Patent ID: 8797361

Claim:
An image displaying method comprising: displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI), an editing window and a separate selection window, wherein the editing window comprises first and second layouts and the selection window comprises a first plurality of images; receiving a first signal, indicating a user's choice of a first image from the selection window to be placed in the first layout of the editing window, based on an interaction of the user with the GUI; determining, using a processor, the first layout to be a horizontal layout when the first image is a horizontal image and determining the first layout to be a vertical layout when the first image is a vertical image irrespective of the aspect ratio of the first layout; determining, using a processor, the aspect ratio of height to width of the first and second layouts; displaying, in response to receiving the first signal, a second plurality of images in the selection window, wherein each image displayed in the selection window has a horizontal or vertical orientation that is the same as the first image when the first and second layouts have the same aspect ratio, and wherein each image displayed in the selection window has a horizontal or vertical orientation that is opposite to the first image when first and second layouts have opposite aspect ratios; receiving a second signal, indicating the user's choice of a second image selected from the second plurality of images in the selection window to be placed in the second layout, based on a further interaction of the user with the GUI; and displaying the user-selected second image in the second layout.