Patent ID: 6853378

Claim:
An image processing method comprising: a) an input step of inputting moving image data encoded in a first encoding method using both intra-picture coding and inter-picture coding; b) a first decoding step of decoding the moving image data including intra-picture coding image data and inter-picture coding image data; c) a first encoding step of performing the intra-picture coding to the moving image data decoded in said first decoding step and storing the encoded data in a recording medium; d) a second decoding step of reading the moving image data encoded in said first encoding step from the recording medium and decoding the read data; e) an editing step of performing an editing process to at least one picture of the moving image data decoded in said second decoding step; f) a second encoding step of performing the intra-picture coding to the moving image data subjected to the editing process in said editing step and storing the encoded data in the recording medium; and g) a third encoding step of reading the moving image data encoded in said second encoding step from the recording medium, converting the read data in said first encoding method, and outputting the converted data.