Vertical Video Converter

Convert Twitch Clips to Vertical 9:16 Video

Twitch clips come out 16:9. YouTube Shorts and TikTok want 9:16. EzClap is a browser-based vertical video converter built specifically for Twitch clips: log in with Twitch, build your vertical layout once, and every clip after that converts with one click — facecam, gameplay, branding, and captions included.

How to convert a Twitch clip to vertical in 4 steps

Log in with Twitch

Your clips sync into EzClap automatically. No downloading files from Twitch, no uploading them somewhere else — the clip is already there when you open your dashboard.

Build your 9:16 layout in the Clip Wizard

The Clip Wizard is a visual layout editor. Drag your facecam region into place, frame the part of the gameplay you want to keep, and add branding layers like a logo or borders. You see exactly what the vertical result will look like before you commit.

Save it as a reusable template

This is the step that saves you hours. The layout becomes a template, and every future clip converts with that exact layout applied — same cam position, same framing, same branding. No repeated cropping, ever.

Add captions and publish

Run auto captions, tweak any words in the in-browser editor, and publish the finished vertical clip to YouTube Shorts or TikTok — directly from EzClap, or automatically on a schedule.

Layouts that actually fit a streamer's footage

Generic vertical converters crop a 16:9 video down the middle and call it done — which usually means your facecam gets cut off or the gameplay loses everything that mattered. EzClap's layouts are built around how stream footage is actually composed:

Stacked: facecam on top, gameplay below

The classic short-form layout. Your cam fills the top portion of the frame, gameplay fills the rest. You choose exactly which region of the source video is the cam and which is the gameplay, so nothing important gets guessed at or cut off.

Floating overlay: full-frame gameplay with your cam on top

When the gameplay is the star, keep it big. The floating overlay layout puts a resizable, positionable facecam on top of full-frame vertical gameplay — good for games where vertical cropping of the action still reads well.

Duo-cam: two cams for co-streams

Streaming with a friend? The duo-cam layout fits both facecams into the vertical frame alongside the gameplay, so co-stream clips don't force you to pick whose reaction survives the crop.

Branding layers

Add your logo, borders, or other branding elements to the template. They render on every converted clip automatically, so your Shorts and TikToks stay recognizable without any per-clip work.

Why 9:16 matters (and why converting manually gets old)

Vertical video isn't optional for short-form. YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and every phone screen they play on are portrait. A 16:9 clip posted as-is plays letterboxed and tiny, and viewers scroll past it. Converting to 9:16 with the facecam and action framed properly is the baseline for a clip having any chance.

Doing that manually — download the clip, open an editor, crop two regions, stack them, export, upload — takes 10 to 20 minutes per clip even when you're fast. With a saved template it takes seconds, and the result is consistent across every clip you post. If you want to go further, EzClap can also handle the posting itself: StreamSync and DailyDrop auto-publish your converted clips to YouTube Shorts and TikTok on a schedule.

Conversion is one piece of a bigger pipeline. For the full picture — trimming, captions, censoring, queueing — see the Twitch clip editor overview, or go straight to the Twitch to YouTube Shorts workflow if Shorts is your main target.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert a Twitch clip to vertical 9:16?

Log in to EzClap with your Twitch account — your clips sync automatically. Open the Clip Wizard, position your facecam and gameplay in a 9:16 frame, save it as a template, and apply it to any clip. The converted vertical video can then get captions and publish to YouTube Shorts or TikTok.

Do I have to crop every clip manually?

No. That's the point of templates. You set up the layout once in the Clip Wizard — where the facecam sits, how the gameplay is framed, where your branding goes — and every clip you process afterwards uses that layout automatically.

What layouts can I use for vertical Twitch clips?

The classic stacked layout (facecam on top, gameplay below), a floating overlay layout where your cam sits on top of full-frame gameplay, and a duo-cam layout for co-streams that fits two facecams into one vertical frame. All of them support branding layers like logos and borders.

Do I need video editing software to convert clips to vertical?

No. EzClap runs entirely in the browser — no Premiere, no CapCut, no downloads. Layout, conversion, captions, trimming, and publishing all happen from your dashboard on any device.

Can I add captions to the converted vertical clip?

Yes. EzClap transcribes the clip's audio with speech-to-text, gives you a word-level editor to fix anything, and burns the captions into the video with your choice of font, size, and color.

Is the vertical video converter free?

EzClap is free to start with no credit card. Pro is $4.99/month at the founder-for-life beta price ($9.99/month for new subscribers after full launch) and adds more templates, fonts, and automation features. Full details on the pricing page.

Convert your first clip to vertical

Free to start. No credit card. Build your template once and never crop a clip by hand again.

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