There are countless ways to grow on Twitch, but one of the most important is clip capture. It allows streamers to immortalise memorable moments from their broadcast, and even if the stream ends, those memories won’t fade away. Streamers can use clips to share on social media, to use as the basis for compilation videos or channel trailers, and to drive engagement back to their own streams.

While it’s easy enough for viewers to capture a moment from a stream, the process can be more complicated for a streamer. Traditionally, streamers would turn on the ‘Archive Past Broadcasts’ feature and either download the VOD themselves using a video editor or utilize third-party tools. Now, however, there’s a much easier way for streamers to make clips – and it doesn’t involve installing any extra software on their computers.

To create a Twitch clip capture, you simply open a previous or live broadcast and click the ‘Clip’ button (looks like a clapperboard). This will save between 5 and 60 seconds of the stream as an MP4 file on your computer, and is ready to be shared with friends, tweeted, or used in a YouTube video.

If you want to edit the clip, you can do so using a small editing window in the lower-right corner of the screen. This will let you trim the clip to the exact length that you need, and add a title. Once you’re happy with the clip, you can then press ‘Publish’ to save it to your Twitch profile and make it public.

Alternatively, you can also click the ‘Save to desktop’ button, which will save your clip as an MP4 on your computer. The clip will then be available for you to use offline, and can be easily re-uploaded to your Twitch profile if you wish to use it again in the future.

For a more permanent solution, there’s the option to upload your clip to a personalised URL. This will generate a unique link that you can share on Twitter or Reddit, and which will redirect visitors to the clip’s official page on your Twitch profile.

While the option to share clips on social media is certainly helpful, it’s the ability to drive viewers to your own site that is truly revolutionary. Using your Twitch profile to drive engagement back to your own stream can help to attract new viewers and build a strong community.

Whether it’s an incredible headshot, a last-second boss victory, or a perfectly timed chat-activated fart noise, there are always great moments to be captured on Twitch. Now, thanks to the new Clip Capture feature, those amazing moments can be preserved forever, and even if your broadcast ends, you can still share them with your followers. The future looks bright for Twitch’s clip capture feature, and it’s easy to see why so many players are using it. The best part is that it’s completely free to use – and that’s what matters.