# Seedance 2

> Seedance 2 is available on Artifio.ai — a unified AI workspace with a single pay-as-you-go wallet.

- Canonical page: https://artifio.ai/models/bytedance-seedance-2
- Run it: https://artifio.ai/create/bytedance-seedance-2
- Modality: image to video
- Model brand: Bytedance
- Pricing: from about $0.058 per second (exact cost shown in the workspace before you confirm; varies with selected options)
- Typical generation time: ~300s (catalogue estimate)
- Full pricing table: https://artifio.ai/pricing/models

## About Seedance 2

Seedance 2 is ByteDance's flagship audio-video generation model, released on February 12, 2026. It moved the family to a unified multimodal architecture that accepts text, images, audio, and video as references in one request: up to 9 images, 3 video clips, and 3 audio clips can steer a single generation. Output is multi-shot video up to 15 seconds with stereo audio, and the model supports targeted edits to specified clips, characters, actions, and storylines plus video extension.

The release drew attention fast. Clips went viral within days, and the model's ability to imitate well-known characters and actors triggered cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount and a pause in ByteDance's global rollout while safeguards were added. This entry covers the image-to-video mode, where reference images anchor subjects and style. On Artifio it runs alongside 100+ other models in one workspace, paid per generation from a single wallet.

## Features

- Accepts up to 9 reference images per generation, alongside optional video clips, audio clips, and a text instruction.
- Generates up to 15 seconds of multi-shot video with synchronized two-channel stereo audio.
- Multi-track audio output separates background music, ambient effects, and character voiceover.
- Targeted editing: modify a specified clip, character, action, or storyline without regenerating everything.
- Video extension continues an existing clip.
- Director-style control over performance, lighting, shadow, and camera movement, per ByteDance's model page.

## What people use it for

- Animating a cast of reference images into a coherent multi-shot scene with dialogue and sound.
- Character-consistent short drama and ad narratives built from a product or actor image set.
- Extending or locally editing an existing generation instead of starting over.
- Cinematic clips where lighting and camera direction need to follow explicit instructions.

## Reported strengths

- As of July 2026, Dreamina Seedance 2.0 (720p) holds the top position on the Artificial Analysis image-to-video arena among audio-capable models.
- The 9-image, 3-video, 3-audio reference budget is among the widest multimodal inputs in the industry.
- Audio and video come from one joint architecture, so speech, effects, and music stay in sync with the picture.
- Physical accuracy and motion stability in complex interaction scenes improved substantially over Seedance 1.5, per ByteDance.

## Reported limitations

- ByteDance's own launch notes list open problems: detail stability, hyper-realism, dynamic vitality, occasional audio distortion, multi-subject consistency, and text rendering accuracy.
- Complex editing instructions can still fail or apply imprecisely, per the launch notes.
- The model became a copyright flashpoint: Disney and Paramount sent cease-and-desist letters and the Motion Picture Association demanded a halt, leading ByteDance to restrict generation involving real faces and known IP.
- Global availability lagged the China launch while ByteDance addressed the IP disputes, so access has varied by region and platform.

## Sources

1. Official Launch of Seedance 2.0 (ByteDance Seed): https://seed.bytedance.com/en/blog/official-launch-of-seedance-2-0
2. Seedance 2.0 (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedance_2.0
3. Hollywood isn't happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/hollywood-isnt-happy-about-the-new-seedance-2-0-video-generator/
4. Image to Video Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis): https://artificialanalysis.ai/video/leaderboard/image-to-video

---

About Artifio.ai: 100+ AI image, video, and audio models in one workspace with a single shared wallet — no per-model subscriptions. This is the markdown rendition of https://artifio.ai/models/bytedance-seedance-2 for AI assistants and crawlers; the HTML page is canonical.