Turn a written brief or a reference image into visual directions for product campaigns, posters, social content, and creative exploration. Choose a mode, then refine the composition, format, and output settings for your next idea.
Move from a rough brief to visual ideas, or use reference images to test a new composition, mood, format, or creative direction.
Describe a product scene, campaign idea, poster concept, or social visual in a prompt of up to 5,000 characters. Text-to-image is useful when you want to begin with a blank canvas.
Use image-to-image to explore transformations from reference images. Upload up to 10 images, then use your prompt to steer the new composition, visual mood, or content direction.
Choose from eight supported aspect ratios for square posts, portrait visuals, wide banners, and cinematic layouts. Select Basic (1K) or High (2K) quality and PNG or JPEG output before generating.
Version notes
A planning comparison for choosing a creation workflow. Confirm final availability and limits in the product you use.
Swipe horizontally to compare Lite and Pro.
| Capability | Seedream 5 Lite | Seedream 5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
Position | Personal, fast, lightweight creation | Enterprise-scale commercial production |
Reference image limit | 3 images | 10 images |
Layer editing | Not supported | Independent layer separation |
Complex text layout | May require additional correction | Designed for multi-line text layouts |
Maximum output | 1K output | 2K output |
Commercial batch workflow | Personal and lightweight workflows | High-volume API workflow |
Creative workflows
Use these starting points to create drafts, evaluate directions, and refine the work that best fits your project.

Explore product scenes, promotional banners, listing graphics, and alternate SKU visual directions from a brief or reference images.

Develop social ads, campaign concepts, poster drafts, and visual directions for a new marketing brief.

Try square, portrait, and wide compositions for social posts, editorial ideas, and presentation visuals before final production.

Use prompts and reference images to explore early scene directions, mood references, character concepts, and storyboard ideas.