Seedance image to video
Upload a photo, illustration or product shot as the first frame, describe the motion, and Seedance brings it to life.
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Your next scene plays here
Describe a scene, choose a model and length, then generate. New videos appear here and stay in your history.
Start from an idea
Image to video AI animates a still picture. On Seedance Studio you upload one PNG, JPEG or WebP image, which becomes the first frame, and describe what should move; Seedance turns it into a 5 to 15 second video at up to 1080p, with sound when you use Seedance 2.5. Because the clip starts from your image, colors, style and composition stay the same. Pricing matches text to video.
Your upload is the opening frame, so colors, composition and style carry through.
No need to re-describe the picture; say what moves and how the camera behaves.
Turn a catalog photo into a rotating hero shot for ads and product pages.
A sharp PNG, JPEG or WebP up to 10 MB.
What moves, how fast, the camera move and, with Seedance 2.5, the sound.
Match the aspect ratio to your image for the best result.
Because the first frame is fixed, image to video is the way to animate something that must look exactly right: a portrait, a painting, a product or a scene you generated with an image model.
Describe what moves and how the camera behaves, not what the picture shows. “The steam rises and the camera slowly pushes in” works better than a full description of the scene. Gentle, physically plausible motion gives the most natural results; big changes, such as new people entering, can drift away from the original image.
Pick the same aspect ratio as your image, so nothing has to be cropped or extended.
Signing up is free; turning a photo into a video uses purchased credits. A 5-second clip costs from 400 credits with Seedance 2.0 Fast.
Sharp images with a clear subject. Match the aspect ratio of your image to the video format for the cleanest result.
Yes. Describe gentle motion, such as blinking, a slight smile or drifting clouds, for the most natural result.
No. The price depends only on the model and the length, whether you start from text or an image.
Yes. Generated images make excellent first frames, as long as you have the right to use them and they follow our terms.
Last updated October 5, 2026