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Seedream 5.5
by ByteDance
Seedream 5.5 is the newest image model from ByteDance Seed. It keeps unedited regions intact across long editing sessions, outputs transparent and semi-transparent PNGs, and renders more natural light, materials, skin, and small text than Seedream 5.0 Pro.
How It Works
How to Generate Images with Seedream on Krea
From first prompt to production-ready image in four steps.
2Step 2
Add references
Upload up to 10 reference images for products, characters, or style.
Describe the subject, composition, lighting, and mood — the more specific, the better the result.
Step 3
Write the prompt
Describe the subject, light, and any text you want in the image. Turn on a transparent background for cutouts.
Step 4
Edit and refine
Keep editing the result. Seedream 5.5 leaves everything you did not ask to change.
Seedream 5.5 Technical Specifications
Stable edits
Unedited regions are preserved at the pixel level, round after round
RGBA
Transparent and semi-transparent PNG output
10
Reference images per generation
Small text
Cleaner type on menus, labels, and packaging
2K
Maximum output scale, with 1.5K for faster runs
8
Preset aspect ratios, plus custom ratios
3
Background modes: auto, transparent, opaque
Image + Edit
Runs in Krea Image and in the Edit tool
What Seedream 5.5 Can Do
01 Stable editing
Edit the Same Image Again and Again
Seedream 5.5 changes only what you ask for. Unedited regions are preserved at the pixel level, so a product shot, a portrait, or a layout keeps its detail after many rounds of edits instead of drifting a little more each time.
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02 Transparent PNG
Transparent Assets Without Masking
Set the background to transparent and Seedream 5.5 returns a PNG with an alpha channel, including semi-transparent edges like glass, smoke, and hair. Drop stickers, product cutouts, and logos straight into a layout.
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03 Realism
More Natural Light and Materials
Light, materials, and skin texture look more like a photograph than in Seedream 5.0 Pro. In ByteDance’s preliminary testing, raters preferred Seedream 5.5 for image-to-image realism.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Seedream 5.5 is ByteDance Seed's newest image generation and editing model, announced on November 9, 2026. It focuses on stable multi-round editing, native transparent output, and more realistic light, materials, skin, and small text.
Yes. Pick Seedream 5.5 in the Krea Image tool. It also runs in the Edit tool, where you can keep editing the same image.
Edits are more stable: unedited regions keep their pixels across many rounds, with less detail loss each time. It adds native transparent and semi-transparent PNG output. Light, materials, skin texture, and small text also look more natural. ByteDance says a Pro version of Seedream 5.5 will follow, without a date yet.
Yes. Set the background to transparent and Seedream 5.5 returns a PNG with an alpha channel, including semi-transparent areas such as glass or smoke. Choose opaque for a regular image, or leave it on auto.
Seedream 5.5 offers 1.5K and 2K scales on Krea, in 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 2.35:1, 1:1, 4:5, 2:3, and 9:16, plus custom ratios.
Up to 10 reference images per generation, to keep products, characters, and style consistent.
Yes. On Krea paid plans, generated images include commercial licensing for campaigns, products, client work, and other production projects.
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Seedream 5.5 was developed by the ByteDance Seed team, which announced it on November 9, 2026. Check the provider for the original model details.
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