Patent ID: 7812851

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store image data showing a type of an image effect and additional information of the image data including control information indicating the type of the image effect shown by the image data and position information indicating an area where the image effect is added; a generation unit configured to generate first image data showing a name of the type of the image effect using the image data stored in the storage unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain second image data; an image processing unit configured to add an image effect of the type shown by the first image data generated by the generation unit to the second image data in accordance with a display position of the first image data and the additional information stored in the storage unit, the image processing unit determining a part of the second image data to which the image effect is added in accordance with the display position of the first image data and the position information and adding the image effect of the type shown by the first image data to the determined part of the second image data in accordance with the control information; and a combining unit configured to combine the first image data generated by the generation unit and the second image data to which the image effect is added and to generate image data for displaying.