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Seedance 2.0

Generate AI video with Seedance 2.0: text to video and image to video, all from one Vidney workspace.

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28 models
0/2000
4s
4s15s
Required: 90 credits

Output

Sample

What Seedance 2.0 does well

01

Three shots from one prompt

An aerial pass over the harbor, a handheld shot on deck as she hauls in the catch, then a close-up as she laughs. One prompt, three cuts, and the same yellow oilskin, grey beanie and braid in every shot, with the engine, the gulls and the slap of the net in the sound.

Settings
  • Text to video
  • 12s
  • 720p
  • 16:9
  • Audio on
Prompt

A three-shot sequence at a small stone harbor at sunrise, the same woman in every shot. Shot 1, wide aerial: a red wooden fishing boat motors into the harbor past a white lighthouse, gulls circling overhead. Shot 2, medium handheld on deck: a young fisherwoman with a dark braid, a yellow oilskin jacket and a grey knit beanie hauls a dripping net full of silver fish over the side, water pouring off the net. Shot 3, close-up: she wipes sea spray from her cheek with the back of her glove, looks down at the catch and laughs. Sound: engine chug, gulls, waves against the hull, the net slapping onto the deck, her laugh. No music, no subtitles.

02

A jump the camera keeps up with

One continuous shot on a frozen lake: she skates toward the lens, turns, jumps, lands on one blade and pulls into a spin while the camera glides ahead of her, then swings around the spin. The pink evening light holds from the first frame to the last.

Settings
  • Text to video
  • 8s
  • 720p
  • 16:9
  • Audio on
Prompt

One continuous shot with no cuts, golden hour on a frozen mountain lake, the same low sun and pink sky from start to end. A figure skater in a deep red dress skates toward the camera, turns backward, jumps with one full turn in the air and lands on one skate, then pulls into a fast upright spin with her arms drawn in. The camera glides backward ahead of her at waist height, then circles once around her during the spin. Sound: blades carving the ice, the scrape of the landing, wind. No music, no subtitles.

03

From the snow to the fireside

Give it a start frame and an end frame and it works out the move between them. The camera crosses the snow, passes through the frosted window and settles by the fire, where the dog lifts its head. Wind outside, crackling logs inside.

Input
  • From the snow to the fireside: Start frameStart frame
  • From the snow to the fireside: End frameEnd frame
Settings
  • Image to video
  • 8s
  • 720p
  • 16:9
  • Audio on
Prompt

Starting on the red cabin in the snowy forest, the camera glides slowly forward across the snow toward the glowing window, passes through the glass in one continuous move and settles inside by the stone fireplace, where the golden retriever lies asleep on the rug; the dog lifts its head and thumps its tail once. No cuts. Sound: soft wind and falling snow outside, then the crackle of the fire and the dog's sigh. No music, no subtitles.

What you can make with Seedance 2.0

Multi-shot story sequences

Cut between shots from one prompt while subject, wardrobe and setting hold steady. A two-shot beat reads as one continuous moment.

Camera-driven ad clips

A slow push onto a product, a tracking shot alongside, a sweeping reveal: the camera move does the selling.

Stylized art pieces

Ink-wash, watercolor, flat 2D or stylized 3D, and the look commits across the whole shot, not a filtered photo.

Coordinated multi-subject scenes

Two people interacting, several moving parts: the described relationships stay intact instead of dissolving into a blur.

The technology behind Seedance 2.0

How the model works, based on public documentation and sourced evidence.

Seedance 2.0 is ByteDance's video foundation model, released in February 2026 and built on a unified large-scale architecture that generates video and audio jointly in a single pass. It accepts four input modalities (text, image, audio, video) and lets you combine up to 9 reference images, 3 video clips, and 3 audio clips with natural language instructions, so you can steer characters, style, motion, and sound from real reference material instead of prompt text alone.

Compared with Seedance 1.5, ByteDance reports a higher usable-output rate on complex interaction and motion scenes, with gains in physical accuracy, visual realism, and controllability. The model produces multi-shot clips of 4 to 15 seconds at native 480p or 720p with dual-channel audio (dialogue, ambient sound, and music generated in sync with the picture), and it supports video extension and editing of existing footage. A Seedance 2.0 Fast variant trades some quality for speed in latency-sensitive use.

ByteDance openly lists what still falls short: detail stability and hyper-realism need refinement, audio can occasionally distort, and multi-subject consistency, text rendering accuracy, and complex editing effects remain weak spots. In practice this means long dialogue scenes, legible on-screen text, and shots with several interacting characters are the most likely to need retries.

On safety, using a real person's face as a reference requires identity verification or prior legal authorization. After launch controversy over celebrity and copyrighted-character clips, ByteDance added visible labels, embedded C2PA Content Credentials metadata marking output as AI generated, and an invisible watermark designed to survive re-sharing and editing, alongside stricter filters on real-face uploads and IP-related prompts ahead of the global rollout.

Sources: bytedance.com · arxiv.org · techcrunch.com

Who reaches for Seedance 2.0

Seedance 2.0 is ByteDance's video model, released in February 2026, and people open it when one prompt has to play out as a short edited sequence. Write the shots in order and it cuts between them while keeping the same person, costume and light, with sound generated in the same pass. It handles fast bodies well, from a net hauled over the side of a boat to a skater landing a jump, and it follows camera directions such as a low glide or a swing around the subject. On Vidney it runs text to video and image to video, including a start frame paired with an end frame, for 4 to 15 seconds in ratios from 9:16 to 21:9. Generation from reference images, clips and audio is offered here on Seedance 2.5 instead. Pick Seedance 2.0 for multi-shot scenes and choreographed motion; pick Wan 3.0 when one continuous take has to run longer than 15 seconds.

How to generate video with Seedance 2.0

Create AI video with Seedance 2.0 on Vidney in three steps.

Glowing panels with one model selected from severalStreams of light forming into an emerging imageA finished image materializing from a vortex of glowing light

Seedance 2.0 vs Vidu Q4 Preview vs Grok Imagine Video 1.5 vs Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite

Specs side by side with similar models, all runnable on Vidney.

Seedance 2.0Vidu Q4 PreviewGrok Imagine Video 1.5Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Task modesText to Video · Image to VideoImage to Video · Reference to VideoText to Video · Image to Video · Reference to VideoText to Video · Image to Video
Duration4–15 seconds3–16 seconds1–15 seconds1–15 seconds
Resolution480p · 720p · 1080p540p · 720p · 1080p · 2K · 4K480p · 720p · 1080p480p · 720p · 1080p (upscaled from 720p)
AudioSupportedSupportedIncluded, always onIncluded, always on
Cost90–113 credits per generation159 credits per generation18 credits per generation18 credits per generation

What creators say about Seedance 2.0

Recurring themes from public reviews, comparisons and creator write-ups. Both the good and the bad.

What gets praised

  • Creators consistently praise the motion quality and physical realism: within 48 hours of launch, X and Reddit filled with action, choreography, and figure-skating clips that many viewers said looked like studio footage rather than AI output.

  • The multimodal reference workflow gets repeated praise: being able to feed in images, video clips, and audio together, and get a finished clip with synced dialogue and sound effects in one pass, cuts out most post-production work.

  • Reviewers comparing it against Veo 3.1 and Kling often call it the best value pick: not the single best at any one thing, but the strongest combination of motion, native audio, price, and clean output for everyday creator work.

Common complaints

  • A common complaint is the aggressive content filtering added after Hollywood legal pressure: realistic human face references and prompts touching known characters or brands frequently return Generation Failed, even for harmless use cases.

  • Users also report slow and unstable service at peak times, with waits of 60 to 120 seconds for short clips and queue timeouts, as viral adoption outpaced ByteDance's serving infrastructure.

Related models

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KlingKling V3 Omni
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Generate AI video with Kling V3 Omni: text to video and image to video, all from one Vidney workspace.

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QwenWan 2.6
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Alibaba's Wan 2.6 with its Flash tier: the lowest price per second in the Wan family for putting a still in motion.

75–126 credits per generation
KlingKling 3.0
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Generate AI video with Kling 3.0: text to video and image to video, all from one Vidney workspace.

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QwenWan 2.5
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Alibaba's first Wan with sound built in: speech, effects and music come out with the picture, from a low-cost 480p tier.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Seedance 2.0?

Seedance 2.0 is an AI video model you can run on Vidney. It supports text to video and image to video from a single workspace.

How much does Seedance 2.0 cost per generation?

Seedance 2.0 costs 90–113 credits per generation. The exact credit cost is shown on the generate button before you run it. That is about $2.70–$3.39 per run at the Starter plan rate ($0.03 per credit).

What aspect ratios does Seedance 2.0 support?

Seedance 2.0 supports the following aspect ratios: 21:9, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16.

How long can Seedance 2.0 videos be?

Seedance 2.0 generates clips of 4–15 seconds.

Does Seedance 2.0 generate audio?

Yes. Seedance 2.0 can generate video with an audio track, and you can toggle sound on or off before generating.

Is Seedance 2.0 free to use?

Not with sign-up credits alone. New accounts get 10 to 30 free credits, and Seedance 2.0 costs 90–113 credits per generation, so running it needs a plan. You can spend the free credits on lower-cost models first; the exact cost is always shown on the generate button before you spend a credit.

Can I use Seedance 2.0 videos commercially?

Yes. The videos you generate with Seedance 2.0 on Vidney are yours to use in commercial projects: ads, social posts, client work, and product content. You keep the output; Vidney only handles generation and storage.

Does Seedance 2.0 add a watermark?

Only on the free plan. Free-plan downloads carry a small Vidney watermark; on any paid plan, Seedance 2.0 videos download clean, ready to publish or hand to a client. Upgrading also removes the watermark from videos you already made.

What are the best Seedance 2.0 alternatives?

The closest Seedance 2.0 alternatives on Vidney are Vidu Q4 Preview, Grok Imagine Video 1.5, and Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite. They all run in the same workspace from one credit balance, so you can run the same prompt on each and compare the results side by side.

Do I need an API key or a provider account to use Seedance 2.0?

No. Vidney runs Seedance 2.0 for you, so there are no API keys to manage and no separate provider account to set up.

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