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Runway Gen-4 Aleph

by Runway

Runway's flagship text‑to‑video.
Cinematic look with character consistency, emotional performance, and professional camera language.

Runway Gen-4 Aleph

by Runway

Key features

Cinematic quality output

Video with the polish of professional filmmaking. Natural depth of field, film grain, color science, and composed framing.

Character consistency

Industry-leading character identity preservation. Faces, clothing, and distinguishing features remain stable throughout the generation.

Emotional performance

Captures nuanced human emotions, facial micro-expressions, body language cues, and performance-quality acting in generated characters.

Environmental detail

Rich, detailed environments with atmospheric effects, volumetric lighting, and environmental storytelling that adds depth and realism.

Professional camera work

Intentional, motivated camera movements, dolly, rack focus, crane, tracking, that mirror professional cinematography techniques.

Narrative coherence

Generates video with clear visual narrative flow, scenes progress logically with coherent spatial and temporal relationships.

Technical specifications

1080p

Full HD cinematic output

10s

Up to 10 seconds per generation

Text

Text-to-video generation

24 fps

Cinema-standard frame rate

Use cases

Independent filmmaking

Create short films, scene visualizations, and narrative content with cinema-quality production values.

Advertising

Produce broadcast-ready commercial content with professional quality and consistent character appearances.

Music videos

Generate visually stunning music video sequences with artistic flair and professional camera work.

Fashion & lifestyle

Create fashion lookbook videos and editorial-style content with professional production quality.

Prompt examples

Cinematic portrait

Close-up of a woman looking through a rain-covered window, soft interior lighting, melancholic expression, 35mm film look

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Action

A parkour runner leaping between rooftops at sunset, camera tracking alongside, dynamic motion blur, action cinematography

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Atmospheric

An abandoned amusement park reclaimed by nature, carousel creaking in the wind, overcast moody lighting

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Simple pricing

Get started for free today, with the option to upgrade or cancel anytime.

Basic

/ month

billed as $0 per year

1100 monthly credits

1 user only

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Standard

/ month

billed as $0 per year

3625 monthly credits

1 user only

All models

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Pro

/ month

billed as $0 per year

6350 shared monthly credits

1 user

+ up to 4 more at extra cost

All models

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Pro Max

/ month

billed as $0 per year

24650 shared monthly credits

1 user

+ up to 9 more at extra cost

All models

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Enterprise

For higher limits

Custom

pricing and billing terms

High-volume credits

Custom seat limits

All models

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Free

For playing around

forever free

Up to 20 credits

1 user only

Limited models

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FAQs

What is Runway Gen-4 Aleph?

Gen-4 Aleph is Runway's flagship text-to-video model, producing cinematic-quality video with character consistency, emotional performance, and professional storytelling.

How is Gen-4 Aleph different from Gen-4 Image?

Gen-4 Aleph generates video from text descriptions. Gen-4 Image converts existing images into video. Both deliver Gen-4 quality but with different input modes.

How do I use Runway Gen-4 Aleph on Morphic?

Open Copilot, describe your scene, and select Gen-4 Aleph. Its strength is cinematic look (emotional performance, lighting, lens character) so prompts that include mood, framing, and acting beats tend to land best.

What is Gen-4 Aleph best at?

Narrative, character-driven shots with believable performance and cinematic lighting. It's the model to reach for when the clip needs to feel like film, not like a tech demo.

How does Gen-4 Aleph compare with Veo 3.1 and Kling?

Gen-4 Aleph leans into cinematic storytelling and character work. Veo 3.1 leads on raw photorealism and 4K resolution. Kling brings broad feature coverage and longer durations. All three are on Morphic and you can A/B them on the same prompt.

Does Gen-4 Aleph support image inputs?

Use Gen-4 Image when starting from a still. Use Gen-4 Aleph when starting from text, together they cover Runway's flagship modes from a single Morphic workflow.

Runway Gen-4 Aleph

Key features

Cinematic quality output

Character consistency

Emotional performance

Environmental detail

Professional camera work

Narrative coherence

Technical specifications

Use cases

Independent filmmaking

Advertising

Music videos

Fashion & lifestyle

Prompt examples

Cinematic portrait

Action

Atmospheric

Simple pricing

FAQs

Other models