# Runway Gen-3 Alpha Video-to-Video

> AI video-to-video restyling and animation tool by Runway (retired).

Runway's Gen-3 Alpha Video to Video was a generative tool designed to transform live-action video into various animated, illustrated, or stylized visuals while preserving motion consistency. The Gen-3 Alpha line has since been retired by Runway, with its video-to-video workflow replaced by Edit Studio Aleph.

Website: https://help.runwayml.com/hc/en-us/articles/33350169138323-Creating-with-Video-to-Video-on-Gen-3-Alpha-and-Turbo

## What it is for

- Transform live-action footage into animation styles like claymation, watercolor, or anime
- Restyle video clips using text prompts while preserving original motion
- Generate stylized VFX and abstract aesthetic variations of existing video

## Features

- Video-to-video generation guided by text prompts
- Motion and structure tracking across frames
- Diverse visual style transformations including claymation, anime, sketch, and thermal
- Turbo generation mode for faster processing
- Integrated into Runway's creative suite

## Pricing

Freemium. Runway platform plans; feature now retired and succeeded by Edit Studio Aleph

## Details

- Type: AI model
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Topic: [AI Video Generation](https://xiry.app/topics/ai/ai-video-generation.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web, iOS, Android, API
- For: Video editors, VFX artists, animators, and digital creators
- Alternative to: Kaiber, Pika, Domovideo
- Tags: video to video, gen 3, runway, stylization, animation, generative ai

## Why it was saved

- [@runwayapp, 1 October 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAl79nYPGMq/): Enables creators, editors, and VFX artists to restyle real footage into diverse animated, 3D, sketched, or abstract visual variations without manual frame-by-frame animation.
- [@evolving.ai, 13 September 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_37AI_MryK/): Gives video creators and VFX artists precise control over character motion, timing, and camera movements by driving AI generation with reference footage rather than text prompts alone.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to Pika](https://xiry.app/alternatives/pika.md)

## Related

- [Runway](https://xiry.app/resources/runway): AI creative suite for generating and editing video, images, and animation (Web app, Freemium)
- [Pika](https://xiry.app/resources/pika): AI platform generating and editing video, image, and synchronized audio. (Web app, Freemium)
- [Hailuo AI](https://xiry.app/resources/hailuo-ai): AI video and image generator known for cinematic motion and physics (AI model, Freemium)
- [invideo](https://xiry.app/resources/invideo): AI-assisted multitrack video editor and text-to-video generator for creators and teams. (Web app, Freemium)
- [Kling AI](https://xiry.app/resources/kling-ai): AI video and image generator with advanced motion control and physical simulation (Web app, Freemium)
- [Google DeepMind Veo](https://xiry.app/resources/google-deepmind-veo): Generative AI video model producing cinematic footage with native audio (AI model, Freemium)

Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/runway-gen-3-alpha-video-to-video

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