Query Variables - Canon Studio Solution User Manual

Tutorial: Border Workshop
When you add a graphic to a border template, click the Lookup button to add a
graphic variable. There are predefined variables for background and logo graphics.
Use these if you have graphics in your catalogs with a property of graphic and a value
of background or logo. If you want to specify a variable for a graphic property of a
different value, choose ―Graphic‖ from the graphic lookup menu and replace the
question marks in the Graphic field with a value you use in your photo data. When you
apply the border to a photo, the application looks in the catalog for the graphic
having the value you specified in the variable and applies it to the border.
For example, you want to create a border for membership ID cards. Your catalogs
contain a graphic with photo data of graphic=idcard. You want this border to use the
graphic photo property of the value idcard, so you choose ―Graphic‖ from the graphic
lookup menu and replace the question marks with idcard. Your catalog contains an ID
card graphic, and its photo data indicates the graphic value is idcard. When you apply
your ID card border to a photo, the application finds the graphic named idcard and
applies it to the border.

Query Variables

You might want to create a border that searches for a photo or graphic of a certain
Type value. When the search finds that photo or graphic in the current catalog, the
application inserts the photo into the border. For example, you might have a group
photo, like a team photo, in your catalog and you want it to always be applied to a
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