Introduction

Edit Studio is a video editing experience that lets you transform existing traditional or generated footage using simple prompts to make adjustments, powered by Aleph 2.0. 

Use it to swap products, replace characters, transform shots, remove unwanted objects, or insert new elements and effects — across single shots or multi-shot sequences up to 30 seconds. 

This tutorial covers how to access and run your first edit with Edit Studio.

Use cases

Edit Studio opens up a wide range of creative applications with minimal prompting or technical experience — from adding VFX and relighting scenes to swapping backgrounds, restyling footage, and more. 

Below are just a few examples to show what's possible:

VFX

Original	Output

Relight

Original	Output

Background swap

Original	Output

Product/Object swap

Original	Output

Restyle

Original	Output

Change wardrobe

Original	Output

Change weather

Original	Output

Step 1 – Opening Edit Studio

Edit Studio lives in the Apps section alongside Runway's other tools.

1. From the Runway dashboard, go to Apps.
2. Open the Video app category and select Edit Studio.

You can also begin typing edit studio into the Apps search bar to jump straight to it.

Step 2 – Uploading your video

Once Edit Studio loads, you'll see the upload screen with options to bring in your source footage.

Click Upload to add a video from your device, or click Select to choose a video from your Runway assets. Alternatively, you can drag and drop a video from your local machine directly into the upload area.

Note that uploaded videos must:

Below the upload area you'll find example use cases that you can try if you want to explore Edit Studio's capabilities with presets first.

Once a video is loaded in, you'll see the full Edit Studio interface:

Step 3 – Choosing an editing mode

Edit Studio currently offers Single edit mode, with Multi-edit and Expand modes coming soon.

Single edit

Single edit generates an image based on a selected keyframe still from your video. Use this mode when you want precise control over how the edit looks before it's applied across the video. 

Extra motion (optional)

Extra motion is a text prompt that accompanies keyframe edits. It's useful when your edit requires specific motion that wouldn't happen on its own or doesn't exist in the original video.

You won't need it in most cases — Aleph 2.0 automatically animates adjustments based on your keyframe edit alone. 

It comes down to specificity: in the example below, we added in a prompt for Extra motion to make fire spread through the background, since there's no fire in the keyframe edit or original video.

Media inputs	Keyframe	Extra guidance	Output
		None
		fire begins to spread up the trees

Step 4 – Running your edit

Once you've created the keyframe or entered your prompt, you're ready to submit the edit.

1. Review your frame selection and optional Extra motion prompt.
2. Click Generate video to start the generation.

Your generation will appear in the video versions feed as it processes. While it generates, you can continue editing frames and queuing up new variations, or upload a new video to begin editing in tandem.

Once the generation is complete, select the associated thumbnail to review your results.

The top thumbnail is always your original video — click it anytime to start fresh from the source. The thumbnails below it are your iterations. Select any version to continue building on it with Edit Studio.

When you upload a new video in the same Edit Studio session, frame edits and outputs will be organized by video.

Next steps

You've uploaded a video, previewed your edit, and generated your first transformation with Edit Studio. From here, you can continue experimenting with different frame adjustments to explore endless possibilities with any video.

Spec details

This section outlines the available settings, output formats, and includes a table for credit cost estimation.