Runway is now built into DaVinci Resolve, and you can generate, edit and upscale video without leaving your timeline
Runway has launched a native DaVinci Resolve integration that puts its generation and upscaling models directly inside the edit, removing the round-trip that has been the single biggest friction point in AI-assisted post-production.
The single most disruptive thing about adding AI generation to a real editing workflow has never been the quality of the output. It has been the leaving. You cut a sequence, spot a shot you want to extend or replace, open a browser tab, upload a frame, wait, download, re-import, reconnect the clip. Every interruption costs momentum. Runway has just removed that loop entirely.
As of 23 September 2026, @runwayml is live inside DaVinci Resolve, offering generation, editing and upscaling through what the company describes as direct access to its models from within your timeline. No separate app, no browser, no round-trip. You stay in Resolve and the models come to you.
What the integration actually covers
The announcement names three capabilities: generate, edit and upscale. That maps neatly onto the three moments where AI currently interrupts a Resolve session. Generation covers new shots or B-roll from a text or image prompt. Editing, in Runway's current product language, includes tools like inpainting, object removal and motion brush. Upscaling is the clearest win for a Resolve editor, because upres tasks are already part of the grade and deliver pipeline, so having them available without leaving the suite makes obvious practical sense.
The integration is accessible through the link Runway has published. No further detail on whether it sits inside the Effects panel, the Media Pool or somewhere else has been confirmed in the announcement post itself.
What has not been said
Pricing inside Resolve is not specified. It is not clear whether this draws from an existing Runway subscription, requires a separate API key, or introduces a new tier. No date has been given for when the integration reaches general availability for all Resolve users versus a specific tier or region. The announcement does not confirm which Resolve version is supported, which matters because the free and Studio editions have different plugin architectures. None of these are reasons to dismiss the announcement, but they are reasons to read the getting-started page carefully before rebuilding your pipeline around it.
It is also worth noting that Runway has not disclosed which of its models are available inside Resolve at launch. The company's current lineup includes Gen-4 Turbo and several specialised tools. Whether all of them are available from day one, or whether this is a subset, is unconfirmed.
How this sits against the current alternative
The existing workflow for most Resolve editors using AI video has involved Runway's web app or API, with clips imported manually. Some studios have built custom panels using Resolve's scripting API to partially automate the transfer, but these are bespoke solutions requiring maintenance. The only comparable native integration in the NLE space has been Adobe's Firefly tools inside Premiere, which covers images and some video features but is locked to the Adobe ecosystem.
A native Runway panel in Resolve is meaningful because Resolve is the dominant colour and finishing tool for independent and mid-budget productions. Editors who use Resolve for the grade but have been switching to a browser for AI generation now have a reason to consolidate. For studios running Resolve on offline edit suites with restricted network access, the picture is more complicated, since cloud generation still requires outbound connectivity.
What to test first
If you are already on a Runway plan and use Resolve, the upscaling function is the lowest-risk starting point. It is a well-understood task with clear before-and-after metrics, the output can be compared directly to Resolve's own Super Scale function, and any billing question becomes obvious quickly. Once you have confirmed how credits or costs work in that context, extending shots or generating inserts becomes a sensible second test.
The editing tools, particularly inpainting, are worth testing on a locked sequence where you already know what needs fixing. That gives you a clean benchmark for quality and for the time saved against the previous round-trip method.
The broader shift
Runway embedding in Resolve is part of a pattern that has been building across 2026: AI video companies moving from standalone web tools into the software editors already live in. The implication for working AI filmmakers is not just convenience. It is that AI generation is beginning to be treated as a native post-production capability, not a pre-production novelty. That changes how you budget time for a project, how you brief a client on revision possibilities, and ultimately how you structure a shoot knowing that certain problems can be solved in the edit rather than on set.
No date has been announced for further features or deeper timeline integration. What is live now is the first step.
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Sources: Runway DaVinci Resolve integration announcement