seedance-2.0-betaSeedance 2.0 Cinematic (影视版) is the film-grade variant of ByteDance Seedance 2.0, tuned for cinematic lighting, mood and camera motion. Its key advantage: it ACCEPTS real-person / realistic human reference images — unlike the Ark-direct Seedance 2.0 / Fast, whose content audit rejects reference images containing real human faces. Pass a prompt for text-to-video, or up to 4 reference images (real people, characters, style or scene) for identity-locked image-to-video — ideal for film-grade portrait and character work. Choose 5 / 10 / 15-second duration and one of four aspect ratios (16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4). Output quality sits visibly above the Ark variants, at the cost of longer waits (typically 60-180s, sometimes several minutes at peak). API slug `seedance-2.0-beta` (kept for backward compatibility); the upstream is separate from the Ark family. Use responsibly — only with subjects you have the rights/consent to depict.
Accepts realistic / real-person reference images — unlike Ark-direct Seedance 2.0, which rejects real human faces. Up to 4 reference images for identity-locked output. Use only with consented subjects.
Cinematic lighting, mood, and camera motion — the quality tier above Ark Seedance 2.0 / Fast
Generation typically takes 60-180s (occasionally several minutes at peak) — slower than the Ark variants but with visibly higher output
Flat per-tier: $1.00 / 5s, $2.00 / 10s, $3.00 / 15s — no per-second surprises
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Seedance 2.0 Cinematic is a Video Generation API provided by ByteDance. Seedance 2.0 Cinematic (影视版) is the film-grade variant of ByteDance Seedance 2.0, tuned for cinematic lighting, mood and camera motion. Its key advantage: it ACCEPTS real-person / realistic human reference images — unlike the Ark-direct Seedance 2.0 / Fast, whose content audit rejects reference images containing real human faces. Pass a prompt for text-to-video, or up to 4 reference images (real people, characters, style or scene) for identity-locked image-to-video — ideal for film-grade portrait and character work. Choose 5 / 10 / 15-second duration and one of four aspect ratios (16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4). Output quality sits visibly above the Ark variants, at the cost of longer waits (typically 60-180s, sometimes several minutes at peak). API slug `seedance-2.0-beta` (kept for backward compatibility); the upstream is separate from the Ark family. Use responsibly — only with subjects you have the rights/consent to depict. Through API Models platform, you can access this model via a unified API at prices significantly lower than official rates. Current pricing: 5s: $1, 10s: $2, 15s: $3.
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Seedance 2.0 Cinematic is available through API Models at: 5s: $1, 10s: $2, 15s: $3. This is up to 95% cheaper than official pricing.
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API Models offers the same Seedance 2.0 Cinematic model at 60-95% lower cost through our aggregation platform. We provide a unified API interface so you do not need separate accounts for each provider - one API key to access all models.
Yes — Seedance 2.0 Cinematic (seedance-2.0-beta) accepts real-person / realistic-face reference images, whereas the Ark-direct Seedance 2.0 / Fast reject reference images containing real human faces. Pass up to 4 reference images for identity-locked image-to-video — ideal for film-grade portrait and character work. Use only with subjects you have the rights/consent to depict, and follow applicable likeness/deepfake rules.
For film-grade lighting and camera work, and especially when you need real-person reference images, use Seedance 2.0 Cinematic (seedance-2.0-beta) — higher quality than Ark-direct Seedance 2.0 / Fast, at the cost of slower generation (60-180s). For fast, cheap, synthetic-scene output, the Ark-direct Seedance 2.0 / Fast are a better fit.
On API Models, Seedance 2.0 Cinematic runs alongside 60+ models on one API key and one balance, so choosing is about fit, not lock-in. It supports Real-Person Reference, Film-Grade, T2V & I2V, Up to 4 Ref Images, 5 / 10 / 15s, and you can weigh it on price and capability against other Video Generation models, then switch by changing a single model-name string — no new account or integration. Browse every Video Generation option with live pricing at apimodels.app/models.
Seedance 2.0 Cinematic supports: Real-Person Reference, Film-Grade, T2V & I2V, Up to 4 Ref Images, 5 / 10 / 15s. See the API Models docs for full parameters and call examples.
Yes. API Models exposes Seedance 2.0 Cinematic through a single unified API and one key — no separate provider accounts, and no need to handle each provider's regional network access yourself.
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