Kick clips

How do you clip Kick streams for TikTok?

Kick's own clip button gives you a short slice of the live stream, sized for desktop. A TikTok clip needs more: the right moment out of hours of VOD, a vertical frame, captions, and the facecam somewhere a phone can see it.

What makes Kick different to clip

Mostly the same craft as Twitch, with three things to watch.

Long VODs

Kick streams often run for many hours. The work is not cutting, it is finding the two minutes worth posting, and that is where most of a clipper's time goes.

Facecam layouts

Most streams are a game with a camera in the corner. That needs a stacked layout for vertical, or the reaction disappears.

Campaigns

A lot of Kick streamers pay clippers through campaign platforms. The brief decides which streams you may use and how the clip must be credited.

Keeping the person in frame A straight vertical crop on the left. On the right the frame follows whoever is talking, the way a stream clip should.

From a Kick stream to a TikTok clip

Four steps.

  1. Copy the VOD link. Once the stream has ended, its past broadcast has its own page on Kick. Use streams you have permission to clip - usually the ones a campaign points you to.
  2. Paste it into SnapDub. SnapDub fetches the VOD itself and reads speech, what is on screen and the sound, so the gameplay moments with little talking are found too.
  3. Check the layout. Where the stream has a facecam, the clip stacks the camera on top of the game. Where it is just the streamer talking, the frame follows them.
  4. Post with the credit the brief asks for. Most campaigns want the streamer named or tagged. A clip without it can be voided after the views come in.

Where the money is

Kick does not pay clippers itself. The money comes from the streamer's own campaign, usually per thousand views on the clips you post, under rules the streamer sets. Read the brief first: the allowed platforms, the minimum length and the credit format are where most rejected clips go wrong.

For how campaigns work and pay, clipping campaigns explained. Clipping Twitch instead? Twitch to TikTok.

Questions

Kick clipping

Can I paste a Kick link into SnapDub?

Yes - the link to a finished stream or a Kick clip, the same as a YouTube or Twitch link. A stream that is still live has to finish first.

How long can the stream be?

Long VODs are fine. The longer the stream, the more moments there are to choose from, and the more credits a run uses.

Do I need the streamer's permission?

Yes, unless the streamer runs a campaign that invites clips. That is the only arrangement where the clips are wanted rather than tolerated.

Does it work for streams without a facecam?

Yes. Without a camera there is nothing to stack, and the frame simply follows the action and the person talking.

Turn a Kick VOD into clips

Paste the VOD link, and SnapDub finds the moments, frames the facecam and captions every clip.