Patent ID: 8238667

Claim:
A moving image creating apparatus for creating moving image data using a plurality of images, said moving image creating apparatus comprising: template file storage means for storing a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates each for accommodating an image; selection means for selecting any one of said plurality of template files stored in said template file storage means; component metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of said plurality of images; component template metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of said plurality of component templates in the selected template file; and image placement means for placing said images into said component templates of said selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about said images and the analyzed metadata about said component templates, wherein the image placement means places one of said plurality of images into one of said component templates of said selected template file, in response to a determination that none of the metadata about each of said plurality of images matches the analyzed metadata about the one of said component templates.