Soon, gamers will be able to produce even better montages with Powder, an AI-powered clipping software that extracts highlights from gaming broadcasts and puts them into short-form films. The Powder can already recognize shouting. The platform is also developing speech-to-text software that will enable producers to search for keywords and obtain a transcript of their broadcast.
There’s no greater thrill in your favorite game than to win the clutch. Finding that sweet victory is great, whether in an Apex Legends boss fight or while winning the match as a solo player.
Many of us wish to preserve those memories for the future. This is, after all, the stuff that makes gaming legends! However, it might be a hassle to set up all of that equipment and take the time to edit everything.
The good news is that you may capture and share gaming clips from your PC in another way. You may concentrate on playing your games rather than recording because it’s quite simple and doesn’t take much time. Plus, you can create the high-quality clip montages you want without downloading complicated editing software or studying YouTube instructions.
Seem too wonderful to be true? Find out what it’s all about by reading on.
In addition to standalone models for well-known games like Fortnite, Valorant, Apex Legends, Call of Duty, Rocket League, Fall Guys, Elden Ring, and Among Us, Powder has created over 40 proprietary game-specific AI models. Examples of these models include laughter detection and audio analysis. Additionally, the business is releasing a Counter-Strike 2 model.
The models function similarly: the AI watches the stream recordings from Twitch, YouTube, or an MP4 file and detects activity spikes related to wins, assists, kills, and other in-game performance-based events. Powder utilizes these highlights to produce brief montages that content providers can share on social media.
The site will soon provide another AI tool, similar to its laughter detection feature, that can identify voice fluctuations. This will allow producers to create videos of themselves shouting, a normal reaction when playing intense ranking matches. The business plans to launch in the middle of December.
“The best moments in gaming are highly subjective and need to be reflected with several different perspectives that extend beyond the gameplay itself,” Powder co-founder and CEO Barthélémy Kiss told TechCrunch. “From uncontrollably laughing and rage quits to even when there’s nothing obvious happening on screen.” This convinced us that we had to convey the feeling of engaging in gameplay with our community. The creation of game material is made so remarkable and unique by the fusion of skill-based and very emotional moments.
Next month, speech-to-text technology will also be added to the platform, providing producers with a broadcast transcript and the ability to swiftly search for specific terms and pull out the best highlights. Moreover, streamers can enter mood cues. “Find me five funny clips where my fans go crazy,” for example. The program is customized with terms used in gaming to help improve the accuracy and precision of the results.
Powder is also revamping its “Community Hype” function, which will be available next week. Launched in September, the AI model recognizes increases in chat activity. Kiss stated that the upgrade will suggest videos where the community “goes crazy.”
“The second phase of Community Hype detection has been released, offering an additional viewpoint on what constitutes a “highlight moment” in a stream. Knowing what the community, who is the one who knows a streamer best, thinks is one aspect of it. Communities are quite good at identifying the important aspects of any specific game or stream. According to him, in the most recent version, Powder AI would suggest that you save a particular moment to share as a video when the community goes bonkers and wants to remember it.
In search of highlights and editing footage, makers dedicate an average of 53 hours per month, or 630 hours per year, to this task, according to a poll conducted by Powder among over 3,200 streamers. According to Powder, streamers can save up to 10 hours a week, or 520 hours a year.
Christian Navelot, Stanislas Coppin, Yannis Mangematin, and Kiss launched the France-based firm in 2018. Thus far, $22 million has been raised.