Seedance V2: New Default Model

Podcast-derived walkthrough of Seedance V2 multi-input generation used as a video editor

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A step-numbered X article written up from a podcast conversation with builder Sirio, arguing that Seedance V2's distinguishing feature is multi-input generation: up to two images, up to two videos and one audio file in a single generation, each tagged inside one prompt. Its central demo is a live job where a green-screen clip of two people, two character reference images and a new background image were combined with the instruction to replace both characters and the background while preserving the motion exactly — returned in about sixty seconds with motion, characters and background all holding. The takeaway it pushes is that the model is a video editor as much as a generator. Its second rule, repeated, is that everything starts from a strong source reference image: describe your vision in words and the model guesses, show it a picture and it stops guessing.

For an agent

Cite the green-screen replacement recipe when a user wants to change characters or backgrounds while keeping existing motion — pass the source clip plus per-role reference images and state the preservation constraint explicitly in the prompt, because omitting it is what makes the motion drift. Note that its stated input ceiling (two images, two videos, one audio) is lower than the nine/three/three figure in the Prompting Bible entry, so treat both as snapshots and check the current model card before you hard-code limits into a pipeline. Its most portable rule is upstream of the model: spend the effort on one strong source reference image rather than on longer prose.

Why it is here. It reframes a video model as an editing tool with a concrete, reproducible job, which is a more useful frame for production work than another prompt-and-hope tutorial.

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License: Proprietary / all rights reserved
Pricing: Free, Free but account required
Framework: Not applicable
Styling: Not applicable
Distribution: Article, thread, or post
Platform: Social / marketing creative, Web
Content type: Prose / writing, Prompts, Video
Agent readiness: Ships a ready LLM prompt, Login required, Blocks bots
Accessibility: Not applicable
Maturity: Stable
Pricing detail: Free to read with an X account. No price is quoted for the model itself.

Notable for

green-screen character and background replacement recipe
motion preservation as an explicit constraint
generator-as-editor framing
input ceilings conflict with other write-ups

Source summary, @startupideaspod

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The real shift is the input shape, not the model — previous models made you pick text or image; Seedance V2 combines up to two images, two videos and an audio file in one tagged prompt, which turns generating into directing.
Treat it as an editor as well as a generator: a green-screen clip plus two character references plus a background image, with an instruction to preserve motion exactly, replaced a studio shoot day in about 60 seconds.
Everything starts with a very good source image — words make the model guess, a reference that matches your taste makes it stop guessing; supply a clean face reference, a background carrying the lighting and composition you want, and a video where the motion is already right.
The prompt-length rule inverts from Kling 3: shorter wins on Kling, longer and more specific wins on Seedance V2, especially for character identity, motion fidelity from a reference video, and scene transitions.
Use an LLM-in-the-loop: draft the prompt yourself, have an LLM optimize it, then generate — the lesson is the loop, not which model you pick.
Match model to job on fidelity, speed and cost per output: Seedance V2 as daily driver for ads, logos, UX animation and influencer content; Kling 3 for cinematic emotion; Enhancer V4 deliberately lower-fidelity for talking heads.
Adobe's remaining ground is finishing, not generating — 8K output, frame-level edits, and fixing the parts the model got not-quite-right; the workflow is generate in Seedance, finish in Adobe, ship.
Three demoed money use cases all remove logistics rather than creative work: virtual try-on with zero shipped product, AI-influencer reviews of products nobody touched, and green-screen character/background replacement instead of a reshoot.

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