Abstract: An electronic device includes: a specifying unit that specifies image data to be designated as a print target; an image generation unit that generates a single image as a print target image based upon a plurality of sets of image data when the specifying unit specifies as the print target a set of image data contained in a first image file that includes the plurality of sets of image data for constituting the single image; an image file generation unit that generates a second image file containing the print target image having been generated by the image generation unit; an image file recording unit that records the second image file having been generated by the image file generation unit, into a storage medium; and a print information recording unit that generates print information to be used when printing the print target image and records the print information into the storage medium.

Abstract: A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed.

Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an image processing unit that performs image quality adjustment using a plurality of adjustment parameters, an information acquisition unit that acquires from an external device first image quality adjustment information including a parameter group for use with the image quality adjustment and an image quality adjustment algorithm that applies the parameter group, and a control unit that controls the image processing unit so that it performs image quality adjustment while applying the parameter group included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired to the image quality adjustment algorithm included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes, an input device that inputs image data output from an electronic camera, a storage device that stores the input image data; and a control device. The image-processing device is capable of modifying the contents of a look-up table in the electronic camera by using a plurality of control points. The information processing apparatus is capable of exchanging the control points and the contents of the look-up table with the electronic camera and the camera is able to store the control points.

Abstract: A computer-readable computer program product contains an image processing program which includes: an instruction for displaying a sample image and a correction object image on a display device; an instruction for setting a sample area in an area of the sample image; an instruction for receiving an operation signal which is output by an input device in response to an operation in which the sample area is dragged and dropped into an area of the correction object image; an instruction for setting correction coordinates in the area of the correction object image based upon the operation signal and for associating the sample area with the correction coordinates; an instruction for setting a correction area in the area of the correction object image based upon the correction coordinates; and an instruction for performing a color correction to an image of the correction area based upon the sample area.

Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an image processing unit that performs image quality adjustment using a plurality of adjustment parameters, an information acquisition unit that acquires from an external device first image quality adjustment information including a parameter group for use with the image quality adjustment and an image quality adjustment algorithm that applies the parameter group, and a control unit that controls the image processing unit so that it performs image quality adjustment while applying the parameter group included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired to the image quality adjustment algorithm included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired.

Abstract: The computer-readable computer program product contains an image processing program for creating image data for display from RAW image data. The program includes: a command to read out the RAW image data from an image file; a command to read out from a first storage section of the image file a first parameter, created by the camera that created the RAW image data, for performing data conversion processing upon the RAW image data to create the image data for display from the RAW image data; a command to store a second parameter set by the image processing program in a second storage section, which is a different section of the image file from the first storage section; and a command to create the image data for display from the RAW image data, by performing data conversion processing using at least the first parameter or the second parameter.

Abstract: The camera creates an image file in which are stored parameters for image processing and image data in relation to each other, the image data recording device stores the image file, and the image processing device performs processing on RAW image data based on the parameters stored in the image file. A plurality of sets of profiles for use in creation of image data for display having different characteristics of colors from RAW image data (characteristic parameter sets) and a camera-specified profile/gain (characteristic specification information) to designate which profiles from among plurality of profiles in each of the plurality of characteristic parameter sets are to be used for creating image data for display are registered in a file header by an image file creation unit of the camera in relation to each other. The image file is stored in the image file recording device, for example, a memory card.

Abstract: A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed.

Abstract: A camera includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains an object image obtained by capturing an image of an object and a dust reference image obtained by capturing an image of dust that adheres on an image sensor or a protecting member protecting the image sensor; a recording unit that records the object image and data concerning the dust reference image in correlation to each other; a dust removing unit that physically removes the dust adhering on the image sensor or the protecting member. The recording unit is configured such that when the dust is removed by the dust removing unit, the recording unit stops correlating the object image captured after the removal to the data concerning the dust reference image already captured.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an input device that inputs image data output from an electronic camera; a storage device that stores the input image data; and a control device that sets in advance save conditions under which the input image data are to be saved in the storage device and automatically saves the image data in conformance to the save conditions when the image data has been input.

Abstract: A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus for compressing an image preserves the characteristics of the original picture image in the post compression picture image. A 4 pixel region (for example) is selected from among the original picture image pixels. The values of the upper left pixel, the upper right pixel, the lower left pixel, and the lower right pixel, e.g., are successively determined. If the pixel value of any one of the selected 4 pixels is determined to be a value representative of a line of a line drawing, then a value for a pixel of the compressed picture image corresponding to the 4 pixel region selected from the original picture image is set to the representative value. If none of the 4 pixels in the selected region have a value representative of a line in a line drawing, the value of the pixel of the compressed picture image is established to be a value corresponding to a region in which there is no line of a line drawing.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus for compressing an image preserves the characteristics of the original picture image in the post compression picture image. A 4 pixel region (for example) is selected from among the original picture image pixels. The values of the upper left pixel, the upper right pixel, the lower left pixel, and the lower right pixel, e.g., are successively determined. If the pixel value of any one of the selected 4 pixels is determined to be a value representative of a line of a line drawing, then a value for a pixel of the compressed picture image corresponding to the 4 pixel region selected from the original picture image is set to the representative value. If none of the 4 pixels in the selected region have a value representative of a line in a line drawing, the value of the pixel of the compressed picture image is established to be a value corresponding to a region in which there is no line of a line drawing.