Abstract: An image processing apparatus and the like which detect particular regions (e.g., facial regions) from an image and so forth are provided. The image processing apparatus detects skin-colored regions from an input image. Then, it detects regions larger than a particular size from among the detected skin-colored regions. Then, it detects regions which have particular holes out of the detected regions larger than a particular size as facial regions. Then, it determines the orientation of the image by analyzing the detected facial regions. Then, it generates an image for masking the detected facial regions. Then, it lays out an inputted object on the image taking into consideration the facial regions and the orientation of the image.