A keyer where two levels of hole cutting are independently adjustable. The top level, or insert, cuts a hole and fills with the key video. In a luminance key, the second level forms the border of the key; in a chroma key, the second level forms the shadow. The second level has adjustable luminance allowing borders to be varied from black to white and shadows to be varied in density. This is the type of keying provided on all Ampex switchers.