Help pages of Adobe Firefly and Runway

Adobe Firefly's docs have a page on six of the seven steps and Runway's on all seven; the two are documented differently on two: keeping characters the same and breaking a story into scenes or shots. From 4 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Fig. 1 Solid: a page was found. Empty: nothing found in the pages searched.

Adobe Firefly and Runway, step by step, searched 2026-09-25.
Step	Adobe Firefly	Runway
Starting from a script or prompt	Generate videos using text prompts (a page on this step)	Character Script to Video (a page on this step)
Keeping characters the same	Create an element (a page on this step)	Creating with Gen-4 Image References (covered inside a wider page)
Breaking a story into scenes	Not documented in the pages searched	Multi-Shot Video (a page on this step)
Voices and dialogue	Generate speech from text (a page on this step)	Creating Multi-Character Dialogues with Act-Two (a page on this step)
Changing one shot	Edit videos using text prompts (a page on this step)	Creating with Edit Studio (a page on this step)
Getting the video out	Export projects (a page on this step)	Exporting Videos in ProRes and PNG Sequence Formats (a page on this step)
Sharing for viewing or review	Share for collaboration (a page on this step)	How to share an asset (a page on this step)

Inclusion rule. The seven steps every tool on the map was searched for. Order. Making order.

1Where the manuals differ

Only Runway has a page on breaking a story into scenes or shots. Both document starting from a script or prompt, keeping characters the same, voices and dialogue, changing one shot or scene, getting the video out and sharing for viewing or review.

For a project that moves between the two, the steps one leaves out are where the other's pages are worth reading first.

2From each tool's pages

Changing one shot

You can easily edit and refine uploaded and generated videos with simple text prompts.
Adobe Firefly Help

Use it to swap products, replace characters, transform shots, remove or replace backgrounds, remove unwanted objects, or insert new elements and effects
Runway Help Center

Getting the video out

Learn how to export your completed video edits in Firefly video editor.
Adobe Firefly Help

These export formats give you a file that drops directly into other video editing tools without transcoding or quality loss from compression.
Runway Help Center

Edit videos using text prompts
Editing an uploaded or generated clip with a text promptAdobe Firefly Help / recorded 2026-09-25
Creating with Edit Studio
Changing existing footage with prompts, from swapping a character to transforming a shotRunway Help Center / recorded 2026-09-25
Export projects
Rendering a finished edit from its video editor into one fileAdobe Firefly Help / recorded 2026-09-25
Exporting Videos in ProRes and PNG Sequence Formats
Choosing ProRes or a PNG sequence so a file goes into an editor without recompressionRunway Help Center / recorded 2026-09-25

3Where a third tool's help covers what Adobe Firefly and Runway differ on

SceneMixer's guides on the topics where the help of Adobe Firefly and Runway differs, read 2026-09-25.
Topic	SceneMixer	Source
Keeping characters the same	Why faces drift between shots, and reference sheets and per-shot references against it	SceneMixer guides
Breaking a story into scenes	How a project divides into episodes, segments and takes	SceneMixer guides

Inclusion rule. Topics on which the two tools' help pages differ and SceneMixer has a guide. Order. The order topics take on every tool page.