Creative GenerationVerified
Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Runway offers an AI video generation platform that takes text prompts, images, or existing video clips as input and produces short synthetic video clips. The platform's current flagship model, Gen-4.5, is available to all paid subscribers worldwide.
Details
Runway's generative video models have progressed through several generations: Gen-2 (June 2023), Gen-3 Alpha (June 2024), Gen-4 (March 2025), and Gen-4.5 (December 2025). Gen-4.5 supports text-to-video, image-to-video, and video-to-video generation modes, producing clips at up to 720p resolution at 24 fps with optional 4K upscaling on higher-tier plans. The model is also integrated into Adobe Firefly via a multi-year partnership announced in December 2025.
Products affected
Gen-4.5Gen-4Gen-3 AlphaGen-3 Alpha TurboRunway web appRunway mobile appRunway API
Sources & Evidence
Company Disclosure
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Runway: Runway offers an AI video generation platform that takes text prompts, images, or existing video clips as input and produces short synthetic video clips. The platform's current flagship model, Gen-4.5, is available to all paid subscribers worldwide (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/a4fcb2cd-cc0e-4602-920b-39875ea6a392. Accessed October 5, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/a4fcb2cd-cc0e-4602-920b-39875ea6a392
- Data as of
- May 11, 2026
- Last verified
- Not recorded
Other practices by Runway
ModerationRunway uses an in-house AI visual moderation system that automatically detects and blocks attempts to generate harmful or inappropriate content, including depictions of public figures without consent, and adds invisible C2PA-standard watermarks to every generated output to label it as AI-made.Creative GenRunway offers Act-One and Act-Two, AI tools that transfer a human actor's facial expressions, mouth movements, and gestures from a simple driving video onto a generated or user-supplied character image. These tools are available to users on Standard plan and higher.ProductivityRunway offers Workflows, a node-based tool that lets users chain together multiple AI models and processing steps — including video generation, audio generation, video upscaling, and image editing — into reusable automated pipelines that can be converted into shareable apps.
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