Bytedance Seedance 2.5 Flash Image To Video API Documentation
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Try it on WaveSpeedAI!Seedance 2.5 Flash (Image-to-Video) generates Hollywood-grade cinematic videos from reference images and text prompts with native audio-visual synchronization, director-level camera and lighting control, and exceptional motion stability. Built on Seed’s unified multimodal architecture, it preserves the input image’s subject and composition while adding expressive, physically accurate motion.
Features
Seedance 2.5 Flash Image-to-Video animates a start image into a cinematic video, with an optional last frame. Clips of 4 to 30 seconds come with native, synchronized audio, at 480p or 720p.
Why Choose This?
-
Native audio
Dialogue, sound effects and ambience are generated together with the picture. -
Director-style prompt control
Direct camera movement, lighting, performance, atmosphere and pacing through the prompt. -
Up to 30 seconds
Generate clips from 4 to 30 seconds in one request. -
480p and 720p output
Choose the resolution that fits the job.
Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| image | Yes | Start image URL. |
| prompt | Yes | Describe the motion, camera movement and mood. |
| last_image | No | Optional last-frame image URL. |
| duration | No | Video length in seconds, 4–30. Default: 5. |
| resolution | No | 480p or 720p. Default: 720p. |
| generate_audio | No | Generate synchronized audio. Default: true. |
How to Use
- Write your prompt: describe the subject, action, camera movement, lighting and mood.
- Set duration and resolution:
4–30seconds,480por720p. - Add references (optional): start with a start image, optionally add a last frame.
- Submit and retrieve the output URL.
Pricing
Output only
| Resolution | Per second | 5 seconds | 10 seconds | 30 seconds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480p | $0.12 | $0.60 | $1.20 | $3.60 |
| 720p | $0.24 | $1.20 | $2.40 | $7.20 |
Prices scale linearly with output duration from 4 to 30 seconds.
Best Use Cases
- Ad and social creative: test concepts and produce short clips in volume.
- Concept visualization: turn ideas into motion previews for pitching and storyboarding.
- Audio-driven scenes: clips with synchronized sound for ambience, music or narrative moments.
Pro Tips
- Write prompts like a shot list: subject, action, camera, lighting, mood.
- Use
16:9for widescreen and9:16for vertical social content. - Start with a short duration while testing a prompt, then lengthen once the direction works.
- Bind reference media explicitly in the prompt, for example
@Image 1,@Video 1,@Audio 1.
Related Models
- Seedance 2.5 Text-to-Video: 480p to 4K output.
- Seedance 2.5 Image-to-Video: generate video from a start image.
- Seedance 2.5 Video Edit: edit an existing video with a prompt.
Authentication
For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.
API Endpoints
Submit Task & Query Result
set -euo pipefail
export WAVESPEED_API_KEY="your-api-key"
REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
"prompt": "A cinematic ocean wave at sunrise, highly detailed",
"image": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-images/painted-hand-298-332.jpg",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration": 5,
"generate_audio": true
}
JSON
)
# 1. Submit the prediction once. Never retry this request automatically:
# a retry after an unclear failure can create a second, billed task.
CHECK='The task may already exist. Check History or the predictions list before submitting again.'
if ! SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 \
-X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/bytedance/seedance-2.5-flash/image-to-video" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "${REQUEST_BODY}"); then
printf 'Submit failed. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
exit 1
fi
TASK=$(printf '%s' "${SUBMIT_RESPONSE}" | jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end')
PREDICTION_ID=$(printf '%s' "${TASK}" | jq -r '.id // empty')
if [ -z "${PREDICTION_ID}" ]; then
printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${PREDICTION_ID}/result"
# 2. Poll until the prediction reaches a final status.
BODY_FILE=$(mktemp)
trap 'rm -f "${BODY_FILE}"' EXIT
while true; do
# Transient errors (429, 5xx) are retried, honoring Retry-After.
HTTP_CODE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 \
--output "${BODY_FILE}" --write-out '%{http_code}' \
"${RESULT_URL}" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" || true)
case "${HTTP_CODE}" in
2??) ;;
000|429|5??) # dropped connection or temporary error: keep polling
printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s, polling again in 10s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
sleep 10; continue ;;
*) printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
cat "${BODY_FILE}" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
RESULT=$(jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end' "${BODY_FILE}")
STATUS=$(printf '%s' "${RESULT}" | jq -r '.status // empty')
case "${STATUS}" in
completed) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
failed|cancelled|timeout|deleted)
printf 'Task %s ended with status %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${STATUS}" >&2
printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
*) sleep 2 ;;
esac
doneRetry temporary errors only while polling, never the submit request. Errors, retries and timeouts
Parameters
Task Submission Parameters
Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prompt | string | Yes | - | Describe the scene, action, camera movement, and mood for the video. | |
| image | string | Yes | - | Start image URL to guide the video generation. | |
| last_image | string | No | - | - | Last frame image URL for video continuation. |
| resolution | string | No | 720p | 480p, 720p | The output video resolution. |
| duration | integer | No | 5 | 4 ~ 30 | The duration of the generated video in seconds (4-30s). |
| generate_audio | boolean | No | true | - | Whether to generate native audio synchronized with the output video. Defaults to true. |
Every model also accepts the global request options enable_sync_mode and enable_base64_output; see their pages for details.
Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
| message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
| data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction, Task Id |
| data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
| data.outputs | array | Output values, usually URL strings; some models return text strings or structured result objects (empty when status is not completed) |
| data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
| data.status | string | Task status. completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses. |
| data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”) |
| data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
| data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
| data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |
Result Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | Yes | - | Task ID |
Result Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
| message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
| data | object | The prediction data object containing all details |
| data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction |
| data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
| data.outputs | array<string | object> | Array of generated outputs (empty when status is not completed). Items are usually URL strings, but may be text strings or structured result objects, depending on the model. |
| data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
| data.status | string | Status: completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses |
| data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created |
| data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
| data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
| data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |