Seedream 5 Prompt Guide with Tested Examples

Each prompt is printed exactly as we sent it to Seedream 5.0, next to the picture it made on the first try, all at 2K. Pictures are shown reduced to at most 1,600 px on the long side.

1. 01

   Candid direct-flash night photo (3:4)

   Prompt (exact, 6 credits, ready in 43 s): A delivery rider in his twenties sits sideways on his parked scooter at a bus stop late at night, helmet pushed up on his head, eating noodles straight from a takeaway box with chopsticks, cheeks full; his phone is clipped to the handlebar. Rain has just stopped, so the road behind him is wet and reflects red tail-lights. A direct on-camera flash lights him and the scooter brightly, throws a hard shadow onto the bus-stop panel behind him and makes the noodles and the scooter's plastic glint, while the street behind stays dark blue. Camera at his eye level about two metres away, him slightly right of centre. Snapshot with direct flash, film colour, fine grain.

   

2. 02

   Family moment in window light (3:2)

   Prompt (exact, 6 credits, ready in 44 s): A grandmother and her granddaughter, about eight years old, fold dumplings together at a kitchen table dusted with flour. The grandmother's hands pinch a pleat into a dumpling while the girl watches closely, tongue between her teeth, holding a lopsided dumpling of her own. A tray of finished dumplings in neat rows, a bowl of pork filling and a wooden rolling pin sit between them. Soft afternoon daylight from a window on the left falls across the table and their hands; flour dust hangs in the light; the right side of the kitchen stays in gentle shade. Camera at table height, a little across the table from them, both faces in three-quarter view. 35mm film colour, soft grain, warm tones.

   

3. 03

   Infographic with exact words (3:4)

   Prompt (exact, 6 credits, ready in 44 s): A clean vertical infographic titled "4-minute desk stretch" in bold navy sans-serif at the top. Four numbered panels run from top to bottom; each has a simple flat illustration of a woman in a grey T-shirt on an office chair doing the move, and one short line beside it: 1 "Neck tilt · 30 s each side"; 2 "Shoulder rolls · 10 times"; 3 "Seated twist · 30 s each side"; 4 "Wrist stretch · 30 s". Light blue background #E8F1FA, navy text #1F3A5F, coral circles #FF7A59 around the numbers, wide margins. Every word and number is spelled exactly as written and readable on a phone; the page carries only these words.

   

4. 04

   Product scene with a label (3:4)

   Prompt (exact, 6 credits, ready in 45 s): One 200 ml pump bottle of body lotion stands on the rim of a white bathtub: frosted white plastic with a matte black pump, and a label printed in black reading "KIVELLE" in thin wide-spaced capitals with "Body Lotion · Oat & Pear · 200 ml" underneath. The bath is running, so steam rises behind the bottle and fogs the lower edge of the tiled wall, and a few drops of condensation run down the bottle's shoulder. Soft light from a frosted window on the left lights the left side of the bottle and leaves a gentle shadow on the right; the steam glows where the window light passes through it. A folded oat-coloured towel and a sprig of eucalyptus lie out of focus beside it. Camera at bottle height, bottle on the left third, label facing the camera and readable. The label text is exactly, letter for letter: "KIVELLE" on the first line and "Body Lotion · Oat & Pear · 200 ml" on the second line, where the flavour word is "Oat", spelled O-A-T. The label carries only these words, and the picture has no other text, letters or watermark.

   

5. 05

   Full-body street fashion (2:3)

   Prompt (exact, 6 credits, ready in 43 s): A woman in her thirties with her hair in a low bun crosses a zebra crossing at noon in a rust-coloured linen suit, a loose blazer and wide trousers over a white tank top, carrying a woven market bag with leeks sticking out of it, loafers caught mid-stride. She glances at a shop window to her right, not at the camera. Hard noon sun from almost straight overhead throws short sharp shadows under her feet and the painted stripes, and brings out the creases and slubby weave of the linen. Behind her, out of focus, a row of old shophouses with faded pastel shutters. Low camera at knee height from across the street, her full body in the centre. 35mm street photograph, natural colour.

   

Read from Reviral's public model list on 24 September 2026. Seedream 5.0 Pro is listed for comparison; the examples above used Seedream 5.0.

Checked 24 September 2026 on reviral.ai/api/v1/models.

Seedream 5.0 costs 6 credits a picture on Reviral at 2K or 3K, about $0.07 at the $4.99 Mini Pack rate, checked 24 September 2026. If a picture cannot be finished, the credits go back automatically.

Sign-up gives 100 free credits with no card, enough for 16 Seedream 5.0 pictures. Dollars use the $4.99 Mini Pack rate ($0.012475 per credit), checked 24 September 2026. Pay by card, or in ringgit (RM) with Touch 'n Go eWallet for credit packs or Visa/Mastercard for monthly plans.