Seedance 2.0 Mini Text to Video: Turn a Prompt Into a Clip

Last verified: October 19, 2026

Seedance 2.0 Mini is built to generate video quickly without compromising visual quality, so you can turn a written idea into footage while you are still working the idea out. A Seedance 2.0 Mini text-to-video run starts with the scene you describe in the Prompt box. You then choose Video Duration, Resolution and Aspect Ratio, use Generate Audio to decide whether the clip has sound, and click Generate.

The form keeps the brief separate from the format. Your words carry the scene. The settings set the container: how long the clip runs, how sharp it renders, what frame it fills and whether it has sound. Web Search and Seed sit next to those settings for runs that need them. Enhance Prompt, under the prompt box, helps when your idea is still only a few words long.

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Seedance 2.0 Mini at a Glance

What this text-to-video form accepts and returns, in one view.

Input

A text prompt of up to 2,048 characters

Video Duration

4 to 15 seconds

Resolution

480P or 720P

Aspect Ratio

1:1, 3:4, 4:3, 9:16, 16:9

Audio

Switch on or off, on by default

Output

1 video per run

How Should You Write a Seedance 2.0 Mini Prompt?

Write the Prompt Like a Shot List

The model goes from concept to video in one step, and on this form the prompt is the only place to direct that step. So write it in the order a shot list would use. Start with the subject and how it looks, then the single action, the setting, where the camera sits and how it moves, the light and colour, and, when Generate Audio is on, what the scene should sound like. Concrete nouns and verbs ('a brass cap catches a rim light', 'she stops and looks up') leave less to chance than mood words on their own. If the idea is still just a phrase, run Enhance Prompt, pick the closest suggestion and rework it into this order rather than starting from a blank box.

How Do You Make a Video From Text With Seedance 2.0 Mini?

Four steps from a written scene to a downloaded clip.

Text Prompt Versus Starting Image

Choosing between the two ways to start a Seedance 2.0 Mini clip on Vidofy.

What you start from The whole clip comes from your written prompt, so all you need to begin is an idea in words. The Image To Video workflow for the same model works from an image you supply. Choose text-to-video when the scene exists only as an idea, and the image workflow when you already have a picture the clip should come from.
Start here when you have nothing to upload and the scene is still in your head. Move to the image workflow once a specific picture is your starting point.

Fixing Common Text-to-Video Problems

Three common snags that come from how the form works, and what to change.

My prompt is too long and won't fit in the Prompt box.

The Prompt box has a fixed character limit, and long prompts usually go over it through repetition rather than extra detail. Cut stacked adjectives that say the same thing, merge style words into one phrase, and delete anything a control already handles: clip length, frame shape and sharpness are set with Video Duration, Aspect Ratio and Resolution, not in the text. If the scene still doesn't fit, it is probably more than one shot. Split it into separate prompts and run each one on its own.

The action stops before it finishes.

A clip runs for the length set in Video Duration, and the form starts at its shortest option, so a prompt with several beats can run out of time. Raise Video Duration and run it again, or cut the action down to the one movement that matters. If the story needs more time than the longest option allows, write it as a series of clips, each with its own prompt that picks up where the last one ended, and join them in an editor.

I only get one video per run and want options to choose from.

Each run produces a single clip, so you get variety by running again. Rerun the same prompt for a second take, or write two or three clearly different versions: another camera move, another time of day, another opening action. Keep the prompts side by side so you can trace which wording produced the take you choose.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Seedance 2.0 Mini videos come with sound?

They can. The Generate Audio switch decides whether a run produces sound along with the picture. When it is on, write the sounds into the prompt, such as rain on a window, footsteps on gravel or a crowd in the distance, because the prompt is the only place to say what the clip should sound like.

What makes one Seedance 2.0 Mini generation cost more than another?

The credit cost of a run is worked out from the options you choose and appears above the Generate button once you are signed in. It changes with Video Duration and Resolution, so check the figure again after you change either one. Enhance Prompt suggestions don't use credits.

How long does a Seedance 2.0 Mini video take to generate?

Successful runs on Vidofy average about 216 seconds, a little over three and a half minutes, based on a rolling seven-day average of successful generations. Plan for that wait when you are testing several prompt versions back to back.

When should I switch on Web Search?

Web Search lets the run use online search. For invented scenes, everything the run needs is already in your prompt, so you can leave it off. Try it when the prompt names something real, such as a landmark, a festival or a particular type of vehicle, that a short description may not pin down. Compare the result with a run that has it switched off.

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