Seedream v5.0 Lite Edit
ByteDance next-generation image editing model that preserves facial features, lighting, and color tones while enabling professional-quality modifications.
What it does
Seedream v5.0 Lite Edit, in practice.
Seedream 5.0 Lite is an advanced multimodal image generation model developed by ByteDance, released in February 2026. Designed to enable intelligent visual content creation, it integrates deep reasoning and up-to-date contextual awareness to produce high-resolution, semantically accurate images optimized for diverse practical workflows. Seedream 5.0 Lite represents a significant progression in AI-powered image generation through its incorporation of Chain of Thought (CoT) mechanisms and real-time web search capabilities. This model’s significance lies in its capacity to perform complex multi-step visual reasoning and spatial logic, enhancing adherence to detailed prompts beyond typical stati
- Chain of Thought Visual Reasoning: Implements multi-step inference processes to interpret and synthesize visual elements, enabling complex spatial relationships and logical consistency across generated images. This CoT mechanism improves prompt fidelity and nuanced image understanding.
- Real-time Web Search Integration: Incorporates live data retrieval from web sources at generation time, allowing images to reflect current trends, events, and up-to-date factual information. This dynamic context infusion distinguishes Seedream 5.0 Lite from models relying exclusively on static training corpora.
- High-Resolution Rapid Generation: Supports native 2K and 4K image outputs with a generation speed of approximately 2 to 3 seconds per image, facilitating large-scale, high-quality imaging tasks with minimal latency.
- Multi-Round Conversational Editing: Enables iterative refinement of images through dialogue-based interactions, supporting up to 14 reference images for complex compositional adjustments in a conversational workflow.
- Competitive Performance and Cost Efficiency: Demonstrates superior logical accuracy and infographic generation capabilities relative to Google’s Nano Banana Pro, while maintaining lower operational costs and faster execution. This balance of quality and efficiency makes it well-suited for professional deployment.
- Extensive Multilingual and Text Rendering Support: Excels in generating marketing and promotional materials with clear, multilingual text embedding and precise typography, enhancing usability across global markets.
Product photo workspace
This page is a model reference. The workspace supports white backgrounds, scene changes, packaging text edits and model try-on using Qwen Image Edit.
Parameters
What you can set.
| Parameter | What it does | Options |
|---|---|---|
images | The images to edit. Accepts URLs or Base64 data URLs. A maximum of 14 reference images can be uploaded. Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, WEBP, BMP, TIFF, GIF. | |
prompt | The positive prompt for the generation. Recommended length: under 600 English words. | |
size | Output image size in 'WIDTH*HEIGHT' pixels. 16 preset resolutions at 2K and 3K tiers. Total pixel range: [3,686,400, 10,404,496]. Aspect ratio range: [1/16, 16]. | 2048*2048 2304*1728 1728*2304 2848*1600 1600*2848 2496*1664 1664*2496 3136*1344 3072*3072 3456*2592 2592*3456 4096*2304 |
output_format | Output image file format. Seedream v5.0 Lite supports both JPEG and PNG output. | jpeg png |
Sample prompt
The prompt behind the sample.
Convert the image into an anime style illustration. Clean line art, smooth cel shading, vibrant colors. Simplified yet expressive facial features, soft highlights, high clarity.
enable_base64_output: size: 2048*2048FAQ
Short answers.
How much does Seedream v5.0 Lite Edit cost?
List price starts at $0.048 per image at the base resolution; higher resolutions and longer durations cost more. Per-use pricing, no subscription. Model prices are reference prices. The prompt workspace is free during the period shown on the homepage; no automatic charges.
Is Seedream v5.0 Lite Edit good for e-commerce product photos?
It is an image-editing model, which is the core job here: background cleanup, relighting, inpainting, label or packaging text fixes and upscaling. Keep one instruction per pass so the product, logo and SKU details stay locked. ByteDance's standard content policy applies.
What does Seedream v5.0 Lite Edit take as input?
It is a image editing model. ByteDance next-generation image editing model that preserves facial features, lighting, and color tones while enabling professional-quality modifications.
How do I use Seedream v5.0 Lite Edit?
Upload the image and describe the edit narrowly. Inpainting, restyle, upscale and background work all do better with one instruction per pass than with a paragraph of changes. Register or sign in to edit product photos with Qwen Image Edit. Other models on this page are catalog references.
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