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What Seedream 5.5 is

Seedream 5.5 is an image engine by ByteDance, released on November 9, 2026. It makes a picture from a sentence, edits an existing picture without touching what you did not ask for, and outputs a PNG with a transparent background. In Cadabra it costs 1 credit an image, up to 2K.

The seven-block method

The method of Ariel Aizenshtat, a Cadabra creator. One paragraph, always in the same order: what this picture is, the subject mid-action, space in three depths, light, exposure and colour, what it was shot on, and an honest surface with the exclusions at the end.

A transparent background that is really transparent

The setting decides the file and the prompt decides what is in it. Describe the subject only, say what is not around it, decide about the shadow, and check it on a dark and a light background.

Editing and checking

Edit one thing at a time and say what stays. After every picture, a three-second check: colour, light, framing, body, world.