Runway

Runway is an AI creative platform for generating, editing, and transforming videos and images using generative AI.

Runway combines AI video generation with image generation, video editing, character animation, and creative production tools. It is designed for filmmakers, designers, marketers, content creators, and creative professionals who want to develop visual content using text prompts, images, videos, and other creative inputs.

What can you do with Runway?

Runway can generate videos from text and images, transform existing footage, create images, animate characters, and provide tools for refining generated content. Different models and applications are available depending on the task and subscription plan.

AI Video Generation

Gen-4.5 supports both Text to Video and Image to Video generation. It is designed for high visual fidelity, motion quality, prompt adherence, and complex sequences involving camera movement, composition, timing, and atmospheric changes.

AI Image Generation

Runway also provides AI image generation and editing through its image models. Users can create images from text prompts, transform existing images, and iterate on generated results using different references and creative controls.

Video Editing

Runway provides generative video editing tools for transforming existing footage. Aleph can be used for video-to-video editing and stylization, allowing users to modify and transform video content using natural-language instructions.

Character Animation

Act-Two enables character animation by transferring the performance of a driving video to a character image or video. This can be used to create expressive animated characters and performance-based scenes.

Creative Workflows

Runway provides a collection of specialized AI applications and workflows for different creative tasks. These tools can combine image, video, audio, and generative processes to support more complete production workflows.

Professional Video Production

Runway supports professional-oriented output options for selected models, including high-resolution video and professional formats. Advanced workflows can include 4K upscaling, ProRes, PNG sequences, and HDR output depending on the model and plan.

Who is Runway for?

Runway can be useful for filmmakers, video editors, designers, advertisers, marketers, photographers, animators, content creators, and creative teams working with AI-generated visual media.

Generative results can vary depending on the model, prompt, input media, settings, and available credits. Generated content should therefore be reviewed and refined before being used in professional or commercial projects.