Runway Text to Video: pick the row, not the brand (5s, 10s, 1080p, 18cr)
Runway Text to Video is one catalog generate. Use it because this job matches this row.
Runway Text to Video is one catalog generate. Use it because this job matches this row.
Runway Text to Video is "Runway 4 for text to video generations." Content type is video. Category is text-to-video only. requires_image is false. audio is null — the catalog does not flag native audio on this slug. Durations: 5s and 10s. Max output: 1080p (quality chips 720p and 1080p). Aspects: 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16. Display price: 18 credits. That is the whole spec. It is not "Runway," the product suite, the editor, the brand.
One catalog generate, five or ten seconds
The job that matches: you have a text prompt, you want a 5s or 10s clip at up to 1080p, you do not have (or do not want to require) a still, and you picked this slug because those chips match. 18 credits is the display price for that pass.
The job that does not match: "we are a Runway shop, so everything goes through Runway." That is a brand decision. This row is a 5s/10s text-to-video generate. Image-to-video, upscale, talking head, 30s, 4K — those are other rows, some of them not Runway at all.
The door is the AI video generator. The term is text-to-video. Ranked: best text-to-video model and best 1080p AI video model. Family: best Runway model and the Runway roster. Use those lists to pick a row. Do not use the word Runway as a synonym for the list.
1080p without a still
No image required. You describe the shot. 5s or 10s come back at up to 1080p. If you already have a locked plate, this may be the wrong category — image-to-video will treat the still as the contract. Text-to-video will invent a new composition that looks like your prompt, not like your file.
audio is null. Do not write this page as a native-audio promise and do not write it as a silent guarantee. If the mix matters, listen to the take and plan speech on a TTS row if you need a line you control. Prompting "no music" is still a prompt, not a catalog flag.
18 credits sits between cheap 7-credit rows and 60-credit I2V passes. It is not a reason to default here. It is the price of this 5s/10s T2V generate.
The brand is not the job
Runway's roster on Versely also covers other generates and post. This slug is the text-to-video line. An upscale, an image generate, a longer clip — different slugs, different credit numbers, different inputs. "Just use Runway" is how a 10s T2V brief becomes a week of the wrong button.
Pick the row: text in, 5s or 10s, 1080p, 18 credits, no still required. If that is the brief, this is a match. If the brief is a locked product still, leave. If the brief is a 4K talking head, leave. If the brief is a 30s single take, this duration list does not have 30s.
Match the chips, then generate
The test is a checklist, not a vendor preference. Duration chip you need is 5s or 10s? Resolution ceiling 1080p is enough? No still to honor? Category text-to-video? 18 credits is the bill you meant? All yes: run Runway Text to Video. Any no: pick a different row, including non-Runway rows. That is the point of a catalog.
FAQ
Is "Runway" the same as this model?
No. This is one catalog generate: Runway 4 text-to-video, 5s or 10s, 1080p, 18 credits, no image required. Other Runway slugs are other jobs. Non-Runway slugs may fit better.
Does Runway Text to Video require a still?
No. requires_image is false. If you have a locked still, consider an image-to-video row instead of asking this T2V slug to reinvent it.
Can I generate 15s or 4K here?
No. Durations are 5s and 10s. Max output is 1080p. A longer or 4K need is a different row.
Why not always pick Runway because we know the brand?
Because the job has chips: duration, resolution, input, credits. This row matches one combination. Pick that combination, not the logo.