Patent ID: 8134748

Claim:
An image data management processing apparatus comprising: a saving unit that saves a thumb nail image corresponding to image data, a parameter representing contents of a predetermined image processing to be executed on the image data and position information indicative of a storage position of the image data as photographic information related to the image data in a storage region; a thumb nail modification unit that modifies the thumb nail image by using the parameter; a display unit that displays the modified thumb nail image on a screen; an overwrite specification unit that inputs specification whether the image data are overwritten with modified image data that are modified by using the parameter or not; and a determination unit that determines whether the modified image data are saved in the storage region or the photographic information are saved in the storage region; wherein the determination unit saves the modified image data in the storage region when the overwrite specification unit inputs the specification that the image data are overwritten; and the determination unit saves the photographic information, which further includes information to generate the modified image data, in the storage region when the overwrite specification unit does not input the specification that the image data are overwritten.