Patent ID: 8682133

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of still image data which have respective different aspect ratios and are recorded on a recording medium, the image processing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read the still image data from the recording medium; a generation unit configured to generate one moving image data using the plurality of still image data read from the recording medium by the reading unit; and a control unit configured to select a plurality of different still image data which have the same aspect ratio and are used for generating one moving image data by the generation unit among the plurality of still image data recorded on the recording medium in accordance with aspect ratios of the plurality of still image data recorded on the recording medium, wherein the control unit controls the reading unit to read from the recording medium the selected plurality of different still image data having the same aspect ratio and controls the generation unit such that the generation unit generates the one moving image data using the selected plurality of different still image data which are read from the recording medium by the reading unit and have the same aspect ratio and without using the still image data having an aspect ratio different from the same aspect ratio.