Seedream 4 API
ByteDance Seedream 4 for cinematic image generation and prompt-guided editing with 1K, 2K, and 4K output.
Seedream 4 API - Cinematic Image Generation for Commercial Workflows
Available Seedream 4 API Models on Vidgo API
Seedream 4 Text to Image
Generate cinematic still images from structured prompts with flexible aspect ratios, selectable 1K to 4K output, and support for multiple requested results in one submission.
Seedream 4 Edit API
Use seedream-4-edit for prompt-guided image refinement and semantic editing when you need to preserve source structure while changing copy, styling, layout, or visual direction.
Key Features of Seedream 4 API
Cinematic realism, typography accuracy, and structured prompt control for commercial image production.
Cinematic Realism
Seedream 4 is designed for still images that need believable lighting, refined composition, and premium visual finish. It is a strong fit for product visuals, editorial concepts, posters, and branded stills where polished texture, depth, and commercial presentation matter more than experimental abstraction.
- Generate cinematic stills with premium surface detail
- Maintain lighting realism across product and editorial scenes
- Support poster-ready compositions with 1K to 4K output
Perfect Typography
Text-heavy creatives are a common failure point for image models. Seedream 4 is better suited to posters, labels, ads, menus, and multilingual design comps because it follows spelling and layout cues more reliably, making it more practical for commercial creatives that need readable copy inside the frame.
- Render multilingual copy with cleaner spelling control
- Improve poster, label, and ad layout readability
- Reduce typography breakdown in design-driven prompts
Complex Prompt Adherence
Seedream 4 responds well to layered prompts that combine subject details, composition rules, lens language, typography placement, and brand direction. That makes it useful for teams translating dense creative briefs into production-ready images with fewer prompt retries and more predictable commercial output.
- Follow structured prompts with stronger layout awareness
- Handle style, framing, and copy instructions together
- Turn commercial briefs into usable creative drafts faster
Who Can Benefit from Seedream 4 API?
E-commerce & Product Marketing
Generate polished PDP images, campaign banners, and launch creatives with controlled lighting, clean material rendering, and flexible aspect ratios suitable for marketplaces, storefronts, and paid media.
Advertising & Brand Creative
Build poster concepts, social ads, out-of-home mockups, and branded stills with stronger typography handling and prompt-driven art direction for fast concept approval cycles.
Design Teams & Creative Ops
Translate structured briefs into on-brand image drafts that combine layout, text, styling, and composition requirements without relying on purely exploratory prompting.
Storyboarding & Editorial Visuals
Create cinematic stills for look development, editorial storytelling, and moodboard expansion when teams need premium lighting, framing, and believable visual atmosphere.
Commercial Asset Production
Support high-volume still-image pipelines for catalogs, promotions, seasonal campaigns, and localized creative variants with predictable credit-based billing.
Social & Content Publishing
Produce fast-turnaround social graphics, headline visuals, and text-forward promotional assets where readable typography and clear prompt control directly affect publishing quality.
How to Use Seedream 4 API on Vidgo API
Step 1: Create Your API Key
Get instant access to Seedream 4 on Vidgo API with no waitlist. One API key gives you access to both seedream-4 and seedream-4-edit.
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Step 2: Add Credits
Fund your account with pay-as-you-go credits. Seedream 4 uses a simple credit model at 4 credits / $0.02 per generation with no subscription requirement.
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Step 3: Submit Your Request
Call seedream-4 for text-to-image or seedream-4-edit for editing. Set size, resolution, and n, and include image_urls when using edit mode. Supported aspect ratios are 1:1, 3:4, 4:3, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 2:3, and 21:9. n supports 1-15, and the total of image_urls plus n must not exceed 15.
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Seedream 4 API Pricing: Commercial Image Quality at Predictable Cost
Seedream 4 API: $0.02 per generation (4 credits)
What you get:
- Text-to-image and prompt-guided editing with seedream-4 and seedream-4-edit
- 1K, 2K, and 4K output options with 8 supported aspect ratios
- Predictable pay-as-you-go billing with no subscription requirement
Optimized for high-volume commercial asset production with support for up to 15 requested outputs per submission.
Credits are pre-deducted based on the requested output count, and any unused portion is automatically refunded when fewer images are returned than requested.
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Why Use Vidgo API for Seedream 4 API Access
Instant Access
Create your API key and start generating immediately with no waitlist or partner approval flow blocking your first request.
Transparent Value Pricing
Seedream 4 runs at $0.02 per generation with simple credit-based billing, making commercial still-image production easy to forecast and scale.
Reliable Commercial Workflow
Use a consistent async generation flow for text-to-image and editing workloads, with predictable request handling for production pipelines.
Fast Integration
The unified submit endpoint is easy to connect to internal tools, creative ops pipelines, and customer-facing image features without extra workflow complexity.
Unified Model Platform
One Vidgo API account connects Seedream 4 with other image, video, and audio models, simplifying billing and experimentation across your product stack.
Production-Ready Image Generation
From cinematic stills to text-forward design comps, Seedream 4 on Vidgo API is built for high-volume commercial asset generation with clean prompt-driven control.