Every prompt below was generated with Seedream 5 Lite in Made, and the output next to it is what came back — not a curated stock image. Copy a prompt as a starting point, then use the guide underneath to adapt it.
Original results
These examples use media produced for Made. Prompts are included when the production record allows them.
“Wood-fired pizza sliding out of a brick oven on a peel, embers glowing inside. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one ember orange accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Sushi chef slicing fish at a hinoki counter, focused, warm overhead light. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one salmon accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Farmers market crates of heirloom tomatoes and basil in morning light. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one tomato red accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Bakery counter with rows of croissants, flour dust drifting in a beam of light. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one butter yellow accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Stirred cocktail with a citrus twist on a marble bar top, low moody light. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one orange peel accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Overhead view of a family dinner table with shared plates and passing hands, late sun. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one saffron accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
Seedream responds well to camera language: lens, light, and material detail.
Upload a reference and describe the change to route to the editing endpoint at the same rate.
Choose square, landscape, or portrait output.
Re-run the winning brief on Seedream 5 Pro when a hero asset needs maximum fidelity.
Iteration is cheap here: Seedream 5 Lite costs 0.4 credits / image, so rewriting a prompt and rerunning it is a normal part of the workflow, not a budget decision. See the full Seedream 5 Lite pricing breakdown.
It is the fast, flat-priced tier of ByteDance’s Seedream 5 family — the photoreal image line whose Pro tier Made also carries.
More tested prompts across all models live in the prompt library, and the full Seedream 5 Lite capability rundown is on the model page.