1. Find the moments
The fastest way to find good moments in a long stream is your chat replay. Look for bursts of messages and emotes like KEKW and Pog, and for clips your viewers made. If you press the stream marker hotkey while live, those markers show up in Video Producer too.
The VFXFlow Twitch bot does this live and drops markers for you.
2. Get the footage before it expires
- Open the Twitch Creator Dashboard.
- Go to Content, then Video Producer.
- Open the menu on your VOD and choose Download.
Your own OBS recording is better than the VOD: higher quality and it never expires. VFXFlow for OBS sends it to VFXFlow automatically when you stop streaming.
3. Cut each Short
- Start one or two seconds before the moment, not when chat reacted (chat lags).
- Cut every pause; get to the point in the first second.
- Stack facecam over gameplay in 9:16 and crop the gameplay to the action.
- Burn in captions: most people watch Shorts with the sound low or off.
- End on the reaction, not after it.
4. Post it
| Platform | Format | Length |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube Shorts | 9:16, 1080×1920 | Up to 3 minutes |
| TikTok | 9:16, 1080×1920 | Longer allowed; under a minute works best |
| Instagram Reels | 9:16, 1080×1920 | Up to 3 minutes |
Name the moment in the title (“Creeper blew up my 100% safe base”), not the stream (“Stream highlights #42”).
Or let VFXFlow do all of it
VFXFlow handles every step above: chat marks the moments, the footage arrives from OBS or an upload, the Shorts are cut with captions and two thumbnails each, and they post after you approve. Editing is free; posting is $5 a month per account. See how Autopilot works.