Patent ID: 7720349

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image creation unit operable to create from video data a plurality of video data to be displayed on a plurality of display areas on a display screen; an image processing unit operable to display the plurality of video data, each as a motion picture, on the display screen at time intervals in a display order; and an edit information acquisition unit operable to obtain edit information corresponding an editing operation input, the editing operation input including an edit position setting operation for setting an edit position to specified video data out of the plurality of video data being displayed on the plurality of display areas, the editing operation input also including an edit point determination operation for fixing the edit point after the edit point setting operation is entered, wherein the image processing unit is configured to change a display configuration of the plurality of video data according to contents of the edit information obtained by the edit information acquisition unit, the image processing unit keeping a specified display condition of the specified video data corresponding to the edit position when the edit position setting operation is entered, and the image processing unit splitting the display configuration of the plurality of video data into a first display area group and a second display area group with the specified video data corresponding to the edit position as a border when the edit position determination operation is entered.