Seedream 5.0 Pro prompt guide
Seedream 5.0 Pro is ByteDance’s image model for rich colour and strong composition. It does best when the prompt says where things go, not only the mood: describe the scene, then the layout, the style and what must stay.
What Seedream 5.0 Pro takes
- Takes a prompt and up to 6 reference images.
- Aspect ratios: 1:1, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9.
- Settings: 1K; 1.5K; 2K.
- From 1.25 credits per image.
The order to write a prompt in
- The scene: the subject, the setting and the moment.
- The layout: where each element sits, such as the product in the left third and empty space on the right for text.
- The style: photo, illustration or 3D; the light; the colour palette.
- The limits: for an edit, what must stay unchanged.
Tips
- Describe positions in plain words, such as left, right, foreground, background, or the top third, rather than piling up style words.
- Start with a short prompt, look at the result, then add detail one step at a time; it is easier to see what each addition changes.
- For an edit, say what to change and what must stay as it is: "keep the face, the pose and the background".
- Refer to the images you add by their order: "the dress from the second image on the woman from the first image". Up to 6 images.
- Draft at the cheapest resolution, then make the final picture at 2K. Seedream 5.0 Flash is cheaper still for trying ideas.
Example prompts
A wide banner for a summer sale of sunglasses. A pair of tortoiseshell sunglasses on hot sand in the left third, with a soft shadow. The right two thirds are a clean gradient from turquoise to pale yellow, left empty for text. Bright midday light, crisp commercial photo.
A cosy reading nook in a treehouse at dusk, a girl with a lantern reading a book, fireflies outside the round window. Warm orange and deep teal palette, soft painterly illustration, storybook style.
The woman from the first image wearing the dress from the second image, standing on a balcony over a Mediterranean harbour. Golden-hour light, fashion editorial photo, 50 mm lens.