Patent ID: 7518640

Claim:
A method of generating an album comprising a composite image in which a plurality of images obtained by a digital camera are arranged in a desired layout, the images being obtained according to desired ones of recommended composition data sets stored in the digital camera, the digital camera comprising image recording means for recording image data sets representing the images in a recording medium with accompanying information regarding the image data sets added thereto, the album generation method comprising the steps of: reading the image data sets obtained according the desired ones of the recommended composition data sets stored in the digital camera and the accompanying information added thereto from the recording medium; and generating composite image data representing the composite image based on the accompanying information by inserting the respective images represented by the image data sets in image insertion areas of a template having the image insertion areas corresponding to the accompanying information, wherein the template includes thumbnail images of the recommended composition data sets, and the templates are selected by a user of the digital camera and are downloaded into the digital camera prior to obtaining the images.