A lot of the time, streamers come up with some really great moments that they want to be able to share with the rest of the world. That’s why they use Twitch Clips. These are short highlights that can be used to show off epic plays, hilarious reactions or anything else that happens during a livestream.
For streamers, it’s a way to get more people invested in their content and also help people find them when searching for something to watch. For viewers, it’s like a library of the coolest moments from their favorite streamers. It also gives them a way to quickly grab one of those moments and share it with their friends, which helps spread the word about a great stream.
The way that clips work is pretty simple. A viewer goes to the streamer they want to make a clip of and either hovers over the video player or presses Alt + X (on Windows) to capture a moment. Once they have done this, they are able to select the duration of their clip as well as choose a title for it. They can then either publish their clip for everyone to see or they can save it to their library of highlights.
Creating and using clips is also easy on mobile devices. When watching a video, the viewer can hover over the screen or tap on the icon that looks like a movie clapperboard to record a highlight. Once they’re happy with the clip, they can then give it a name and share it on social media. The clip can be viewed again and again by anyone, so it has the potential to go viral and bring in new viewers.
If a viewer doesn’t want their clip shared, they can click on the “Don’t share this” button when creating it. It’s also possible to delete a clip by selecting it and then clicking on the trashcan icon.
One of the coolest things about Twitch clips is that they can be turned into TikTok videos, which means they can reach a whole new audience of gamers who might not have otherwise discovered your channel. To do this, the user simply needs to head over to a site such as StreamLadder, which makes it easy to convert a Twitch clip into a YouTube or TikTok video.
Twitch has even added some functionality to the platform to help with this. Streamers and their editors can now feature a clip that’s been created by a viewer on their channel, and this will appear in the Overview chart in analytics to help them see how Featured Clips are performing compared to non-featured clips.
It’s easy to see how important Twitch clips are, but there’s a lot more to them than meets the eye. As with all features on the site, it’s up to the users to take full advantage of what’s available and make the best out of it.