Patent ID: 7330286

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for performing image processing on image data, comprising: means for acquiring an image file that contains the image data and for acquiring use information associated with said image file, said use information being given to the image data by an image data generating device that is separate from a computer, the image data being originally generated by said image data generating device, and said use information being indicative of whether out of gamut information for a predetermined color space is to be used in performing image processing on the image data; means for analyzing the use information and deciding whether to use the out of gamut information for said predetermined color space; and means for performing image processing on said image data, including means for performing color conversion of said out of gamut information to a wide gamut color space when the means for analyzing decides to use said out of gamut information, wherein a gamut of the wide gamut color space is sufficiently large to accommodate the image data associated with the out of gamut information.