How Long Are Twitch Clips & How to Make/Edit Twitch Clips

Twitch is a popular live streaming platform where you watch and share videos of games, music, and more. One of its key features is “Clips,” which allows you to capture short, memorable moments from live streams.

How Long Are Twitch Clips

Many people have the question: How long are clips on Twitch?

Each Twitch clip is no more than 60 seconds long. This length is long enough for highlighting funny, exciting, or surprising moments that quickly catch people’s attention. Plus, the 60-second limit makes clips concise and easy to share online.

How to Create Twitch Clips

It’s easy to make a Twitch clip. Here are the steps.

Step 1. Open a stream on Twitch.

Step 2. Click the Clip icon on the stream to open the Clip Creator.

Step 3. Use the slider below the video player to customize the length of the clip. Then add a title to the clip.

Step 4. Click Publish for the public to watch. You can also click the download button to download the clip.

How to Edit Twitch Clips

Twitch offers a built-in clip editor to help you change the portrait layout of the clip. For more editing tools, you can choose third-party software like MiniTool MovieMaker.

Edit Twitch Clips Using Built-in Editor

To edit the layout of your Twitch clip with the built-in tool, you can:

Step 1. Find the target Twitch clip

Open Twitch, go to Creator Dashboard, navigate to Content, and select Clips. Then, select the clip you want to edit from the Clips Manager.

Step 2. Crop the clip layout

1. Click the Edit button to start editing.
2. Select Edit Layout to edit the portrait version of your clip.
3. Here are 2 options: Stacked and Full. If you capture the gameplay and your face simultaneously, you can choose Stacked as it divides the screen into 2 boxes. Full uses 1 box.
4. 4. Select either Stacked or Full and drag the control points on the rectangle to crop the layout.

Step 3. Export

Once finished, click the Save & Export button to save changes.

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Edit Twitch Clips Using Third-Party Software – MiniTool MovieMaker

MiniTool MovieMaker is a simple and free video editor. It allows you to cut unwanted parts, shorten/extend the video length, make your video smoother by adding transitions, etc. Moreover, MiniTool MovieMaker can convert an image to a video/GIF.

Step 1. Download and install MiniTool MovieMaker

Click the button below to download and install MiniTool MovieMaker on your PC.

Step 2. Add the video to the software

Open this video editor and close the project windows to enter its main interface. Next, click Import Media Files to add the Twitch clip to the software. Then, click the + icon to add the video to the timeline.

Step 3. Edit the Twitch clip

The twitch clip is no more than 60 seconds. MiniTool MovieMaker can extent it. Click the Speed icon, choose Slow, and choose a speed from the list. You can also trim, rotate, add transitions to the video, etc.

Step 4. Export the clip

Click Export. In the next window, click the red Export button to save the clip on your device.

Conclusion

The Twitch clip is up to 60 seconds. That’s ideal for sharing on social media platforms where viewers want instant entertainment. Twitch also offers built-in tool to help your crop the clip’s layout. If you want to make more editing to your clip, you can use MiniTool MovieMaker.