Image model in AI Studio
Seedream AI Image Generator in Pictory
Generate images with legible text and numbers using the Seedream AI image generator in AI Studio, then add them to your video.
- Reference images keep things the same
- Best for images with text and numbers
- Add the image to any scene
- Free trial, online in your browser
300 credits with your free trial. No credit card required.
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What is Seedream in Pictory?
Seedream is a image model from ByteDance that you use inside Pictory’s AI Studio. Open AI Studio from any scene, describe the image and pick Seedream, and the result goes straight into your video. It suits images with text and numbers.
Words that read right. Use Seedream for a sign, a label, a price card or a title, where the letters and numbers in the picture have to be legible.
For every way to make a picture for your video, see the AI image generator. To give the picture motion afterwards, use image to video AI.
SeedreamTitle card
Added to sceneImage ready
Facts
Seedream at a glance
The facts about Seedream in Pictory, from the Pictory 3 plans. Credits come from your plan, and the free trial and every plan can use every model.
| Seedream | |
|---|---|
| Type | Image model |
| Made by | ByteDance |
| Credits | 2 credits per image |
| Reference images | Yes: keep a person, product, setting or style the same |
| Best for | Images with text and numbers |
| What the free trial makes | About 150 images |
How it works
How to generate with Seedream in Pictory
To generate an image with Seedream, open AI Studio from any scene in Pictory. Describe the image or get a prompt for the scene, pick Seedream and a style, then generate. Add the image you like to the scene, or edit it with a prompt first.
Open AI Studio
Open any scene, click Visuals, then AI Studio.
Describe the image
Type what you want, or get a prompt for the scene.
Pick Seedream and a style
Choose the model, a style and a shape.
Add it to your scene
Add the image to the scene or as a layer.
Use it for
What Seedream is good for
Seedream is the image model for pictures with words and numbers in them: a cafe chalkboard, a product label, a price tag, a quote card or a chart title. It takes reference images and costs the least of the models that do, so it suits volume: a set of price cards, a run of chapter titles or a menu for every scene.
Shop sign- Price card
- Menu board
- Title card
Compare
Seedream or Nano Banana?
How Seedream compares with the other image models in Pictory. Each name opens that model’s page.
| Seedream | Nano Banana | Nova Canvas | Flux | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credits | 2 credits per image | 8 credits per image | 4 credits per image | 0.6 credits per image |
| Reference images | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Best for | Images with text and numbers | Detailed images | Realistic people | Basic layouts at the lowest credit cost |
Free trial
What can you make with the free trial?
The free trial gives you 300 credits for 14 days, with no credit card required, and it works on every model. With Seedream, 300 credits make about 150 images. Every paid plan comes with its own credits.
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Teams that scaled video with Pictory
“Pictory is the easiest, most efficient way to get from an idea in text to multimedia imagery on the screen. It’s the critical component to get us out of death by PowerPoint.”
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2 credits per image. The credits come from your plan; the free trial includes 300.
Yes. The free trial gives you 300 credits for 14 days, with no credit card required, and it works on every model.
Pick Seedream for images with text and numbers. Pick Nano Banana for detailed images. You can use both in one video, one scene at a time.
Yes. Add a reference image to keep a person, product, setting or style the same across the images you make.
Yes. Open Edit with AI on the image to change it with a prompt, or Animate image to turn it into a short clip. You can also generate up to four variants and keep the best one.
Pick one of six styles before you generate: Photorealistic, Artistic, Cartoon, Minimalist, Vintage or Futuristic. Generate the same prompt in another style to compare them side by side, then keep the one that suits the scene.
Open AI Studio from any scene, describe the image, pick Seedream and generate. Then add the result to your scene.
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