Runway – AI Video Generation for Creators on Steroids
Welcome back to AI Brews — your daily dose of the best, weirdest, and most jaw-dropping AI tools we can find on the internet. If you’re someone who’s ever wished you could bring your wildest ideas to life without knowing how to animate, edit, or use After Effects, RunwayML might just be your new best friend.
These days, short-form video content is the holy grail. Whether it's a TikTok teaser, a looping background reel for your site, or a 20-second animated story to pitch your startup, everyone needs videos. But not everyone wants to spend hours editing clips or learning motion graphics.
Runway makes it feel like cheating.
What Is Runway?
Runway is an AI video generation platform built for creators, marketers, designers, and even filmmakers who want to produce high-quality, AI-driven video content — no experience needed. Using tools like Gen-2, you can go from a simple text prompt to a fully animated, stylized video in seconds.
It works right from your browser via app.runwayml.com, and you don’t need to install anything or write a single line of code.
Let’s Try a Quick Example
Say you want to generate a 20-second video that shows:
“A futuristic train speeding through a neon-lit cyberpunk cityscape at night.”
Just feed this prompt into Runway’s Gen-2 video model, select your style preferences (like cinematic, surreal, illustrated, etc.), and hit generate.
Within moments, Runway stitches together a coherent, stylized video sequence based entirely on your input. You can even add motion blur, camera angles, or change frame rate for more polish. Want to add a voiceover or soundtrack? Runway can help with that too.
Features That Stand Out
- Text-to-Video with Gen-2 – Just write what you want to see, and Runway brings it to life.
- Image & Video Input – You can also start from an image or rough video and modify it using AI tools.
- Multi-Modal Tools – Includes background removal, inpainting, motion tracking, and more.
- Video Editing Suite – A complete editor for trimming, layering, audio sync, and transitions.
- Templates & Assets – Pre-built templates help speed things up for social media or brand use.
Who’s Using It?
Runway is being used by:
- Indie creators to make YouTube intros
- Startups to pitch ideas visually
- Musicians to generate trippy visuals
- Designers making product reveal videos
- Film studios exploring storyboarding with AI
It’s like having a Hollywood CGI team… but in your browser.
Pricing (India Perspective)
Runway offers a Free Plan with limited video generations (around 4 seconds per export), which is great for experimentation.
The Standard Plan starts at $12/month (approx ₹1,000/month) with longer video limits and 625 credits monthly. The Pro Plan costs $28/month (~₹2,300/month) with higher-quality outputs, commercial usage rights, and priority generation.
Final Thoughts
Creating content has become an everyday necessity, but high-quality video was always the hard part — until now. RunwayML doesn’t just make it easy — it makes it insanely fun. With a little imagination and a few prompts, you can build videos that rival professional animations.
Whether you're a solo founder trying to market your MVP or a content creator adding some flavor to your next post, Runway gives you a serious edge.
And hey, if you liked this, check out the other tools we explored recently: Fathom AI, Rocket.new, Uizard, and PostNitro. Each one is helping redefine how we build, design, and express ideas with AI.
We'll see you tomorrow with more wild, wonderful tools from the AI universe — only on AI Brews.