- Look at these streamers
I listed right here.
What do they all have in common?
They are everywhere online,
and the first step that you should take
to do the exact same thing,
is taking your best streaming moments
from your last livestream
off of Twitch, and then
spreading it on YouTube,
Twitter, Facebook, Discord, et cetera.
Hey, welcome back, The Video Nerd here.
Today, we are going to do more
than just uploading your
whole stream to YouTube.
Because to be honest, no one is watching
a two-hour YouTube video.
People who watch Twitch streams on YouTube
want to see the best moments.
So I'm going to show you
how you can easily remove
all the boring parts, and
create one interesting
YouTube video that will make
your Twitch stream grow.
First things first, like my video.
No, just kidding, unless you want to,
because it really helps for the algorithm.
But for real, before starting your stream,
you have tell Twitch to
save your streams as VODs,
because by default, that's turned off.
To do that, go to Twitch,
click on your profile icon,
and go to your Creator Dashboard,
then open these settings on the left,
and click on Preferences,
and then on Channel.
There you will see Store past broadcasts,
and that's what you want to enable.
By default, they're
being saved for 14 days,
but that becomes 60 days for Partners,
and Turbo and Prime members.
There are two main ways to make
simple stream compilations.
The first way is to download
your whole broadcast
and then cut out the boring parts
with a video editor like DaVinci Resolve.
However, a lot of people try to stay away
from professional video editing software,
or they just don't have the time to do it,
and Twitch knows that, so
they made a highlight editor,
and this allows you to
cut one of your streams
into pieces, and then
export only the good moments
as one shareable, downloadable clip.
This is fast, extremely easy,
and a very good use of your time
because you can promote your stream
by sharing your best moments
on a lot of other platforms.
I'll explain it in a minute.
When you finish a stream,
you can go to Twitch,
click on your profile icon,
and there to Video Producer.
There you will see a list of
all your last livestreams,
uploads, clips, et cetera.
Search the livestream
which you want to edit,
and then click on Highlight, on the right.
This will open the Twitch Highlighter,
and here, you should select
all your best moments,
and you do this by creating segments,
and selecting the in and
out point for each segment.
By default, Twitch will make one segment,
which is the yellow area
you see right here on your timeline.
So let's just dive right into it.
Scroll up through your video
with the preview player right here,
and find a moment where you
want the first clip to start,
then press this arrow right here
to make an in-point or a starting point.
You will see that the yellow area
now starts where your playhead was,
so the start of your
first clip has been set,
then play the video
until you find a moment
where you want to stop the first clip,
then press this arrow on the right,
and make your end point,
or your out point.
Now, keep in mind that you need wait
like one or two seconds after moving
the playhead in your timeline right here,
for it to actually change
the time stamp you're on.
Watch as I move the playhead,
how the video preview's playhead
is like one or two seconds behind.
So move it, wait a bit,
and then press in or out.
Now you will probably want
to make a more accurate
start and end point, so you
can also zoom in and out.
Once you zoomed in, you
can move the playhead
to exactly where you
want your clip to start
by dragging it left or right,
then again, you can
mark an in and out point
using these two arrows.
You can also adjust the timing by dragging
the start or the end
point of the yellow area
to adjust it that way,
and that's how I do it.
Another thing I'm doing
is liking my own video
for the YouTube algorithm.
So, if you would like it too,
that would make me less silly.
Now when you create one segment,
and you want to create another one,
don't just move your playhead
and press the start segment again.
First, you will have to
click on the plus icon
to create a new segment,
and then you can select
a new start and end point
while your new segment is selected.
Now when you press the plus icon,
a new segment at the
position of your playhead.
So a good way to do this is
already going to the start
of your next good moment in the stream,
and then press the plus icon,
because that way, you only
have to select your end point
after that, because your starting point
is already set by creating a new segment.
You can also preview all
the segments you selected
by clicking on the play
button in the middle,
and this will just play all the segments
after each other as one big clip.
Now if you previewed all your segments,
and one of them isn't interesting enough,
or you want to delete
one, just click on it,
and then click on the
trash can to remove it.
The area on the top left
shows the highlights
you're creating right now.
It contains all the segments
you selected in the timeline,
and when you're ready with selecting
all your segments you want to export,
you can give the highlight
a name right here,
and then select the game you are playing,
and you can also create
more than one highlight
if you want by clicking on
the Add New Highlight button.
Let's say you have a separate
highlight for funny moments,
and then one for epic kills.
Now this is where you want
to make two highlights,
and then select separate
segments for each of them,
but right now, we are
creating one highlight.
So once you are done with
selecting your all segments,
just click on Publish Highlights.
While Twitch is creating your highlight,
you can fill in the
information on the right.
So we are creating this
highlight right now,
so we can download it, and
then upload it to YouTube.
But of course, this is a perfect
time to also publish it as
a highlight on your stream
and actually, that's the
main purpose of this too,
so just give it a good
title, a good description,
and then select the game you were playing,
because this highlight is
what people will be seeing
when they come to your
stream while you're offline.
You also have the possibility
to add a thumbnail,
but that's up to you to decide,
if you want to have thumbnails
in your Twitch video section,
and exporting these good moments
like we are doing right now
is a very important aspect
of growing as a streamer.
Look, your three streams a
week, for example, are great.
Of course, it's your main content,
it's where you interact
with your fan base,
but you need to use this
one piece of content,
this big stream, to create as
much extra content as you can.
You're watching a video on
how to upload this to YouTube,
so of course, you're
already aware of that,
but I just wanted to emphasize it,
because it's very, very important,
and what else is important,
is you hitting the like button
to help the YouTube algorithm
with ranking my video.
So every time you're done streaming,
you should create a highlight right here,
so you can save it on Twitch,
and then download it to
upload it to YouTube,
Twitter, et cetera,
and something else you can do for Twitter
is uploading all your segments separately
as small tweets throughout the week,
and you can create them while
making this big highlight.
Just click on Add New Highlight,
and then select one
good moment for Twitter.
Now click Add New Highlight again,
and select another good moment.
This way, you can make
simple and small clips
to share on your Twitter account.
Look at big streamers
like Shroud, Pokimane,
Dr. DisRespect, xQc, Ninja, et cetera.
I mean, Ninja is getting around
600,000 views on each YouTube video.
Some people really like to
watch a certain streamer,
but they don't have the time.
So put in the effort to
create small pieces of content
for those people to watch,
on your YouTube, your Twitch,
your Discord, et cetera.
It will also remind them of you
and maybe seeing a clip of yours
will bring them back
to the stream sometime.
Now selecting these best
moments in your highlight editor
can be very tedious, and
I completely understand
that having to rewatch your whole stream
to gather some good moments
is something you're not
really looking forward to.
Twitch knows this too, so
there are a few options
to make your life easier by using markers.
Now if you've never heard of them,
basically, you can add
markers while streaming,
and then those markers
will also be visible
in the highlight editor,
and you should definitely do this
because it makes it very easy to remember
your good moments of your stream,
because, well, you don't
have to remember them.
You can just see them in
your timeline while editing.
Okay, so you're telling me to add markers,
but you're not explaining me how to do it.
Okay, calm your pants, take
a deep breath (inhales).
Like my video to help me
with the algorithm (exhales)
and now let's continue.
The first option to add markers
is by just typing /marker
in your chat or asking mods
to do it for you when
you get an epic kill,
or something very funny happens.
That marker will then be
visible in the highlight editor
at the exact timestamp
when you sent that message.
You can also add a note after the /marker.
For example, if you're
making two new videos,
one with funny moments,
and one with epic kills,
then you can just type
in chat, /marker funny,
and that way, you can easily recognize
the funny moments while editing
The second way to add a marker
is by using the Twitch app.
You can open the Twitch app on your phone,
click on your profile icon,
then go to your dashboard
and scroll to the bottom.
There you will see a button
called Add Stream Marker,
and guess what, every time you click it,
a new marker will be added,
and you will see those markers
while creating your highlights.
There's also a text box above the button,
so if you want to add a note,
you just type something there,
and then press the button.
The third way is using a Stream Deck,
and as you probably already
know, they are extremely useful,
but they also have a
built-in functionality
to set up one of the macro keys
to add a timestamp when you press it.
If you want to check them out,
I'll add a link in the description.
Once the video is finished processing,
you will able to download it,
and now you will have one file
that you can upload to YouTube,
or post on Twitter, et cetera,
and since you're interested in uploading
your streams to YouTube,
I am 100% sure you will
learn a lot from my guide
on growing on YouTube as a gamer, so,
go ahead, check it out,
you will not regret it.
I'll see you in that video.
Like my video to help
me with the (laughs).
