Patent ID: 7369130

Claim:
A method of editing an image displayed on a display screen of a display unit, comprising the steps of: reading from a memory unit position information of computer graphics (CG) object located in the CG studio displayed on the display screen and information about position and orientation of a camera which picks up an image of said CG studio; acquiring the information about a position to which a pointing icon has moved on the display screen of said display unit by the operation of said pointing device; selecting a CG object on the display screen; determining a three-dimensional area surrounding the CG object in the CG studio; making coordinate transform on the three-dimensional area to a two-dimensional area on the display screen; in a case that the pointing icon is located within the two-dimensional area, determining that the CG obiect existing in the two-dimensional area has been selected; and moving the selected CG object to the position which said pointing icon has moved, wherein said step of moving the selected CG object comprises the step of: determining the plane on which said CG object moves in said CG studio based on said information about the position and orientation of said camera.