Seedream 5.0 Lite text to image
Write the subject, the light and the words. No upload needed. The composer quotes the render before it runs.
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Seedream 5.0 LiteDrafts that reach 4K.
You stop paying flagship rates for a draft. Seedream 5.0 Lite renders 4K at a flat ⚡8. Same frames. It comes back sooner.
- Text to image
- Up to 10 references
- 2K · 3K · 4K
- 1:1 · 9:16 · 16:9
- ⚡8 per render
Free account · ⚡50 on signup · No card
● Made with Lite
The receipts
Hero product work at the top canvas. Every tile cost the same ⚡ as the smallest one.
Rendered on OpenClips with Seedream 5.0 Lite. Prompts are written from the frames until the sheet lands.
Watch in the splash
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Verbatim prompt
A steel dive watch inside an exploding crown of water, droplets frozen in the light
Flacon in shards
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Verbatim prompt
A glass flacon breaking into floating shards under a single hard beam
Sneaker in neon
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Verbatim prompt
A white sneaker on a black mirror in magenta and cyan neon haze
Jar in coloured smoke
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Verbatim prompt
A white cosmetic jar wrapped in glowing coral and teal smoke
Flacon on wet slate
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Verbatim prompt
An amber flacon with a blank label standing on wet dark slate
Watch on wet stone
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Verbatim prompt
A skeleton dial watch on wet dark stone under a narrow light shaft
● Release notes
What Lite changes
01
Chapter 01
4K, not 2K
Seedream 5.0 Pro stops at 2K. Lite renders 2K · 3K · 4K.
02
Chapter 02
One price, every canvas
⚡8 per render. The canvas does not move the number.
03
Chapter 03
Back in ~10 sec
Pro runs ~15 sec. Lite gets you to a first look sooner.
04
Chapter 04
References, not guesswork
Attach up to 10 images. The render matches what you sent.
● Beyond the studio
It does not only shoot bottles
Same model. Same flat price. A much wider brief.
Rendered on OpenClips with Seedream 5.0 Lite. Prompts are written from the frames until the sheet lands.
Rider at the canyon rim
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Verbatim prompt
A rider on horseback at a canyon rim in low sunset light
Noir alley
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Verbatim prompt
A figure in a hat and coat standing on a wet neon lit alley
Ridge at dawn
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Verbatim prompt
A man on a pine ridge above the mist as the sun breaks through
Oak above the fog
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Verbatim prompt
A bare oak alone on a frosted hillside with fog banked below it
Inside the barrel
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Verbatim prompt
A surfer inside the barrel of a turquoise wave at sunrise
Aurora on black ice
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Verbatim prompt
Green aurora over a frozen lake, mirrored in black ice under the stars
● Three moves
How do you use Seedream 5.0 Lite on OpenClips?
01
Write the image
Subject, light, and the words that have to appear.
02
Set canvas and frame
2K · 3K · 4K at 1:1 · 9:16 · 16:9. The price holds either way.
03
Generate, then hand it on
The ⚡ shows on the button first. Edit on Nano Banana after.
● Two ways in
Seedream 5.0 Lite image to image
Attach up to 10 references. Same price, same frames. Photoreal edits belong on Nano Banana instead.
● What it ships
Where Lite earns its slot
Nine jobs it closes without a second pass.
Key art passes
Verbatim prompt
A white sneaker inside a burst of cyan and magenta powder
Menu and interior stills
Verbatim prompt
Espresso pouring into a double wall glass beside roasted beans
Shelf and pack shots
Verbatim prompt
A cream jar on a marble slab with a eucalyptus sprig across it
Hard light on a hard product
Verbatim prompt
Matte black sunglasses resting on a pale limestone block in hard afternoon sun
Matte surfaces without glare
Verbatim prompt
Over-ear headphones lying on dark grey felt under soft even light
Flame, glass and smoke
Verbatim prompt
A lit candle in a plain glass jar on white marble, a thin thread of smoke rising
Grain and stitch up close
Verbatim prompt
A tan leather bifold wallet on dark walnut, raking light across the grain
Bottle on a built set
Verbatim prompt
A dark green oil bottle with a blank label on stone, an olive sprig beside it
Stacked still life
Verbatim prompt
Three speckled ceramic mugs stacked on pale oak in soft window light
● Close up
Detail at the top canvas
Macro is where the extra pixels earn the price.
4K · ⚡8Macro
Droplet crown
Frozen splash detail that survives a full-bleed crop.
~10 sec typicalTexture
Pour onto cocoa
Grain and gloss in one frame, no second pass.
1:1 · 9:16 · 16:9Surface
Cream swirl
Soft highlights that hold up blown to print size.
Up to 10 refsViscosity
Honey off the dipper
Translucence and suspended bubbles, held at full size.
● The wall
Nine more, one price
Food, table, stadium, street, studio. The canvas never moved the number.
Rendered on OpenClips with Seedream 5.0 Lite. Prompts are written from the frames until the sheet lands.
Market table
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Verbatim prompt
A crate of vegetables, cheese and charcuterie on a rustic table beside red wine
Bowl and steam
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Verbatim prompt
A steaming bowl on a dark table with vegetables laid around it
Pot on the stove
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A steaming pot of stew in a dark kitchen with tomatoes and garlic beside it
Chocolate pour
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Warm chocolate pouring over a nut crusted dessert under low light
Leap in the stadium
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Verbatim prompt
An athlete leaping with arms raised under stadium floodlights
Violinist under the arch
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Verbatim prompt
A violinist playing under a stone arch at dusk with warm light behind
Closing the movement
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Verbatim prompt
Gloved hands closing a skeleton movement with tweezers under a bench lamp
Sneaker in studio grey
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Verbatim prompt
A white leather sneaker with a gum sole floating against plain grey
Atomiser on steel
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Verbatim prompt
A clear glass atomiser on brushed steel under cold rim light
● Vertical
Cut for the feed
Portrait at the top canvas. Stories, Reels, Shorts covers.
Rendered on OpenClips with Seedream 5.0 Lite. Prompts are written from the frames until the sheet lands.
Ballerina in the spotlight
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Verbatim prompt
A dancer mid leap inside a single stage spotlight
Waterfall in the gorge
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Verbatim prompt
A waterfall falling through a green gorge lit by sunbeams
Rapids in the gorge
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Verbatim prompt
Whitewater running a forested gorge under a sunset sky
● Three things it does
Seedream 5.0 Lite capabilities
Studio
Clean product on a flat ground
Even light, true colour, no shadow to retouch out.
Verbatim prompt
A frosted purple dropper bottle standing on a lilac gradient
Detail
Mechanism at the top canvas
Gear teeth and screw heads resolve at 4K.
Verbatim prompt
Macro of an exposed watch movement, gears and jewels under warm bokeh
Landscape
Wide scenes without a crop
Horizon to horizon in one frame. No stitching.
Verbatim prompt
An airliner in silhouette over a sunlit cloud deck at dusk
● One reference
Send a frame, get it restaged
Same vase. Same ⚡8. The second run only saw the first.
Verbatim prompt
The same terracotta vase on wet black slate, lit from behind through a low mist
● Look closer
What 4K buys you
One render. ⚡8. Open it and count the fish.
Verbatim prompt
A humpback whale turning through a bait ball in sunlit water
● Past the studio
Nine that never saw a softbox
Same model. Same flat ⚡. No set, no stylist.
The empty road
Verbatim prompt
An empty desert road running to a flat mesa under a dusk sky
Winter, lit from inside
Verbatim prompt
An alpine village under snow at blue hour, windows lit along the valley
First light on the water
Verbatim prompt
Fishing boats moored on glassy water at dawn, coiled rope on the dock
Scale from the air
Verbatim prompt
Hot air balloons over a patchwork valley at sunrise with mist in the fields
Motion against a still figure
Verbatim prompt
A subway train blurring past a waiting figure on a tiled platform
Harvest colour on a hill
Verbatim prompt
Vineyard rows in autumn colour running downhill into low sun
Ice, and something for scale
Verbatim prompt
A blue glacier ice cave with daylight breaking through the roof
Heat you can see
Verbatim prompt
A night market grill throwing steam under strings of warm bulbs
Golden hour above the towers
Verbatim prompt
A city skyline from a rooftop at sunset, sun flaring between towers
● The sheet
Seedream 5.0 Lite, 5.0 Pro and 4.5
Lite when the canvas has to be big. Pro when the brief is the flagship. 4.5 when commercial detail decides.
| Spec | Seedream 5.0 Lite | Seedream 5.0 Pro | Seedream 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Live | Live | Live |
| Canvases | 2K · 3K · 4K | 1K · 1.5K · 2K | 2K · 4K |
| Price | ⚡8 flat | From ⚡10 | ⚡9 flat |
| Turnaround | ~10 sec | ~15 sec | ~12 sec |
| References | Up to 10 | Up to 10 | Up to 10 |
| Best for | Big drafts | Flagship key art | Commercial delivery |
● The sheet
Seedream 5.0 Lite model parameters
- Status
- Live in the composer
- Input
- Text, or text with references
- Reference images
- Up to 10
- Canvases
- 2K · 3K · 4K
- Frames
- 1:1 · 9:16 · 16:9
- Output
- Stills
- Audio
- Not applicable
- Typical turnaround
- ~10 sec
- Cost on OpenClips
- ⚡8 per render, flat
- Best for
- Large drafts and volume passes
- Vendor
- ByteDance
Figures reflect OpenClips defaults, September 2026.
● What it covers
Drafts that ship
The jobs Lite lands before the budget notices.
Concept boardsSocial cardsThumbnailsPackaging draftsKey art passesMoodboardsVolume variantsWallpapersPrint proofsStoryboards
● Quoted first
How much does a Seedream 5.0 Lite render cost?
Seedream 5.0 Lite
From ⚡8 ($0.08 at pack rate).
Seedream 5.0 Pro
From ⚡10 ($0.10 at pack rate).
Seedream 4.5
From ⚡9 ($0.09 at pack rate).
Flat ⚡8 per render on Lite. No duration to price, and the canvas does not move the number. The composer shows the exact ⚡ on the button before you press it. A free account starts with ⚡50. Packs start at $10/1,000⚡.
● OpenClips MCP
Drive Seedream 5.0 Lite from your AI agent
No console and no syntax. Your agent briefs Seedream 5.0 Lite through the OpenClips MCP server.
Server address
https://mcp.openclips.aiClaudeClaude CodeChatGPTCursorVS CodeGrokHermes agentOpenClawOther MCP client
Step 01
Say it in plain words
One sentence is the brief. Layout, type, palette.
Step 02
Your agent sets the canvas
Resolution, aspect and the ⚡ quote. Queued for you.
Step 03
The frame lands in your library
Download it, remix it, or ship it. Credits settle automatically.
● Director notes
Getting more out of Lite
Draft wide, then pick
Flat pricing rewards volume. Run the variants before you commit.
Run five, keep one
Start at the top canvas
4K costs what the smallest rung costs. Downscale later.
Set 4K first
Name the words you need
Type the exact copy in the prompt. Do not describe it.
Quote the line
Attach what you own
Up to 10 references pin the render to your product.
Send the real thing
● From the blog
Read before you render
Studio NewsWhat a credit buys
One wallet, every model, and where the free signup grant goes.
Read it →
Prompt CraftThe aspect ratio cheat sheet
Which frame wins where, and how to compose for it before you render.
Read it →
Studio NewsRoll camera from chat
How the MCP door is built, and what an assistant may call through it.
Read it →● Questions
Frequently asked questions
Seedream 5.0 Lite is ByteDance's fast tier in the Seedream 5 line. It renders stills at 2K · 3K · 4K for a flat ⚡8 per render. Typical render is ~10 sec. On OpenClips it runs inside the same composer as every other model. A free OpenClips account opens with ⚡50.
⚡8 per render, flat. The canvas does not move the number, so 4K costs what the smallest rung costs. Seedream 5.0 Pro starts at ⚡10 and Seedream 4.5 at ⚡9. The composer shows the exact ⚡ on the button before you press it. A new account starts with ⚡50, and packs start at $10/1,000⚡.
They split on canvas, not on quality tier names. Lite renders 2K · 3K · 4K and Pro renders 1K · 1.5K · 2K, so Lite is the one that reaches 4K. Pro prices per canvas from ⚡10 and is the flagship brief. Lite is flat at ⚡8 and comes back sooner. Both share one composer and one wallet.
Free to try. Your one-time ⚡50 signup grant covers your first Seedream 5.0 Lite renders, no card required. Every version is paid per render after that.
Yes. Attach up to 10 reference images and the render matches what you sent, at the same price as a text-only run. References are optional, so the same model covers both jobs. For a photoreal edit of an existing shot, Nano Banana Pro is the better door.
Seedream 5.0 Lite when the canvas has to be large and the budget flat. Seedream 5.0 Pro for flagship key art up to 2K. Seedream 4.5 for commercial delivery. Seedream 4.0 is the cheaper first pass at ⚡7. All of them share one composer and one wallet.
● Version history
What changed in each Seedream release?
Newest first, straight off the roster.
image · Live on OpenClips
Flagship Seedream — premium detail up to 2K.
Seedream 5.0 Lite
Vendor states no dateimage · Live on OpenClips
Newest Seedream — fast, affordable drafts.
Seedream 4.5
Vendor states no dateimage · Live on OpenClips
Sharp, high-detail commercial quality.
image · Live on OpenClips
4K-ready detail. Typography that reads.
● The receipts
Where do these Seedream 5.0 Lite facts come from?
Every link goes to the vendor's own page.
Big canvas. Small number.
Set 4K. Pay ⚡8. Same as every other rung.
Generate with Seedream 5.0 Lite⚡50 on signup. No card. The price shows before every render.
Or roll with a sibling model
The draft tier that outgrew the flagship
Lite is the cheap rung of Seedream 5. Within Seedream 5 it is also the only rung that reaches 4K.
Seedream 5.0 Pro stops at 2K. Lite renders 2K · 3K · 4K, and charges the same ⚡8 whichever you pick. Typical render is ~10 sec against Pro's ~15 sec. Your ⚡50 signup grant covers the first pass.
Canvases, frames and references
The composer offers 2K · 3K · 4K at 1:1 · 9:16 · 16:9. Square for social, portrait for stories, landscape for headers. The canvas does not move the price. Up to 10 reference images ride along when the brief has to match something you already own.
What it does not do
It renders stills, not video, and it is not an editor. Take the winner to Nano Banana for a photoreal edit, or feed it to a video model as a first frame. Lite is not the cheapest render on the roster either: Seedream 4.0 sits lower at ⚡7, on a smaller top canvas. Every take lands in the same library, and one wallet covers the whole models roster.
● Where to go next
