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Getting Started with Generative Video


Introduction

Welcome to Runway! Runway is a research organization that builds generative AI tools for the next era of creativity. We aim to make the future of content creation easy, controllable, and accessible to everyone with bleeding-edge generative video products and tools.

This quick guide will walk you through creating your first Generative Video with Runway. For a more comprehensive overview, please see our full library of Generative Video content.

Step 1 – Accessing Runway

For an optimized experience, access Runway by visiting https://app.runwayml.com/ in a Chrome browser.

 

Step 2 – Creating a Session

After logging in, click Start a session to begin generating. Sessions are an organizational structure in Runway that help keep your outputs organized as you generate.

 

Step 3 – Prompting and Generating

Our two most popular models are Gen-3 Alpha and Turbo, which have differences when it comes to prompting and pricing:

  • The Gen-3 Alpha model supports Text to Video, as well as Image to Video
  • The Turbo model does not support Text to Video and requires an input image

Switch between the models using the model switcher in the bottom left corner as needed:

Upload an image (if desired/needed) and draft your prompt in the text box. See our Gen-3 Alpha Prompting Guide for a comprehensive overview of prompting.

Text-only prompts (with no input images) should be detailed and provide information about the scene, subject, and movement at a minimum.

Image + Text prompts should focus on describing the desired motion. You do not need to describe the contents of the image.

Click the purple Generate button to begin processing the video. Your generations will be scrollable on the right-hand side of the session as you continue to generate.

 

Step 4 – Iterating the Output

Click Actions under a completed generation to view more options to continue working with the output in Runway:

You can learn more about each action below: