AI images now come in layers — move the headline without redrawing everything

The idea in one line: a poster and card generator where the headline, the character, and the background are separate layers. You can move, scale, or delete any one of them without touching the rest.

Why this just became possible

A normal AI image is a flat PNG. Pixels fused into one pancake. Don't like where the headline sits? Regenerate the whole thing and pray the cat in the background doesn't end up in a different pose.

On July 8, Seedream 5.0 Pro launched. It hands you not a pancake but a stack: it splits the image into 10+ independent layers — text, the main character, the background, small decorations. Each layer has transparency. And whatever was hidden behind the character, the model paints back in — so the background stays whole when you remove the cat.

That used to take a human in Photoshop. Now it's one request — and the text on the output actually reads, instead of coming out as gibberish.

What you'll learn

• Layers with transparency. How an image can live not as one block but as a stack of PNGs with an alpha channel.
• A prompt that asks for a split. Not "draw a poster," but "draw it and separate it into these parts."
• Non-destructive editing. Move one layer — the others don't budge.
• A tiny editor. Mouse drag and a "download" button — nothing else needed.

A ready starter prompt

Don't just ask for "a poster" — you'll get a flat image where nothing moves. Ask it to split into layers and name each one:

The strong prompt turns the generator from a slot machine into a construction kit: you name the parts up front — and get them separately, ready to rearrange.

What the result looks like

You ask for a card — and get not a picture but a stack: background, a cat in a party hat, the headline "Happy Birthday," confetti. Headline sitting crooked? Drag it down with the mouse. Cat too big? Scale it down. The background stays whole — the model already painted in what was behind the cat. A minute later: a finished card, assembled by hand, not beaten out of twenty regenerations.

Start with the simplest thing — a poster made of a background and one headline. The moment you see the text move independently of the background, you'll want to add a character, shadows, and a second language.

Source: ByteDance Seed — Introducing Seedream 5.0 Pro