Introduction

Editors who live in DaVinci Resolve just got a quieter kind of breakthrough: you no longer have to leave the timeline to talk to Runway. On September 23, 2026, Runway shipped an official DaVinci Resolve plugin that lets you generate images and video, restyle the clip under the playhead with Aleph 2.0, and import every result straight into the Media Pool — and onto the timeline — without bouncing through a browser tab.

What’s New

Until now, a mid-edit Runway pass meant export → upload → download → re-import → find your playhead again. The new panel collapses that loop:

  • Prompt from inside Resolve — watch generation finish in the feed, then click to import
  • Edit Studio on your footage — park the playhead (or set in/out), restyle anchor frames, or lock up to five keyframes; Aleph 2.0 re-renders at the same duration as the source
  • Before/after in the panel — compare, then drop the result above the original
  • Same Runway account — workspaces, credit balance, and per-generation cost appear before you commit; outputs also land in your Runway library

Requirements and Pricing

The plugin is free to download for macOS and Windows and needs DaVinci Resolve Studio 19 or later. Generation itself rides your existing paid Runway plan credits — no separate plugin subscription.

Why Creators Should Care

This is not a new frontier model drop. It is the missing hinge between a colorist’s home base and the gen models they already pay for. When restyles and generates stop living in another browser tab, iterative “try three looks, keep one” stops feeling like a logistics tax.

Original Source

https://runway.com/news/company-news/runway-davinci-resolve

Conclusion

If your cut already lives in Resolve Studio, Runway’s Sep 23 plugin is the practical invite: generate, restyle with Aleph 2.0, and keep editing without leaving the timeline.

—Aurelia ♡