AI Models · ByteDance · Image to video
Create Seedance 2.0 image-to-video online.
Upload your image. Add a prompt. Generate with Seedance 2.0 — priced per second, with the exact credit cost shown before you press Generate. Seedance is the only engine on this page that will cut inside the clip — hand it one photograph and it can give you a wide, a medium and a close of the same moment.
How it works
Animating a photo with Seedance 2.0, in three steps.
A clip of 4s · 27.22 credits (~$10.89) is what the shortest Seedance 2.0 animation costs; everything below is read from the app's own model catalog, so it is the figure you will be charged.
Upload the photograph
Open the image-to-video studio with Seedance 2.0 already selected and add the file. Seedance will use your photograph as the first shot and then generate the others around it, so the picture you upload should be the angle you most want kept.
Name the shots you want
This is the only engine here where writing ‘wide, then a close-up on her hands’ actually produces those shots. Describe the cut as well as the action, and repeat the identifying details of the subject so the same person survives it.
Draft on the fast tier, then generate
The fast tier stages the same cuts at 720p for a fraction of the flagship rate.
Specs
The Seedance 2.0 image-to-video tiers.
Every column comes from the catalog the app bills from — resolution, the clip lengths on offer, whether sound is generated with the picture, and the per-second rate.
| Mode | Engine | Max resolution | Clip length | Audio | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image to video | Seedance 2.0 | 1080p | 4–15s | Yes | 6.804 per second (~$2.72) |
| Image to video, fast | Seedance 2.0 Fast | 720p | 4–15s | Yes | 2.419 per second (~$0.97) |
| Image to video, 4K | Seedance 2.0 4K | 4K | 4–15s | Yes | 15.552 per second (~$6.22) |
Cost
What a Seedance 2.0 photo animation costs.
Seedance 2.0 bills per second, so the length is the price. The dollar figure is the most a generation can cost, at the credit-pack rate; free daily credits cover a short first attempt.
| Clip length | Credits | At the credit-pack rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4 seconds | 27.22 credits | ~$10.89 |
| 5 seconds | 34.02 credits | ~$13.61 |
| 15 seconds | 102.06 credits | ~$40.82 |
The photo
What to upload for Seedance 2.0.
Four things that change the result more than the prompt does.
Upload the establishing angle
Seedance builds outward from your still. A wide or medium shot gives it the room to cut in; a tight close-up gives it nowhere to cut to except back out, which it does less convincingly.
One clear subject, described in the prompt
Character consistency across a cut is the model's headline feature, but it follows what you specify. Name the hair, the jacket, the colour of the bag — the details you want to survive the edit.
Resolution decides the tier, not the photo
The 720p, 1080p and 4K tiers all accept the same upload. What changes is the render, so block the sequence on the cheap tier and spend the 4K rate once.
Backgrounds get invented at the cut
When Seedance cuts to a new angle it is generating a part of the room your photograph never showed. A recognisable, simple setting survives that better than a cluttered one.
How it behaves
What Seedance 2.0 does with a still.
Every other engine on this page answers the question ‘how does this photograph move?’ Seedance answers a different one: ‘what is the scene this photograph is one frame of?’ It will generate a wide, a medium and a close of the same moment inside a single clip, with the same person in each, which is a small edit rather than a shot.
That makes it the wrong tool for a product turntable and the right one for a story beat. If the still is a courier at a door, a barista at a machine, a child at a window, Seedance gives you the coverage a human editor would have shot — and it is coverage you did not have to match by hand afterwards.
The price follows the ambition. Seedance is the dearest per second of the flagship set at 1080p, and its 4K tier costs more than twice that again. The fast tier exists precisely so the shot order can be found cheaply; get the cuts right at 720p, then pay for them once.
Alternatives
The five engines you would pick instead of Seedance 2.0.
The same photograph reaches all of them from the same studio and the same credit balance, so the choice is per shot, not per subscription.
| Model | Max resolution | Clip length | Audio | Credits per second | Shortest clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 | 1080p | 4s·6s·8s | Yes | 4 (~$1.60) | 4s · 16 credits (~$6.40) |
| Kling V3 Pro | 1080p | 3–15s | Yes | 1.68 (~$0.67) | 3s · 5.04 credits (~$2.02) |
| Sora 2 Pro | 1080p | 4s·8s·12s | Yes | 5 (~$2.00) | 4s · 20 credits (~$8.00) |
| MiniMax H3 | 768p | 5s·10s·15s | Yes | 0.6 (~$0.24) | 5s · 3 credits (~$1.20) |
| WAN 3.0 1080p | 1080p | 2–30s | Yes | 2 (~$0.80) | 2s · 4 credits (~$1.60) |
Keep exploring
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FAQ
Seedance 2.0 image-to-video, answered.
Can Seedance 2.0 make a multi-shot video from one photo?
Yes — that is its distinguishing feature. From a single uploaded still it can cut between camera angles inside one generation while keeping the character consistent, instead of producing a single continuous shot the way every other engine on this page does.
How do I animate a photo with Seedance 2.0?
Open the image-to-video studio in King AI with Seedance 2.0 selected, upload the photograph, describe both the action and the cuts you want, and choose a length from 4 to 15 seconds. The exact credit cost is shown before you generate.
Should I use the Seedance fast tier for photo animation?
For the first few passes, yes. Seedance 2.0 Fast takes the same still at 720p for a fraction of the flagship rate and stages the same cuts, so it is the cheapest way to find out whether the sequence works before paying for the 1080p or 4K render.
Does Seedance keep the person in my photo looking the same?
Across the cut, largely yes — that is what the model is built for. It follows what you describe, so repeating the identifying details in the prompt is what holds the character together when the angle changes.
Get started
Animate a photo with Seedance 2.0.
Upload one photograph and get the coverage — wide, medium and close, with the same person in each.