Stream Clip to Vertical With the Facecam on Top

A stream moment as a vertical clip, facecam on top and the game below.

Pipeline: Basic edit (cut): cuts, captions, looks, speed, split screens, stock, voices and music.
Format: 9:16
Upload: Your stream recording (16:9, with the facecam in a corner).

The prompt

Type your own words into the fields: the [BLANKS] fill in as you go. Copy it and send it to Claude or ChatGPT with Cut Express connected.

Prompt

My stream recording has the facecam in the [FACECAM CORNER] corner. Inspect it with moments and a transcript and find the best [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second moment about [WHAT HAPPENED].

- 9:16 split screen in rows, ratio 0.35: on top, the facecam cropped out of the recording; below, the gameplay cropped around the action (same recording, same in and out).
- Captions from my speech in the middle seam: pop preset, highlight [CAPTION COLOR].
- Start one second before the action, end on my reaction.
- Denoise my voice a little. Show me the moment's times before you render.

The blanks

[FACECAM CORNER]: Where your camera sits, for example "bottom left".
[LENGTH IN SECONDS]: How long the finished video runs, as a number of seconds. Reels and Shorts hold best between 15 and 60.
[WHAT HAPPENED]: The kind of moment you want, for example "a clutch round" or "the funniest fail".
[CAPTION COLOR]: The color of the highlighted word in the captions, as a name or a hex code like #FFD23F.

Tips

Your AI reads the crop off the contact sheet, so a facecam with a clear border crops cleanly.
Ask for three candidates first when the stream is long.

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Basic edit9:16

Gameplay Highlights Edit

A short edit of your best plays from hours of gameplay, cut on the beat.

Upload: Your gameplay recording (long is fine) and, if you want, an intro clip and a music track.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 edit from my gameplay of [GAME]. Inspect it with moments and pick the best [WHAT COUNTS AS A HIGHLIGHT].

- Open on [OPENING] with the text "[HOOK LINE]" at the top: heavy font, white with a black stroke, one word in [CAPTION COLOR].
- Then hard cuts on the beat of [MUSIC], one play per cut, the game sound low under the music.
- End on the best moment: slow it down with a speed ramp, then freeze on it.
- Look: [LOOK] with a bit of sharpening. Fade the music out at the end.
Show me the moments you picked, with their times, before you render.

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Basic edit16:9

Funny Moments Compilation From a Stream

A YouTube compilation of the funniest moments of a long stream.

Upload: One or more long stream recordings.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 funny moments compilation from my stream of [GAME]. Inspect it with moments and a transcript: I want [NUMBER OF CLIPS] moments where [WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY].

- Each moment starts a beat before the joke and ends right after the laugh.
- A quick punch-in zoom on each punchline, a short title card between moments with a number ("#1", "#2"...) and a whoosh.
- Captions from the speech: clean preset, 2 lines.
- Keep the stream's own sound; denoise it a little.
List the moments with their times and the line that makes each one funny, then wait for my pick.

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Basic edit9:16

Shorts From One Long Video

Several vertical Shorts cut from one long video, each with captions.

Upload: One long video with speech (a podcast, a talk, a stream, a course lesson).

I uploaded [LONG VIDEO], about [TOPIC]. Inspect it with moments and a transcript, then find the [NUMBER OF CLIPS] strongest moments that make sense on their own, each about [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds.

Before you render, list them for me: the in and out times, the first line said and why it works as a hook. Wait for my pick.

For each one I pick:
- Start on the hook line, no warm-up. Cut the silences and the false starts on the speech.
- 9:16, cover crop kept on the speaker's face. A slow punch-in on the key sentence.
- Captions from the speech: bold preset, 3 words per line, the key word in [CAPTION COLOR], bottom third.
- Clean the voice (denoise and enhance). No music unless I ask.
Render each as its own video titled "[SERIES NAME] 1", "2", and so on.

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