Seed1.5 VL

Seed1.5-VL API Demo

What is Seed1.5 VL?

So, you know how sometimes you come across a really cool image or a fun video clip, and you just wish you could have an actual conversation with it? Well, that's exactly what Seed1.5 VL lets you do. Think of it as giving your eyes a voice—it’s an AI tool designed for visual language communication.

Basically, Seed1.5 VL combines vision understanding with conversational AI, letting you ask questions about images or videos in plain, everyday English. Are you a curious learner, a creative professional, or just someone drowning in lots of visual content? This one's for you. Imagine you've got a screenshot from a documentary, or even a personal video—instead of guessing, you can just ask the AI straight up: "What’s happening here?" and it actually gets it.

Key Features

When it comes to what Seed1.5 VL can actually do, buckle up—these features are kind of a game-changer:

Chat with images: Upload any photo or image, and have a full-blown chat about it. Stumped by a technical diagram? Snap a pic and ask away.

Video chat with multi-frame understanding: Yes—it actually processes multiple frames from a video, not just a single shot. So you can ask detailed questions about storyline, motion, or even specific objects and scenes.

Rich visual conversation: It’s not just Q&A—the AI understands context and can follow up, give detailed descriptions, and explain concepts behind the visuals.

Zero-shot reasoning: You don't need to "train" it for a specific domain. It grasps new image or video subjects the first time it sees them.

Multi-turn dialog with visuals: The tool stays attentive through a whole conversation. Ask a question, get an answer, then follow up without having to provide the picture or clip over and over.

Real-world visual comprehension: Whether it's identifying an animal in your backyard recording or explaining components in a schematic, Seed1.5 VL connects vision and language impressively.

How to use Seed1.5 VL?

It might sound super high-tech, but using Seed1.5 VL is pretty straightforward. Here's how you get going:

  1. **Choose your visual—**pick an image or a video. Anything from your camera roll or something you've just downloaded goes.

  2. **Start your conversation—**once the visual is loaded, start asking natural-language questions. Forget keyword searching; talk like you’re messaging a friend. Try "What season does this landscape look like?" or "Describe the object near the bottom-left in clip X."

  3. **Interact and expand—**as you get answers, ask follow-ups. The model remembers context and your earlier discussion, so you can say "Okay, now how would that same scene change at night?"

  4. **Combine with text prompts—**give it a visual, get it described, then ask "Write a creative caption for this"—it handles multi-types of tasks really well.

  5. **Test complex input—**throw multi-object scenes or scenes with people/actions and ask it for a breakdown. For example, "How many people are waiting in the queue, and what's each one probably doing?"

I find that the real magic happens when you forget it’s an "ai model" and just start chatting like normal. It quickly adapts, gives helpful answers, often with detail that surprises me.

Frequently Asked Questions

What can I realistically chat about with images or videos? Pretty much anything the visuals contain—objects, people, scenery, intent, emotions, technical content, or event sequences. You can say "What's the model of that car?" or "Is the person in this photo wearing formal attire?"

How many languages can it understand in my queries? Currently the main supported interaction language is English, so stick to posing your questions in English for reliable answers.

Does the AI remember my past questions during a chat? Absolutely—it's built for multi-turn conversations, so it tracks what you asked about earlier regarding an image or video, keeping the context relevant till you close session or move on.

Can this tool caption my photos or videos for social media? Yes! You can ask it to generate creative captions, descriptive headlines, or even summarise a video's main points in a couple of lines. It saves time for your creative workflows.

Does Seed1.5 VL understand abstract visuals or symbols? It does well with common symbols and abstract patterns (think traffic signs, cartoon characters, logos), though with niche or private symbolism, detail might vary.

Are there limits to image or video resolution/details? Extremely high resolution or extremely low light content can challenge any model—generally, crisp visuals give more accurate info.

Can it explain step-by-step processes in a video? You bet. If you show it a DIY or cooking clip, it can walk you through the actions shown frame by frame. For example: "Tell me the order of assembling the furniture as seen in this video."

Can the tool compare or link two visual inputs in one chat? Right now, each interaction works off one visual input at a time—image or video. But within that chat you can talk about what’s shown extensively with lots of related questions.