Runs of up to 30 seconds — twice Seedance 2.0. Direct every beat with timestamp-level control, then fix any moment with an edit instruction. The Seedance line's biggest jump yet — live now in Pixo's Playground.
See It in Action
Short Film
A candlelit Regency ballroom — rack focus, dress-wipe and slow-motion transitions, all from one prompt.
Timestamp Directing
One prompt, a timeline of instructions — the model hits every mark.
Instruction Edit
A finished shot, changed by one sentence — everything else untouched.
What's New in 2.5
Single runs of up to 30 seconds — double Seedance 2.0's 15 — generated in one take, no stitching.
Write instructions against the clock — what happens at 0:03, what changes at 0:12. The model follows your timeline, not its own — down to single frames when you need it.
Smart edit changes a generated video by prompt, with time-range targeting. Advanced edit adds box-select and brush tools — strip the BGM while keeping voices and captions, remove objects, or shift the camera viewpoint with the model extending space it never shot.
Up to 30 images, 10 video clips (30s total) and 10 audio tracks in one prompt — including pure audio-driven generation. And references carry more than motion: emotion, camera language, the whole creative idea.
The "twin face" problem in multi-person scenes is fixed — and so is face-swap drift. Up to 8 characters in frame each keep their own distinct face across shots.
No more random captions or unwanted BGM on outputs. Language coverage extends across Chinese, English, Spanish, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Arabic, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean.
Sketch a multi-panel storyboard — simple line art or stick figures is enough — and the model turns it into a coherent film, with composition, framing and camera moves steered by your prompt.
Hand it two clips and it generates the bridge between them — a seamless transition in whatever style you name.
White-model (blockout) input directs camera choreography, staging and movement paths with production precision — and green-screen editing turns any background into a clean key for post.
2.5 vs 2.0
| Feature | Seedance 2.5 | Seedance 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Max duration per run | Up to 30s per run | 15s |
| Resolution | 720p on Pixo (480p / 720p on Dreamina) | Up to 2K |
| Timestamp-level control | Yes — by the second, down to single frames | No |
| Post-generation editing | Yes — prompt edits with time-range + box-select/brush tools | No |
| Reference inputs | 30 images + 10 videos + 10 audio; audio-driven mode | 12 files |
| Multi-person faces | Twin-face fix — up to 8 distinct characters | Occasional face blending |
| Output hygiene | No random captions / BGM | Occasional artifacts |
| Native audio | Yes | Yes |
| On Pixo today | Yes — Playground: generation up to 30s at 720p (editing, extension & first/last-frame not yet) | Yes — Playground & storyboard |
Specs
Sweet spots from the official guide: 1–8 subject images, 5–10 second subject clips, and source videos under 20 seconds for edits. Higher counts still work — just expect more retries.
The Cost Question
One take, one spend
A 30-second run costs several times a short clip — one bad take is an expensive bad take.
Shot by shot
Pixo's storyboard breaks your video into shots — generate, review and re-roll only the shots that need it, with any model on each one. Long-form ambition, short-form spend.
How to Prompt 2.5
Read the full prompt guide: character formula, timestamp scripting & 12 transitions →
Why Seedance on Pixo
Describe what you want to see, and the model does the directing for you.
Consistency across composition and visual elements, shot after shot.
Automatic shot connections with audio-visual sync.
Physics the camera believes — weight, momentum, contact.
How It Works
Open Pixo's Playground and start a new generation.
Pick Seedance 2.5 as your model, then set aspect ratio, resolution and duration.
Review the result, re-roll what needs it, and export watermark-free.
FAQ
Seedance 2.5 is ByteDance's newest video model in the Seedance line, released July 31, 2026. It generates up to 30-second videos in a single run, follows timestamp-level directions, and can edit generated footage by instruction — with up to 30 image, 10 video and 10 audio references per prompt.
Length and control. 2.0 tops out at 15 seconds; 2.5 doubles that to 30 with timestamp-level directing. 2.5 also adds instruction-based editing, a much larger reference budget, a fix for blended faces in multi-person scenes, and cleaner audio tracks.
Up to 30 seconds in a single run — double Seedance 2.0's 15-second cap, and exactly what Pixo's Playground supports today.
Yes, two ways: smart edit changes a generated video from a prompt, with time-range targeting; advanced edit adds box-select and brush tools — green screen, BGM separation, object removal and viewpoint changes. These editing tools aren't available in Pixo's Playground yet.
Up to 30 images, 10 video clips and 10 audio tracks in one prompt — and audio-only input is supported, so a track alone can drive the video. Seedance 2.0 topped out at 12 files total.
The official guide's sweet spots: 1–8 subject images (above 5 subjects, single-view images stay most stable — for multiple angles, upload separate shots rather than one collage), subject clips of 5–10 seconds each, and for edits a source video under 20 seconds with 1–5 reference images. You can push past these ranges, but stability drops and you'll retry more.
Down to the frame. Prompts can address moments by the second ("at 0:12, cut to her face") or by frame ranges — the official guide scripts a 24-second sequence across 720 frames. The model holds every mark you set.
Two different trades. Seedance 2.5 leads on raw capability across the board — timestamp-level directing, instruction editing, and the biggest reference budget of any current model (30 images, 10 videos, 10 audio) — but its runs cost noticeably more. MiniMax H3 stays close on quality at a much lower price per run, and it's open source — with its own edge in voice cloning and TTS across 11 languages. Both are live on Pixo — try them side by side and pick per project.
Sign up at pixo.video, open the Playground and pick Seedance 2.5 as your model. New users get 200 free credits on sign-up, and plans are currently up to 55% off.
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