Text- and image-to-video generation with motion controls, plus rotoscoping and inpainting.
What it is good at
Best-in-class camera and motion control for a browser tool, which makes it usable for real previs rather than novelty clips. The non-generative utilities — rotoscoping, green-screen removal, frame interpolation — are what film students use most and are often overlooked.
Use it for
Turning a single production still into a 5-second moving previs shot to test a camera move before a shoot day. Rotoscoping a badly-lit student green-screen take for a compositing exercise. Generating three alternate camera angles of one storyboard frame to teach coverage.
Where it falls short
The 125 free credits are gone in 4-8 generations, so the free tier cannot support a class. Clips run 5-10 seconds and faces drift between shots, so students cannot build a continuous scene. Runway does not fully disclose training sources and has faced litigation over scraped video — a live discussion for a media-ethics course, not a settled question. No education discount.
Cost and capability details last verified Sep 20, 2026. Pricing in this category moves fast — confirm on the vendor’s own page before committing a course to it.
Used in
Art Cinema, Radio and Television
Cinema, Radio and Television: Motion and previs work; the rotoscoping tools rescue student green-screen footage.
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