Image processing apparatus and method, image synthesizing system and method, image synthesizer and client computer which constitute image synthesizing system, and image separating method

摘要

An image processing apparatus and method are disclosed. The system includes an image area designating device that designates an area to be extracted of an original-image displayed on a display screen. A color changing device changes the color of an area, excluding the area to be extracted which has been designated by the image area designating device, of the displayed original image into a particular color. Additionally, a storage controlling device stories pixel data representing pixels having colors excluding the particular color obtained by the change in said color changing means in the displayed original image and coordinate data representing positions of the pixels in the displayed original image with the pixel data and the coordinate data correlated with each other.