Patent ID: 7724978

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image inputting device which inputs an image; an image displaying device which displays the inputted image; a quantity setting device which receives an input of a quantity of images to be used for a predetermined application purpose or an input of a ratio of a quantity of images to be used for the predetermined application purpose against a quantity of the all images inputted and sets the quantity of images to be used; a first image selecting device which automatically selects a first image to be used according to a predetermined condition based on the set quantity of image to be used; and an image attribute setting device which sets an image attribute of the inputted initial image to an unselected state and sets an image attribute of the first image to be used to the first selection state; a second image selecting device which selects a second image to be used based on a designation inputted from a user; and a quantity change device which changes a quantity of the first image to be used so that the sum of quantities of the first and second images to be used is the set quantity or less, wherein the image attribute setting device sets the image attribute of the second image to be used to a second selection state.