: Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, and Extend. Flexible duration (5-15 seconds), four aspect ratios, and two quality tiers give you full control from quick drafts to polished finals.
Seedance 2 Pro is ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 video generation model on Pixio. It delivers cinema-grade quality across three modes: Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, and Extend. Flexible duration (5-15 seconds), four aspect ratios, and two quality tiers give you full control from quick drafts to polished finals.
| Mode | Input | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Text to Video | Prompt only | Scenes from scratch - cinematic camera work, dramatic lighting, smooth motion |
| Image to Video | Up to 9 reference images + prompt | Animating keyframes, multi-shot consistency, first + last frame control |
| Extend | Prior Seedance request ID + optional prompt | Lengthening a clip you already generated |
| Option | Values | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aspect ratio | 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4 | Match your deliverable (widescreen, portrait, social) |
| Duration | 5s, 10s, 15s | Start short for drafts; increase for finals |
| Quality | Basic, High | High costs more credits but delivers sharper, more coherent output |
Credits scale by duration and quality:
| Duration | Basic | High |
|---|---|---|
| 5s | 250 | 287 |
| 10s | 500 | 575 |
| 15s | 750 | 862 |
Seedance 2 Pro works best with a clear, cinematic template:
[Subject] + [Action] + [Camera Movement] + [Environment] + [Lighting] + [Style]
Be specific about what you want to see, how it should move, and the mood you're creating.
Describe your entire scene in one cohesive prompt with cinema-grade detail.
Action scene:
"Two gladiators clash violently in a massive Roman colosseum arena. They collide with swords and shields in intense combat, dust and sand particles exploding around them. Dynamic tracking camera work circles the fighters. Golden hour lighting, dramatic shadows, volumetric dust, lens flares."
Product demo:
"A sleek smartphone sits on a white marble table. Camera slowly orbits around it, revealing the design from multiple angles. Soft studio lighting highlights the edges and glass back. The phone's screen lights up, showing a vibrant interface. Minimalist, professional, high-end product photography style."
Cinematic moment:
"A lone figure stands at the edge of a cliff overlooking a vast canyon at sunset. Slow dolly push-in on their silhouette. Golden hour light bathes the landscape in warm tones. Wind gently moves their hair. Dramatic, contemplative mood."
This is where Seedance 2 Pro truly shines. By providing a first frame - especially one generated with Nano Banana Pro - you unlock a massive leap in quality and accuracy.
Why this works: The model uses your reference frame as an anchor point, dramatically reducing artifacts and ensuring visual consistency.
Structure your prompt with Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, etc. Seedance maintains perfect consistency across all shots using just your single reference image. No character drift. No visual inconsistencies.
Example multi-shot prompt:
"Shot 1: Close-up of a woman's face, she looks directly at camera with a slight smile, warm golden light. Shot 2: Medium shot, she turns and walks toward a city street, camera follows. Shot 3: Wide shot, she disappears into a crowd, neon signs reflect on wet pavement."
When the UI supports it, provide both a starting frame and an ending frame. Seedance smoothly animates the transition between them - pixel-perfect control over your opening and closing shots while the model handles the motion in between.
Use Extend to lengthen a clip you already generated. Provide the original Seedance request ID and an optional prompt to steer the continuation. The model preserves the look and motion of the original clip.
| Scenario | Best choice |
|---|---|
| Cinema-grade text-to-video | Seedance 2 Pro |
| Multi-shot consistency from one reference | Seedance 2 Pro (Image to Video) |
| Quick draft, low cost | Kling or Gen-4 Turbo |
| Video-to-video restyle | Gen-4 Aleph or Grok Imagine |
| Talking head / lip-sync | Fabric, Character 3, or OmniHuman |
| 4K upscale | Gen-4 Upscale |
Start with a strong first frame when consistency matters more than surprise.
Keep each prompt focused on one primary motion direction.
Use shorter runs for iteration, then scale up for finals.
For narratives, structure the idea as Shot 1 / Shot 2 / Shot 3 instead of one flat blob.
A strong video prompt gives the scene a subject, a move, camera behavior, and a mood to hold onto.
Start from language and push for camera intent, pacing, atmosphere, and shot design in one move.
Start from a frame or reference when consistency matters more than improvisation.
Continue or refine the clip without throwing away the visual language you already established.
Seedance 2 Pro works well when the prompt needs motion, framing, and visual direction, not just subject matter.
Use it for sequences that need a strong first frame, continuity, or a clearly controlled camera idea.
Treat each generation like a shot brief instead of a loose caption to get more cinematic outputs.
Start with either a directed text brief or a strong frame, depending on how locked the look already is.
Write the motion like a director: subject, action, camera behavior, environment, lighting, and tone.
Iterate fast on shorter runs, then move to stronger finals once the rhythm feels right.
Use it to build a stronger first frame, then hand that frame to the video model for motion and continuity.
Pair it with frame extraction, merge tools, or image prep so the motion workflow stays clean end to end.
