Seedream 5.0Seedream 5.0 AI Image Generator
Seedream 5.0 Pro and Lite are both live: whole infographics from one prompt, edits driven by handwritten annotations, photoreal light and skin.
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- Text to image · Image to image
- Generation modes
- 8
- Aspect ratio presets
- Up to 4K
- Output resolution
- From 8
- Credits per image
Seedream 5.0 example prompts
Borrow any prompt below or run it as is — and make the first image that makes you go wow.
- Seedream 5.0 Pro
- Text to image
- 16:9
- 2K
A surreal neon-lit interior room designed like a playful product showcase for Seedream 5.0 Pro. Wide-angle cinematic view of a cozy modern lounge with deep blue walls, glowing LED strip lights along the floor and furniture, soft daylight pouring through tall sheer curtains on the left, and a large wall mirror with a purple neon frame on the right. A giant blue furry cat head fills the back wall, winking and staring at a floating transparent soap bubble with colorful indoor reflections. In the center, stacked toy-like building blocks form a small platform with colorful 3D letters spelling “Seedream 5.0 Pro.” A rounded glossy blue coffee table sits in the foreground on a geometric rug. Add a green armchair with a grass-green blanket draped over it, a warm beige wool ball on the floor, scattered abstract foam blocks, and a glowing neon sign reading “Interactive Editing” on the back wall. High-detail realistic 3D render, whimsical product demo atmosphere, rich blue and purple lighting, soft reflections, playful surreal composition, cinematic wide shot.
- Seedream 5.0 Pro
- Text to image
- 16:9
- 2K
An extremely complex, highly information-dense RPG character interface. The image includes dense columns of character stats, complex line graphs for experience progression, and a massive topographical mini-map. Aesthetic style: high-end industrial functionalism. Deep matte slate-gray background. Crisp white monospaced fonts. Restrained color palette, using muted gold, with 1px grid lines separating all data. Extremely rich in detail.
- Seedream 5.0 Pro
- Text to image
- 3:2
- 1K
Generate a photo of a family of 11 sitting together for a meal in a large villa. Everyone is looking at the camera. Add a timestamp in the bottom-right corner: 2009.06.21.
- Seedream 5.0 Lite
- Text to image
- 3:4
- 2K
Realistic photographic science poster. A wild elephant is located in a tropical savanna. At the top is the title: "Let elephants not rely on imagining." Below the title, inside a framed box, it says: "August 12: World Elephant Day." In the lower-left corner, within a black semi-transparent box, there are three sections of educational text about wild elephants. In the lower-right corner, there is a QR code.
- Seedream 5.0 Lite
- Text to image
- 2:3
- 3K
For e-commerce product detail pages of premium aromatherapy products, the images should showcase high-resolution product images, packaging design, key selling points, product advantages, and promotional copy, with a color scheme primarily consisting of dark and light green.
- Seedream 5.0 Lite
- Text to image
- 1:1
- 2K
Vintage museum–themed handbook stickers, featuring ancient artifacts, fossils, sculptures, and other elements, exquisitely captured in retro tones, illuminated by sepia, rust, and aged gold hues, full of cultural atmosphere. These stickers use the eclectic charm of museum artifacts, transforming them into designs suitable for journaling enthusiasts and culture lovers. A retro color palette and nostalgic essence, combined with grainy textures, capture the passage of time, echoing the artifacts depicted. Multi-layered stickers and collage elements surround the composition. Sticker borders feature bright white, dopamine-style aesthetics, high resolution, and a hand-drawn feel.
Mark up the image, it does the rest
Boxes and handwritten notes on the image, every instruction executed in one pass — only Seedream 5.0 Pro can do this. The input below is marked up in 6 places, and the model changed exactly those 6.
Prompt
Perform precise edits based on the 6 purple boxes and handwritten English annotations in the original image. The goal is to make the living room warmer, lighter, and more realistic.
What is Seedream 5.0?
Seedream 5.0 is ByteDance's flagship image generation family, released in July 2026 in two tiers: Seedream 5.0 Pro, the precision model for professional production, and Seedream 5.0 Lite, the fast tier that keeps the family look at a flat low price. The headline strength is information density — where most models manage a subject and a caption, Seedream 5.0 composes entire infographics, dashboards, storyboards and posters from a single prompt, with charts, icons, section hierarchies and running text that actually reads.
The Pro tier adds a genuinely new editing workflow: annotation-guided editing. Instead of describing a change in words alone, you hand it an image marked up with boxes, arrows and handwritten notes, and it executes every instruction in one pass — the official living-room sample above runs six annotations at once. Both tiers render native text in a dozen widely used languages, and photographic output holds up to scrutiny: physically plausible lighting, shadows and skin texture rather than the airbrushed AI look.
On Molyin, both tiers are live right now: generate from text or upload up to 10 reference images and edit, across 8 aspect ratios — Pro at 1K and 2K, Lite at 2K, 3K and 4K. Seedream 5.0 runs inside our AI image generator on the same credit balance as every other model, with transparent per-image rates on the credit pricing page.
Seedream 5.0 vs GPT Image 2
Two flagship image models with different strengths — here is where each one pulls ahead.
| Capability | Seedream 5.0 | GPT Image 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Information density | Full infographics, dashboards and data-heavy posters from one prompt | Dense editorial layouts and multi-panel storytelling |
| Image editing | Annotation-guided — draw boxes and handwrite instructions on the image | Natural-language editing |
| Aspect ratios | 8 presets, 1:1 to 21:9 | 16 presets, from 3:1 ultrawide to 1:3 vertical |
| Reference images | Up to 10 per edit | Up to 16 per edit |
| Output resolution | Pro 1K / 2K · Lite 2K / 3K / 4K | 1K / 2K / 4K |
| Credits per image | Pro 10 / 18 (1K / 2K) · Lite flat 8 up to 4K | 8 / 13 / 21 (1K / 2K / 4K) |
Credit rates are taken from the live Molyin price list. Both models run on the same credit balance — no separate subscriptions.
Seedream 5.0 vs image models live on Molyin
| Model | Positioning | Release date | On Molyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedream 5.0 | ByteDance flagship — infographics, annotation editing, Pro & Lite tiers | Jul 8, 2026 | Live — generate above |
| Grok Imagine 2.0 | xAI Quality Mode — precise editing + Smart Resize | Aug 7, 2026 (consumer app) | Coming soon |
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI flagship — instruction following, dense text, design taste | Apr 21, 2026 (API) | Live — generate above |
| Nano Banana | Google fast / standard / pro image family | 2026 | Live — generate above |
| FLUX.2 | Black Forest Labs Dev / Pro / Max | 2025 | Live — generate above |
One subscription, one credit balance — every model available above is included.
Seedream 5.0 full specifications
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Generation modes | Text to image · Image to image | Generate from text, or upload images and edit them — including annotated markups. |
| Model tiers | Pro · Lite | Pro is the precision tier for professional production; Lite trades a little fidelity for speed and a flat low price. |
| Aspect ratios | 1:1 · 4:3 · 3:4 · 16:9 · 9:16 · 3:2 · 2:3 · 21:9 | 8 presets from square to 21:9 cinematic — posters, banners, social formats and print layouts without cropping. |
| Output resolution | Pro 1K / 2K · Lite 2K / 3K / 4K | Pick the tier and resolution per generation; on Lite every resolution costs the same. |
| Reference images | ≤ 10 | Image-to-image accepts multiple references in one request to keep subjects and style consistent. |
| Image editing | Annotation-guided + natural language | Describe the change in words, or mark the image up with boxes and handwritten notes — the model executes every annotation in one pass. |
| Text rendering | High-density layouts | Whole infographics, dashboards, UI mockups and posters with running text that stays legible. |
| Multilingual output | A dozen languages | Native text generation across a dozen widely used languages, in the design's own typography. |
| Output formats | png / jpeg | Choose the file format per generation. |
| Seed control | Not supported | Reproducibility via seed is not exposed for this model. |
| Credits per image | Pro 10 / 18 · Lite 8 | Transparent per-image pricing from the live price list — full details on the credits page. |
Everything listed here is already supported on the site, and stays in sync with the model's latest official capabilities.
Seedream 5.0 credit pricing
Both tiers on one credit balance, billed per image. These are the live rates.
Priced by output resolution
| Model | Resolution | Credits/image |
|---|---|---|
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | 2K | 8 |
| 3K | 8 | |
| 4K | 8 | |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | 1K | 10 |
| 2K | 18 |
How to use Seedream 5.0 on Molyin
Three steps from idea to finished image — no separate subscription needed.
Pick the tier
Pick Seedream 5.0 Pro for precision work or Seedream 5.0 Lite for fast, affordable output — or switch to any other live image model.
Describe your image
Write a prompt — for dense layouts, spell out the sections you want. Or upload references, including annotated markups, to edit.
Generate and download
Generate at up to 4K, iterate with follow-up edits, and download your image.
Write better Seedream 5.0 prompts
The core formula from our Seedream 5.0 prompt guide — subject, style and lighting first, then layer in background, detail and mood.
[Subject] + [Style] + [Lighting] + optional [Background] [Detail] [Mood]
Subject
The main person, object or scene. Be specific: 'a tabby cat' beats 'a cat'.
Style
The visual treatment: photorealistic, anime, 1970s film still, studio product shot.
Lighting
Golden hour, softbox, neon backlight, overcast window light — light sets the mood fast.
Background
Keep it simple unless the environment is the point.
Detail
One or two telling specifics: texture, color accent, worn edges, shallow depth of field.
Mood
A single emotional word: serene, tense, playful, lonely.
Seedream 5.0 FAQ
What creators ask about ByteDance's flagship image family — answered from running it ourselves.
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