JP2006148344A - Edit condition setting apparatus and edit condition setting program for photo movie - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an edit condition setting apparatus and an edit condition setting program for photo movies capable of relieving a load required for the entry of edit conditions carried out by a customer in the case of placing an order of the photo movie. <P>SOLUTION: The edit condition setting apparatus sets a cut-out region for an object of cutting out a still picture when the zoom effect or the pan effect of displaying part of the cut-out still picture with magnification is selected at the entry of edit conditions for the photo movie. The apparatus automatically sets the cut-out region on the basis of the position and the size of a face image by detecting the face image of a person from a particular object region designated by the customer in advance. The cut-out region has a proper margin in a way that the face of the person displayed with magnification looks good and the apparatus can easily create the photo movie with high quality wherein the image is zoomed or panned on the basis of the face of the person. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a photo movie editing condition setting device and an editing condition setting program for setting editing conditions necessary for creating a photo movie to be viewed as a moving image from a still image as a material.

  A photo movie is obtained by converting a still image of a material into a moving image by processing and editing a still image recorded using a digital camera or the like and applying a special effect. This special effect includes an electronic zoom effect that zooms in and out by focusing on a partial area of a still image, an electronic panning effect that scrolls the image while a partial area of the image is close-up, and a reduced image display Then, there are a moving effect for moving the image linearly or in a curved line, a rotating effect for rotating an image around a specific point, a distortion effect for giving distortion (skew), a combined effect combining these, and the like.

  In a photo movie, by using these special effects to change the viewpoint of a still image in a pseudo manner, it is possible to produce a specific subject of interest and to express an image dynamically. In addition, multi-screen effects that display multiple images at the same time, animation images, decorative images, visual effects by combining subtitles, and those that display images as a slide show without giving these special effects, such as There are various display forms. In the following description, these special effects are referred to as effects.

  Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1 describe software for creating a photo movie. In these softwares, a photo movie can be created by selecting a still image as a material for the photo movie and then setting editing conditions such as a reproduction order and an effect type. The created photo movie can be viewed on these softwares. Also, if the video of the photo movie is converted into a general-purpose digital video format and recorded on an optical disc such as a DVD, the photo movie can be viewed on a home DVD player or the like without using the above software.

The software described in Non-Patent Document 1 has a manual editing mode in which the user can set editing conditions for all images, and an automatic editing mode in which a photo movie is automatically created simply by selecting an image as a material. It is prepared. In the automatic editing mode, the playback order is determined according to the selection order of the still images, and the effect type of each image is automatically set by the program, so that the operation procedure becomes very simple.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-200843 Digital Stage Co., Ltd. LIFE * with-Photo-Cinema [Search April 6, 2004] Internet <URL: http://www.digitalstage.net/jp/product/life/index.html>

  However, in the above-described automatic editing mode, the effect is not appropriately set based on the content of the image, so when an effect for enlarging an image such as an electronic zoom effect or an electronic panning effect is selected, There is a drawback that it may be difficult to obtain a work desired by the user because the video may ignore a human subject. Also, when trying to avoid such a situation using the conventional manual editing mode, the user details the position and size of the clipping region that determines the specific part of the still image that is clipped to enlarge the image. In order to display the person of each image in a balanced manner on the screen, there is a problem that it takes a lot of time and effort.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and the time required for displaying a human subject in a good-looking manner using the manual editing mode can be reduced as compared with the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a photo movie editing condition setting device and an editing condition setting program which can be easily created.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention cuts out a part of a still image, applies a processing and editing process to the still image, and creates a photo movie using the still image as a material. In a photo movie editing condition setting device for setting a clipping region to be clipped as a photo movie editing condition, a face image detecting means for detecting a human face image from the still image, and detecting when detecting the face image And a cutout region determining means for determining the cutout region based on the position and size of the face image.

  The face image detecting means detects the face image from an image in a specific selection area designated on the still image displayed on a display screen of a display.

  The selection area is defined as an area having a predetermined size with the designated point as a base point by designating at least one arbitrary point on the still image.

  The image processing apparatus includes a first image quality correction unit that performs image quality correction processing on the still image from which the face image is detected by the face image detection unit.

  Image reading means for reading image data of the still image from a storage medium, and second image quality correction means for performing image quality correction processing on all the read image data before setting the editing conditions It is characterized by that.

  When a part of a still image is cut out and processed and edited to create a photo movie using the still image as a material, the cut-out area to be cut out of the part of the still image is edited in the photo movie. In a photo movie editing condition setting program that causes a computer to execute processing to be set as a condition, a face image detection unit that detects a face image of a person from the still image, and a position of the detected face image when the face image is detected And a computer functioning as a cutout area determining means for determining the cutout area based on the size.

  According to the present invention, a face image of a person is detected from a still image when setting an editing condition related to an effect that requires setting of a clipping region, such as an electronic zoom effect with an enlarged image display or an electronic panning effect. Since the cutout region is automatically determined based on at least one of the position and size of the detected face image, it is possible to easily set editing conditions that allow a person's face to look good and fit in the screen. Also, unlike the conventional technology in which all editing conditions are set by the user, there is a mistake in setting the clipping region that causes the quality of the photo movie to deteriorate due to the coarsened image when the image magnification is excessively high. The effect of preventing is also obtained.

  In addition, by specifying a specific selection area on the still image displayed on the screen and detecting the face image from the image in the specified selection area, the face image is detected compared to the case of detecting the face image from the entire image. The time required for image detection can be shortened.

  In addition, when an operation for designating a selection area is performed by the user, a selection area having a predetermined size with a designated point as a base point is defined by designating an arbitrary point on the still image. The operation of specifying the selection area can be simplified.

  By performing image quality correction processing on the still image from which the face image is detected, it is possible to reduce the deterioration of the quality of the photo movie due to the roughness of the image when the face image is enlarged and displayed.

  By performing image quality correction processing on all still images read from the storage medium, it is possible to improve the accuracy of detection of face images and to know the approximate quality of a photo movie at the time of setting editing conditions.

  In FIG. 1, a photo movie order receiving system 10 includes an order receiving machine 11 and a photo movie output machine 12. The order acceptance machine 11 and the photo movie output machine 12 are installed in the same store such as a DPE store, and are connected to each other via a local network (LAN) of the store. In addition, the order reception machine 11 may be installed in a remote place with respect to the photo movie output machine 12, and in this case, both may be communicably connected via the Internet.

  The order reception machine 11 includes an input operation unit 15 for a customer to input order details, and a display unit 16 on which a still image used for a photo movie, a setting screen for setting editing conditions, and the like are displayed. Yes. The input operation unit 15 includes a transparent touch panel provided integrally with the display screen of the display unit 16, and input processing is performed by touching a position of a selection key or the like displayed on the screen. The media reading unit 17 reads image data from a storage medium brought by the customer, and can read data from the memory card 18 and a CD or DVD optical disk 19. The memory card 18 is detachable from the digital camera, and is used for storing captured images. The optical disk 19 is a large-capacity storage medium in which image data stored in a personal computer or the like is copied and can store more photographed images than the memory card 18.

  The communication unit 21 transmits and receives data between the order receiving machine 11 and the photo movie output machine 12. The receipt output unit 22 issues a receipt 23 that serves as an exchange certificate when the customer receives the product. The receipt 23 is printed with identification information for identifying the order contents of the customer. In this identification information, the order number, the identification code of the accepting machine that accepted the order, the delivery date and time of the product, information indicating the delivery store, etc. are recorded in bar code and characters, respectively.

  The control unit 25 and the editing condition setting unit 26 cause the microprocessor to execute an operating system stored in a storage device built in the order receiving machine 11 and an editing condition setting program for setting photo movie editing conditions. Realized. This storage device is constituted by, for example, a hard disk storage device (HDD) or a memory unit including a large number of memory chips. The control unit 25 controls the hardware such as the media reading unit 17 and the communication unit 21 and manages the operation of each unit according to the operation performed by the input operation unit 15.

  The editing condition setting unit 26 performs processing for setting editing conditions such as the presence / absence of an effect and the type of each still image used for the photo movie by a customer's input operation or the like. The editing condition setting unit 26 includes an automatic editing mode in which effects of all still images are automatically determined according to a prepared scenario template, and a manual editing mode in which effects are set for each image by a customer's manual setting. Have. There are several types of scenario templates for the automatic editing mode for different themes such as seasons and annual events. Templates for travel, templates for weddings and graduations, New Year, Hinamatsuri, Tanabata, Christmas There are templates. The type of decoration image to be combined with the photographed image and the effect that can be easily selected are different for each template.

  The preview moving image output unit 28 outputs a preview photo movie to which an effect is applied in the same manner as a photo movie actually created based on the editing conditions set by the editing condition setting unit 26. The preview moving image output unit 28 generates a low resolution image in which the number of pixels of the captured image read from the memory card 18 or the optical disk 19 is reduced, and creates a preview photo movie from the low resolution image. By using the low-resolution image, the load on the microprocessor required to generate and display the preview photo movie is reduced. The preview photo movie is displayed on the display unit 16, and the quality of the finished product is transmitted to the customer.

  The editing condition setting unit 26 includes a scenario data generation unit 29, a cutout region setting unit 30, and a face image detection unit 31. The scenario data generation unit 29 creates scenario data incorporating editing conditions in which the image playback order, the presence / absence of the effect of each image, and the type thereof are specified. The scenario data is configured by associating the effect type and its detailed setting contents with the file name of the image data. The scenario data is transmitted to the photo movie output machine 12 together with still image data as part of the order information.

  The cutout area setting unit 30 sets a cutout area for cutting out a part of a still image and adding a special effect. This cropping area is displayed by zooming in and out, focusing on a part of the still image, a panning effect that scrolls the image in a close-up state, and darkened by excluding part of the still image. This is a parameter of an effect used when a specific subject in a still image is noticed, such as a spotlight effect that produces an effect as if a spotlight was applied to an image.

  For example, in the zoom effect, a display range at the end of zoom-in and a display range at the start of zoom-out are determined by the cutout area. In addition, in the Pann effect, an extraction range of an image to be closed up at the start and end of Pann is determined, and in the spotlight effect, a brightly displayed region is determined. In the zoom effect and pann effect, a rectangular cutout area with a fixed aspect ratio is set based on the aspect ratio of the screen of the display device that plays and displays the photo movie. In the spotlight effect and other effects, the shape of the cutout area is set. Other shapes such as a circle can be specified. Note that in the zoom effect in which the still image is displayed by changing the magnification between the display range determined by the cutout region from the state where the entire still image is reduced or displayed at the same magnification, one cutout region is set. In the Pann effect that scrolls an image in a close-up state, a plurality of cutout areas are set. These cutout areas are displayed on the screen of the display unit 16 as a cutout frame F11 (see FIG. 4).

  The face image detection unit 31 detects a face image of a person present in a still image. When a face image is detected, a specific selection area on the still image to be detected is designated by the customer, and the face image inside this selection area is detected. In the face image detection process, the skin color is identified based on the color information for each pixel of the still image, and the face image is identified based on the presence or absence of pupils, eyebrows, and hair. In addition, the face and head contours are identified based on the arrangement pattern of skin-colored pixels indicating the skin of the face and black pixels indicating the hair, eyebrows, and pupils, the brightness difference from the background, etc., and the shape of the face is specified. The

  In the cutout area setting unit 30, a cutout that optimizes the left and right margins of the face image based on the detected face image so that the face of the person detected by the face image detection unit 31 is displayed with good appearance. The recommended margin data for defining the area is stored. Since the optimum margin differs depending on various shooting scenes, the recommended margin data is the number of detected face images (number of people) for each case where the still image of the material is a horizontally long image and a vertically long image. Also, those classified according to feature information such as the positional relationship of each face and the ratio of the face image to the entire still image are prepared in advance. When a face image is detected from the designated selection area, the cutout area setting unit 30 refers to the recommended margin data from the feature information and determines the position and size of the cutout area.

  The image quality correction unit 32 performs image quality correction processing such as color tone correction on the image data. The image quality correction process includes a set-up correction process that is uniformly performed on all the image data read from the media reading unit 17 and a high-quality process that is performed when a human face is recognized by the face image detection unit 31. There is. In the setup correction process, basic image quality correction processes such as gray balance adjustment, color tone adjustment for adjusting the tone of skin color pixels, and contrast adjustment are performed on all images. The high-quality processing is performed on a still image in which a human face is present by the face image detection unit 31 like a zoom effect or a pann effect, and distortion or peripheral light reduction due to lens performance at the time of shooting is performed. Image quality correction processing for improving image quality such as correction, red-eye correction processing, noise reduction processing, sharpness correction, and jaggy reduction processing is performed.

  The photo movie output machine 12 analyzes the scenario data embedded in the order information, the communication unit 35 that receives the order information transmitted from the order receiving machine 11, the order information storage unit 36 that stores the received order information. In addition, a photo movie output unit 37 that outputs a photo movie based on the transmitted image data, and a video movie conversion unit 38 that converts the photo movie video into a video based on a general-purpose digital video format are provided. . As one of the digital moving image formats, the MPEG2-DVD-Video format is adopted so that a photo movie can be viewed as a DVD image.

  The control unit 39 manages a series of flow from order information processing to product finishing by controlling each unit based on an order processing program incorporated in advance. The media recording unit 40 records photomovie data on an optical disc 41 such as a CD or a DVD. The label printing unit 42 prints identification information for identifying the order contents and a label image indicating the contents of the photo movie on the surface of the optical disc 41.

  Next, the operation of the photo movie order receiving system 10 will be described. In FIG. 2, when the storage medium of the memory card 18 or the optical disc 19 storing still image data is set in the media reading unit 17 of the order receiving machine 11, the control unit 39 detects the set storage medium. Then, reading of the image data is started.

  When the image data is copied from the storage medium, the image quality correction unit 32 performs setup correction processing on all the image data. Also, thumbnail images are generated from the image data that has undergone the setup correction process, and the thumbnail images are displayed as a list on the display unit 16. An image to be used as a photo movie material can be selected with reference to the displayed thumbnail image, and an operation of determining whether to use all images or a part of images is performed.

  When the selection of the image is completed, an operation for selecting either an automatic edit mode for automatically creating a photo movie using the selected image or a manual edit mode for allowing the customer to select a playback order, an effect type or the like is performed. The When the automatic editing mode is selected, the editing condition setting unit 26 determines the playback order in the order in which thumbnail images are arranged, and determines the presence / absence and type of effect for each image. At this time, scenario templates prepared in advance according to themes such as annual events and seasons can be selected.

  In the manual editing mode, the customer himself / herself sets editing conditions such as the playback order of images, the presence / absence of effects of each image, the type of effect, and detailed settings indicating how to apply the effect. In a state where thumbnail images of the read images are displayed as a list on the display unit 16, it is possible to determine the reproduction order of the images by changing the arrangement order of the images on the screen of the display unit 16 via the input operation unit 15. it can. Further, when an item designating that an effect is to be applied to a predetermined image is selected, the process proceeds to a step for performing detailed setting of the effect.

  The effects include zoom effects, effects with enlarged display such as pan effects, spotlight effects that darken the image except for a portion of the still image, and a straight line from the edge of the screen A move effect that moves in a curved line, a fade-in effect that gradually turns the previously displayed still image transparent and gradually darkens the next image displayed, a composite effect that combines decorative images and subtitles, etc. Many types of effects are available, such as combined effects. In the following description, the case where the Pann effect is selected will be described as an example.

  In FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, when the pan effect is selected, the process proceeds to a step of designating the base point of the pan operation. In the Pann effect, a cutout region that is a start point indicating a Pann start position and an end point indicating an end position is specified as a base point of the Pan operation, and a relay point between the start point and the end point can be specified as necessary. As shown in FIG. 4A, on the screen of the display unit 16, an edit window W1 that displays a still image in which an effect is designated, a preview window W2 that displays an image cut out by a cutout area, and the details of the effect A setting window W3 for setting is displayed. When designating the base point of the panning operation, the person's face is designated on the screen of the editing window W1.

  In the editing window W1, for example, an image showing the subject A1 and the subject A2 is displayed as an image for which the panning effect is designated. The setting window W3 displays setting keys K1, K2, and K3 for designating the start point, end point, and relay point of the panning operation. In order to designate the starting point of the panning operation, the setting key K1 is operated. On the screen of the display unit 16, a message prompting the user to specify a point on the editing window W1 is displayed.

  When the start point of the panning operation is designated, if the customer desires to close up the face of the subject A1, the position of the face of the subject A1 is designated. In the editing window W1, as shown in FIG. 4B, a mark M1 indicating the designated coordinates and a fixed size having a rectangular shape centering on the mark M1 as indicating the selection area designated by the customer. A selection frame f1 is displayed. Note that the size and shape of the selection frame f1 may be changed by a customer input operation.

  The face image detection unit 31 performs a face detection process inside the selection frame f1. When a face of a person is detected from the inside of the selection frame f1 by the face detection process, the outline is specified, and the recognition range of the face image is highlighted based on the specified outline. If no human face is detected, the threshold for determining the likelihood of the face is set low, and the face detection process is repeated. If the face of the person cannot be detected even after performing the face detection process twice, an error message is displayed and the process returns to the step of designating the start point of the panning operation.

  When the face of the subject A1 is detected from the selection frame f1, it is specified that the number of people included in the selection frame f1 is one. The cutout area setting unit 30 refers to the recommended margin data based on the position and size of the face of the subject A1 and the detected number of people, and calculates the optimum position and size of the cutout area. This optimized cutout area is displayed as a cutout frame F11. The center of the cutout frame F11 is the same as the center C1 of the face recognition range. In the preview window W2, an image cut out by the cutout frame F11 is displayed. In this way, the cutout area is determined, and the setting of the start point of the panning operation is completed.

  Next, when the setting key K2 of the setting window W3 is operated, the process proceeds to a step of designating the end point of the panning operation. When the customer desires to close up the face of the subject A2, the face of the subject A2 is designated on the editing window W1. In the editing window W1, a mark M2 indicating the designated coordinates and a rectangular selection frame f2 centering on the mark M2 are displayed as indicating the clipping region designated by the customer.

  The face image detection unit 31 performs face detection processing for the selection frame f2. Thereby, the face of the subject A2 is detected. Further, the outline of the face of the subject A2 is specified, the recognition range of the face image is highlighted, and the number of persons included in the selection frame f2 is specified as one. The cutout area setting unit 30 refers to the recommended margin data based on the detected position and size of the face of the subject A2, and calculates the optimum position and size of the cutout area. This optimized cutout area is displayed as a cutout frame F21. The center of the cutout frame F21 is the same as the center C2 of the face recognition range of the subject A2.

  The cutout frame F21 indicating the cutout area determined based on the recommended margin data includes the external area H1 of the image indicated by the hatched portion in FIG. For this reason, a black band portion due to the external region H1 is mixed in the image in which the subject A2 is close-up. For this reason, the cutout region setting unit 30 reduces the cutout frame F21 while maintaining the center C2, and corrects the cutout region so as not to include the external region H1. This cutout area is displayed as a cutout frame F22. In the preview window W2, an image cut out by the cutout frame F22 is displayed. In this way, the end point of the panning operation is determined by the cutout area indicated by the cutout frame F22.

  When the start point and end point of the pan effect are determined by the cut frame F11 and the cut frame F22, and the detailed setting of the pan effect is completed, the image quality correction unit 32 performs high-quality processing of the image for which the pan effect is specified. The high-quality processing reduces the deterioration in image quality that occurs when the faces of the subject A1 and the subject A2 are enlarged and prevents the quality of the photo movie from being impaired.

  In FIG. 6, the image of the photo movie in which the pan effect is set starts from the image of the close-up of the face of the subject A1 (FIG. 6A), and the screen moves from the subject A1 to the subject A2 on the screen. As a result, a pseudo pann is reproduced (FIG. 6B), and the image is shifted to a close-up image of the face of the subject A2 to complete one scene (FIG. 6C). In the Pann effect, the image cut out by the cutout frame F11 is enlarged and displayed on the entire screen. Therefore, if the cutout frame F11 is small, the enlargement magnification is increased accordingly, and if the cutout frame F11 is large, the enlargement magnification is reduced. Become. In addition, since at least two cutout areas of the start and end points of the panning operation are specified, if the cutout frame F11 and the cutout frame F22 have different sizes, the enlargement magnification changes during the panning operation.

  In FIG. 2, the presence / absence and type of effects are set for other images, and when the input of all editing conditions is completed, a preview photo movie is created by the preview moving image output unit 28, and is displayed on the display unit 16. Is displayed. The customer confirms the preview photo movie, and if there is no need to change the editing conditions, the customer moves to the next step, and moves to the step of inputting personal information such as name and address. When these input processes are completed, the scenario data generation unit 29 creates scenario data in which all editing conditions are recorded. Further, the control unit 25 creates order information in which scenario data, image data, customer personal information, identification information for identifying order contents, and the like are collected, and the order information is transmitted to the photo movie output machine via the communication unit 21. 12 to send.

  When the transmission of the order information is completed, the control unit 39 operates the receipt output unit 22. When the receipt output unit 22 issues a receipt 23 on which the order content identification information is printed, the order receiving process ends.

  The photo movie output machine 12 that has received the order information creates a photo movie based on the scenario data and the image data incorporated in the order information. The created photo movie is converted into video data such as MPEG2-DVD-Video format that can be viewed as a DVD video based on the contents of the order, and this video data is recorded on the optical disk 41 such as a DVD by the media recording unit 40. The optical disc 41 on which the photo movie is recorded is delivered to the customer in exchange for the receipt 23.

  As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, as in the order receiving machine 11 and the photo movie output machine 12, the editing condition input setting and the like. The creation of a photo movie is not limited to being performed by separate devices, but may be performed by a single device. In addition, by distributing an application program equivalent to the function of the order receiving machine 11 and incorporating it into a personal computer owned by the customer, editing condition input settings and photo movie orders can be sent from home via communication means such as the Internet. You may be able to do it.

  In addition, when a plurality of face images are detected by the face image detection unit 31, a step of designating a face image serving as a reference for determining a cutout region is added, so that all or one of the detected face images can be specified. It is preferable to be able to freely specify the part and to set the editing conditions of the photo movie with a simple operation even when a plurality of still images of a shooting scene are used as materials. Further, in addition to detecting a person's face image, it may be possible to detect a whole body image of a person, or a building or terrain such as an animal, a plant, or a tourist attraction.

  In the above embodiment, the input operation unit 15 is configured by a touch panel integrated with the screen of the display unit 16, but may be configured by another input device such as a pointing device. When specifying a specific selection area shown in the selection frames f1 and f2, it is not limited to specifying the coordinates of one point on the still image as shown in the above-described embodiment, but 2 located on the diagonal of the rectangle. Two coordinates may be designated. In addition to detecting a person's face image after designating a selection area, an appropriate cutout area may be determined by designating a selection area after detecting a human face from the entire image. . In this case, if only one face image is detected in the still image, the optimized clipping region can be automatically determined, and a zoom effect with one necessary clipping region is selected as an effect that can be selected for the image. In other words, the Pann effect that requires a plurality of cutout areas may be excluded in advance.

  In addition, the product form is not limited to data recorded in a video movie format on DVD media. For example, photo movie viewer software is distributed to users, and data in a format that can be played back on a computer on which the viewer software is installed. May be recorded together with still image data. In addition to the image recorded by the digital camera, the still image as the material may be an image obtained by reading a printed photograph or photographic film with a scanner, or a single frame image extracted from a moving image.

It is a schematic block diagram of a photo movie order reception system. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of an order reception machine. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a cutting frame setting process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the screen at the time of the start point setting of a pan effect. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the screen at the time of the end point setting of a pan effect. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transition of the image | video of a photo movie.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Photo movie order reception system 11 Order reception machine 12 Photo movie output machine 15 Input operation part 26 Editing condition setting part 28 Preview moving image output part 29 Scenario data generation part 30 Cutout area setting part 31 Face image detection part 32 Image quality correction part A1, A2 Subject f1, f2 selection frame F11, F21, F22 Cutout frame W1 Edit window W2 Preview window W3 Setting window

Claims (6)

When a part of a still image is cut out and processed and edited to create a photo movie using the still image as a material, the cut-out area to be cut out of the part of the still image is edited in the photo movie. In the photo movie editing condition setting device to be set as a condition,
Face image detecting means for detecting a human face image from the still image;
An editing condition setting device for photomovie, comprising: a cutout area determination unit that determines the cutout area based on the position and size of the detected face image when the face image is detected.   2. The photomovie according to claim 1, wherein the face image detecting means detects the face image from an image in a specific selection area designated on the still image displayed on a display screen of a display. Editing condition setting device.   3. The selection area is defined as an area having a predetermined size with a specified point as a base point by specifying at least one arbitrary point on the still image. Photo movie editing condition setting device.   4. The photo movie according to claim 1, further comprising first image quality correction means for performing image quality correction processing on a still image in which a face image is detected by the face image detection means. Editing condition setting device. Image reading means for reading image data of the still image from a storage medium;
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a second image quality correction unit configured to perform image quality correction processing on all the read image data before setting the editing conditions. 6. Photo movie editing condition setting device. When a part of a still image is cut out and processed and edited to create a photo movie using the still image as a material, the cut-out area to be cut out of the part of the still image is edited in the photo movie. In a photo movie editing condition setting program that causes a computer to execute processing to be set as a condition,
Face image detecting means for detecting a human face image from the still image;
An editing condition setting program for a photo movie, which causes a computer to function as a cutout area determination means for determining the cutout area based on the position and size of the detected face image when the face image is detected.

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