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 Creating with Runway 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 latest models are Gen-4 and Gen-4 Turbo. Turbo models generate videos faster and cost less credits. We recommend trying out ideas on the Turbo model, and switching to the full Gen-4 model as needed.

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

Upload an image and draft your prompt in the text box. See our Gen-4 Prompting Guide for a comprehensive overview of prompting.

Your 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 in Step 3 — Generating and Iterating of the Creating with Gen-4 guide.