Seedance video editing prompts

Direct answer

Video editing prompts should describe the edit target, the preserved elements, and the allowed changes.

Official Seedance source

This page is generated from a published record with sourceKind=official_manual, rightsStatus=embed_only, and curationStatus=published.

• ByteDance Seed official Seedance 2.0 model page
• Seedance 2.0: Advancing Video Generation for World Complexity

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• Official-source policy: paraphrase BytePlus or paper material and cite the original source.

Prompt reuse checklist

• Name the exact input type: text, image, audio, video, first frame, or final frame.
• State what each reference controls so the model does not blend competing instructions.
• Use one camera move, one main action, and one final-frame payoff.
• Test the smallest version in HolyCrab before expanding the shot.

Prompt utility

Evidence status

official-source paraphrase

Confidence

official

Reusable pattern

Video editing prompts should describe the edit target, the preserved elements, and the allowed changes.

Rewrite rule

Keep the capability structure, then replace subject, reference role, camera, action, and final-frame payoff.

Source evidence

Use editing prompts to adjust style, lighting, background, subject action, or shot continuation without losing the original intent.

HolyCrab next step

Test the smallest official-style Seedance prompt in HolyCrab before adding more reference inputs.

Prompt pattern

Preserve the source subject and motion, then name exactly what should change and what must stay fixed.

Example prompt

Keep the runner, stride timing, and camera angle. Change the background to a rainy city night, add wet reflections, and keep the final frame centered.

Common failure modes

No preservation rules; Edit instruction changes identity; Lighting and background conflict with source motion

Recreate with HolyCrab Seedance

1. Start with the source-attributed Seedance capability or example brief.
2. Name each input type and what it should control.
3. Write one camera path and one final-frame payoff.
4. Generate a short HolyCrab test, then revise only the weakest prompt variable.

Start this Seedance prompt in HolyCrab

Open the Markdown alternate for this Seedance page

Seedance pages and examples

1. Video-reference action prompt for Seedance

   A video-reference prompt pattern for reusing camera timing and action rhythm while changing the creative subject.

2. Video extension story beat for Seedance

   A Seedance continuation pattern for extending a short clip without restarting the scene.