JP2000113203A - Image processor and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reflect an operation performed to a thumbnail on a display image obtained by using the original image of the thumbnail, too. SOLUTION: A video list display module 101 acquires the original image from an image file 1 to produce a thumbnail and displays it. When a turning operation of the thumbnail is performed, the module 101 turns the thumbnail to show it and transfers turning information to a document producing module. The document producing module 102 acquires the original image from the image file 1, produces an intra-document image for display and turns the intra- document image according to the turning information. When the document produced by the module 102 is instructed to be printed, the turning information is transferred to a document printing module 103 and an image on which it is reflected is printed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method having a function of creating a document using an image file displayed as a thumbnail, for example.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image editing application executable on a general-purpose personal computer or the like has been used to process digital image files. Some of such applications are provided with a function of reducing the captured image and displaying the thumbnail image as a thumbnail image, and a function of rotating the thumbnail so that the image is in the original orientation.

In an image processing application having such a thumbnail display / rotation function, when a thumbnail is rotated, the following two results are generated depending on the application. (1) The original image data is also rotated according to the rotation instruction, and the thumbnail image and the original image are rotated. (2) Only the thumbnail image is rotated without affecting the original image file.

[0003] Also, with the spread of such image editing applications, digital contents such as digital images are being distributed with embedded copyright information for the purpose of copyright protection. Some image editing applications restrict editing of an original image according to copyright information embedded in image data.

[0004]

However, each of the conventional methods (1) and (2) has the following disadvantages. (1) The method of (1) that also rotates the original image:
If the image editing application restricts image editing such as rotation to protect the copyright of the original image,
Sometimes the image could not be rotated. (2) In the method of (2) in which only the thumbnail image is rotated and displayed, the original image data is not rotated even if the thumbnail image is rotated. When editing an image specified by a thumbnail, the image to be edited is created from the original image, so that the displayed image is not rotated like a thumbnail, which confuses the user.

[0005] As described above, unnecessary restrictions are imposed on the user, and extra operations and thinking are required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional example, and the processing performed on a thumbnail image is reflected in the result of image editing and printing using the original image, so that the user can efficiently perform the processing. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus and method capable of processing image data.

In addition, in the editing process using an image, the original image is not edited, and a duplicate image obtained by reducing the image quality of the original image is edited. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus and method capable of performing an editing operation without restriction even when the image processing is performed.

[0008] Further, since an image with a low pixel density is used when editing using an image, an image processing apparatus which can perform image editing even with a client that does not have sufficient resources such as memory. The aim is to provide a method.

An image processing apparatus and method that can easily perform editing by reusing an editing history even if an image to be used is changed to another image in order to retain a result of document editing as an editing history. The purpose is to provide.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following arrangement. That is, in an image processing apparatus having image list display means for displaying a list of image files in a thumbnail format and document creation means for creating a document using the image files, thumbnail rotation operation means for processing a thumbnail rotation instruction by a user. A thumbnail rotation information holding unit that holds the rotation information of the thumbnail obtained by the thumbnail rotation operation unit; and a thumbnail image that is displayed based on the rotation information of the thumbnail held by the thumbnail rotation information holding unit and the original image file. A thumbnail creation unit to be created; a thumbnail display unit that displays the thumbnail created by the thumbnail creation unit; and a thumbnail display unit that holds the thumbnail rotation information when the user pastes the thumbnail into the created document. Thumbnail rotation information notifying means for notifying the rotation information of the thumbnail, rotation information of the thumbnail notified by the rotation information notifying means, and image rotation information in the document for obtaining the rotation information of the thumbnail. In-document image display information holding means for holding rotation information of the in-document image, and an in-document image for creating an image to be displayed in the document based on the information held in the in-document image display information holding means and the original image file Creating means, in-document image display means for displaying image data created by the in-document image creating means, and information held in the in-document image display information holding means when a user instructs printing of the document. An in-document image rotation information notifying means for notifying rotation information of the in-document image based on the Print image information control means for controlling the obtained information, print image creation means for creating a print image based on the rotation information and the original image file obtained by the print image information control means, and print image creation means created by the print image creation means. Document printing means for printing a document including the image.

Alternatively, list display means for displaying an image list corresponding to the original image, and a display image reflecting an operation applied to the image in the image list are generated from the original image corresponding to the operated image. An image processing apparatus comprising: a display image generation unit.

Alternatively, a display image generating means for generating a display image from an original image, an editing means for performing an editing process on the display image, and an editing process performed on the display image, An image processing device comprising: a reflection unit that reflects the original image corresponding to the display image.

[0013] Alternatively, an image processing apparatus connected to an image server for holding an original image and a printer server having a function of printing the original image, wherein a display image obtained by deteriorating the original image is obtained from the print server. Instructing the print shop to print an original image together with image acquisition means for performing the editing operation, editing means for performing an editing operation on the acquired display image, and history information of the editing operation performed on the display image. An image processing apparatus comprising:

Alternatively, a list display step of displaying an image list corresponding to the original image, and a display image reflecting an operation applied to the images in the image list are generated from the original image corresponding to the operated image. An image processing method comprising: a display image generating step.

[0015] Alternatively, a display image generating step of generating a display image from an original image, an editing step of performing an editing process on the display image, and an editing process of the display image are performed. A reflecting step of reflecting the original image corresponding to the display image.

Alternatively, there is provided an image processing method using an image server holding an original image and a printer server having a function of printing the original image, wherein a display image in which the original image is degraded is obtained from the print server. Instructing the print shop to print the original image together with the image acquisition step to perform, the editing step of performing an editing operation on the acquired display image, and the history information of the editing operation performed on the display image. And a print instruction step.

Alternatively, a computer may be provided with a thumbnail rotation operation means for processing a thumbnail rotation instruction by a user, a thumbnail rotation information holding means for holding thumbnail rotation information obtained by the thumbnail rotation operation means, and a thumbnail rotation information. A thumbnail creation unit for creating a thumbnail image to be displayed based on the rotation information of the thumbnail held by the holding unit and the original image file; a thumbnail display unit for displaying the thumbnail created by the thumbnail creation unit; A thumbnail rotation information notifying unit for notifying thumbnail rotation information held in the thumbnail rotation information holding unit when pasted in a created document; and a thumbnail rotation information notified by the thumbnail rotation information notification unit. In-document image rotation information acquiring means for acquiring the in-document image rotation information acquiring means, in-document image display information holding means for retaining the in-document image rotation information acquired by the in-document image rotation information acquiring means, In-document image creation means for creating an image to be displayed in the document based on the information held in the and the original image file, and an in-document image display means for displaying the image data created by the in-document image creation means, In-document image rotation information notifying means for notifying rotation information of an in-document image based on information held in the in-document image display information holding means when printing of a document is instructed by a user, and the in-document image rotation information Print image information control means for controlling the information notified by the notification means; rotation information and original image file obtained by the print image information control means; Computer-readable storage storing print image creation means for creating a print image based on a file, and a computer program functioning as a document print means for printing a document including the image created by the print image creation means. Medium. Alternatively, the computer generates a list display unit for displaying an image list corresponding to the original image, and a display image reflecting an operation applied to the image in the image list from the original image corresponding to the operated image. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that functions as a display image generation unit. Alternatively, the computer, a display image generating means for generating a display image from an original image, an editing means for performing an editing process on the display image, and an editing process performed on the display image, A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that functions as a reflection unit that reflects an original image corresponding to a display image. Alternatively, a computer connected to an image server that holds the original image and a printer server that has a function of printing the original image,
An image acquisition unit that acquires a display image obtained by deteriorating the original image, an editing unit that performs an editing operation on the acquired display image, and an editing operation that is performed on the display image. A computer-readable storage medium storing, together with history information, a computer program that functions as a print instruction unit that instructs the print shop to print an original image.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a functional module of an image editing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. <Structure of Functional Module> In the figure, the image editing apparatus creates a thumbnail of each image of an original image file and displays the list as an image list editing module 10.
1, a document creation module 102 for executing a document creation process using an image or the like displayed as a thumbnail,
Document printing module 10 for printing out a created document
3 is included.

In the image list display module 101,
The image file 1 is an original image file that stores an original image that can be used by a user, and a file device such as a magneto-optical disk or a hard disk is used.
The thumbnail rotation operation processing unit 2 processes a user's thumbnail rotation instruction. Thumbnail rotation information holding unit 3
Holds the rotation information of the thumbnail acquired by the thumbnail rotation operation processing unit 2. The thumbnail creation processing unit 4 creates a thumbnail image to be displayed based on the thumbnail rotation information held by the thumbnail rotation information holding unit 3 and the original image file 1. The thumbnail display processing unit 5 displays the thumbnail created by the thumbnail creation processing unit 4. The thumbnail rotation information notification processing unit 6 notifies the document creation module of the rotation information of the thumbnail held in the thumbnail rotation information holding unit 3 when the thumbnail is copied in the document by the user.

In the document creation module 102, the in-document image rotation information acquisition processing unit 7 acquires the rotation information of the thumbnail according to the notification from the thumbnail rotation information notification processing unit 6. The in-document image display information holding unit 8 holds the rotation information of the in-document image acquired by the in-document image rotation information acquisition processing unit 7. The in-document image creation processing unit 9 creates an image to be displayed in the document based on the information held in the in-document image display information holding unit 8 and the original image file 1. The in-document image display processing unit 10 displays the image data created by the in-document image creation processing unit 9. When printing is instructed by a user, the in-document image rotation information notification processing unit 11 notifies the document printing module 103 of the in-document image rotation information based on the information held in the in-document image display information holding unit 8. .

In the document print module 103, the print image information control processing unit 12 performs printing, an identifier indicating image data to be printed, an in-document identifier, based on a notification from the in-document image rotation information notification processing unit 11. Obtain rotation information and the like of the image. The print image creation processing unit 13 creates a print image based on the rotation information obtained from the print image information control processing unit 12 and the original image file 1. The document print processing unit 14 prints a document including an image created by the print image creation processing unit 13.

<Computer Configuration> Although the functional module configuration shown in FIG. 1 can be partially or entirely realized by a hardware circuit, in the present embodiment, a computer executes a program for realizing each functional module. It is realized by doing. FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a computer for executing the program.

In FIG. 2, a CRT display 21 displays a list of thumbnailed images, a document being edited, various message menus, and the like. The video RAM (VRAM) 22 is a CRT
The image data displayed on the screen of the display device 21 is stored. A bit move unit (BMU) 23 controls data transfer between memories or between a memory and each device. The keyboard 24 is provided with various keys for performing an editing operation and the like. pointing device
The (PD) 25 is used to indicate a thumbnail, a menu item, or the like on the screen.
Each unit of the apparatus is controlled based on a control program stored in the RAM 28 (a program for realizing the processing of the present invention described later, including a program relating to image processing and an error processing program). The RAM 28 is also used as a work area when the above-described various programs are executed by the CPU 26 and a temporary save area during error processing.

A hard disk drive (HDD) 29 and a floppy disk drive (FDD) 30 are used for storing application programs, data, libraries, and the like, which will be described later. Network interface (Net
The -I / F) 31 performs data control and diagnosis on the network in order to transfer data with another image server or print server via the network. An I / O bus 32 composed of an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus connects the above-described units.

In this embodiment, the program stored in the ROM is a hard disk (H) directly connected to the apparatus.
D) or a storage medium such as a floppy disk (FD). Further, it may be stored on another device connected by a network. These programs are loaded into the RAM 28 via a storage medium such as an FD or an HD or a network. It can also be supplied to other systems and devices.

<List Display Processing> FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of the image file list display processing in this embodiment. This procedure is realized by the CPU 26 executing a predetermined program.

In step S301, a thumbnail is created by the image list display module 101 based on the original image file 1 with copyright information input from a digital camera or scanner or downloaded from another computer or the like via a network. To show it. For images taken with a digital camera, both images taken in portrait and landscape orientations,
When imported as an image file, it will be in a predetermined orientation. Note that since this flowchart is a processing procedure by an image processing application, input / output processing is generally performed by requesting an operating system, and is generally not performed by the application itself. FIG.
(A) shows an example of a thumbnail displayed as a list.

In step S302, the process waits for an operation input by the user. When an input is performed using the input device of the keyboard 24 or the PD 25, the process proceeds to step S304.

It is determined in step S304 whether the operation input in step S302 is a thumbnail rotation instruction. If it is a rotation instruction, in step S305, the rotation information of the specified thumbnail is held in the thumbnail rotation information holding unit 3.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing thumbnail display information including rotation information held in the thumbnail rotation information holding unit 3. In FIG. 6, since the thumbnail of the Photo2 image has been instructed to rotate 90 degrees to the left, the rotation information of the Photo2 file includes information “LEFT” corresponding to “90 degrees to the left”.
90 ”is retained.

In step S306, the thumbnail of Photo2 is re-created based on the original image file 1 and the rotation information of the thumbnail rotation information holding unit 3. The thumbnail image data is created in the memory, and the original image file 1 is not changed. This step S3
Step 06 is executed by the thumbnail creation processing unit 4.

In step S307, the thumbnail created in step S306 is displayed on the CRT display device 21. Step S307 is executed by the thumbnail display processing unit 5. FIG. 5B shows the result of specifying the thumbnail of Photo2 in the thumbnail group shown in FIG.

If it is determined in step S304 that the operation input is not a rotation operation, it is determined in step S308 whether the thumbnail is pasted on a document. If it is an instruction to paste the document, in step S309, the thumbnail rotation information is notified to the document creation module.

If it is determined in step S308 that the instruction is not an instruction for pasting to a document, an operation in accordance with the instruction is performed, and the input waits again.

<Document Creation Processing> Step S309 in FIG.
The document creation module that received the thumbnail rotation information in
The document in which the image is embedded is displayed by the procedure of FIG.

First, in step S401, the thumbnail rotation information received from the image list display module is received, and held by the in-document image rotation information holding unit 8 as in-document image rotation information. Step S401 is executed by the in-document image rotation information acquisition processing unit 7.

Next, in step S402, original image data is acquired from the image file 1, and a display image to be displayed in the created document is created based on the acquired original image and the held image rotation information in the document. I do. Although a detailed description is omitted here, the document creation module also has a function of creating a document using an editing object other than an image according to an instruction of an operator. Therefore, in step S402, a document image using the created display image is also created. The display image created in step S402 is temporarily stored in the memory, and the original image file 1 is not changed. In creating an image for display, the pixel density of the image is converted according to the resolution of the display device as needed. Step S402 is executed by the in-document image creation processing unit 9.

In step S403, step S402
Is displayed on the CRT display device 21. Step S403 is the in-document image display processing unit 1.
0 is executed.

FIG. 7 shows a display example of a document when the rotated thumbnail Photo2 is pasted on the created document. The document creation module creates an image in the document in the vertical direction similar to the thumbnail 701 based on the rotation information notified from the image list display module, and pastes it into the document together with other editing objects 702 such as a character string and an image frame. To create and display a document image 703. Accordingly, the user does not need to instruct the document creation module to rotate the image again, and can create a document by using an image having the same orientation as the already rotated thumbnail.

Further, even when the use of the original image is restricted by the copyright, the use of an image obtained by converting the pixel density of the original image to a low value may be permitted. In such a case, the original image file is not changed in the procedure described above, and the use of the original image is restricted by copyright or the like because the original image file is converted to a low pixel density as an image to be displayed in the document before use. You can edit the image to be displayed even if it is displayed.

<Printing Process> When printing a created document, the document creation module 102 sends the document printing module 103 information on the document to be printed, as well as information on the document held in the document image rotation information holding unit 8. Send image rotation information. The transmitted information includes document information other than the image in the document, information indicating the original image of the image in the document (not the image itself), and image rotation information in the document. The print module obtains the original image from the original image file 1, rotates it according to the document rotation information, and then pastes it onto a document consisting of document information other than the in-document image and prints it out.

As described above, when a thumbnail corresponding to a certain image is rotated, the rotation is reflected on the image corresponding to the thumbnail, so that the editing operation using the image is simplified and the burden on the operator is reduced. can do.

Even when the use of the original image is restricted by copyright, if the use of an image obtained by converting the pixel density of the original image to a low level is permitted, the image to be displayed is not displayed. You can edit it.

[Second Embodiment] Even when the original image file 1 is stored in an image server connected via the network interface 21, the same document creation processing as in the first embodiment can be performed. However, the image list display module does not always generate the thumbnail by receiving the original image from the image server, but can also receive the thumbnail itself and display it in a list. Whether one of these is selected may be set by the user, or it may be determined whether or not the image data received by the image list display module is a thumbnail.

FIG. 8 shows the configuration of an image processing system using a network according to this embodiment.

The print client 801 is an information processing device such as a computer, and has a document creation module. An image list display module may be provided. The configuration of the print client 801 is the same as that of FIG. 2, and can perform document creation and image editing processing according to a user's instruction.

The image server 802 holds the original image file 1. A print server (also referred to as a center server) 803 controls printing and also manages permission to use images stored in the image server 802. These servers are connected to the print client 801 via a network.

The print shop 804 is a printer server that includes a printing device capable of actually printing a high-definition image and has a function of generating a document image. The print shop 804 has a document printing module. In FIG. 8, the arrows between the nodes indicate the connections through the Internet.

In the present embodiment, the image server 802 and the print server 803 can be considered as servers operated by digital content providers. The print shop 804 is prepared in a lab shop or the like that provides an output service. Print client 8
01 can be assumed to be a general user. In such a network system, the following print service is provided.

First, the print client 801 connects to the print server 803, to which the user has subscribed, by using a WWW browser (not shown) and connects to the print server 803.
n Graphical Interface) Download display HTML data generated by the program. This data includes a list display image. The print client 801 causes the browser to display the downloaded HTML document, and allows the user to select an image to be downloaded from a list of thumbnail images. Print client 8
01 transmits an image acquisition request instructed by the user to the print server 803, and waits for reception.

The print server 803 receives an image acquisition request received from the print client 801 based on the request.
An image server 802 storing an original image (original image) of the designated image is specified, and an image acquisition request is transmitted to the image server 802. The image server 802 specifies an original image stored in a database (not shown) based on the image acquisition request acquired from the print server 803, and returns the original image to the print server. At this time, it is assumed that copyright information and editing restriction information are added to the original image as additional information. The additional information may be stored as additional information in JPEG format or in non-image information in FlashPix format. The print server 803 is an image server 80
2 is returned to the print client requesting the acquisition.

The browser of the print client 801 passes the original image to the document creation module, and the document creation module generates a thumbnail image from the received original image.
This allows the user to edit the digital content obtained via the Internet. Image editing in the print client 801 is controlled as described in the first embodiment.

In the print client 801,
Editing of a document is performed, including pasting of an image from the thumbnails displayed in a list, but the received original image is not edited in this editing process. Editing is performed on the display image generated from the original image, and the document creation module 102 displays the edited document using the display image. This is because, in the first embodiment, even if the thumbnail is rotated by the list display module, the original image is not rotated, and the display image generated from the original image is rotated by the document creation module in accordance with the information that the thumbnail is rotated. Is the same as That is, the editing operation performed on the in-document image in the print client 801 is reflected on the display image but not on the original image. At the same time as editing, editing information indicating the editing operation is collected and added to the editing history. The document image rotation information holding unit 8 in the document creation module 102
It holds not only the rotation information received from the list display module 101 but also editing information indicating the history of editing operations on the in-document images performed by the document creation module 102.

The display image on which the editing operation is reflected in the pudding client 801 is not a copy of the original image itself, but has a higher pixel density than the original image generated on the video memory according to the resolution of the display. The image is low. The print client 801 does not operate the original image whose editing is restricted, and edits the display image once having a reduced pixel density. In this case, since the print client does not edit the original image, even if there is an edit restriction on the high-quality original image, edit restrictions are particularly set on the duplicated image in which the pixel density is reduced and the image quality is deteriorated. If not, the print client 801 can edit freely.

<Print Processing Procedure> FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure in the print client and the print server when a print instruction is given from the user in the print client 801.

FIG. 9A shows a processing procedure in the print client. When a print instruction is given from the user, the processing in FIG. 9A is started. First, step S9
In step 01, the print shop (document print module) is notified of the editing information of the image in the document, and requests printing. This editing information includes information for identifying the original image of the image in the document, the address of the image server that holds the original image, and the like. In FIG. 8, the print client 8
From 01, a print request to the print shop 804
Although the route is via the print server 803, a route for directly requesting the route may be provided.

FIG. 9B shows a processing procedure by the print shop 804 (document print module 103) that has received the print request. In the print shop 804, first, in step S910, the use permission of the image pasted on the document requested to be printed is obtained from the print server 803. The print server 803 sends the use permission to the print shop 80.
Return to 4. If the print server 803 has paid the price for the image requested to be printed, for example, the print server 803 gives the print client 801 permission to use the image.

The print shop 804 determines the response from the print server, and if the use permission has not been given, notifies the print client 801 of the non-permission in step S911. If the use permission is given, the original image of the in-document image is acquired from the print server 803 in step S912, and the editing history is traced based on the document information received from the print client and the in-document image editing information. The original image having the high pixel density is edited so as to reflect the editing operation performed on the display image, and the document to be printed is reconstructed. The document created in the last step S914 is printed.

According to such a procedure, at the stage of editing a document, the print client can use the image provided by the image server and edit the original image even if there is an editing restriction. Further, by using an original image at the time of printing, a high-quality image can be used as an image to be printed.

In step S901 in FIG. 9A, the editing information such as the rotation information held by the in-document image rotation information time unit 8 is used as it is, and only the designation of the image to be edited is changed. The print client can request the print shop to print.
By doing so, a document edited according to the editing history can be obtained without performing the editing work again, such as when it is desired to replace the in-document image that has been edited.

As described above, when a thumbnail corresponding to an image is rotated, the rotation is reflected on the image corresponding to the thumbnail, so that the editing operation using the image is simplified and the burden on the operator is reduced. can do.

In the editing process using an image, the original image is not edited, and a duplicate image obtained by lowering the image quality of the original image is edited. In this case, the editing operation can be performed without restriction.

Further, when editing using an image, an image with a low pixel density is used, so that even a client that does not have sufficient resources such as a memory can perform image editing.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a thumbnail corresponding to a certain image is rotated, the rotation is reflected on the image corresponding to the thumbnail, so that the editing operation using the image is simplified, and the burden on the operator can be reduced.

Further, in the editing process using an image, the original image is not edited, but a duplicate image obtained by lowering the image quality of the original image is edited. In this case, the editing operation can be performed without restriction.

Further, when editing using an image, an image with a low pixel density is used, so that even a client that does not have sufficient resources such as a memory can perform image editing.

Further, in order to hold the result of document editing as an editing history, even if an image to be used is changed to another image, the editing history can be reused and simple editing can be performed.

[0067]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a computer for realizing a document editing system.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an image list display process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a document creation process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a thumbnail list display example.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing thumbnail display information held in a thumbnail rotation information holding unit 3;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation of pasting a rotated thumbnail to a document.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing system using a network according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 illustrates a print client and a print client when a print instruction is given by a user in the print client 801.
9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure in a print server.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 image list display module 102 document creation module 103 document print module 801 print client 802 image server 803 print server 804 print shop

Claims (23)

[Claims] 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image list display means for displaying a list of image files in a thumbnail format; and a document creation means for creating a document using the image files. An operation unit; a thumbnail rotation information holding unit that holds rotation information of the thumbnail acquired by the thumbnail rotation operation unit; and a thumbnail rotation information held by the thumbnail rotation information holding unit and the thumbnail image are displayed based on the original image file. A thumbnail creation unit that creates a thumbnail image; a thumbnail display unit that displays the thumbnail created by the thumbnail creation unit; and a thumbnail rotation information holding unit that holds the thumbnail when the user pastes the thumbnail into the created document. Thumbnail Thumbnail rotation information notifying means for notifying the rotation information of the thumbnail, image rotation information obtaining means for obtaining the rotation information of the thumbnail notified from the thumbnail rotation information notification means, and image rotation information obtaining means for obtaining the image rotation information. An in-document image display information holding unit that holds the rotation information of the extracted in-document image, and a document that creates an image to be displayed in the document based on the information held in the in-document image display information holding unit and the original image file An internal image creating unit, an in-document image displaying unit that displays the image data created by the in-document image creating unit, and an in-document image display information holding unit that is held by the in-document image display information holding unit when a user instructs printing of the document. In-document image rotation information notifying means for notifying rotation information of the in-document image based on the information contained in the document, A print image information control unit that controls the information notified by the print image information control unit; a print image creation unit that creates a print image based on the rotation information and the original image file obtained by the print image information control unit; A document printing unit for printing a document including the created image. 2. A list display means for displaying an image list corresponding to an original image, and a display image reflecting an operation applied to an image in the image list is generated from the original image corresponding to the operated image. An image processing apparatus comprising: a display image generation unit. 3. An editing means for editing a display image generated by the display image generating means, and a document is created based on an editing history edited by the editing means and an original image corresponding to the display image. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a printing unit configured to perform printing. 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a holding unit that holds the editing history. 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a management unit for managing use of the original image, wherein the printing unit performs printing using the original image when permission is given by the management unit. Item 4. The image processing device according to item 3. 6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a list creation unit that creates a corresponding image list from an original image. 7. A display image generating means for generating a display image from an original image, an editing means for performing an editing process on the display image, and an editing process performed on the display image, An image processing device comprising: a reflection unit that reflects the original image corresponding to the display image. 8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a management unit for managing use of the original image, wherein the reflection unit performs printing using the original image when permission is given by the management unit. Item 8. The image processing device according to Item 7. 9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display image generation unit generates a display image by reducing a pixel density of an original image. 10. An image processing apparatus connected to an image server holding an original image and a printer server having a function of printing the original image, wherein the display server obtains a display image degraded from the original image from the print server. Image editing means for performing an editing operation on the acquired display image, and instructing the print shop to print the original image together with the history information of the editing operation performed on the display image. An image processing apparatus comprising: 11. A list display step of displaying an image list corresponding to an original image, and a display image reflecting an operation applied to an image in the image list is generated from the original image corresponding to the operated image. An image processing method comprising: a display image generating step. 12. An editing step of editing a display image generated in the display image generating step, and creating a document based on an editing history edited in the editing step and an original image corresponding to the display image. 12. The image processing method according to claim 11, further comprising a printing step of performing printing. 13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising a holding step of holding the editing history by a holding unit.
The image processing method according to 1. 14. The printing method according to claim 1, further comprising a management step of managing use of the original image, wherein the printing step performs printing using the original image when permission is given by the management step. Item 13. The image processing method according to Item 12. 15. The image processing method according to claim 11, further comprising a list creation step of creating a corresponding image list from an original image. 16. A display image generating step of generating a display image from an original image, an editing step of performing an editing process on the display image, and an editing process performed on the display image. A reflecting step of reflecting the original image corresponding to the display image. 17. The printing method according to claim 17, further comprising a management step of managing use of the original image, wherein the reflection step performs printing using the original image when permission is given by the management step. Item 17. The image processing method according to Item 16. 18. The image processing method according to claim 11, wherein the display image generating step generates a display image by reducing a pixel density of an original image. 19. An image processing method using an image server holding an original image and a printer server having a function of printing the original image, wherein a display image in which the original image is degraded is obtained from the print server. Instructing the print shop to print the original image together with the history information of the editing operation performed on the acquired display image and the editing operation performed on the acquired display image. An image processing method comprising: 20. A computer, comprising: a thumbnail rotation operation unit that processes a thumbnail rotation instruction by a user; a thumbnail rotation information storage unit that stores thumbnail rotation information obtained by the thumbnail rotation operation unit; A thumbnail creation unit for creating a thumbnail image to be displayed based on the rotation information of the thumbnail held by the holding unit and the original image file; a thumbnail display unit for displaying the thumbnail created by the thumbnail creation unit; A thumbnail rotation information notifying unit for notifying the rotation information of the thumbnail held in the thumbnail rotation information holding unit when pasted into the created document; and a thumbnail rotation information notified by the thumbnail rotation information notifying unit. The in-document image rotation information acquiring means, the in-document image display information holding means for holding the in-document image rotation information acquired by the in-document image rotation information acquiring means, and the in-document image display information holding means An in-document image creating means for creating an image to be displayed in a document based on the held information and the original image file; an in-document image displaying means for displaying image data created by the in-document image creating means; A document image rotation information notifying unit for notifying the rotation information of the image in the document based on the information held in the image display information holding unit in the document when the printing of the document is instructed, and the image rotation information notification in the document Print information control means for controlling the information notified by the means, rotation information obtained by the print image information control means, and an original image file. Computer-readable storage storing a print image creating means for creating a print image based on a file, and a computer program functioning as a document print means for printing a document including the image created by the print image creating means. Medium. 21. A computer, comprising: a list display means for displaying an image list corresponding to an original image; and a display image reflecting an operation added to an image in the image list, the original image corresponding to the operated image. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that functions as a display image generating unit generated from a computer. 22. A computer, comprising: a display image generating unit for generating a display image from an original image; an editing unit for performing an editing process on the display image; and an editing process performed on the display image. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to function as a reflection unit for reflecting the image on an original image corresponding to the display image. 23. An image acquiring means for acquiring a display image obtained by deteriorating an original image from the print server by connecting a computer connected to an image server holding the original image and a printer server having a function of printing the original image. Editing means for performing an editing operation on the acquired display image; and print instruction means for instructing the print shop to print an original image together with history information of the editing operation performed on the display image. A computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer program that functions as a computer.