Patent ID: 6919893

Claim:
An image editing apparatus for drawing on a display in accordance with a hand-drawn stroke input by a user, the apparatus comprising: a drawing interface unit which displays on the display an ink area provided with at least one usable ink and a work area for performing drawing; an input unit for inputting coordinates indicated by the user on the display; and a drawing processing unit for processing a drawing object in the work area based on the input by the user, wherein the ink area includes color inks defined in the RGB color space and attribute inks having an animation function in which the drawing object continuously changes according to set attribute parameters, and the drawing processing unit associates an ink selected by using the input unit in the ink area with the hand-drawn stroke to be input by using the input unit, associates the hand-drawn stroke input to the work area by using the input unit with the drawing object, and draws the drawing object by using the associated ink to paint the drawing object.