Game stream clips with the webcam and the game together
Cropping a game stream to 9:16 the usual way follows the biggest face, and on a game stream that can be a game character, a portrait, or the person in the video being reacted to. Gaming / Reaction lays out the streamer's webcam and the game together instead, in the layout you choose.
It also picks the moments the way a game stream needs: a kill streak, a boss going down or a goal counts, and so does the reaction to it, even when little is said.
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Eleven layouts
You pick the layout on cards that show the stream's own frame in each one, so you see the result before anything is processed.
| Layout | What it is |
|---|---|
| Split | Webcam band on top, the game fills the rest. You set the webcam's share. |
| Basecam | Split with the game on top and the webcam at the bottom. |
| Half | Webcam and game, 50/50. |
| Fullscreen | The game cropped to fill the clip, no webcam. |
| Blurred | The whole game in the middle, on a blurred copy of itself. |
| Small facecam | The game fills the clip with a small webcam near the top, moved and resized on the preview. |
| Circle facecam | The same with a round webcam. |
| Game UI | Webcam on top, the game below, and a piece of the game's interface (a scoreboard, a map, a timer) as a layer you place. |
| Mosaic | Webcam and a game UI panel side by side on top, the game below. |
| Dual facecam | The game fills the clip, with two round webcams near the top for duo streams. |
| Duo split | Two webcams side by side on top, the game below. |
The game is either zoomed to fill its part of the clip or shown whole, with no black bars, and the streamer's face is kept clear of the platform's top bar. A layout can be remembered for a creator, so their next videos, and a watched channel's, start from it, and any one clip's layout can be changed later in the clip editor.
How it finds the moments in a game stream
Standard clip picking judges talk: hooks, opinions, quotable lines. On a game stream the moment is usually something that happened in the game and the reaction to it.
- The game. Twitch says which game is played over which part of a stream, Kick gives its category, and a YouTube video's title and tags often name it. About 150 games are mapped to a kind of game, with what a highlight is in each.
- Chat's reactions. On Twitch VODs and YouTube live replays, a burst of messages far above the stream's own rate marks a moment, and what chat says names it: hype, laughing, surprise, a fail, or "clip it".
- The streamer's voice. A sudden shout, laugh or scream, measured against their own usual talking rather than the game's noise.
- The AI is told. It knows it is reading a gaming or reaction stream and which game, judges what is said as on any stream, and scores menus, queues, loading screens and donation readouts low.
- Characters aren't the streamer. People and characters in the game, or in a video being reacted to, are never taken for the person streaming.
Streams that are already vertical
A live streamed 9:16 already has its layout. Tick Vertical Live and set its content to Gaming / reaction: the stream keeps its own layout, and the moments are found the gaming way.
Known limits
- VTubers aren't supported. The framing looks for a real person on camera; with an avatar, the game fills the screen instead.
- One layout per clip. A clip that moves between the game and a full-screen camera keeps the layout most of the clip shows.
- Some boxes are drawn by hand. The game UI box and a second webcam are drawn on the preview; nothing looks for them on its own.
- Separate recordings aren't supported yet. The game and the webcam have to be in the same video.
Questions
Can Clips Kitty turn a game stream into Shorts?
Yes. Tick Gaming / Reaction and pick a layout on the stream's own frames: the streamer's webcam and the game go together in a 9:16 clip, in one of eleven layouts. It works from a Twitch or Kick VOD, a YouTube link or a file on your PC.
How does it pick the moments in a game stream?
It judges what is said as on any stream, and counts in-game moments too: what a highlight is in that kind of game, chat's reactions on Twitch VODs and YouTube live replays, and sudden jumps in the streamer's voice. Menus, queues and loading screens score low.
Does it work for reaction videos?
Yes. The video being reacted to takes the game's place, and the people in it are never taken for the streamer. Re-uploading someone else's footage is still a copyright question worth settling yourself.
Does it support VTubers?
No. The framing looks for a real person on camera, and an avatar is never taken for the streamer, so a VTuber stream gets the game on its own.
What if my stream is already vertical?
Tick Vertical Live and set its content to Gaming / reaction. The stream keeps its own 9:16 layout, and its moments are found the gaming way.
Is it free?
Yes. Clips Kitty is free and open source under AGPL-3.0, with no paid tier, no watermark and no clip cap. It runs on your own Windows PC.
Try it on one stream
Run one VOD through it, pick a layout, and see whether the moments it picks are the ones your viewers would clip.