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Runway Gen-4.5

Runway AI video generator

Write a shot or add a photo, and Runway Gen-4.5 turns it into a 5 or 10 second clip. Gen-4 Turbo and Gen-4 Image run here too.

Make a Runway videoPlans from $19 a month

Gen-4.5 · From a photo · 9:16 · 10 s

The rider gallops toward the camera across the cracked plain, dust flying from the hooves. The camera tracks backward low and fast at the same speed, then cranes up high as the wall of dust rolls over the plain behind them and swallows the sun.

Is this Runway's app?No. It's Runway's models in Sceneform.

Runway is the company behind the Gen video models, and its own app is at runway.com. Sceneform is a separate studio. It runs four Runway models next to Veo, Kling and Seedance, on one plan.

On Sceneform

  • Runway Gen-4.5, from a prompt or a photo
  • Runway Gen-4 Turbo, from a photo
  • Gen-4 Image and Gen-4 Image Turbo, for start frames
  • Veo 3.1 and Kling 3.0 on the same plan, for clips with sound
  • One Sceneform plan, from $19 a month

Stays in Runway's app

  • Your Runway account and login
  • Runway plans and Runway credits
  • Runway's editor and its other app tools
  • Runway models Sceneform doesn't run, such as Gen-3 Alpha

Text or a photo?A photo opens five more shapes.

From text, Gen-4.5 makes 16:9 or 9:16. Start from a photo and you can pick any of seven. Here they are to scale, at the pixel size each one renders.

From text or a photo

From a photo only

Gen-4 Turbo always starts from a photo and makes six of these, all but 9:21.

A woman in a long red coat under a street lamp on a rainy cobblestone square at night

16:9 · 1280 × 720

Which Runway model?Gen-4.5 or Gen-4 Turbo.

Both make silent clips of 5 or 10 seconds. Gen-4.5 can start from text and is the one for camera moves. Gen-4 Turbo starts from a photo and is faster and cheaper.

A free runner in a white T-shirt vaults a rooftop wall at sunset and lands in a roll, the street far below

Gen-4.5 · From text · 16:9 · 10 s

Gen-4.5

Camera moves, from a prompt or a photo.

Starts from
A prompt or a photo
Length
5 or 10 seconds
Shapes
7 from a photo, 2 from text
Prompt
Up to 1,000 characters
Sound
None

A free runner in a loose white T-shirt and black cargo pants sprints across the flat rooftops of a dense city at sunset, vaults a low wall without slowing, and leaps a wide gap between two buildings, landing in a roll on the far roof. The camera races alongside him at roof level, then swings out over the gap as he jumps, the street far below. Warm low sun, long shadows, 35mm film look.

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A woman with a black bob in a long black leather trench coat stands still on a subway platform as a train bursts out of the tunnel and streaks past her

Gen-4 Turbo · From a photo · 16:9 · 5 s

Gen-4 Turbo

Fast, cheaper takes from a photo.

Starts from
A photo
Length
5 or 10 seconds
Shapes
6, all but 9:21
Prompt
Up to 2,000 characters
Sound
None

The train bursts out of the tunnel and rushes past behind her, the wind whipping her coat and hair sideways. She doesn't flinch and keeps staring into the lens. The camera holds still.

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Need a start frame?Make the still with Runway too.

Gen-4 Image makes a 720p or 1080p still from a prompt and up to three references. Tag each reference and use the tag in the prompt. Then Gen-4.5 moves the still.

  1. 1 · Gen-4 Image · 3 references · 1080p

    • A woman with dark curls in a white T-shirt and jeans against a plain wall

      @woman

    • A rust orange satin midi skirt laid flat

      @skirt

    • An empty glass greenhouse with palms along a gravel path

      @greenhouse

    @woman wears @skirt with a plain white T-shirt and walks down the gravel path in @greenhouse, morning sun through the glass, palms on both sides. Cinematic film still, eye level, 35mm film grain.

    The woman in the rust skirt and a white T-shirt on the greenhouse path

  2. Gen-4.5 · From a photo · 16:9 · 10 s

    2 · Starts on the still above

    She walks toward the camera as the overhead sprinklers burst on and fine mist floods the greenhouse, sunbeams cutting through it. A flock of green parakeets bursts out of the palms and sweeps past her. The camera cranes up into the white iron arches of the glass roof as the birds circle overhead.

    A woman in a white T-shirt and rust satin skirt in a misty glass greenhouse as a flock of green parakeets bursts out of the palms

How to prompt Gen-4.5Subject, action, camera, style.

Gen-4.5 makes silent clips, so describe what moves and how the camera moves, not the sound. One sentence for each part keeps a prompt well under the 1,000 character limit.

  • A dancer in a black leotard lands on a flooded black stage and the water bursts up around her under a hard blue light

    Gen-4.5 · From text · 16:9 · 5 s

    Subject
    A dancer in a black leotard alone on a flooded black stage, ankle-deep water, one hard blue light behind her.
    Action
    She leaps and lands, and the water explodes up around her in a slow-motion crown of droplets.
    Camera
    A low camera at water level pushes in toward her.
    Style
    Haze, deep shadows, every droplet lit like glass, slow motion, 35mm film look.
  • A young woman in a bucket hat holds up her phone and flicks a basketball into the air on a rooftop court at night

    Gen-4.5 · From text · 9:16 · 5 s

    Subject
    A young woman in a bucket hat and an oversized plain gray hoodie films herself at arm's length on a rooftop basketball court at night.
    Action
    She spins a basketball on one finger, flicks it up, catches it, and grins at the lens.
    Camera
    Handheld selfie video at arm's length, a little shaky, slight wide-angle look.
    Style
    City lights and a chain-link fence behind her, flat court floodlight, casual and raw.
  • A black steam locomotive bursts out of a mountain tunnel in a snowstorm and thunders past the camera, snow blasting off the rails

    Gen-4.5 · From text · 16:9 · 10 s

    Subject
    An old black steam locomotive in a mountain snowstorm at dusk.
    Action
    It bursts out of a tunnel mouth, its headlamp cutting through the snow, smoke and steam pouring back over the cars.
    Camera
    A low camera beside the track whips around to follow it as it thunders past, snow blasting off the rails.
    Style
    Cold blue light, the warm headlamp the only bright point, heavy film grain, epic scale.

How to make a Runway videoThree steps.

Make a Runway video

  1. 1

    Pick a Runway model

    Open video generation and choose Runway Gen-4.5. Choose Gen-4 Turbo when you start from a photo and want it faster.

  2. 2

    Write the shot

    Say who is in it, what they do, how the camera moves and how it looks. Add a photo to start from it.

  3. 3

    Set the shape and length

    Pick a shape and 5 or 10 seconds, then generate. Download the clip without a watermark.

Simple pricing that scales with you.

Pick the plan for how much you post. Every model on every plan. Unused credits roll over. Cancel anytime.

Creator

$19/month

Billed monthly

For solo creators posting every week

500 credits every month

  • Up to 250 AI images
  • Up to 20 Runway Gen-4.5 clips
  • Up to 1.5 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 1,000 credits
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Pro

Most popular
$49/month

Billed monthly

For creators posting daily across channels

1,300 credits every month

  • Up to 650 AI images
  • Up to 54 Runway Gen-4.5 clips
  • Up to 4 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 2,600 credits
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Studio

$99/month

Billed monthly

For brands and production teams

2,700 credits every month

  • Up to 1,350 AI images
  • Up to 112 Runway Gen-4.5 clips
  • Up to 9 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 5,400 credits
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Scale

$199/month

Billed monthly

For agencies running always-on content

5,500 credits every month

  • Up to 2,750 AI images
  • Up to 229 Runway Gen-4.5 clips
  • Up to 18 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 11,000 credits
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Every plan includesEvery model, 90+ and countingReusable AI personasSceneform Studio editorCommercial usage rights

Want checkout, comparison tables, or a custom volume? See the full pricing page

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The woman in the rust skirt and a white T-shirt on the greenhouse pathA free runner in a white T-shirt vaults a rooftop wall at sunset and lands in a roll, the street far belowA woman with a black bob in a long black leather trench coat stands still on a subway platform as a train bursts out of the tunnel and streaks past her
A rider on a black horse gallops past the camera across a cracked desert, a second rider behind him, as a towering wall of orange dust rolls inA car's headlights on a cliff road by the sea at night, a lighthouse beam over the waterA woman in a long red coat under a street lamp on a rainy cobblestone square at night
A dancer in a black leotard lands on a flooded black stage and the water bursts up around her under a hard blue lightA black steam locomotive bursts out of a mountain tunnel in a snowstorm and thunders past the camera, snow blasting off the railsA young woman in a bucket hat holds up her phone and flicks a basketball into the air on a rooftop court at night