Three runs of one stair scene: two text-only prompts read as flat painted sets, the run with an image as a glossy render

Three Seedance 2.5 runs of 31 August 2026 (UTC) use one scene (a drowning black stair in a red-veined tower, a red-haired man and a long-haired woman). Two are text-only with two variants of a clause (the second prompt is about 18% longer, 3,972 against 3,369 characters), and one uses a linked image and a heavier wet-stroke look target (3,890 characters). H01 viewed 12 timestamped frames of each. Seen in the sampled frames: all three follow a wide to about 7.5 s, two close portraits at about 9.2 to 14.2 s and a closing frame of figures on the stair. The two text-only runs read as flat painted shapes (a red wall behind a black stair; a darker stair with a black-water splash); the run with a linked image reads as a glossy render with red veins and strained, bared-teeth close-ups. Caution: three single runs (no seed set); the prompt lengths are measurements, not causes of the different looks; the linked image has an unconfirmed disclosure and rights basis and is not reproduced. Reading: in this small set, the text-only runs sit closer to the requested painted look; this describes these three runs, not a rule. These are retrospective observations of founder tests, not a benchmark or product validation. Audio was not listened to.

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