[ Video Creator: BOOYAH ENTERTAINMENT ]Achieve essential editing movements without moving your hand—just rest it and let Orbital2 do the work!

As a freelancer, I mainly create motion design!
Logo motions, 3DCG, etc.
The beginning was when I started editing gaming videos. I thought, “Let’s capture gameplay and edit it stylishly!” At first, for about a month, I was editing using the smartphone app LumaFusion. Even now, though I use After Effects, I still think LumaFusion is a pretty high-quality app for a smartphone.

When it comes to editing on smartphones or tablets, it depends on your purpose, but while it may not be suitable for full professional use, it’s excellent as an entry point. You can set keyframes in LumaFusion, and it has a wide variety of effects. Many effect names are the same as those in Ae or Pr, which lowers the barrier when transitioning from mobile to PC. Choosing an editing app that’s easy to transition from is key.

At first, I learned completely through YouTube tutorials—starting with Dustman’s tutorials, then moving on to Videocopilot’s Andrew Kramer, and just digging into countless tutorials. I think it was around the time when Japanese Ae tutorial creators were increasing, and I was definitely part of that “tutorial generation” learning from those pioneers (laughs).

Also, when I thought about what to use as input, I realized movies were the most inspiring for me. So, I watched a ton of movie trailers. My main references were Marvel trailers—it’s cliché, but true (laughs). Half a year after starting video production, Endgame came out, so I repeatedly watched the trailers before its release. I also studied other Marvel and DC trailers. Having watched Marvel for over 10 years since middle school, a lot of old memories resurfaced (laughs).

I also watched many works through OTAS.TV’s Takayuki Sato’s showreel on his website.

Mainly Adobe After Effects, working across gaming and eSports content. I create promotional videos for game tournaments, opening sequences for live streamers and YouTubers, and event PVs. I also take on advertisement videos.

Of course, it varies depending on the purpose, but in all cases, I always think about how to blend “what the client wants” with “my own taste.” Some people might get angry and say, “Don’t insert your taste!” (laughs). Being able to produce exactly what’s requested is important, but I also want to value my creative identity.

For example:
Game tournament PVs: The goal is to hype up the actual event.
YouTuber OPs: In just 10 seconds or so, the visuals need to burn the channel’s identity into viewers’ minds.
Advertisements: The absolute priority is whether the message is conveyed clearly.
Though not client work, for instance, here’s a video I made as an opening PV for a Werewolf game session with fellow Ae users: https://youtu.be/1hEa0Lb3NE4 . I designed it to give a “What’s about to start?” feeling, combined with the suspicious atmosphere unique to Werewolf games, paying attention to highs and lows in tension. My favorite is the final chilling scene—it gives me shivers, and I love it (self-praise, I know, but I do! Haha).

For personal projects, I usually start with the music. Once I finish editing the track, I begin creating visuals. Music sparks design ideas, and I work hard to bring them to life.
When editing music, I use seratoDJ (DJ software) or Apple’s Logic Pro. For tracks, I often use Artlist. Recently, I’ve been interested in AI-based music composition services like SOUNDRAW.
For client work, I first listen to their needs, then propose ideas and plan together. Some clients don’t know much about video, so they just say, “I’ll leave it up to you, Booyah!” In such cases, I ask about their favorite moods, music, and inspirations, then shape the project accordingly. Maybe because of this process, I rarely get revisions—that’s something I’m a little proud of (laughs).

I have tons! (laughs)
I’ve only been making videos for less than two years, so there’s still so much I don’t know. Since I feel I have some musical sense, I’d like to take on music videos in the future.
Also, I’ll be switching from Mac to Windows next month, so I want to fully leverage NVIDIA GPUs and deepen my skills with C4D and more.
At the same time, I’ve become interested in drawing, so I’d like to learn illustration and animate my own artwork. I’m drawn to anything directly connected to entertainment.

In short—I have a lot of goals! (laughs)

I use a MacBook Pro 2018.
My mouse is the Logicool trackball mouse ERGO, which I highly recommend.

Since it’s a trackball, you don’t move your wrist or the mouse itself—you roll the ball with your fingers. This means your hand doesn’t get tired, and it helps prevent tendonitis, which is very important! It also has six shortcut key assignments. I’ve set them to Delete, Command+Z, Spacebar, and others. This way, I can handle basic functions like play, delete, and undo all with my right hand.
Though it’s a laptop, I also use Apple’s Magic Keyboard.
As for PC specs—that’s a secret! (hehe)

It was smaller and cuter than I expected. Since my PC is a laptop, I felt it was portable enough. As for the feel, the tactile “clicky” movement was satisfying. It may sound childish, but that feeling is important—when creating, even small discomforts can become subtle stress.

First use: I liked the physical feel, though I was confused at first with the settings. But using profiles shared by other reviewers helped solve that. Even without much setup experience, modifying existing profiles was easy, which lowered the hurdle.

With experience: Being able to control frame-by-frame navigation, zooming, and other essentials in After Effects with my left hand was great. Like I said about my trackball mouse, I prefer not to move my hand. Orbital2 perfectly answered my wish of “just wanting to rest my hand.”

Mainly essential functions: frame-by-frame navigation, zooming, layer movement, numerical input—shortcuts that simplify essential software operations.