Image editing method, image editing apparatus, program for implementing image editing method, and recording medium recording program

摘要

To provide an image editing technique that enables a user to perform movement and magnification of an image with a single operation, and to perform trimming while grasping image composition in printing, the image editing method includes a step of instructing to move an arbitrary point of an image displayed in an image display area among image data; a step of calculating an image movement amount and a magnification ratio in response to the instruction to move the arbitrary point; and a step displaying a predetermined area of the image data in the image display area on the basis of the image movement amount and the magnification ratio, which are calculated in the calculating step.

主权项

1. An image editing method comprising the steps of:
displaying a frame on an image; inputting an instruction to move the displayed frame; and arithmetically operating a movement amount and a magnification/reduction ratio of the frame in accordance with the instruction input in said input step, wherein, if the instruction to move the frame excessively over an end of the image is input in said input step, said arithmetic operation step arithmetically operates the magnification/reduction ratio of the frame in accordance with an excess movement amount over the edge of the image so as to reduce a size of the frame.