Simple concepts
Use the mini workflow for short clips, rough ideas, first-pass story beats, and simple visual exploration.

Video Model
Shape lightweight Seedance video ideas before moving into higher-quality output.
720p: 12 credits / second × 5s, rounded up for the estimate.
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Video Model
Shape lightweight Seedance video ideas before moving into higher-quality output.
Use the mini workflow for short clips, rough ideas, first-pass story beats, and simple visual exploration. Refine the scene, subject, movement, lighting, and mood before choosing a final model.
Performance advantages
Shape lightweight Seedance video ideas before moving into higher-quality output.
Use the mini workflow for short clips, rough ideas, first-pass story beats, and simple visual exploration.
Refine the scene, subject, movement, lighting, and mood before choosing a final model.
Keep the experience focused on video creation instead of a broad asset library.
Use Cases
Shape lightweight Seedance video ideas before moving into higher-quality output.
Use Cases 1
Use the mini workflow for short clips, rough ideas, first-pass story beats, and simple visual exploration.
Use Cases 2
Refine the scene, subject, movement, lighting, and mood before choosing a final model.
Use Cases 3
Keep the experience focused on video creation instead of a broad asset library.
Seedance 2 Mini and Seedance 2 are designed for different production needs.
For efficient creation and rapid iteration
Seedance 2 Mini prioritizes generation speed, cost control, and fast creative testing for everyday AI video work, social content, and workflows that require frequent iteration.
Best for
Use the mini workflow for short clips, rough ideas, first-pass story beats, and simple visual exploration.
Refine the scene, subject, movement, lighting, and mood before choosing a final model.
Keep the experience focused on video creation instead of a broad asset library.
Start with Text to Video for prompt-based video generation, or choose Image to Video when you want to animate a product photo, character image, poster, or reference visual.
Choose Seedance 2 Mini when you want faster generation and lower-cost iteration for testing prompts, scenes, and creative directions.
Describe the subject, action, camera movement, scene style, lighting, mood, and expected video result. Clear prompts make it easier to compare different outputs.
Generate your video, review the result, adjust the prompt or settings, and create variations until you find the best direction.
Open the Seedance generator and use this model or workflow as your starting point.
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