Seedance 2.5 Edit

• 🏢 ByteDance Seed's flagship video family, released 2026 as Seedance 2.5.
• 🔧 Edit endpoint: handles audio and visual editing requests.
• 📏 Up to 30-second audio-video clips in one generation.
• 🆕 Clips can be extended twice for longer stories.
• 👁️ Reference videos plus white-model (textureless 3D) guidance.
• 🎬 Green-screen editing aimed at professional workflows.
• 💬 Joint audio and picture generation in a single model.
• 🔒 Proprietary model, available through API access in this catalog.

ByteDance

ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing's Haidian district, with an associated variable-interest entity incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Best known as a consumer internet operator at enormous scale, it has also become a…

Seedance 2.5 Edit is the editing entry point into ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 video family, sitting alongside the text-to-video Seedance 2.5 T2V, image-to-video Seedance 2.5 I2V, and Seedance 2.5 R2V endpoints. It is the endpoint for the family's editing capabilities rather than for generating a clip from a prompt alone.

ByteDance Seed describes Seedance 2.5 as a next-generation audio-video joint generation model built for 30-second storytelling with precise reference control and editing capabilities. It follows the earlier Seedance 2.0 generation (and its lighter Seedance 2.0 Fast and Seedance 2.0 Mini tiers); the company reports single-pass generation of up to 30 seconds with the option to extend a clip twice, smoother and more consistent motion, and more realistic visuals.

For editing specifically, ByteDance says editing is more reliable and responds to a wider range of audio and visual editing requests. Reference handling is broadened too: reference videos are read for intention, framing and cinematic language rather than plain motion transfer, while white-model (textureless 3D) control and green-screen editing target professional production workflows.

Per this catalog's own listing, the model is proprietary and reached via API rather than self-hosted or fine-tuned, and it shares its 2026 release date with the other Seedance 2.5 endpoints. Earlier family members such as Seedance 1.5 Pro remain listed for comparison.