What Seedance V1.0 Lite is good at — and what it's not

Seedance V1.0 Lite is the reference-driven Lite tier of the Seedance V1 line: it requires reference images and generates motion anchored to them, so your specific subjects — a character, a product, a prop — end up in the shot with Seedance's believable movement. Where the Pro tiers generate from text alone, Lite is built to keep what you provide on screen, which is the point when subject identity matters more than inventing a new scene.

Output runs up to 720p (480p or 720p), clips from 2 to 12 seconds, with the fixed-camera option for static framing. Across six aspect ratios from 21:9 to 9:16, it covers social and draft work at a Lite-tier cost.

Where it sits: for 1080p text-to-video, step up to Seedance V1.0 Pro; for top-tier motion and native audio, Seedance V2.0. For reference-anchored generation in other lines, Kling O1 and Vidu Q3 are alternatives. Seedance V1.0 Lite's sweet spot is affordable, reference-anchored video up to 720p.

A reasonable mental model: default to Seedance V1.0 Lite when you need your reference subjects in the shot and 720p is enough, and step up to V1.0 Pro or V2.0 for higher resolution and the best motion.