Seedance video reference prompting

Direct answer

Video references are useful when the motion, camera path, or choreography matters more than a static image.

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 references are useful when the motion, camera path, or choreography matters more than a static image.

Rewrite rule

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

Source evidence

Use a video reference for movement style, timing, camera path, action beats, and physical rhythm while rewriting the subject and scene.

HolyCrab next step

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

Prompt pattern

Name the motion that should transfer from the reference and the elements that should change in the new generation.

Example prompt

Use the reference for the handheld forward tracking move and timing. Replace the subject with a chef carrying a glowing dessert through a narrow kitchen.

Common failure modes

The prompt copies too much of the source clip; The subject is not separated from the motion reference; Timing is not described

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.

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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.