Guide

How to make a vertical stream clip and keep your facecam

In short: pick the layout by what matters in the moment: a face crop when your reaction is the point, a split layout (cam on top, gameplay below) when both matter, or the full gameplay over a blurred fill when the action is the point. Editors let you build the split by hand; Twitch suggests a portrait crop for its clips; RipClip reframes on the speaker automatically and has a facecam split layout on Premium.

The three layouts

Face crop. Crop the 16:9 picture around your face. Best for talk, reactions and just-chatting.
Split screen. Your cam in the top part, the gameplay in the bottom part, both cropped to fit 9:16. Best when the play and your reaction both matter.
Full picture. The whole 16:9 frame in the middle with a blurred copy filling the space. Best when the gameplay is the moment and your cam is small.

By hand

Set the project to 1080 × 1920.
Add the clip twice: crop one copy to your cam and the other to the gameplay.
Stack them, leave room for captions, and make sure nothing important sits under the app's buttons at the bottom and right.

Automatically

Twitch makes a portrait version of each clip, cropped to keep your cam and gameplay in frame, which you can accept or adjust (Twitch help).
RipClip frames every clip on the speaker automatically, on every plan. On Premium it also has a facecam split layout, and the Reaction and Split screen formats build stacked layouts you can still edit.

Questions.

Which layout gets the most views?

There's no single answer, and we don't have numbers to promise one. Pick the layout that shows what the moment is about, then compare your own clips' views.

Does RipClip find my facecam automatically?

RipClip frames each clip on the speaker automatically on every plan. The facecam split layout, with the cam and gameplay stacked, is a Premium feature.

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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