Bytedance Seedance 2.0 Image To Video API

API reference for Bytedance Seedance 2.0 Image To Video. ByteDance’s most advanced image-to-video model. Animate still images into cinematic video with synchronized audio, start and end frame control,

Endpoint: POST https://fal.run/bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-video Endpoint ID: bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-video

Try it in the Playground

Run this model interactively with your own prompts.

Quick Start

Python

import fal_client

def on_queue_update(update):
    if isinstance(update, fal_client.InProgress):
        for log in update.logs:
           print(log["message"])

result = fal_client.subscribe(
    "bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-video",
    arguments={
        "prompt": "An octopus finds a football in the ocean and excitedly calls its octopus friends to come and play. Cut scene to an octopus football game under the sea.",
        "image_url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a8eba37/Cqg-4Uwzyz4DELfceT1CF_a17e588773ec45b1a9e6f100a787b80b.jpg"
    },
    with_logs=True,
    on_queue_update=on_queue_update,
)
print(result)

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const result = await fal.subscribe("bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-video", {
  input: {
      prompt: "An octopus finds a football in the ocean and excitedly calls its octopus friends to come and play. Cut scene to an octopus football game under the sea.",
      image_url: "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a8eba37/Cqg-4Uwzyz4DELfceT1CF_a17e588773ec45b1a9e6f100a787b80b.jpg"
    },
  logs: true,
  onQueueUpdate: (update) => {
    if (update.status === "IN_PROGRESS") {
      update.logs.map((log) => log.message).forEach(console.log);
    }
  },
});
console.log(result.data);
console.log(result.requestId);

curl --request POST \
  --url https://fal.run/bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-video \
  --header "Authorization: Key $FAL_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "prompt": "An octopus finds a football in the ocean and excitedly calls its octopus friends to come and play. Cut scene to an octopus football game under the sea.",
  "image_url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a8eba37/Cqg-4Uwzyz4DELfceT1CF_a17e588773ec45b1a9e6f100a787b80b.jpg"
}'

Examples

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Related

• Seedance 2.0 Text to Video API — Video Generation
• Seedance 2 Reference to Video — Video Generation
• Seedance 2.0 Fast Text to Video — Video Generation
• Seedance 2.0 Fast Image to Video — Video Generation
• Seedance 2.0 Fast Reference to Video — Video Generation

Capabilities

• Text prompt input
• Image input
• Duration control
• Aspect ratio control
• Reproducible generation (seed)

API Reference

Input Schema

prompt · string · required

The text prompt describing the desired motion and action for the video.

image_url · string · required

The URL of the starting frame image to animate. Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP. Max 30 MB.

end_image_url · string

The URL of the image to use as the last frame of the video. When provided, the generated video will transition from the starting image to this ending image. Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP. Max 30 MB.

resolution · ResolutionEnum · default: "720p"

Video resolution - 480p for faster generation, 720p for balance. Default value: "720p"

Possible values: 480p, 720p

duration · DurationEnum · default: "auto"

Duration of the video in seconds. Supports 4 to 15 seconds, or auto to let the model decide based on the prompt. Default value: "auto"

Possible values: auto, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

aspect_ratio · AspectRatioEnum · default: "auto"

The aspect ratio of the generated video. Use 16:9 for landscape, 9:16 for portrait/vertical, 1:1 for square, 21:9 for ultrawide cinematic, or auto to infer from the input image. Default value: "auto"

Possible values: auto, 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16

generate_audio · boolean · default: "true"

Whether to generate synchronized audio for the video, including sound effects, ambient sounds, and lip-synced speech. The cost of video generation is the same regardless of whether audio is generated or not. Default value: true

seed · integer

Random seed for reproducibility. Note that results may still vary slightly even with the same seed.

end_user_id · string

The unique user ID of the end user.

Output Schema

video · File · required

The generated video file.

seed · integer · required

The seed used for generation.

Input Example

{
  "prompt": "An octopus finds a football in the ocean and excitedly calls its octopus friends to come and play. Cut scene to an octopus football game under the sea.",
  "image_url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a8eba37/Cqg-4Uwzyz4DELfceT1CF_a17e588773ec45b1a9e6f100a787b80b.jpg",
  "resolution": "720p",
  "duration": "auto",
  "aspect_ratio": "auto",
  "generate_audio": true
}

Output Example

{
  "video": {
    "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_outputs/bytedance/seedance_2/output.mp4"
  },
  "seed": 42
}

Limitations

• resolution restricted to: 480p, 720p
• aspect_ratio restricted to: auto, 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16