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 "slug": "draft-before-1080p",
 "name": "Draft first, pay for 1080p once",
 "category": "guide",
 "group": "Which model",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "Iteration costs a fraction, so more ideas get tried.",
 "use_when": "Seedance 2.5 work where several attempts are expected.",
 "phrase": "iterate on drafts at 480p, then finish only the chosen draft at 1080p",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Priced by our CLI on 22 Oct 2026: a 10-second draft costs 30 credits, against 70 at 720p and 160 at 1080p.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair notes on Seedance 2.5 realism (Dan Kieft)"
  },
  {
   "text": "One creator shows the draft looking close to the 1080p version. Whether acting and timing carry over to the finished clip is not yet measured by us.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair notes on Seedance 2.5 realism (Dan Kieft)"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [
  {
   "model": "seedance-2.5",
   "phrase": "generate in draft mode first; finish the chosen draft at 1080p from its job",
   "evidence": "unverified",
   "checked": "2026-10-22"
  }
 ],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "which-model-for-video",
  "guide-seedance-2-5",
  "preset-angle-pass"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair notes on Seedance 2.5 realism (Dan Kieft)"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/guide/draft-before-1080p",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/guide/draft-before-1080p.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a filled-in prompt that follows this guide, plus the one thing to check in the result, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is draft first, pay for 1080p once: iteration costs a fraction, so more ideas get tried. How it works: iterate on drafts at 480p, then finish only the chosen draft at 1080p. It is right for: seedance 2.5 work where several attempts are expected. Priced by our CLI on 22 Oct 2026: a 10-second draft costs 30 credits, against 70 at 720p and 160 at 1080p. One creator shows the draft looking close to the 1080p version. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}