Runway launches plugin for Premiere Pro and After Effects
Runway has put its generative video models in a panel inside Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, so editors no longer have to export frames to a browser and re-import the results.
Runway announced Runway Plugins, starting with a plugin for Adobe that adds a Runway panel to Premiere Pro and After Effects. Editors can generate images and video, restyle footage already on the timeline and place the results directly into a composition or sequence.
The company says the panel replaces a manual loop. Until now, using Runway mid-edit meant exporting a frame, uploading it in a browser tab, downloading the result and importing it again. With the panel, users type a prompt inside the Adobe app, watch the generation finish in a feed and click to place it. In Premiere, results land at the playhead.
A feature called Edit Studio works on existing clips. Users select a clip, restyle its anchor frames, and Runway's Aleph 2 model re-renders the whole clip to match, keeping the source's duration. The panel shows before-and-after versions so users can compare them before sending the result back to the edit.
Users sign in from the panel, and generations draw on their existing Runway plan and credits. A workspace switcher covers people who work across teams. HDR conversion, background removal and upscaling each take one click on any selected clip or feed asset.
The plugins are free to download for macOS and Windows. Generating from the plugin requires a paid Runway plan. Runway did not say which Adobe app versions are supported or which other host applications might get plugins later.