Video

The Video tool is where the studio opens. The modes at the top of the console are Create, for new clips from a prompt, and Motion & Effects, for driving a still image with a preset camera move or effect. Edit and Lipsync appear when they are switched on for your account.

Create

The prompt

Write the shot: subject, action, camera, light, mood. Short and concrete beats long and vague. Models respond well to film language: push-in, handheld, golden hour, shallow focus.

• Speech. Put a line in quotes and models that make sound will speak it with matching lip movement, in English, Hindi and the other languages the model covers. Describe the voice in the prompt too: “a calm male voice with an Indian English accent”.
• Elements. Type @ to mention a saved character, location, prop or style. The chips under the prompt show what is attached.
• What to avoid. Under Advanced, list what should not appear. Not every model honours it.

References

Open References to attach images that guide the take: a face, a product, a location, a look. Pick from your Assets, your Uploads, your Elements or an earlier Take.

• Each model sets how many references it accepts. The picker stops you at the limit.
• On Seedance 2.0 and 2.5 you can also attach a voice or music clip (MP3 or WAV) from Uploads. The clip guides mood, pace and delivery; it does not copy the voice. On 2.0 an image reference must sit beside it; on 2.5 the clip can stand alone.
• A start frame and references cannot be combined on the same take. Choose one approach.
• Seedance 2.0 and 2.5 refuse uploaded photos of realistic faces, AI-made ones included; stylised characters pass. The console warns you before you generate. See Content rules.

Extend a take

Open a finished video take and press Extend, or switch the console’s source to Extend and pick the take. Most models start a fresh clip from the take’s last frame; models marked Continues a clip carry the motion itself forward.

The settings

Anything above your plan shows a lock and a link to Pricing.

Advanced holds the seed (reroll it for a different result from the same prompt, or keep it to reproduce one), the audio switch on models that make sound, a fixed-camera option on models that support it, and What to avoid. On Seedance 1.5 Pro, switching audio on doubles the price; on the 2.x models sound is included.

Models

The picker shows the models available to you, each with a one-line note: Sound, Speech + music, Clip reference or Silent. What each one does:

Two things the sound models are not: a voice cloner (the prompt’s description of the speaker decides the voice, not the clip) and a music library (the music is composed fresh each time).

Price and Generate

The Generate button shows the cost in credits and updates as you change the settings. Credits are charged when you press it and refunded automatically if the take fails. See Credits and plans.

Motion & Effects

Pick a still image, pick a preset, generate. Motion presets are 47 camera moves over your image: orbits, push-ins, reveals. Effects presets are 64 transformations. Both run silent, at 5 or 10 seconds, in 16:9 or 9:16.

Presets you use often can be starred; they move to the top of the list. See Presets.

Edit

Edit reworks a take you already have. Pick the Source take, then describe the change: “Make it night with rain on the street. Remove the person on the left. Turn it into a watercolour.” The model relights, restyles, removes or reframes and renders a new take; the original is untouched.

Lipsync

Lipsync makes a photo speak. Switch the source to Lipsync, add one photo of the presenter, then either a voice clip of your own or a script in a built-in voice. The mouth is matched to the audio.

The rail

Every take lands in the rail beside the console, newest first. Filter it, switch between grid and list, and open any take full size for Download, Favourite, Reuse, Extend, Upscale and Send to Community. See Takes and the rail.

Content rules

Every prompt is checked before it renders. The Acceptable Use Policy lists what is refused: pornographic material, depictions of real atrocities, deepfakes of real people, instructions for causing harm, and work you have no right to use. A refused prompt costs no credits. Repeated attempts to get around a refusal lead to suspension.