Seedream 5 image generation API

Generate production-ready images with Seedream 5.

Seedream 5 gives teams a high-quality image model for product visuals, creative concepts, storyboards, thumbnails, and source frames. Prism adds the API layer around it: balance checks, hosted outputs, usage tracking, and a clean path into Seedance video workflows.

seedream-5-0 hosted image outputs
Why it matters

Image generation that feeds the whole creative pipeline.

Seedream 5 is not only for standalone images. Use it to explore creative directions, produce campaign assets, and prepare first frames or storyboard frames that can become Seedance videos.

High-quality image generation for product and campaign visuals

Fast creative iteration for concepts, thumbnails, and storyboards

Source-frame creation for image-to-video workflows

Production API access with hosted output URLs and usage tracking

Prism production layer

A clean image API with operational controls included.

Generate images synchronously, return hosted URLs to your users, and keep every request attached to usage, billing, and project metadata.

Turn Seedream frames into Seedance videos
POST /v1/images/generations
curl https://api.prismgateway.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRISM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "seedream-5-0",
    "prompt": "Premium skincare bottle on reflective glass, soft daylight",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'
Use cases

Where Seedream 5 fits.

Ecommerce product shots and lifestyle scenes
Campaign concepts and ad creative variants
Storyboards for video production
Thumbnails, banners, and social assets
First frames and visual direction for Seedance videos
Creative pipeline

Generate the frame, then animate it.

Use Seedream 5 to create product frames, character references, or visual directions. Send the selected output into Seedance 2.0 to build image-to-video workflows from the same gateway.

Explore Seedance 2.0