Abstract: A plurality of data of still image for screening and zooming shot at maximum magnification to perform magnified observation with regard to a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing a shoot target area in a microscopic image such that a portion of a peripheral portion of each of the dividing areas is overlapped to each other, and a plurality of data of still image for focusing shot by respectively shifting focus in each of the divided areas, are created. From data of tiled still image for screening and zooming and data of edited still images for focusing, which are obtained by applying a predetermined processing to the data of still image, an animated image for screening, an animated image for zooming, and an animated image for focusing are created, and an animated image reproducing motion of a microscopic image in actual microscope observation is displayed on a computer screen.