Runway Gen4 Image: change one locked still (8cr)
Runway Gen4 Image is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
Runway Gen4 Image is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
Runway Gen4 Image is Runway's image-to-image row: image required, 8 credits, high-quality creative outputs and style control. There is no max-output-resolution field on this record. Quality settings listed are 720p and 1080p. Aspect options: 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16. Features listed include text_to_image, high_quality, and style_control — but the category that gates the row is image-to-image, and an image is required. You restyle or vary a still you already have. You do not throw that still away and hope the prompt rebuilds it.
Style control on a plate you kept
The useful job is "this frame, that style" or "this frame, one object changed." The locked still is the composition. The prompt is the style or the delta. The AI photo editor is the surface. Image-to-image is the mode.
A prompt that never refers to the input is how Gen4 Image becomes an expensive new generate. Eight credits is not cheap enough to use as a slot machine. Name the thing that must survive: the product silhouette, the layout, the face. Then name the style.
8 credits, 720p / 1080p, image in
Eight credits is the catalog price. Plan for 720p or 1080p from the quality list, not an assumed 4K. If the delivery is a 4K print, this may be the wrong row, or you upscale after — do not invent a 4K ceiling the record does not list.
No duration, no audio. This is still a still. The Runway hub is the rest of that brand, including video. This page is only Gen4 Image: required still, style control, 8 credits.
Lock, then restyle
The order is the whole post. Approve the composition on whatever stills row made it. Feed that file here. Change one thing — palette, medium, a prop. Look. A new text-to-image prompt with "in the style of the last one" is not a lock. It is a cousin. Cousins do not survive a brand review.
When the restyle is signed, motion is a different generate. Do not buy a Runway video row to discover the still was never locked. The image-to-image workflow is the longer discipline. Gen4 Image is the 8-credit style pass on the plate you kept.
FAQ
Can I run Runway Gen4 Image from text only?
No. The row requires an image. Category is image-to-image. Text-only belongs on a text-to-image model.
Is this a 4K image model?
The record does not list a max output resolution. Quality settings are 720p and 1080p. Plan for those, not 4K.
What is "style control" for?
The catalog description is high-quality creative outputs and style control. Use it to restyle a locked still. Do not use it as an excuse to regenerate the still from a style sentence alone.
What are the 8 credits for?
The catalog price for this image-to-image generate. Not a video clip, not a duration, not a talking head.