New From ByteDance, July 2026
Seedream 5.0 Pro.
It Understands Design.
Text to Image and Precise Editing in One Model
ByteDance's flagship image model generates from text and edits existing images with region level precision. Multilingual text, dense infographics, and portrait realism, free on Enhance AI.
What free means here
A new Enhance AI account starts with 50 free tokens and no card is required to sign up. Seedream 5.0 Pro costs 10 tokens per image, so those signup tokens cover 5 free images.
- 50 free tokens on signup, no card required
- 10 tokens per image with Seedream 5.0 Pro
- 5 free images from your signup tokens
- Full commercial rights and no watermark on what you make
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Hard prompts we ran head to head
10+
Languages rendered natively
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Reference image in edit mode
2K
Native output resolution
01 · Why Seedream 5.0 Pro
Most models paint a picture and hope. This one reasons like a designer.
02 · Key features
Built for production, not just pretty pictures.
Precision Editing
Point at the thing you want changed and describe it. Edit mode understands spatial position and region semantics, so it changes exactly what you ask and leaves every other pixel alone.
Layer Separation
Splits a finished design into more than ten independent transparent layers. Text, subject, background, and decoration come out as editable assets, with hidden areas restored behind them.
Dense Infographics
Turns data, concepts, and long text into professional layouts in one generation. Timelines, charts, and labeled diagrams arrive ready for high density content production.
Multilingual Text
Renders native text in more than ten languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Russian, with right to left layouts and accent marks handled correctly.
Portrait Realism
Reproduces real world lighting, materials, and skin texture. Portraits keep pores, fine lines, and natural imperfections instead of the airbrushed AI look.
Reasoning First
Thinks through the prompt before drawing. Multi step instructions, cause and effect, and domain knowledge resolve into one coherent, logically consistent image.
03 · Two modes
One model, two ways to work.
Generate from a prompt, or hand it an image and describe the change. Every example below was made with Seedream 5.0 Pro through the Enhance AI model API and shown exactly as it came out.
Text to image
Describe the image and pick a ratio. The model reasons through layout, lighting, and text placement before it draws, which is why posters, diagrams, and multilingual signs come out composed instead of collaged. Live now in the Enhance AI playground.
Edit mode
Upload a reference image and say what should change. Region aware editing swaps the background, adds an object, or recolors a layout while everything you did not mention stays untouched. Try Seedream editing in the Enhance AI image editor.
Background swap, product untouched
Edit instruction: Move the bottle onto a sunlit marble counter. Keep the bottle exactly the same.
Add one object, change nothing else
Edit instruction: Add thin round silver glasses. Keep expression, lighting, and background unchanged.
Recolor a layout, keep the design
Edit instruction: Change the background to cobalt blue and the type to cream. Keep the exact layout.
Drag the handle to compare the original with the edited result.
04 · How it works
Four steps to create with Seedream 5.0 Pro.
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1Open The Playground
Sign up on Enhance AI and get free credits with no card required. Seedream 5.0 Pro is in the model picker, marked as new.
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2Describe Or Upload
Type a prompt for text to image, or bring an existing image when you want Seedream editing to change just one thing about it.
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3Pick Ratio And Resolution
Choose from square, portrait, landscape, or wide formats and generate at the 1K or 2K tier depending on where the image will live.
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4Download And Own It
Results are yours, including for commercial work. Need it bigger than 2K? The Enhance AI upscaler takes any image up to 16x.
05 · Gallery
Seedream 5.0 Pro in action.
Every piece generated with Seedream 5.0 Pro on Enhance AI.
06 · The Seedream family
What Pro adds to the line.
| Capability | Seedream 4.5 | Seedream 5.0 | Seedream 5.0 Pro on Enhance AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning before drawing | No | Yes | Yes, strongest tier |
| Precision region editing | Basic | Good | Point, lasso, and sketch level |
| Layer separation output | No | No | Splits into 10+ editable layers |
| Dense infographic layouts | No | Limited | Built for them |
| Native multilingual text | Limited | Improved | More than ten languages with RTL |
| Free to use | Free on Enhance AI | Free on Enhance AI | Free on Enhance AI |
Also on Enhance AI: Seedream 4.5, Seedream 5.0, and GPT Image 2 if typography accuracy is your top priority.
How it stacks up against GPT Image 2
We ran six identical hard prompts through both models: a dense infographic, a 40 word engraved paragraph, four writing systems on one poster, the solar system in order, exact card counts, and mirror physics. The short version: Seedream 5.0 Pro matched GPT Image 2 on typography, won on composition and material realism, and lost on chart logic. Neither model can count cards. Every output is published unedited in the full comparison.
Read the full test: Seedream 5.0 Pro vs GPT Image 207 · Use cases
Where it earns its keep.
08 · Specifications
The numbers before you start.
What one Seedream 5.0 Pro run costs and what it gives you back on Enhance AI.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Tokens per image | 10 |
| Free images from the 50 signup tokens | 5 |
| Aspect ratio presets available | 2 |
| Reference images supported | 1 |
| Images per run | 1 |
| Custom output size | Not supported |
09 · Strengths and limits
What it does well, and what it will not do.
Strengths
- Typography is the hero of the composition, so posters and signs come out laid out rather than collaged.
- Region level editing changes the thing you describe and leaves the rest of the picture alone.
- Layer separation returns a finished design as editable transparent layers.
- Native text in more than ten languages, with right to left scripts handled properly.
- Portrait work keeps real skin texture and believable lighting.
Limits
- One image per run. You cannot fan out four variations of a prompt in a single go.
- One reference image per edit, so multi image blends are out of reach here.
- Two aspect ratio presets, and no custom output size to type in.
- At 10 tokens per image it is one of the pricier models, so the 50 signup tokens stretch to 5 images only.
Models from the labs building them, all in one place
10 · Questions
Good things to know.
Everything you want to know about Seedream 5.0 Pro on Enhance AI. Straight, no fluff.
Seedream 5.0 Pro is ByteDance's flagship image model, released on July 8, 2026 under the tagline Beyond Generation, It Understands Design. It generates images from text and edits existing images from plain instructions, with precise region level control, dense infographic layouts, realistic portrait textures, and native text in more than ten languages. On Enhance AI you can use it in the playground with free credits.
Yes. Enhance AI gives every new account free credits with no card required, and Seedream 5.0 Pro is available to use with them. After that, Enhance AI uses one time payments starting at $19 instead of a monthly subscription.
Seedream 5.0 introduced reasoning before drawing. The Pro tier keeps that and adds the professional toolkit: precision editing with point, lasso, and sketch level control, layer separation that splits a finished design into more than ten editable transparent layers, high density infographic generation, and the strongest output fidelity in the family.
Editing is its strongest suit. We ran six identical hard prompts through Seedream 5.0 Pro and GPT Image 2 side by side, covering dense infographics, long engraved paragraphs, four writing systems on one poster, and exact object counts. Edit mode accepts one reference image and changes exactly what you describe while leaving the rest of the image untouched.
GPT Image 2 still leads the arenas overall and stays ahead on fine typography accuracy. Seedream 5.0 Pro sits close behind on editing quality at a fraction of the price, and pulls ahead on multilingual text, dense layout generation, and layer aware design work. Both models are available on Enhance AI, so you can compare them side by side on the same prompt.
ByteDance states support for more than ten commonly used languages, including Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Arabic, with right to left layouts and accent marks handled natively.
It generates natively at 1K and 2K tiers. If you need more, Enhance AI's upscaler can take any result up to 16x larger while keeping detail sharp.
Yes. Everything you generate with Seedream 5.0 Pro on Enhance AI is yours to use, including for commercial work.
11 · Begin
Design it,
then edit it.
Join the creators using Seedream 5.0 Pro and 250+ models on Enhance AI. Free credits the moment you sign up, no card required.
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