Make cinematic AI video
with Seedance 2.1
Write a prompt or upload a photo, and Seedance 2.1 renders the clip with sound already in it. The newest Seedance model is noticeably better at physics, faces, and keeping characters consistent between cuts.
- Text or image to video
- Audio included
- 1080p · 5–15s clips
- Widescreen, vertical, square, 4:3
Straight out of Seedance 2.1
Nothing here was edited after rendering. Every clip started as one prompt or one still image, and the prompt is attached. Copy whichever you like and change it.
Chrome Bumper, 1950
A vintage car's curved chrome bumper reflecting a distorted fisheye view of a 1950s gas station. As someone polishes the bumper with a cloth, the reflection clarifies temporarily before fingerprints and cloth streaks create new distortions. The pump attendant's reflection stretches and compresses as he moves around the vehicle. Audio: Cloth buffing chrome, distant traffic, vintage radio music
Doors Between Worlds
Infinite palace containing doors leading to alternate realities, each room displaying a different version of the same world, camera continuously passes through portals without cuts, seamless transitions between universes.
Mirror in the Steam
A bathroom mirror covered in heavy steam. A hand has wiped a single clear streak across the glass. Inside the streak, the reflection of a face is sharp and vibrant; outside the streak, the reflection is a blurry, gray fog.
Multiverse Rescue MV
15-second cinematic emotional sci-fi MV, ultra dynamic pacing, Hollywood-level camera movement, realistic fur simulation, expressive orange cat hero, tiny gray squirrel companion, parallel universes connected through glowing cosmic portals, emotional orchestral-pop soundtrack, volumetric fog, lens flares, cinematic depth of field. 0.0-0.7s: Extreme close-up of a frightened squirrel trapped in a floating alien cage in a neon-purple cyberpunk universe. Lyrics: "Save me tonight" 0.7-1.4s: The orange cat leaps across floating debris in zero gravity toward the cage, explosions behind him. Lyrics: "Don't let me go" 2.8-3.5s: Portal jump into rainy neon Tokyo; the cat slides under laser fire shielding the squirrel. Lyrics: "Through endless skies" 6.3-7.0s: He ignites a glowing cosmic sword that lights a snowy canyon blue. Lyrics: "Light in the dark" 8.4-9.1s: Multiverse chase montage - jungle, underwater city, volcanic planet, retro neon dimension - every half second. Lyrics: "World after world" 9.8-10.5s: Inside a cosmic void he barely catches the squirrel's paw, tears floating in zero gravity. Lyrics: "I found your hand" 14.0-15.0s: Wide final shot on a cliff over countless peaceful universes, stars in their eyes, slow fade. Lyrics: "Together forever"
Ghost Protocol: Vice City
Subject: Pierrick inside a secured corporate tower, continuing the Ghost Protocol mission. Action: he infiltrates the building, disables security, uploads a citywide hack, then triggers a blackout across Vice City. Camera: third-person stealth gameplay camera, over-the-shoulder hacking shots, security-cam POV, HUD progress bars. Scene: luxury corporate interior, glass walls, server rooms, red security lights, panoramic night view over Vice City. Style: GTA-like stealth mission, cinematic hacker thriller, neon noir, intense mission UI. Sequence: he slips through the lobby (HUD: STEALTH MODE ACTIVE), redirects cameras from his phone, connects an encrypted device in the server room (NETWORK OVERRIDE 12% -> 47% -> 99%), the city lights flicker - then Vice City goes dark and billboards light up with a skull hacker symbol. HUD: ESCAPE REQUIRED.
The Projector Wakes Up
A gigantic abandoned movie theater lit only by a single analog projector, dust floating through the beam. The camera slowly approaches the screen. At the 2-second mark the projection starts affecting reality: rain falls into the theater, smoke rolls across the seats, projected actors walk into the real environment. The projected worlds merge - deserts bleeding into cities, oceans flooding the aisles, stars appearing under the ceiling. Velocity ramp: burning film reels unravel in suspended motion while light fractures across the dust. Final moment: the beam turns toward the camera and engulfs the frame in white light and analog static. Experimental cinema surrealism, analog projection aesthetics, dreamlike transitions, 4K.
Ready to run your first Seedance 2.1 prompt?
Hard shots Seedance 2.1 gets right
These four clips are unedited output from the newest AI video generator in the Seedance line. Each one is the kind of brief that used to need a crew.
A city that can’t exist
One continuous move through a photoreal street, then the camera tilts up into stacked, impossible architecture. Seedance 2.1 keeps signage, traffic and light coherent the whole way up.
Same actor, scene after scene
A live-action lead keeps her exact face, uniform and presence from a dusty village to a packed fairground, lip-synced dialogue included. That is reference mode doing its job.
VFX-grade fantasy
A witch spins in a cathedral while hundreds of doves scatter through volumetric light. Cloth, particles and crowd come out of one Seedance 2.1 render, no compositing pass.
Game footage without an engine
A first-person shooter level in an abandoned hospital, weapon handling and hit feedback included. Prompt-built game cinematics, straight from text.
The full Seedance 2.1 toolkit
Everything below is in the Seedance 2.1 generator today, available on every plan.
Text to video
Describe who is in the frame, what they do, and where the camera sits. Plain sentences work; Seedance 2.1 does the staging.
Image to video
Upload a photo and Seedance 2.1 uses it as the opening frame. You can also set a closing frame when the shot needs to end in an exact place.
Reference mode
Attach up to 9 images, 3 video clips and 3 audio tracks. Seedance 2.1 uses them to keep the same face, outfit or voice across every render.
Native audio
Dialogue, sound effects and background noise are generated together with the video. What you download is already finished.
Resolutions and formats
480p for quick drafts, 720p or 1080p for finals. Clips run 5 to 15 seconds in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:3.
Commercial use
Seedance 2.1 exports are watermark-free MP4s and you own the rights, including for client work.
What people use Seedance 2.1 for
Mostly ordinary production work that used to need a camera, a location, or both.
Concept reels before the pitch
Write the storyboard as prompts and render it in Seedance 2.1 the night before. Showing motion lands better than a slide of frames.
Ad hook testing
Render a dozen different openings from the same product shot, run them as ads, and keep the ones that get clicked.
B-roll that matches the script
Instead of hunting stock sites for a close-enough clip, Seedance 2.1 renders the scene the voiceover actually describes.
Product clips
One packshot is enough for a lit, moving product sequence. When the packaging changes, you re-render instead of reshooting.
Music visuals on release day
Visualizer loops that keep one consistent look across cuts. Seedance 2.1 can render them the same week the track comes out.
Localized cuts of one spot
Re-render the same scene in Seedance 2.1 with different dialogue for each market, instead of shooting it twice.
From people using Seedance 2.1
Lightly edited for length.
”A client wanted rain at golden hour in Lisbon, due Thursday. I had four Seedance 2.1 takes by lunch and they kept two. It still misses sometimes, reflections in water need rerolls, but the timeline math has changed completely for us.”
”Drop teasers used to be a still image with a price on it. Now each colorway gets a ten-second clip from Seedance 2.1. Engagement is up since we switched. I would not say it doubled, but the difference shows in the numbers.”
”Our course needed the same kitchen in forty lessons. Seedance 2.1 reference mode keeps it the same kitchen, same counters, same light. We still use stock for a few things, just much less than before.”
”I previz sequences in Seedance 2.1 before renting lenses. Twice now the previz went straight into the proof of concept reel, which honestly was not the plan.”
”I did our holiday campaign from my kitchen table with one product photo and six Seedance 2.1 prompts. It took an evening, most of it rerolls. The ads ran in three countries.”
”Cold opens decide whether anyone watches my videos, so I render three options for each one in Seedance 2.1 now. The sound coming with the picture saves me an editing pass. I did not expect that part.”
Simple credit pricing
Subscriptions if you render every week, one-off packs if you have a single project. Credits only get spent on Seedance 2.1 renders.
Basic
$24/mo
Billed yearly at $288
900 credits / month
Covers ≈45 Seedance 2.1 drafts a month (5s, 480p)
Enough credits to post weekly
- 480p, 720p, and 1080p Seedance 2.1 output
- Clips up to 15s per generation
- Credit-based rendering
- Priority processing
- MP4 download
- No watermark
Pro
$64/mo
Billed yearly at $768
2,800 credits / month
Covers ≈140 Seedance 2.1 drafts a month (5s, 480p)
For teams running Seedance 2.1 takes daily
- Everything in Basic
- Higher monthly credit pool
- Priority processing
- Batch-friendly volume
- API access
- Commercial use
Max
$160/mo
Billed yearly at $1,920
8,000 credits / month
Covers ≈400 drafts a month · $0.02 per credit
Production volume with a priority queue
- Everything in Pro
- Largest monthly credit pool
- Team-scale volume
- API access & support
- Priority support
Just need a handful of clips?
One-off Seedance 2.1 credit packs. No subscription, and the credits never expire
160 Credits
About 8 five-second Seedance 2.1 clips
800 Credits
About 40 five-second 480p clips
1,800 Credits
About 90 five-second Seedance 2.1 clips
3,200 Credits
About 160 five-second 480p clips
Seedance 2.1 vs Seedance 2.0
What changed in the newest Seedance release, and how it lines up against Google Gemini Omni, the closest rival among AI video generators.
| Feature | Seedance 2.1 | Seedance 2.0 | Gemini Omni |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual quality | About 20% sharper output | Baseline | Not published |
| Native audio | Dialogue, SFX & ambience in-render | Available | Available |
| Multi-shot consistency | Characters & scenes hold across cuts | Good | Not published |
| Reference inputs | Up to 9 images · 3 videos · 3 audio | Same | Not published |
| Resolution & length | Up to 1080p · 5–15s | Up to 1080p · 5–15s | Not published |
| Watermark-free export | Clean MP4 | Clean MP4 | SynthID watermark embedded |
Common questions about Seedance 2.1
Try Seedance 2.1 on your own prompt
The AI video generator is at the top of this page. Describe a scene and see what Seedance 2.1 sends back. The first render takes a couple of minutes.