Seedream Prompts: Describe Light and Material First
Good Seedream prompts spend their words on light, surface and color instead of a long inventory of objects. Name what things are made of and how they are lit, and the frame gets denser than any list of props could make it.
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Seedream 4.5 is one of the photo models you can pick on Create photo. The catalog templates below were written for other photo models, yet they work as a small library of texture-led wording: smoke, charcoal, translucent wings, snow on mountain ridges. Borrow the approach, then write your own scene.
A Seedream prompt structure that leads with surface
Build the prompt in four short parts: the subject in a few words, the material of each main surface, the light source with its direction, and two or three named colors. Objects come last, and only the ones the frame truly needs. A brief subject line followed by rich surface wording usually beats a long list of things that should appear somewhere in the picture.
Material changes more than another object
Swapping one word of texture moves the picture further than adding a prop. Compare a woman in a gown with a woman wrapped in dense colored smoke, or a plain portrait with one drawn in charcoal and graphite. Silk, brushed metal, wet stone, frosted glass and paper grain each tell the model how light should behave on the surface.
Name the light and where it comes from
Backlight, side light, soft window light, neon from below: state the source and its direction outright. When the prompt is silent about light, the model tends to settle on even, flat lighting and the depth drains out of the frame. One light described well beats three mentioned in passing, so pick the one that shapes the subject.
Two or three colors instead of bright
Words like bright or colorful leave the palette to chance. A named pair such as deep teal and burnt orange, or ivory with dusty rose, gives the image a poster-like unity. Put each color next to the material it belongs to, for example a cobalt silk scarf on warm gray stone, so the model knows where every shade lives.
Seedream prompt examples from the catalog
The grid shows texture-led wording in practice. Charcoal and Graphite Portrait asks for a black-and-white drawing with pencil hatching that dissolves into smoke and mist. Colored Smoke Gown hides a full-length figure in dense smoke inside a dark minimalist space. Butterfly Whirlwind fills a studio with thousands of translucent white butterflies. Treat them as wording samples and rebuild the scene for Seedream.
What a prompt cannot fix
Each run returns one new image, and the same text gives a slightly different take every time. Expect roughly a minute or two, sometimes more during busy periods. Seedream makes stills, not clips. If you attach a photo of a person, it should show you or someone who agreed to it; no celebrities, public figures or fake documents.
Ready-made templates
FAQ
Are there catalog templates built on Seedream?
Not yet. Seedream 4.5 is chosen by hand on Create photo, and you write the whole scene yourself. The templates on this page use other photo models, but their wording about light and texture carries over well.
What should a Seedream prompt describe first, the object or the light?
Light and material. They shift the result more than a longer list of objects does. Start with a short subject, then spend most of the words on surfaces, the light source and a small palette.
Which Seedream version can I use on MarketVideo?
Seedream 4.5. It appears among the photo models on Create photo, next to NanoBanana PRO and GPT Image 2.5, and you can attach your own photo when the scene needs a specific face or object.
How much does a Seedream run cost?
Every image costs stars, and the exact number is printed on the model before you start. Confirming your address at sign-up gives you 5 stars to begin with; when they run out, more are available through the Pricing page.