Patent ID: 8244097

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: an image input section configured to input an edit target image; an edit target image attribute input section configured to input first attribute information of the edit target image, the first attribute information being independent from camera setting information used to capture the edit target image and including shooting environment information that indicates an environment of a shooting location when the edit target image was shot, including at least one of location information, weather information, and season information; a display control section configured to display the edit target image on a display screen; a user instruction input section configured to input an instruction from a user; a correction parameter acquisition section configured to acquire, from said user instruction input section, a correction parameter for editing the edit target image; an image editing section configured to edit the edit target image displayed on the display screen in accordance with the correction parameter to create an edited image; an edited image attribute acquisition section configured to acquire, from said user instruction input section, second attribute information of the edited image created by said image editing section by editing the edit target image; an edit information generation section configured to associate the first attribute information of the edit target image, the second attribute information of the edited image, and the correction parameter with one another to generate edit information; and an edit information storage section configured to store the edit information such that the edit information can be later extracted for use in a shooting plan when the edit information includes second attribute information that corresponds to desired shooting environment information included in the shooting plan.