The outcome

Use the platform productively without giving it unnecessary access or authority.

Runway is a generative video and creative production platform. Developing image-to-video and text-to-video shots, iterating motion and camera direction, and organizing generative video work into creative sessions. This guide narrows that broad capability into one repeatable outcome, with checkpoints that keep the source material and your judgment in the loop.

Before you begin

Set the boundary before the tool starts.

Choose one real task, identify who will use the result, and decide what evidence or test will make the result acceptable. Gather only the source material needed for that task. If the work contains confidential, personal, regulated, or client-owned information, confirm that the platform and account are approved before sharing it.

Troiana principle

AI should make the work easier to inspect. If the workflow removes the source, the owner, or the review step, redesign the workflow.

Step by step

A workflow you can repeat.

  1. 01

    Classify the task and its data before uploading or connecting anything.

  2. 02

    Review the current product, account, organization, retention, and training settings that apply to you.

  3. 03

    Grant the narrowest file, repository, workspace, microphone, screen, or integration permissions needed.

  4. 04

    Remove secrets and personal or regulated information unless your approved policy explicitly permits it.

  5. 05

    Review the output and revoke permissions or disconnect sources that are no longer needed.

Working standard

What good use looks like.

  • Generative video can amplify visual artifacts and consume credits quickly. Review current model availability and usage terms, keep source rights clear, and inspect every frame before publishing.
  • Follow your organization’s approved-use policy.
  • Never treat fluent output as authorization to act.

Generative video can amplify visual artifacts and consume credits quickly. Review current model availability and usage terms, keep source rights clear, and inspect every frame before publishing.

Official references

Check the current product documentation.

Features, plan limits, availability, and data controls change. These official pages are the starting points used for this collection.