Patent ID: 8555160

Claim:
A file processing apparatus for creating and/or editing a color-image processing file representing color processing to be applied to an image by using a controller of a computer, the apparatus comprising: a generating unit, implemented by the controller, configured to generate edit history information relating to a color-processing change requested by a user and to generate control information for controlling whether or not to display the edit history information; and a recording unit, implemented by the controller, configured to record both the edit history information and the control information in the color-image processing file, wherein the control information includes information indicating whether or not authentication is required to display the edit history information, wherein the generating unit generates a piece of edit history information each time the color processing is changed, wherein a piece of the control information is associated with one or more generated pieces of the edit history information and controls whether to display the one or more generated pieces of the edit history information, wherein a first piece of the edit history information created by a first user is displayed to the first user regardless of a corresponding first piece of the control information and a second piece of the edit history information created by a second user is displayed to the first user based on a corresponding second piece of the control information, and wherein the recording unit records both the generated pieces of the edit history information and the generated pieces of the control information in the color-image processing file.