ActionRunwayUpdated September 2026

How do I animate an image with Runway?

Short answer: You can runway image to video in Runway by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Runway Runway Image to Video action to a workflow, map its 5 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

Runway Image to Video in Runway — start free All 4 Runway actions

Runway Image to Video in Runway — start free

Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

Field	Type	Required	Description
Model model	options	Required	Model. Options: Gen-4 Turbo, Gen-3 Alpha Turbo
Image URL prompt_image	string	Required	https://example.com/image.jpg
Prompt (optional motion description) prompt_text	string	Optional	Prompt (optional motion description)
Duration duration	options	Optional	Duration. Options: 5s, 10s
Aspect Ratio ratio	string	Optional	Aspect Ratio

Sample request

{
  "model": "{{trigger.model}}",
  "prompt_image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
  "prompt_text": "{{trigger.prompt_text}}",
  "duration": "{{trigger.duration}}",
  "ratio": "{{trigger.ratio}}"
}

Returns

{
  "id": "task-abc123"
}

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Runway Image to Video.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

Google Sheets → Runway

2 Google Sheets triggers

HubSpot → Runway

18 HubSpot triggers

FAQ

Questions about Runway Image to Video.

What does the Runway Image to Video action do in Runway?

Takes a source image and generates motion. Optional prompt for motion direction. For "character image already generated → animate it" workflows.

What inputs does Runway Image to Video require?

Required: Model, Image URL. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.

Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?

Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.

What happens if Runway returns an error?

The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Runway returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.

Does Runway Image to Video support batch operations?

Run Runway Image to Video inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Runway's rate limits.

More actions

Other Runway actions.

Action

Runway Aleph (Video Edit)

Takes a source video plus an edit instruction. Aleph preserves the source while applying the requested change ("change the season to winter", "remove the person on the left"). For programmatic video editing workflows.

Action

Runway Text to Video

Text-to-video with Runway Gen-3. Returns task ID for polling. Among the most mature accessible-API text-to-video models.

Action

Get Runway Task

Polls a task by ID; returns the video URL when complete. Configure webhookUrl on the generation request for production push notification.

Runway Image to Video in Runway — start free