Text in many languages
Seedream 5.0 Pro renders text in more than ten languages, including right-to-left scripts. Our Seoul cart came back with its Korean and English sign spelled right.
Seedream · by ByteDance
Seedream AI image generator
Seedream is ByteDance's image model family. Seedream 5.0 Pro is known for natural-looking people, dense layouts and text rendered correctly in more than ten languages, and for edits that keep a person the same. Describe an image below, or add a photo to edit, and it opens in Image Studio on Seedream 5.0 Pro.
Example image
Opens in Image Studio with the model you picked. You see the price in credits before anything runs.
What Seedream is known for
The same person across images
Edits keep the face, hair and build, and one prompt can lay out several panels of the same model, as in our three-look lookbook.
Dense layouts and design edits
Posters, lookbooks and multi-element pages hold together. 5.0 Pro can also split a design into layers and edit a selected region.
A tier for every budget
Pro for finals, Flash for speed (edits in about a third of Pro's time), Lite for 4K, all from the same family.
Where it's weaker
- Seedream 5.0 Pro and Flash stop at about 4.6 megapixels; for true 4K use 5.0 Lite or 4.5.
- Pro edits are slow, about a minute each; Flash is the quick option.
- Very long paragraphs of text can come out inconsistent; keep words to headlines and labels.
- Faces can drift between separate generations; edit from one image to keep a person exactly.
- Maker
- ByteDance Seed · 5.0 Pro July 2026
- Versions on Affogato
- 5.0 Pro · 5.0 Flash · 5.0 Lite · 4.5 · 4.0
- Resolution
- Up to about 4.6 MP (Pro, Flash) · 4K (Lite, 4.5)
- Modes
- Text to image · edit with up to 10 reference images
- Text
- More than 10 languages, including right-to-left
- Aspect ratios
- 9:16 · 3:4 · 1:1 · 4:3 · 16:9
Made with Seedream on Affogato
Every image below was generated with the prompt shown, unedited. Load any prompt into the generator and make your own version.
Creators on cameraA vlogger on a rainy Tokyo street
Prompt
Candid vertical photo of a 24-year-old creator with a short wolf-cut filming a vlog on a rainy Tokyo street at night, holding a small camera at arm's length and grinning into it. Neon reflections on wet pavement, natural skin texture, shot on a phone.
Same face, new sceneThe Tokyo vlogger, moved on stage
Prompt
Keep the exact same person from the first image: same face, haircut and smile. Now they are on stage at a tech conference, holding a microphone and presenting, a large screen glowing behind them.
Text in two languagesA Seoul street-food cart
Prompt
A street-food vendor in her sixties smiling behind her cart in Seoul at dusk. The cart sign reads "할머니 떡볶이" in large Korean letters and, below it in English, "Grandma's Tteokbokki · Since 1987". Steam rises from the pan, warm market lights.
Same model, three looksA three-panel lookbook
Prompt
A fashion lookbook page with three vertical panels of the same model, a young man with curly black hair, wearing three outfits: a denim jacket, a black turtleneck, and a cream linen shirt. Same face in every panel, clean studio backdrop, small caption under each panel: "Look 01", "Look 02", "Look 03".
Fashion on a personCobalt trench in Paris
Prompt
Full-body street-style photo of a woman in her fifties with silver hair in a tailored cobalt-blue trench coat, wide cream trousers and loafers, crossing a sunlit Paris boulevard mid-stride. Framed like a fashion-week street photographer's shot.
UGC with a labelA protein shaker selfie
Prompt
UGC-style vertical selfie of a man in his twenties at a gym holding a matte black protein shaker up to the camera. The bottle reads "FORGE" and, below it, "30g PROTEIN" in bold white letters. Natural sweat, overhead gym lighting, slightly crooked phone framing.
Poster with a personA jazz night poster
Prompt
A concert poster featuring a jazz saxophonist in a sharp burgundy suit mid-solo under a single spotlight. The headline at the top reads "BLUE HOUR SESSIONS". Below the image: "Friday 12 December · Doors 8 PM · The Velvet Room". Bold modern typography, film-grain texture.
Group photosFive friends on a rooftop
Prompt
Five friends in their twenties laughing on a rooftop at sunset, one pouring lemonade from a glass jug, string lights overhead. Candid documentary style, every face distinct and natural.
Which Seedream to pick
Start here
Seedream 5.0 Pro
Final images with people or text
The most capable Seedream: natural faces, multilingual text, dense layouts. Slower than Flash.
27 credits per image
Open with Seedream 5.0 ProOption 2
Seedream 5.0 Flash
Fast drafts and volume
Built for speed and budget. Edits come back in roughly a third of Pro's time.
6 credits per image
Open with Seedream 5.0 FlashOption 3
ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Lite
4K output
The 5.0 tier that renders true 4K, with web search and step-by-step reasoning before it draws.
7 credits per image
Open with ByteDance Seedream 5.0 LiteOption 4
ByteDance Seedream v4.5
Matching earlier work
December 2025: strong typography and consistency across up to 10 references, also at 4K.
8 credits per image
Open with ByteDance Seedream v4.5Seedream 4.0 and its Edit row are also in the studio's model menu. Credits are read from the live catalog; the Standard plan ($24/month) includes 2,000 credits, about 74 Seedream 5.0 Pro images.
Prompting Seedream well
- Write natural sentences and put the subject first; Seedream weighs the start of the prompt most.
- Put any words that must appear in quotes, exactly as they should be spelled, and say where they go.
- For edits, refer to the inputs by number ("the woman in Figure 1") and say what must stay the same.
- For several panels of one person, describe the person once and list what changes per panel.
- Draft on Flash, then re-run the keeper on Pro, or on Lite when you need 4K.
From prompt to image
Describe the image or add a photo
Write what you want in the box at the top of this page, or start from an example. Add a photo to edit it instead.
Sign in and land in Image Studio
Your prompt, photo, format and the Seedream version you picked carry over. Nothing runs until you press Generate.
Check the price, then generate
The credit price shows under the Generate button before anything is spent.
Edit one thing at a time
Send the image to Edit and change the place, outfit or text while the person stays the same.
Questions about Seedream
What is Seedream best at?
Natural-looking people, text in many languages (including Korean, Chinese and right-to-left scripts), dense layouts like posters and lookbooks, and edits that keep a person the same.
Which Seedream should I use?
Seedream 5.0 Pro for final images, 5.0 Flash for fast drafts, and 5.0 Lite or 4.5 when you need true 4K output.
Does Seedream 5.0 do 4K?
5.0 Pro and Flash stop at about 4.6 megapixels. Seedream 5.0 Lite and 4.5 render true 4K.
Who makes Seedream?
ByteDance's Seed team, which also makes the Seedance video models. Affogato runs both on one credit balance.
Is Seedream free on Affogato?
No. Every image costs credits, shown before you generate. Credits come with a monthly plan and unused credits roll over up to the plan's cap.
Can I use Seedream images commercially?
Yes. Paid Affogato plans include a commercial license, within our terms of service.
Keep exploring
Facts checked November 15, 2026. Sources: fal: Seedream 5.0 Pro · fal: Seedream 5.0 Flash · AlternativeTo: Seedream 5.0 Pro launch · BytePlus: Seedream 4.5 · ByteDance Seed: Seedream 4.0 · Atlas Cloud: Seedream 5.0 Flash vs Pro · Runware: Seedream prompting