text-to-video

Seedance 1.5 Pro Image to Video

Seedance 1.5 Pro Image-to-Video generates cinematic, live-action–leaning clips from a text prompt plus a first-frame image, preserving the image's subject and composition while adding expressive motion and stable aesthetics. It supports 4–12s duration control, adaptive aspect ratio, and reproducible outputs via seeds, ideal for ad creatives and short-drama shots that need a strong visual anchor.

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Seedance 1.5 Pro Image to Video

Seedance 1.5 Pro Image-to-Video generates cinematic, live-action–leaning clips from a text prompt plus a first-frame image, preserving the image's subject and composition while adding expressive motion and stable aesthetics. It supports 4–12s duration control, adaptive aspect ratio, and reproducible outputs via seeds, ideal for ad creatives and short-drama shots that need a strong visual anchor.. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

Video output~60-120sfrom $0.29/run

1. Calling the API

Submit a request

Send a POST request to start generation. The API returns immediately with a prediction ID for polling.

curl -X POST "https://api.vibedream.ai/api/v1/models/seedance-1.5-pro-i2v/generate" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIBEDREAM_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A beautiful sunset over mountains with golden light",
    "image": "https://example.com/your-image.jpg",
    "last_image": "https://example.com/your-last_image.jpg",
    "duration": 4,
    "resolution": "480p",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "camera_fixed": false,
    "seed": -1,
    "generate_audio": false
}'

2. Authentication

The API uses an API Key for authentication.

Get your API Key

Get your API key from vibedream.ai/models/api-keys.

Environment variable

export VIBEDREAM_API_KEY="your-api-key"

3. Queue & Results

Generation requests are queued and processed asynchronously. Poll the prediction endpoint until status is completed or failed.

Submit request

curl -X POST "https://api.vibedream.ai/api/v1/models/seedance-1.5-pro-i2v/generate" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIBEDREAM_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A beautiful sunset over mountains with golden light",
    "image": "https://example.com/your-image.jpg",
    "last_image": "https://example.com/your-last_image.jpg",
    "duration": 4,
    "resolution": "480p",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "camera_fixed": false,
    "seed": -1,
    "generate_audio": false
}'

Response

Returns immediately with a prediction ID. Use id to poll for results.

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "processing",
  "statusUrl": "https://api.vibedream.ai/api/v1/predictions/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "estimatedTime": "60-120s",
  "costCents": 29,
  "createdAt": "2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Get the result

Polling

# Replace YOUR_PREDICTION_ID with the id from the submit response
curl "https://api.vibedream.ai/api/v1/predictions/YOUR_PREDICTION_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIBEDREAM_API_KEY"

# Poll every 1-2s until status is "completed" or "failed"

Completed response

outputs is string[] — an array of direct download URLs hosted on assets.vibedream.ai.

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "modelId": "seedance-1.5-pro-i2v",
  "modelName": "Seedance 1.5 Pro Image to Video",
  "status": "completed",
  "outputs": [
    "https://assets.vibedream.ai/outputs/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/1736942400000-0.mp4"
  ],
  "error": null,
  "createdAt": "2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "completedAt": "2025-01-15T12:00:30.000Z"
}

Failed response

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "modelId": "seedance-1.5-pro-i2v",
  "modelName": "Seedance 1.5 Pro Image to Video",
  "status": "failed",
  "outputs": null,
  "error": "Your request was flagged by content moderation. Please modify your prompt.",
  "createdAt": "2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "completedAt": "2025-01-15T12:00:05.000Z"
}
FieldTypeDescription
idstringUnique prediction ID (UUID).
modelIdstringID of the model used for generation.
modelNamestringHuman-readable model name.
statusstringCurrent status. One of: processing, completed, failed.
outputsstring[] | nullArray of output URLs. Each URL is a direct download link to the generated file on assets.vibedream.ai. null when still processing or failed.
errorstring | nullError message if the generation failed. null on success.
createdAtstringISO 8601 timestamp when the request was submitted.
completedAtstring | nullISO 8601 timestamp when generation finished. null while processing.

4. Schema

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultRangeDescription
promptstringYes----The instruction describing what should happen in the video (action + camera + style).
imagestringYes----The reference image that anchors composition, subject identity, and lighting.Pass a public image URL. Accepted: JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP.
last_imagestringNo----An optional ending frame to steer the final composition (if supported).Pass a public image URL. Accepted: JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP.
durationnumberNo--4 – 12 (step 1)Video length in seconds.
resolutionstringNo--480p, 720p, 1080pOutput resolution.
aspect_ratiostringNo--16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9, autoOutput aspect ratio.
camera_fixedbooleanNo----Whether to keep the camera position fixed.
seednumberNo---1 – 1000 (step 1)Random seed for reproducibility.
generate_audiobooleanNo----To decide whether to generate videos with audio.

Example request

{
    "prompt": "A beautiful sunset over mountains with golden light",
    "image": "https://example.com/your-image.jpg",
    "last_image": "https://example.com/your-last_image.jpg",
    "duration": 4,
    "resolution": "480p",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "camera_fixed": false,
    "seed": -1,
    "generate_audio": false
}

Output

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "modelId": "seedance-1.5-pro-i2v",
  "modelName": "Seedance 1.5 Pro Image to Video",
  "status": "completed",
  "outputs": [
    "https://assets.vibedream.ai/outputs/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/1736942400000-0.mp4"
  ],
  "error": null,
  "createdAt": "2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "completedAt": "2025-01-15T12:00:30.000Z"
}