Patent ID: 7620271

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for editing an image file comprising at least photographic condition information, processed image information that has undergone image processing in accordance with photographic conditions, and unprocessed image information that has not undergone said image processing, said apparatus comprising: a setting unit which sets an editing parameter relating to image processing; a comparison unit which compares the editing parameter set by said setting unit and a corresponding parameter in the photographic condition information within the image file to provide an output when the image file that has been stored in a predetermined storage device and is to be edited is displayed in accordance with the editing parameter that has been set by said setting unit; and a display control unit which displays, on a predetermined display unit, an image that is based upon the processed image information within the image file to be edited if the parameters compared by said comparison unit match, and displays, on the predetermined display unit, an image obtained by applying the processing to the unprocessed image information within the image file to be edited in accordance with the editing parameter set by said setting unit if the parameters compared by said comparison unit do not match.