Patent ID: 8368776

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for processing an image file, the image processing apparatus comprising: a selection unit to select an image file storing a plurality of frame images, wherein, for data of each of the plurality of frame images, attribute information in Exchangeable Image File Format and image data are composed and the attribute information includes offset data to next frame data; an image display controlling unit to display an image, in an image display area, of any one of the plurality of frame images stored in the selected image file; and an attribute display controlling unit to display, in an attribute display area corresponding to the image display area, the attribute information associated with the frame image displayed in the image display area, wherein (i) the image display controlling unit switches the frame image displayed in the image display area to an image of another one of the plurality of frame images according to the offset data and (ii) the attribute display controlling unit switches the attribute information to be displayed in the attribute display area to attribute information corresponding to the another one of the plurality of frame images, in response to a condition of receiving an instruction to switch the frame image displayed in the image display area to an image of another one of the plurality of frame images stored in the image file.