An AI image generator from ByteDance that searches the web during generation, reasons through complex prompts, and lets you batch-edit images by showing one example.
Pull Live Web Data into Your Images
When your prompt mentions a trending topic, recent event, or public figure, Seedream 5.0 Lite runs a web search before generating. That means the output reflects what is happening now, not what was in the training data months ago. Useful when you need a graphic about a product launch, a seasonal campaign, or something in the news cycle this week.
Handle Multi-Part Prompts That Other Models Miss
Describe a scene with specific spatial relationships, overlapping objects, or technical details, and Seedream 5.0 Lite works through the logic before drawing. It draws on domain knowledge in architecture, biology, and geography, so diagrams, floor plans, and labeled illustrations come out closer to what you actually described.
Edit a Batch of Images with One Example
Upload a before-and-after pair that shows the change you want, and the model repeats that same transformation on your other images. Swap a background material, shift a color palette, or apply a camera angle change across a full product series without rewriting prompts for each image individually.
Add Readable Chinese and English Text
Put text in quotation marks in your prompt, and Seedream 5.0 Lite renders it directly onto the image. It handles Chinese characters, English copy, special symbols, and multi-line layouts. The output is clean enough for product labels, event posters, and social media banners where the text needs to be legible at a glance.
Feed Up to 14 Reference Images in One Prompt
Upload character sheets, style boards, layout sketches, or product photos alongside your text prompt. Seedream 5.0 Lite reads all of them together, so the output matches the face from image 3, the color scheme from image 7, and the composition from your sketch. One request, multiple references, one consistent result.
Output Up to 3K Resolution
Generate images at up to 3072px with aspect ratios for most common use cases: 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, and 21:9. That covers everything from square social posts to ultrawide banner ads. You choose the size before generating, so there is no upscaling step.