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White Model & Control: Keep the Camera Move You Keyframed
+ Your clay clip rides in as the reference video, so path, framing and timing come from your keyframes.
→ The take lands on the move you actually blocked.
Seedance 2.5 Blender add-on
Seedance 2.5 Blender Add-On: Keep the Camera Move You Keyframed
A free add-on that turns a grey clay pass into a Seedance 2.5 take of 4 to 30 seconds. You keyframe the camera, the model paints the world.
Blender 4.2 and up · macOS and Windows · SHA-256 checksums published
Render a Clay Pass and Get a Seedance 2.5 Blender Take Back in Minutes
Three steps, and the browser only opens once. You render the clay pass in the sidebar and confirm the credit price on the Generate button. The finished mp4 lands back in your scene as a video plane.
One button renders a Workbench clay render from your scene camera to an H.264 mp4.
The finished mp4 lands back in your scene as a video plane.
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- What you getA Blender extension zip, plus the agent skill as a second zip. Both free.
- RequiresBlender 4.2 and up, on macOS and Windows. There is no third-party Python dependency, so nothing has to be installed into Blender's Python.
- InstallDrag the zip onto an open Blender window; verified on 4.2.23, 5.1.2 and 5.2.1. You can also use Edit, Preferences, Add-ons, Install. Keep the file zipped.
- Verified on4.2.23 · 5.1.2 · 5.2.1 on macOS Windows CI covers 4.2.23 and 5.1.2.
- Sign-inA device code signs you in from the browser, and Settings, Security, Connected apps revokes it.
Drive Seedance 2.5 in Blender So the Camera Follows You, Not a Prompt
A prompt cannot say where the camera starts, where it ends, or what blocks what. Your white model says all three. Point the sidebar at it and the model fills in surfaces, light and faces.
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Clay Pass: Render the Grey Reference Without Leaving Blender
+ One button renders a Workbench clay render from your scene camera to an H.264 mp4.
→ You go from scene camera to uploaded reference in one click.
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Appearance Reference Images: Add Looks Without Adding Cost
The clip controls motion and the images control looks, so you can swap a character sheet mid-project.
+ Attach up to 30 stills on Seedance 2.5, or 9 on Mini, and they never touch the price.
→ Faces, wardrobe and materials arrive without a bigger bill.
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Generate: Confirm the Price Before Seedance Renders a Frame
+ The server quotes the job, prints it on the button, and refuses anything above the cap you confirmed.
→ No render ever costs more than the number you agreed to.
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The Result: Download and Import as a Plane Without Leaving Blender
+ The results list downloads the mp4 to your folder and imports it as a textured plane.
→ You line the take up against your white model in seconds.
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Blender MCP: Let Claude Code or Codex Do the Whole Run
You drive Blender MCP video generation from Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, on the Blender Lab or ahujasid server.
+ The skill drives Blender over MCP, then quotes, uploads and downloads through the same account.
→ One sentence becomes a grey pass and a finished clip.
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Device Sign-In: Open a Browser Once, Then Never Again
+ A device code signs you in from the browser, and Settings, Security, Connected apps revokes it.
→ One session, revocable, with no key stored in your .blend.
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Blender 4.2 and Up: Install by Dragging One Zip Onto the Viewport
+ Drag the zip onto an open Blender window; verified on 4.2.23, 5.1.2 and 5.2.1.
→ A drag-and-drop install, on macOS and Windows, with no extra dependencies.
Turn Your White Model Into Seedance 2.5 Blender Video for Previz, Product and Action
You already have the scene. Whether it is a previz shot, a product turntable or a two-fighter beat, the same clay pass drives it and the same panel brings the take home.
Previz that survives the review
Previz a Shot in Blender and Show a Finished-Looking Take Today
You block the move, render five seconds of clay, and hand back an mp4 that reads as footage instead of a grey animatic.
Give a director something to react to before the modelling is anywhere near done.
3D generalist blocking a previz shot.
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The move on the board is the move on screen
Lock the Camera Move a Motion Designer Storyboarded, Not the One the Model Invents
You keyframe the dolly, orbit or crane in Blender, and the clay clip hands over the camera path, the framing and the beat you timed.
Deliver the exact dolly the board promised, at the beat it was timed to.
Motion designer who storyboards camera moves.
Grey rooms, finished walkthrough
Turn an Architectural White Model Into a Walkthrough Clients Can Watch
You push the camera through a doorway in grey, and the take comes back with furniture, flooring and window light already in place.
Show a space convincingly before anything is textured or lit.
Indie studio or architectural visualiser.
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Choreography you keyed, not choreography you hoped for
Plan an Action Beat Frame by Frame Instead of Hoping a Prompt Lands It
You key the punch, the block and the recovery, and the take keeps your order and spacing while the model dresses the ring.
Choreograph contact, order and spacing that a text prompt keeps blurring.
Indie game or film maker staging a fight or a chase.
One sentence, one clip
Ship a Game Cutscene From One Sentence With Claude Code or Codex
You type one sentence, and the skill builds the white model over Blender MCP, renders it, quotes the job and downloads the mp4.
Go from a one-line brief to a downloaded clip without touching the interface.
Developer driving Blender from an agent.
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What twelve paid runs actually showed
See What the Seedance 2.5 Blender Add-On Delivered
Twelve paid runs are on record with run ids, model tier and credit cost. The three below are shown, each with what went in and what came back. The nine earlier ones covered a car chase, an architectural walkthrough and a two-fighter ring beat; that car pass held both vehicles and their spacing, and the street still read as clean CG rather than live action. The Seadanse add-on is the same client as the website, so every take here was billed and logged exactly like yours will be.
InReference clip
IN · run b2b93be2 · reference clip 1120×630 · 13.75 s
OutThe take
OUT · run b2b93be2 · Seedance 2.0 Mini, 480p tier · 864×496 · 14.08 s
Run 01 · Camera follow
The Camera Order Came Back. The Castle Close-Up Still Reads as CG.
What it proved
- Approach the windmill, turn to the castle, pass the tower, rise to an overhead — the main camera order arrived in the order the reference had it.
- The fields and the stone castle took their materials and their light from the single appearance image attached to the run.
- The whole job went through the shipped upload, generate, poll and download path. No direct call to the vendor.
Run b2b93be2-7530-484c-ba30-6a94ce3fd11f · Seedance 2.0 Mini · 480p tier, file 864×496 · 14.08 s
InClay pass
IN · run 57d24591 · Workbench clay pass 1280×720 · 10 s · 24 fps
OutThe take
OUT · run 57d24591 · Seedance 2.0 Mini, 480p tier · 864×496 · 10.08 s
Run 02 · One sentence to a bout
One Sentence Became a Bout. It Also Cropped the Feet Off.
What it proved
- One sentence went through the agent skill, a real Blender session over MCP and the add-on's own client to a downloaded mp4, with no step done by hand.
- Faces, bodies, red and blue trunks and black and white gloves all replaced the grey figures, and the venue and its lighting arrived complete.
- Short punches and recoveries kept happening on both sides, and the fast same-side camera changes held. The pass kept the punch order and the identities.
Run 57d24591-56d2-4228-8d76-9b716b2082ef · Seedance 2.0 Mini · 480p tier, file 864×496 · 10.08 s
InClay pass
IN · run ed811a27 · the same clay pass as run 57d24591 · 1280×720 · 10 s
OutThe take
OUT · run ed811a27 · Seedance 2.5, 480p tier · 854×480 · 10.04 s
Run 03 · The same bout on Seedance 2.5
Seedance 2.5 Extended the Kick and Kept the Bare Feet. Nothing Else Moved.
What it proved
- Same clay bytes, same prompt, same ten seconds at the 480p tier. Only the model changed, so the two takes are a real comparison.
- Seedance 2.5 kept the short combinations, the exchanges on both sides and the fast same-side camera changes.
- The front kick at about 4.75 seconds extended further than Mini's, and the bare-feet direction survived instead of turning into shoes.
Run ed811a27-d307-4650-8589-f55fa67d132d · Seedance 2.5 · 480p tier, file 854×480 · 10.04 s
Also on the record
- HiggsfieldHiggsfield's plan table gives its Starter plan Seedance 2.0 Fast and 2.0 Mini, and puts every Seedance model on Plus and above, read 2026-09-09. Here Seedance 2.5 is the add-on's default model, on the same account and the same credits as the website.
- MixarMixar answers the same job with a Blender fork, so adopting it means leaving your Blender. This is an add-on, so your .blend, your other add-ons and your build all stay.
- CreditsCredits are the website's credits. Plan credits expire at the end of each 30-day cycle. Extra credit packs stay valid for 12 months.
- InstallA self-hosted Blender extension zip. It is not a listing on the Blender Extensions platform.
- PrivacyWhat uploads is the clay mp4 and any appearance images you pick. Your .blend stays on your machine.
- QualityAsking the model to follow your reference is creative direction. It is not a guaranteed rebuild of your camera matrix.
- FailuresFailed or interrupted renders return their credits automatically.
Know What a Seedance 2.5 Blender Render Costs Before You Press Generate
You see the price before you commit. The server quotes the job, the number sits on the Generate button, and a re-measured cost above the cap you confirmed is refused rather than charged.
- A Seedance 2.5 reference video is billed at 0.6 times the output rate, for its own seconds only.
- Seedance 2.0 Mini does not bill reference seconds at all.
- Appearance reference images never change the price.
- New accounts start with a sign-up gift, which covers a first Seedance 2.0 Mini run at 480p.
Try seedance 2.5 blender free
Credits are the website's credits. Plan credits expire at the end of each 30-day cycle. Extra credit packs stay valid for 12 months. Failed or interrupted renders return their credits automatically.
Seedance 2.5 Blender Questions, Answered Before You Install
Install, cost, versions, privacy, and the parts that still miss. These are the questions the search results leave open, answered from a tool that has already run and been billed.
Is the Seedance 2.5 Blender add-on free?
Yes. The Seadanse add-on for Blender is a free download, and so is the agent skill. You pay only for renders, in the same credits the website uses. New accounts start with a sign-up gift, which covers a first Seedance 2.0 Mini run at 480p.
How do I install the Seedance 2.5 Blender add-on?
Drag the downloaded zip onto an open Blender window and it installs itself. You can also use Edit, Preferences, Add-ons, Install. Keep the file zipped. Blender calls it an extension. Search engines call it a Seedance 2.5 Blender addon, or a Seedance 2.5 Blender plugin. All three install the same way.
Do I need a powerful GPU?
No. The render runs on our servers, so your card only affects Blender's own viewport and the short clay pass. A clay pass is a Workbench render of flat grey shapes, which is about the cheapest thing Blender can draw.
Which Blender versions and operating systems does it run on?
Blender 4.2 and up. It was verified on 4.2.23, 5.1.2 and 5.2.1 on macOS. Windows CI covers 4.2.23 and 5.1.2. There is no third-party Python dependency, so nothing has to be installed into Blender's Python.
What does a render cost, and how is a reference clip billed?
The Generate button carries the server's quote before you press it. A Seedance 2.5 reference video is billed at 0.6 times the output rate, for its own seconds only. Seedance 2.0 Mini does not bill reference seconds at all. Appearance reference images never change the price. Rehearsing in grey is how people save AI credits on re-rolls. See the pricing page for plans.
Does my .blend file get uploaded?
No. What leaves your machine is the rendered clay mp4 and any appearance images you choose. The scene file, your geometry and your materials stay local. If you are under a client NDA, the grey pass is the only thing anyone sees.
Which camera moves work best: orbit, tracking, crane?
All three, plus dolly in and dolly out. The agent skill ships those five as presets, and the add-on reads whatever you have already keyframed on the scene camera. Start with a short simple move before you try a long one-take.
Do I have to use the add-on, or can I upload a clip myself?
Either works. The Seedance 2.5 Blender workflow is the same job whichever door you come through. A Blender white model to AI video run in the web composer produces the same take. Use existing clip in the sidebar also takes any mp4 or mov you already rendered.
What should the prompt say?
Say that the clay render is an untextured grey white model, then ask the model to follow its camera path, framing and blocking exactly. Next, say what each grey shape becomes. Creators call this white model to video, and the skill ships the skeleton so you only fill the brackets.
Does the camera path come back exactly?
Closely. The move you keyframed is the move you get back: direction, the order of your beats and their timing all hold. What drifts is local framing, which can come in tighter than your white model. Check a preview before you generate a long one.
Does the result come back as 3D geometry I can re-light?
No. A take is footage, so nothing inside it can be re-lit or re-framed in Blender. It imports as a video plane you can line up next to your white model. If you need the actual pixels of your actual asset, render the asset.
How is this different from Higgsfield for Blender or Mixar?
The Seadanse add-on is a Seedance-only sidebar, not a whole catalogue and not a different editor. Higgsfield's plugin page lists no Seedance 2.5 access on its Starter plan, read 2026-09-08. Mixar is a Blender fork, so you would change editors. Here you keep your Blender and use the credits you already have.
Keep Going With Seedance 2.5 in Blender and on the Web
Not at a desk with Blender open? Price a longer render, compare the model tiers, or take the same Blender to Seedance 2.5 job through the web composer and pick the clip up later.