bytedance/seedream-5.0-pro-edit

Attributes

• Provider: bytedance
• Category: Image Editing

Series

• Seedream

Collections

• AI Style Transfer

Parameters

Pricing

Unit: $/img

Related Models

• bytedance/seedream-4.0-t2i: [Core Function] Seedream 4.0 T2I is an older high-definition image creation model. [Strengths] It generates high-definition images up to 4K. [Best For] Existing workflows. [Limitations] Superseded by Seedream 4.5 in fidelity and consistency. [Routing] Default to Seedream 4.5 unless 4.0 is explicitly requested.
• bytedance/seedream-4.5-t2i: [Core Function] Seedream 4.5 T2I is a high-fidelity visual creation model. [Strengths] It provides all-round improvements in consistency, aesthetics, and photorealism, supporting high-definition outputs up to 4K resolution. [Best For] Highly recommended for: professional visual creatives, photorealistic artwork, and high-res commercial graphics. [Limitations] It lacks the real-time web search and advanced reasoning capabilities of the 5.0 Lite model. [Routing] Use this model when the priority is absolute visual fidelity, resolution (4K), and consistency without the need for real-time search.
• bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite: [Core Function] Seedream 5.0 Lite is a smart, reasoning-enhanced image generation model with real-time web search capabilities. [Strengths] It excels at generating time-sensitive imagery, infographics, and content requiring deep world knowledge or online search, boasting superior prompt understanding and reasoning. [Best For] Highly recommended for: current-event posters, text-heavy designs, and concept art requiring complex logical reasoning. [Limitations] As a ‘Lite’ model, its absolute photorealistic aesthetic ceiling might be slightly lower than the specialized 4.5 model. [Routing] Use this model by default when the user needs real-time information, deep reasoning, or complex intent understanding in their image.
• bytedance/seedream-4.0-i2i: [Core Function] Seedream 4.0 I2I is an older generation image-to-image editing model. [Strengths] Maintained primarily for backward compatibility and stable API contracts. [Best For] Existing legacy integrations and workflows that strictly depend on this specific model version’s quirks. [Limitations] Do NOT use this for new creations. It is a legacy model maintained for backward compatibility. [Routing] Only use if explicitly requested; otherwise use Seedream 5.0 Lite I2I.
• bytedance/seedream-4.5-i2i: [Core Function] Seedream 4.5 I2I is a high-fidelity image editing model. [Strengths] It provides high-consistency, high-resolution style transfer and image-to-image transformations. [Best For] Highly recommended for: professional aesthetic modifications and high-resolution edits. [Limitations] Lacks the advanced reasoning of 5.0 Lite. [Routing] Use this for pure aesthetic/high-fidelity edits.
• bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite-edit: [Core Function] Seedream 5.0 Lite Edit is a reasoning-enhanced, smart image editing model. [Strengths] It features superior cross-modal understanding and reasoning, allowing for highly accurate, interactive multi-turn image editing with real-time knowledge enhancement. [Best For] Highly recommended for: complex image editing tasks, structural modifications, and edits requiring deep semantic understanding. [Limitations] As a ‘Lite’ model, raw visual rendering might not match the 4.5 tier. [Routing] Use this model by default for complex, reasoning-based image editing tasks.
• bytedance/seedream-5.0-pro: [Core Function] Seedream 5.0 Pro is ByteDance’s flagship professional-grade Text-to-Image (T2I) generation model. [Strengths] It delivers top-tier image quality with enhanced precision control over positions and elements, superior prompt adherence, and improved generation consistency for professional scenarios. [Best For] Highly recommended for: professional design assets, high-fidelity photorealistic imagery, precisely controlled compositions, and brand or commercial visuals where quality matters most. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model for batch image generation or streaming output; it generates exactly one image per request and supports up to 2K resolution (no 3K/4K). [Routing] Choose this Pro model when the user emphasizes ultimate quality or precision. Choose Seedream 5.0 Lite when real-time web knowledge, batch generation, or 3K resolution is needed. To edit an existing image use Seedream 5.0 Pro Edit; to blend multiple reference images use Seedream 5.0 Pro Multi-Reference.
• bytedance/seedream-5.0-pro-multi-reference: [Core Function] Seedream 5.0 Pro Multi-Reference is a professional-grade multi-reference image generation (I2I) model that creates a single image from 2-10 reference images plus a text prompt. [Strengths] It excels at reference consistency, preserving characters, styles, and objects across multiple input images while following complex blending instructions with professional-grade quality. [Best For] Highly recommended for: keeping character or style consistency across references, combining subjects from different images into one scene, placing products into reference scenes, and IP-consistent content creation. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model with fewer than 2 or more than 10 reference images, and do NOT use it for batch generation or streaming; it outputs exactly one image per request. [Routing] For single-image editing use Seedream 5.0 Pro Edit; for text-only generation use Seedream 5.0 Pro; choose Seedream 5.0 Lite Edit when up to 14 reference images or batch outputs are needed.
• kling/kling-v3-i2i: [Core Function] Kling V3 I2I is the flagship image-to-image editing model. [Strengths] It provides high-quality style transfer and image modification up to 2K resolution based on a reference image. [Best For] Highly recommended for: high-res style transfer and general image editing. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model for complex multi-element fusion (use Omni Image instead). [Routing] Use this by default for standard image-to-image tasks.
• alibaba/wan2.7-image-pro-edit: [Core Function] Wan 2.7 Image Pro Edit is Alibaba’s flagship reasoning-enhanced image editing model. [Strengths] It supports interactive editing, character-consistent multi-image generation, and complex multi-reference modifications with deep reasoning. [Best For] Highly recommended for: professional image retouching, consistent character sheets, and complex structural edits. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model if you specifically need to use negative prompts to exclude elements during editing (use Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Edit instead). [Routing] Use this by default for high-end image editing and multi-reference consistent character generation.
• minimax/minimax-image-01-i2i: [Core Function] MiniMax Image-01 I2I is an image-to-image editing and variation model. [Strengths] It excels at generating new images based on a text prompt while structurally referencing one or more input images. [Best For] Highly recommended for: style transfer, generating variations of existing artwork, and structurally guided image creation. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model if you want to generate video or if you do not have a reference image. [Routing] Use this model when the user provides a reference image and a text prompt to generate a new image.
• google/nano-banana-2-edit: [Core Function] Nano Banana 2 Edit is a high-speed image editing model. [Strengths] It rapidly modifies existing images or extracts image frames from videos based on text prompts. [Best For] Highly recommended for: rapid style transfer, quick image modifications, and fast creative edits. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model for meticulous photorealistic retouching. [Routing] Use this model by default for fast, creative image editing tasks.
• xai/grok-imagine-image-edit: [Core Function] Grok Imagine Image Edit is xAI’s standard image editing model. [Strengths] It excels at quickly applying prompt-guided edits and style changes to one or more source images. [Best For] Highly recommended for: fast restyling, quick variations, and lightweight image edits. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model when maximum edit fidelity is required; the Quality variant preserves more detail. A maximum of 3 source images is supported. [Routing] Choose this model for fast edits. When the user demands maximum fidelity, route to Grok Imagine Image Edit (Quality).
• xai/grok-imagine-image-quality-edit: [Core Function] Grok Imagine Image Edit (Quality) is xAI’s high-fidelity image editing model. [Strengths] It excels at applying detailed, prompt-guided edits and style transformations to one or more source images while preserving fine detail. [Best For] Highly recommended for: high-quality restyling, detailed inpainting-style edits, and combining up to 3 source images. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model when latency is critical, as it is slower than the standard edit variant; a maximum of 3 source images is supported. [Routing] Use this model by default for quality-sensitive edits. For faster edits, route to Grok Imagine Image Edit (standard).
• pixverse/video-restyle: [Core Function] PixVerse Restyle re-renders an existing video into a new visual style. [Strengths] Consistent style transfer across all frames. [Best For] Turning footage into anime/3D/painterly looks, stylized remixes. [Limitations] Do NOT use this to change content, motion, or add new scenes; it only re-renders the visual style of an existing video. It requires an input video, and you must provide EITHER restyle_id (a preset style code from the PixVerse restyle list) OR restyle_prompt (free-text style, max 2048 chars), not both. [Routing] Use when the user wants to change the look of an existing video. Use restyle_id for an official preset, restyle_prompt for a custom style.
• xai/grok-imagine-video-edit: [Core Function] Grok Imagine Video Edit applies a prompt-guided transformation to an input video. [Strengths] It excels at restyling and modifying an existing video while keeping its original duration and aspect ratio. [Best For] Highly recommended for: restyling clips, applying visual effects, and prompt-driven video edits. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model to change the duration, aspect ratio, or resolution; the output preserves the input video’s duration and aspect ratio, and those parameters are not configurable. Input video constraints (e.g. format/length) are enforced by the upstream provider. [Routing] Use this model when the user provides a video and wants it edited/restyled. To make a video longer, use Video Extend.
• google/gemini-omni-flash-r2v: [Core Function] Gemini Omni Flash R2V (Reference-to-Video) generates a short 720p video guided by up to three reference images via the Interactions API. [Strengths] It fuses the styles, subjects, or elements from multiple reference images (referred to in the text prompt) into a single coherent animated clip with synchronized audio. [Best For] Highly recommended for: blending characters or visual styles from several images, reference-guided creative shots, and multi-subject compositions where the prompt directs how the references combine. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model if you only have a single starting frame (use I2V instead), or if you need 1080p or 4K or clips longer than 10 seconds; it accepts 1 to 3 reference images and outputs 720p up to 10 seconds (16:9 or 9:16). [Routing] Choose this when the user supplies multiple reference images to combine into one video. For single first-frame animation use Gemini Omni Flash I2V; to modify an existing video use Gemini Omni Flash Video Edit.
• google/gemini-omni-flash-video-edit: [Core Function] Gemini Omni Flash Video Edit performs conversational, instruction-driven editing of an existing video via the Interactions API. [Strengths] It applies natural-language edits (changing the scene, mood, style, lighting, background, or time of day) to an input video while preserving the source video’s length and aspect ratio, with synchronized audio. [Best For] Highly recommended for: re-styling or re-lighting an existing clip, changing a video’s setting or atmosphere, and quick instruction-based revisions of a short video. [Limitations] Do NOT use this model to generate a video from scratch (use T2V, I2V, or R2V), and do NOT expect to change the output resolution, aspect ratio, or duration: the output preserves the source video’s aspect ratio and length, and the model does not accept aspectRatio or duration parameters. The source video should be 3 to 10 seconds. [Routing] Choose this only when the user provides an existing video to modify. To create a new video from text or images, use Gemini Omni Flash T2V, I2V, or R2V instead.