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# Accessing the Axis Keyer

You can create chroma keys directly on the timeline by accessing the Axis Keyer using the Axis Timeline FX. When you enter the Axis Keyer, the clip loaded as the Front is the clip with the Axis soft effect, and the clip loaded as the Back is the next available track on the timeline.
NoteThe preferred keying workflow is to access the Modular Keyer via the Timeline FX. See Setting Up the Nodes and Media to Pull a Key.

To access the Axis Keyer:

1. Build a multilayer timeline with a front track and a background.
2. Select the track you want to key, and then right-click and choose Add Effect, or click on the FX button. The Effects menu appears.
3. Click the Axis button. An Axis icon appears on the track and an Axis button appears in the Effects pipeline.
4. To enter the Axis editor, click the Axis button in the Effects pipeline, or click the Enter Editor button.
5. In the Object menu, click the Keyer. The Axis Keyer appears.

   The Front clip is provided by the clip with the Axis soft effect.

6. Create the key.

   The back is provided by the next available clip in the multilayer timeline.