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Seedance 2.5A film crew in a prompt box.

You stop stitching clips into a sequence. Seedance 2.5 holds one take up to 30 seconds. Turn native audio on for the same pass.

  • 4–30s one take
  • 480p · 720p
  • Optional native audio
  • Up to 30 references
  • Timestamp editing
  • 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1

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Official showcase

The Seedance 2.5 launch films

Every clip is an official ByteDance Seedance 2.5 showcase video. Prompts are reproduced verbatim where ByteDance published them.

The Morning BakeryText to Video00:00:26:00

The morning bakery

Croissants bagged at the counter, photoreal hands and paper. Text-to-video.

Watch with sound
Panda Cub in Morning LightText to Video00:00:10:00

Panda cub, morning light

A panda cub tumbling through backlit grass, fur rendered strand by strand. Text-to-video.

Watch with sound
Brand Demo: Airport ScannerText to Video00:00:30:00

The scanner brand film

A branded suitcase rides an airport X-ray belt, legible on-frame brand text. Text-to-video.

Watch with sound
White Model to Underwater FableWhite-model control00:00:30:00

Blocking in, film out

A white-model blocking pass becomes a finished underwater 3D fable, camera and staging preserved.

Watch with sound

Release notes

What's new in Seedance 2.5

01

Chapter 01 · Roll

The take got twice as long

ByteDance extends single-pass generation from 15 to 30 seconds. Seedance 2.0 stopped at 4–15s.

Lantern Festival in Lin'an
02

Chapter 02 · The cast

References in one pass

Up to 30 images, 10 video clips and 10 audio clips. The model tracks each one across the take.

Beat-Synced Four-Idol Film
03

Chapter 03 · The cut

Edit by timestamp

Timestamps steer camera, movement and rhythm inside the take.

Shot Sizes, Called Out
04

Chapter 04 · Extend

Keep going past one take

Multi-round extension appends shots. Characters, environments and pacing stay consistent.

Video Extension: The Kitchen Scene

30 seconds. One take.

Whole scenes, not fragments

Single passes, uncut. The long ones run the full thirty seconds. Turn native audio on for the same pass.

Official ByteDance Seedance 2.5 narrative showcases. Prompts are omitted in this section. ByteDance publishes only a truncated preview.

The Barbershop's Last NightText to Video · dialogue00:00:28:00

The barbershop's last night

A 28-second two-hander with dialogue, a barber closes his shop for good. One take, sound in the same pass.

Watch with sound
Peking Opera, One TakeText to Video · one take00:00:20:00

Peking opera, one take

A 20-second continuous take circling three Peking opera performers, water sleeves and armor in shallow focus.

Watch with sound
Lantern Festival in Lin'anText to Video · crowds00:00:30:00

A festival with a cast of dozens

A 30-second Song-dynasty Lantern Festival scene with crowds, lantern parades and a recited verse.

Watch with sound
Late-Night Pharmacy, ParisText to Video · French dialogue00:00:30:00

The pharmacy at midnight

A 30-second Paris night scene with French dialogue, a mother, a pharmacist and rain on glass.

Watch with sound
New Wave at the SeasideText to Video · dialogue00:00:25:00

A conversation in six beats

A 25-second French New Wave conversation on a seaside bench, six beats of dialogue in natural light.

Watch with sound

Made with Seedance 2.5 on OpenClips

Verbatim prompt
0–2s: close-up of a barista's hands tamping espresso, warm tungsten light. 2–4s: milk pours into the cup, a rosetta forms in slow motion. 4–5s: she slides the cup across the bar toward camera and smiles, shallow depth of field

Generated on OpenClips · seedance-2.5 · September 2026

Verbatim prompt
Wide shot of a mountain lake at dawn, mist lifting off the water, a loon calls and the sound echoes, a fish breaks the surface with a soft splash, slow push-in, natural ambience on frame

Generated on OpenClips · seedance-2.5 · September 2026

Generated on OpenClips · seedance-2.5 · September 2026

Generated on OpenClips · seedance-2.5 · September 2026

Verbatim prompt
0–2s: a skateboarder drops into an empty concrete bowl at golden hour, low handheld follow. 2–4s: the camera swings around as she carves the wall, sparks of dust in backlight. 4–6s: she pops out and lands a clean stop, dust settling, one continuous shot, no cuts

Generated on OpenClips · seedance-2.5 · September 2026

How to

How do you use Seedance 2.5 on OpenClips?

Three steps from blank box to a 30-second take. The page works logged out. Sign-in gates the render only.

  1. Seedance 2.5 · Composer

    Press a themeIt loads a real prompt

    A fast-paced, cinematic match-cut short film synchronized to a dynamic electronic beat. A flawless crystal ball remains fixed dead-center in frame throughout, with a glowing "seedance" logo engraved inside . The crystal ball stays in razor-sharp focus while backgrounds seamlessly switch at high speed on every heavy beat of the music: Scene 1: Macro close-up. Cinematic water splashes around the crystal ball, refracting complex light patterns. Scene 2: Morning vintage café. The crystal ball sits on a raw wood tabletop, backed by rising coffee steam and a blurred stream of commuters outside the window. Scene 3: Evening golden hour. A skater youth tosses and catches the crystal ball one-handed, with streetscape rushing backward at high speed and stunning sunset backlighting. Scene 4: Frenzied music festival. A hand raises the crystal ball high, refracting dazzling stage lasers in the background. Scene 5: Lively family party dinner table. The crystal ball rests at the center, backed by blurred figures clinking glasses and reaching for food. Scene 6: Dim movie theater. Two hands cradle the crystal ball as faint light from the massive screen flows across its surface. Scene 7: The crystal ball sits atop a heavily vibrating speaker diaphragm, then seamlessly transitions on the musical climax to the spinning center of a DJ turntable. Scene 8: Outdoor camping night. The background dissolves into warm campfire glow and swaying string-light bokeh. Toss finale: On the final musical accent, the crystal ball is tossed high above the frame. Instant cut to pure black background — a minimalist white-on-black "seedance" appears at center frame. Beat-synced editing tightly locked to the dynamic BGM rhythm (beat-matched transitions). Top-tier cinematic color grading. Photorealistic glass refraction and transmission materials, complex ray tracing, global illumination. Subject in razor-sharp focus, backgrounds with intense motion blur — maximum visual impact.

    Cinematic brand concept short. @Image1 serves as the first frame. The image sways gently as the camera gradually pushes in, arriving at tree shadows rushing backward outside the window. The speed of the retreating shadows accelerates faster and faster, then suddenly cuts to @Image2 — the pace abruptly slows. The camera glides forward along a stream, accompanied by birdsong and blossoms. The camera tilts downward, entering underwater. SFX: bubbling sounds beneath the surface. A school of orange jellyfish gracefully drifts past the lens @Image3 . The camera slowly pulls back. A school of small fish flickers past the lens, then swims from the water through to the interior of the window @Image4 . A young girl looks left and right, admiring the little fish. The camera slowly pulls back, the image goes soft-focus, then refocuses to sharp clarity. Synced to the music rhythm, rapid cuts cycle through: a Chinese garden lattice window @Image5 with light spinning through it, a cathedral stained-glass window, an airplane porthole window, a dome skylight, a bay window, Venetian blinds, a European dormer window, a door peephole, a camera viewfinder, a bird's eye, and an extreme close-up of a human eye. The frame lingers on the human eye close-up. The eye closes — screen goes black. Then suddenly the eye snaps open, and "seedance" appears in the center of the pupil, hitting on a heavy beat.

    [Video Edit]Change the background to a vineyard in France, replace the coffee in the two people’s hands with red wine glasses, change the girl’s outfit into a French floral wrap dress, and add a thin-strap small bag on her body. Keep everything else unchanged.

    [Sound Edit] Remove the background music from this video and add narration that fits the visuals.

    01 ·

    ≈ 2 min

    Pick a theme or write the beats

    Press a theme to load a verbatim ByteDance prompt. Or describe the shot order, the camera and the sound.

  2. Seedance 2.5 · Composer
    +6
    16:99:161:130s

    02 ·

    ≈ 1 min

    Attach references, set the frame

    Up to 30 stills. The model holds them across the take. Pick the ratio and the length.

  3. Seedance 2.5 · Composer
    Rendering
    From 85Generate

    03 ·

    ≈ 90 sec

    Generate and ship

    Pick 480p or 720p. Confirm the ⚡ quote. Render, download, remix.

Two ways in

Couture Dance in Grayscale

Seedance 2.5 text to video

Write the scene, get the scene. One paragraph becomes a 30-second take. Beat-by-beat timestamps read like a shot list. The model follows them. Steal working setups from the community wall.

Paper Puppy Meets Real Puppy

Seedance 2.5 image to video

Start from the frame you already have. Attach up to 30 stills. The take holds your product, cast and palette. Full rates live on the pricing page.

Steer it with references

Show it the shot. It matches the shot.

Official ByteDance demos of video edit, sound edit, green screen and white-model. The input sits in the frame above its output.

Video Edit: Coffee to Vineyard
Video edit

One prompt re-shoots the scene

Verbatim prompt
[Video Edit]Change the background to a vineyard in France, replace the coffee in the two people’s hands with red wine glasses, change the girl’s outfit into a French floral wrap dress, and add a thin-strap small bag on her body. Keep everything else unchanged.
Sound Edit: New Narration
Sound edit

Edit the audio, keep the picture

Green Screen to Fairy Tale
Green screen

The plate becomes a forest

Previz to Chase Scene
White-model control

Previz to blockbuster

Storyboard to Disaster Film
Storyboard control

Nine panels, one film

Car Render: White Model to Paint
Render pass

Paint the white model

Paper Puppy Meets Real Puppy
Reference to Video

A 2D character in a 3D world

Beat-Synced Four-Idol Film
Reference to Video · audio ref

Four faces, one track, on the beat

Video Extension: The Kitchen Scene
Video extension

The take keeps going

Use cases

Built for the full scene

Thirty seconds changes what one render carries. A whole ad, a whole scene, a whole test.

One take
Montage

Five decades in one room

Set changes ride one prompt. The camera never cuts.

Acting holds
Performance

A performance, not a loop

Fourteen seconds into an extreme close-up. Tears on cue.

Real motion
Sports film

Real physics on the wall

Grips, weight shifts and chalk read true.

Craft styles
Stop-motion style

Felt, fibers and frame steps

A handmade miniature look from a text prompt.

Every format

Seedance 2.5 video examples

Official ByteDance gallery films. Product, fashion, dance and camera craft. Press any tile for sound.

  • Furniture Ad, VerticalProduct film · 9:1600:00:15:00

    The chair sells itself

    A 9:16 premium furniture spot, one leather chair told through light and texture. Text-to-video.

    Watch with sound
  • Cosmetics Macro, VerticalProduct film · 9:1600:00:12:00

    Macro that holds focus

    A 9:16 macro tabletop of lacquered cosmetics on mirrored water, petals and droplets in focus.

    Watch with sound
  • Couture Dance in GrayscaleFashion film00:00:15:00

    Three dancers, strict grayscale

    Three dancers in sculptural couture, strict black and white, synchronized choreography. Text-to-video.

    Watch with sound
  • Fashion Grid StageFashion film00:00:19:00

    Twelve models, one grid

    Twelve models on a lit chessboard stage, symmetric blocking and cool-toned studio light. Text-to-video.

    Watch with sound
  • Camera Masterclass, VerticalText to Video · 9:1600:00:28:00

    Camera moves, named on frame

    A vertical reel of labeled camera moves, drone dives and tracking shots on one subject.

    Watch with sound
  • Shot Sizes, Called OutText to Video · voice-over00:00:12:00

    Six shot sizes in twelve seconds

    One subject cut through six shot sizes with voice-over naming each, wide to extreme close-up.

    Watch with sound

Showcase

The official films

Every clip here is an official ByteDance Seedance 2.5 showcase video. Every prompt is reproduced verbatim, exactly as published. Copy one and try it on your own subject in the composer.

Crystal Ball Match-CutText to Video00:00:30:00

Crystal Ball Match-Cut

Eight scenes, one fixed subject, every cut on a beat. A complete match-cut edit from a single prompt.

Watch with sound
Steampunk Clockwork OdysseyText to Video00:00:30:00

Steampunk Clockwork Odyssey

A continuous 30-second camera flight through a clockwork diorama world. Brass, fog and one unbroken traversal.

Watch with sound
Brand Concept: Windows of the WorldReference to Video · 5 reference images00:00:28:00

Brand Concept: Windows of the World

Five stills anchor one brand film. From a train window to the inside of a human eye.

Watch with sound

Deep dives

Three generations that show what "controllable" means

One-take, six-world narrative
One take · 8 reference images

One take, six worlds

Six rooms, six art styles, one protagonist walking through all of them. 29 seconds without a cut. Eight reference images pin the cast, the rooms and the end card.

Full-mode reference expansion
Reference stack · 3 videos, 13 images, 1 audio track

Stack seventeen references

Camera moves from two videos. Cast and wardrobe from thirteen images. The score from an audio track. One 26-second take. Three source references are shown beside the output.

Source reference · tracking shot (7s)
Source reference · orbital move (3s)
Source reference · market scene (3s)
Frame-accurate creative direction
Timestamped prompt

Frame-accurate direction

A timestamped script. The desert lizard commercial lands nine beats where the prompt puts them. Freeze-frame and brand card included.

Localized editing

Video-to-video, surgically

Feed 2.5 a finished shot and change one thing. Character, jungle, camera move and action rhythm all survive untouched. Only the energy bow is new.

Before · source shot (8s)
After · energy bow added, everything else preserved (8s)

Text rendering

Eleven languages, one flight

A single 30-second FPV descent writes "hello" in eleven scripts. Clouds, spray, kites and city glass form each word on schedule. Legible on-screen text, in order, in one take.

你好 · Hello · Hola · Halo · Hai · สวัสดี · مرحبا · Olá · Xin chào · こんにちは · 안녕하세요

Use cases

What teams ship with it

Nine official demos spanning ad campaigns, VFX, gaming and film. Each with the exact prompt that produced it.

Visual Effects

Multilingual kinetic typography

Film & Television

Haute-couture bokeh film

Post-production Effects

Deep-sea bioluminescent reef

Film & Television

Floating desert art gallery

Advertising Campaign

Crimson dunes brand film

Film & Television

Peking Opera heritage

Gaming

Theatre of oceanic civilizations

Film & Television

Mechanical bloom

Popular Science

Silk Road pomegranate

The sheet

Seedance 2.5 against 2.0

2.5 doubles the take length and adds timed editing. 2.0 still owns 4K and 1080p.

SpecSeedance 2.5Seedance 2.0
StatusLive in the composerLive
Resolutions480p · 720p480p · 720p · 1080p · 4K
Clip length4–30s4–15s
AudioOptional native audioOptional native audio
Reference imagesUp to 30Up to 9
Model limit10 video clips, 10 audio clips
ExtensionMulti-round, appends shots
Timed editingTimestamps steer camera and rhythm
Aspect ratios16:9 · 9:16 · 1:116:9 · 9:16 · 1:1
From8556

Spec sheet

Seedance 2.5 model parameters

Modality
video
Resolutions
480p, 720p
Aspect ratios
16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9, adaptive
Duration
10s default, up to 30s
Audio
Native audio

Figures reflect OpenClips defaults, August 2026.

Compare every model that renders sound.Compare every model that takes several references.

One model, twelve disciplines

What people point it at

Dialogue, crowds, choreography and product work fit one thirty-second pass.

Product on a setMacro that holds focusChoreographyModel gridsReal physicsTextile and fibrePeriod roomsLive performanceNamed camera movesDialogue scenesCrowdsOn-frame text

Quoted first

How much does a Seedance 2.5 render cost?

480p

4s · seedance-2.5

85

$0.85 at pack rate

The cheapest way to test a beat order.

Most used

720p

4s · seedance-2.5

189

$1.89 at pack rate

Delivery resolution for the long take.

One long take

up to 30s · seedance-2.5

scales with length

The quote shows before you render.

The price grid

Every length, every tier

Read the cell you plan to render.

Seedance 2.5

Length480p720p
4s85$0.85189$1.89
5s106$1.06236$2.36
6s128$1.28283$2.83
7s149$1.49330$3.30
8s170$1.70377$3.77
9s191$1.91424$4.24
10s212$2.12471$4.71
11s233$2.33518$5.18
12s255$2.55565$5.65
13s276$2.76612$6.12
14s297$2.97659$6.59
15s318$3.18706$7.06
16s339$3.39753$7.53
17s361$3.61801$8.01
18s382$3.82848$8.48
19s403$4.03895$8.95
20s424$4.24942$9.42
21s445$4.45989$9.89
22s466$4.661036$10.36
23s488$4.881083$10.83
24s509$5.091130$11.30
25s530$5.301177$11.77
26s551$5.511224$12.24
27s572$5.721271$12.71
28s593$5.931318$13.18
29s615$6.151365$13.65
30s636$6.361412$14.12

Dollars are the pack rate: $10/1,000⚡. Plans buy credits cheaper. The exact ⚡ price shows on the Generate button before you spend.

OpenClips MCP

Drive Seedance 2.5 from your AI agent

No console and no syntax. Your agent briefs Seedance 2.5 through the OpenClips MCP server. It queues the render and hands back the cut.

Server addresshttps://mcp.openclips.ai
ClaudeClaude CodeChatGPTCursorVS CodeGrokHermes agentOpenClawOther MCP client
  1. Step 01

    Say it in plain words

    One sentence is the brief. Subject, vibe, platform. No syntax to learn.

  2. Step 02

    Your agent writes the shot list

    Timestamps, references, ratio and the ⚡ quote. Drafted and queued for you.

  3. Step 03

    The cut lands in your library

    Download it, remix it, or ship it. Credits settle automatically.

Director's notes

Tips for best results with Seedance 2.5

Four habits that separate a clean take from an expensive re-roll.

  • Write beats with timestamps

    A prompt like a shot list wins. 0–5s wide, 5–10s close-up. The model follows the order.

    0–5s wide, 5–10s close

  • Reference every recurring subject

    One still per character or product. Identity holds for the whole take.

    One still per subject

  • Extend, do not re-roll

    Multi-round extension appends shots. Characters and pacing stay consistent.

    Append the next shot

  • Lock the look before the motion

    Pin wardrobe, product and palette with stills. Then let the prompt drive the motion.

    Stills first, motion second

From the blog

Read the director's cut

The gaps

What can Seedance 2.5 do that OpenClips cannot?

The vendor ships these. The composer does not.

  • ByteDance takes 10 video clips and 10 audio clips as references. The composer attaches images only.

    Read the vendor page
  • ByteDance offers timestamp-level control for targeted audio and video edits. The composer has no field for it.

    Read the vendor page
  • ByteDance offers multiple rounds of extension on a finished take. The composer has no field for it.

    Read the vendor page
  • ByteDance offers green screen editing that swaps a background. The composer has no field for it.

    Read the vendor page

Version history

What changed in each Seedance release?

Newest first, straight off the roster.

  1. Seedance 2.5

    video · Live on OpenClips

    30s in one take. 30 references in one pass.

  2. Seedance 2.0

    Vendor states no date

    video · Live on OpenClips

    Native 4K output, strong prompt adherence.

  3. Seedance 1.5 Pro

    video · Live on OpenClips

    Pro-grade motion & camera control.

  4. Seedance 1.0 Pro

    Vendor states no date

    video · Live on OpenClips

    Lifelike motion & physics.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Seedance 2.5 is free to try. A new account gets ⚡50 on signup with no card. Video renders draw from that wallet, and a Seedance 2.5 take costs more than the grant, so top up when the deliverable matters. Packs start at $10/1,000⚡. Image models and 480p drafts stretch the grant furthest.

Up to 30 seconds in a single continuous take, with 4 seconds as the floor. ByteDance extends single-pass generation from 15 to 30 seconds. Multi-round extension appends shots to an existing render, so a story runs past one take without giving up character, environment or pacing.

A 30-second take at 720p is ⚡1412, and at 480p is ⚡636. Shorter takes cost less. The composer prints the exact ⚡ on the Generate button before you press it, so nothing renders by surprise.

The composer takes up to 30 references per render. ByteDance publishes the model's own ceiling as 30 images, 10 video clips and 10 audio clips in a single pass, so a full brief holds together. Cite them in the prompt and the take keeps each one.

Yes. Multi-round extension appends shots to an existing render, so a story can run past one take. Character, environment and pacing stay consistent across the append. It's how you go beyond thirty seconds without cutting.

Pick Seedance 2.0 when the deliverable needs 4K. 2.0 renders up to 4K in 4–15s. Pick Seedance 2.5 when the take needs to hold longer at 480p or 720p. Both offer opt-in native audio and both sit on the same wallet, so drafting on one and finishing on the other costs the render only.

The receipts

Where do these Seedance 2.5 facts come from?

Every link goes to the vendor's own page.

One take. Thirty seconds.

Add native audio, hold references, no stitching afterwards.

Generate with Seedance 2.5

One take instead of a timeline

A thirty-second single pass changes what you write. You stop describing one shot and start describing an order of beats. The model keeps the character, the room and the pacing across all of them.

When another Seedance fits better

Need native 4K on delivery? Seedance 2.0 renders 4K at 4–15s. Want 1080p in ~2–3 min with tight camera control? Reach for Seedance 1.5 Pro. Drafting motion tests on the cheap? Seedance 1.0 Pro is silent 1080p from ⚡10.

What the model still misses

ByteDance notes that complex motion physics still has limits. Long dialogue scenes and slow camera work hold up best. Heavy contact and fast collisions are where it shows.

Where to go next

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