Reusable Seedance 2.5 prompt template
Replace every bracket with a specific visual choice. Keep one action and one camera move per generation.
[subject] [single physical action] in [one location], [lighting or time of day]. Camera: [one camera move]. Detail: [texture, weather or color cue]. Audio: [ambience, effect or short spoken line]. No on-screen text, no logos.
How should you structure a Seedance 2.5 prompt?
Use a shot structure: subject, action, location, lighting, camera, one detail and optional audio. This order keeps the prompt readable and gives the model a clear visual problem to solve.
- Subject: who or what the frame is about.
- Action: one motion with a visible start and end.
- Location and light: where the scene happens and what lights it.
- Camera: one move or a locked-off frame.
- Detail and audio: only the texture, weather or sound that changes the result.
How long should a Seedance 2.5 prompt be?
The field accepts up to 20,480 characters, but longer is not automatically better. A focused 50–150 word prompt usually gives the model enough information without competing instructions.
Use short sentences or comma-separated phrases rather than a screenplay.
Remove repeated style words such as “cinematic, 8K, masterpiece.”
Add detail only when it changes what the camera sees or hears.
How do you prompt camera movement and lighting?
Name one camera behavior and one light direction. “Slow forward tracking shot” and “low sun from frame left” give the model specific spatial information; “dynamic camera” and “beautiful lighting” do not.
- Choose from push-in, pull-back, lateral tracking, crane, handheld follow or locked-off.
- State where the light comes from and whether shadows are hard or soft.
- Keep camera movement consistent with the subject’s speed.
- Do not ask for cuts, transitions or multiple angles inside one clip.
How do you write audio cues for Seedance 2.5?
Put sound after the visual direction and name only the most important bed or effect. For spoken lines, keep them short and place them in quotation marks so the model treats them as dialogue rather than description.
Use ambience such as rain, wind, room tone or traffic when it supports the scene.
Describe one impact or effect rather than a dense sound-design list.
Review pronunciation, timing and claims before publishing generated speech.
How do you prompt image-to-video in Seedance 2.5?
Upload a sharp first frame, then describe only the motion that should happen next. Do not re-describe the entire image; use the prompt to direct action, camera and sound while preserving the starting composition.
- Use a clean first frame with a clear subject and no small text.
- Describe one action and one camera move after the frame.
- Say what should stay consistent: product shape, clothing or background.
- Check geometry and identity across the first and last frames.
How much does a Seedance 2.5 prompt cost to generate?
Prompt length does not change the price. Everygen charges by duration and resolution: 3.5 credits per second at 480p, 4 at 720p and 4.375 at 1080p, rounded up per task.
A 4-second 720p clip costs 16 credits.
An 8-second 1080p clip costs 35 credits.
A 30-second 1080p clip costs 132 credits.
What are good prompt examples?
Strong prompts describe a visible action, one location and one camera direction. Adapt the subject and product details rather than copying a prompt without checking the result.
Cinematic landscape
A single red fox crosses a moonlit snowfield in a mountain valley, cold blue ambient light, slow lateral tracking camera, visible breath and wind-blown snow, audio of soft wind and crunching footsteps, 21:9, no on-screen text.
Product macro
A clear glass perfume bottle rotates slowly on wet black stone, warm rim light, cold blue reflections, one water drop falls from the cap, locked macro camera, ambience of a quiet studio, 16:9.
Image-to-video motion
Starting from the uploaded first frame, the jacket fabric moves in the wind while the subject turns slightly toward the light, slow handheld camera, keep the product shape and background unchanged, ambient street sound.
Seedance 2.5 prompt patterns
Credit totals use the current Everygen studio settings and are rounded up to a whole credit for each generation.
| Goal | Prompt pattern | Example cue |
|---|---|---|
| Establish a place | Location + time of day + slow camera move | Mountain ridge at first light, slow crane up |
| Reveal a product | Product + one reveal + locked macro camera | Bottle rises from water, macro, no text |
| Direct an action | Character + one physical action + follow camera | Runner turns a corner, handheld follow |
| Add audio | Visual scene + one ambience or short line | Rain on pavement, distant thunder |
| Animate a still | First frame + one motion + consistency cue | Jacket moves in wind, keep product shape |
Seedance 2.5 prompt credit examples
Credit totals use the current Everygen studio settings and are rounded up to a whole credit for each generation.
| Duration | 480p | 720p | 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 sec | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| 8 sec | 28 | 32 | 35 |
| 15 sec | 53 | 60 | 66 |
| 30 sec | 105 | 120 | 132 |
Is the prompt ready to generate?
- One subject and one physical action are named.
- The location and light source are specific.
- Exactly one camera move is described.
- Audio cues are limited to what the clip needs.
- Image-to-video prompts describe only the change after the first frame.
- Logos, captions and exact text are excluded from the generated frame.
- Duration and resolution are chosen before generating.