VIDEO GENERATION & EDITING
Runway
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Pricing
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How we rated it
What it is
Generative video: text or an image in, short video clips out, plus editing tools such as background removal, object removal and motion tracking.
Who it is for
Video makers and marketers who need shots that would otherwise mean a shoot, a stock licence or a VFX budget.
Where it is strongest
Short, stylised clips — a few seconds of something impossible, a background plate, an establishing shot nobody will scrutinise.
Where it falls short
Clips are short and consistency between them is poor, so building a scene is hard. Credits disappear fast because you will re-roll. And faces and hands still give it away.
Our verdict
Recommended for ideas and short pieces, not for anything that has to hold together for a minute. Treat the credits as a materials cost, because most generations are discards.
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