Patent ID: 8630503

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain photographic data including (a) image data and (b) a detection result obtained by main subject detecting processing in an input device, wherein the input device is separate from the image processing apparatus; a detecting unit configured to apply main subject detecting processing to the image data in the photographic data obtained by the obtaining unit; a comparing unit configured to compare (a) the detection result obtained by main subject detecting processing in the input device, which is in the photographic data obtained by the obtaining unit, with (b) a detection result obtained by the detecting unit; a determining unit configured to determine an amount of correction in correction processing applied to the image data in accordance with the comparison result obtained from the comparing unit; and a correcting unit for correction processing that uses the determined amount of correction applied to the image data, wherein the input device is a camera, and the image processing apparatus is a printer.