Guide

How to edit stream highlights faster

In short: stop scrubbing. Mark moments while you're live, let software do the first pass on the whole VOD, save your caption and layout look once, and batch the boring part by scheduling a week of clips in one sitting. Your job becomes reviewing, not rebuilding.

1. Mark moments while you're live

On Twitch you can say "Twitch, Clip That" during your stream and a clip is made for you (Twitch help). On Kick, clips can be made live or from the VOD (Kick help). Either way you have a list of moments before the stream ends.

2. Let software do the first pass

Watching a four-hour VOD back is the slow part. A clipper reads the whole stream and proposes the moments. With RipClip you paste the Kick or Twitch VOD link and get vertical, captioned clips to review.

3. Save your look once

Pick your caption style, font and layout once and save it as a preset, so every clip from your next stream starts finished. RipClip has 19 one-tap caption templates and saved presets.

4. Review, don't rebuild

Keep the clips that work, fix the cut on the ones that almost do, drop the rest. Most fixes are a trim or a caption word.

5. Batch the posting

Schedule the week in one sitting instead of posting every day by hand. RipClip's calendar posts to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and X. Posting switches on platform by platform as each one approves RipClip; until then, download your clips and post them yourself.

Questions.

How long does it take to edit stream highlights?

By hand it means watching the VOD back, so roughly the length of the stream plus the editing. A clipper removes the watching: you review proposed clips instead.

Can I make clips while streaming?

Yes: Twitch lets you say "Twitch, Clip That" during your broadcast, and Kick clips can be made from the live stream, per their help centres.

Why streamers try RipClip

Paste a Kick or Twitch link. VODs and clips work on every plan, even before you sign up. No downloading a 4-hour file first.

A whole stream, free. The free plan's 110 HU cover a 4-hour stream, exported in 1080p. Or try one 30-minute video without an account.

Pay for stream hours, not clips. Clip exports and edits are unlimited, and every minute costs less the longer the stream.

A real editor, included. An 8-track timeline with keyframes, speed ramps, 44 effects and colour grading, in the browser. The preview uses the same maths as the export.

Clip, edit, schedule, track. One calendar for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and X, and live view counts on what you post.*

Streams up to 12 hours. 4 hours on Free and Creator, 8 on Pro, 12 on Studio.

*Posting switches on platform by platform as each one approves RipClip; until then, download your clips and post them yourself.

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