Patent ID: 7639920

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; an effect process unit configured to subject moving image data obtained by the imaging unit to an effect process, the effect process unit subjecting a predetermined frame of the moving image data to the effect process; a recording unit configured to record moving image data on a recording medium in response to an instruction for a recording start of the moving image data; and a representative image producing unit configured to produce a representative image data of the moving image data subjected to the effect process by the effect process unit and recorded by the recording unit, by using the predetermined frame of the moving image data which is not subjected to the effect process by the effect process unit prior to the effect process being performed on the moving image data by the effect process unit, in response to the instruction for the recording start of the moving image data, wherein the effect process unit subjects the predetermined frame of the moving image data obtained by the imaging unit to the effect process and the recording unit records the moving image data including the predetermined frame subjected to the effect process by the effect process unit on the recording medium and records the representative image data produced by the representative image producing unit on the recording medium as the representative image of the moving image data subjected to the effect process by the effect process unit and recorded by the recording unit.