Patent ID: 8659678

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for processing an image file, the image processing apparatus comprising: a storing unit configured to store a plurality of frame images, a plurality of attribute information in Exchangeable image file format (EXIF) corresponding to each of the frame images, and a plurality of offset data to determine a storing position of each frame image of the image file, in one image file; an image display controlling unit configured to display an image, in an image display area, of any one of the plurality of frame images stored in the image file; and an attribute display controlling unit configured to display, in an attribute display area corresponding to the image display area, the attribute information associated with the frame image displayed in the image display area, wherein (i) the image display controlling unit switches the frame image displayed in the image display area to an image of another one of the plurality of frame images according to the offset data and (ii) the attribute display controlling unit switches the attribute information to be displayed in the attribute display area to attribute information corresponding to the another one of the plurality of frame images, in response to receiving an instruction to switch the frame image displayed in the image display area to an image of another one of the plurality of frame images stored in the image file.