Image model · ByteDance

Seedream 5.0 Pro

Natural-light photos and posters, if you can wait for them

Seedream 5.0 Pro is the image model from ByteDance, the company behind TikTok. It makes soft, natural pictures and can edit photos you upload.

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What Seedream 5.0 Pro can create

Every image here was made by Seedream 5.0 Pro from the words under it. Press “Try this prompt” to make your own version in chatmodel.

A warm family portrait

“A smiling grandmother in her sixties picking ripe tomatoes in a sunlit vegetable garden, straw hat, soft golden evening light, natural skin texture and laugh lines, shallow depth of field, 50mm documentary photo”

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Food that looks good enough to eat

“A homemade apple pie with a golden lattice crust on a rustic wooden table by a rainy window, a wisp of steam rising, cinnamon sticks and a cup of tea beside it, cozy autumn kitchen, food magazine photo”

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A poster with real words on it

“A vintage travel poster with the words "VISIT LISBON" in bold letters at the top, a yellow tram climbing a steep hill at sunset, terracotta rooftops and the river in the distance, mid-century illustration style, flat colors”

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Something that could never happen

“A golden retriever wearing a small astronaut helmet sitting on the surface of the moon, the blue Earth rising behind him, footprints in the grey dust, playful, photorealistic”

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A scene from a dream

“A giant whale made of clear glass floating above desert sand dunes at sunrise, sunlight refracting through its body and throwing rainbow patterns on the sand, a lone traveler looking up, photorealistic, wide shot”

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A painting in a classic style

“A watercolor painting of a small Tuscan village on a hilltop with cypress trees and a winding road, loose brushstrokes, soft pastel colors, white paper showing through, painted by hand”

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A pet portrait

“A fluffy orange cat asleep on a sunny window seat next to a stack of old books and a potted fern, soft morning light, warm and cozy home photo”

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A card with a name on it

“A birthday card with the words "Happy 60th, Maria!" in elegant gold letters, surrounded by spring flowers and a small cake with candles, soft watercolor style”

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What it's good for

Soft, natural daylight

Our sleeping cat lay in pale morning light on a white window seat, like a photo in a home magazine.
Posters that look designed

The Lisbon poster had a big title, a tagline and a small logo, like a real tourist board poster.
Wide landscape views

The glass whale came back as a long panorama over the dunes, good for a banner.
Editing your photos

Upload a picture and ask it to change the background, the light or the style.

In plain words

Seedream 5.0 Pro makes pictures from a description and can edit photos you upload. It comes from ByteDance, the company behind TikTok.

Its pictures in our test had a calm, airy look: soft light, pale colors and plenty of space. The watercolor of Tuscany left lots of white paper. The grandmother in the garden looked like a relaxed summer snapshot.

It has three habits to know about. It picks its own shape, mostly wide. It stamps a small “AI generated” mark in a corner. And it is slow: some pictures took well over a minute.

It also likes to design. Our poster came back with a tagline, a logo and “City of Seven Hills” under the title.

How to get the most out of it

Give it time. Send your description and do something else for a minute.
Plan for wide. Think of it for banners, headers and screens.
Limit the words. “Only the title, no other text or logos” keeps posters clean.
Check the corner for the mark before you use the picture.

How it compares with the rest of the family

It is ByteDance’s only image model in chatmodel. The same company makes video models such as Seedance 2.0 and Seedance V1.0 Pro Fast, which can turn a still picture into a short clip.

When to pick another model

For a quick result, Grok Imagine Image took under 10 seconds. For a picture with no mark and a square shape, try GPT Image 2.

How it compares

GPT Image 2.5 Flare vs Seedream 5.0 Pro: the same 8 pictures, side by side We gave GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Seedream 5.0 Pro the same 8 descriptions. See every picture side by side, who won each round and which one to pick. Nano Banana Pro vs Seedream 5.0 Pro: the same 8 pictures, side by side We gave Nano Banana Pro and Seedream 5.0 Pro the same 8 descriptions. See every picture side by side, who won each round and which one to pick for what.

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Frequently asked questions

Who makes Seedream?

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok. Its video models are called Seedance, and chatmodel has those too.

Why is there a small mark in the corner?

Seedream 5.0 Pro adds a small “AI generated” mark to its pictures. If that doesn't suit you, choose another image model.

Why did my picture come out wide?

It tends to choose the shape itself. In our test most pictures were wide, so crop afterwards or try another model if you need a square.

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