Patent ID: 7903153
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: image input unit which inputs an image; image effect selection unit which selects an arbitrary image effect; decision instruction unit which instructs to decide the selection of the image effect; and synthesized image generation unit which generates a synthesized image by gradually synthesizing the selected image effect to the image input by the image input unit in accordance with time elapsing, wherein the synthesized image generation unit operates in a demonstration mode for displaying the synthesized image generated by automatically repeating the selected image effect at a speed higher than a normal speed, during the image effect selection unit remains selecting the image effect and until the decision instruction unit instructs to decide the selection of the image effect, and the synthesized image generation unit stops operating in the demonstration mode when the decision instruction unit instructs to decide the selection of the image effect.