Abstract: A system for altering still images in accordance with sound characteristics includes a digital camera for producing a plurality of digital images; a source of sound; an analyzer device for analyzing and selecting characteristics of the sound for altering a selected digital image; means for altering the selected digital image in accordance with the selected sound characteristics; a display for displaying the images in accordance with the sound; and a printer for printing an altered image.

Abstract: An image processing system and method for processing an input image provides a virtual observer for automatically selecting, ordering and implementing a sequence of image processing operations which will yield maximum customer satisfaction as measured by a customer satisfaction index (CSI) which, for example, can balance the image quality and the processing time. The CSI evaluates an effect of the sequence of image processing operations on the input image in response to upstream device characteristic data received from an input device profile, downstream device characteristic data received from an output device profile, host configuration data, user selection data, trial parameter values and data corresponding to the sequence of image processing operations.