Patent ID: 8078035

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit; a receiving unit that receives an image effect instruction to add an image effect to first moving image data obtained by the image pickup unit; a recording and reproducing unit that records the first moving image data obtained by said image pickup unit on a recording medium and reproduces the first moving image data from the recording medium, the recording and reproducing unit starting recording the first moving image data in accordance with a recording start instruction and stopping recording the first moving image data in accordance with a recording stop instruction; an image processing unit that adds the image effect to the first moving image data reproduced from the recording medium and generates modified image data to which the image effect is added; a control unit that controls recording and reproducing unit and the image processing unit, wherein if the receiving unit receives the image effect instruction, the control unit controls the recording and reproducing unit and the image processing unit after the recording and reproducing unit stops recording the first moving image data, such that the recording and reproducing unit automatically reproduces the first moving image data from the recording medium and the image processing unit automatically generates the modified image data by adding the image effect to the first moving image data reproduced from the recording medium after the recording and reproducing unit stops recording the first moving image data; and a reproduction list processing unit that generates reproduction list data for controlling a reproduction order of image data recorded on said recording medium, wherein if the receiving unit receives the image effect instruction, the control unit controls the recording and reproducing unit to automatically record the modified image data generated by the image processing unit on the recording medium after the recording and reproducing unit stops recording the first moving image data, and wherein if the receiving unit receives the image effect instruction, the control unit controls the reproduction list processing unit and the recording and reproducing unit after the recording and reproducing unit stops recording the first moving image data, such that the reproduction list processing unit automatically generates the reproduction list data for controlling the reproduction order to reproduce the modified image data from the recording medium instead of the first moving image data and the recording and reproducing unit records the reproduction list data generated by the reproduction list processing unit on the recording medium after the recording and reproducing unit stops recording the first moving image data.