A collage image creation method that uses one first portable terminal including a first processor and functioning as a host, and one second portable terminals including a second processor and functioning as a client and being able to perform communication with the first portable terminal, and creates a collage image based on a first image stored in the first portable terminal and a second image stored in the second portable terminal, the collage image creation method comprising:
- a step of selecting one layout from among a plurality of layouts for collage image creation with the first processor;
- a step in which the first processor makes a first display of the first portable terminal display the selected layout;
- a step of selecting the first image for use in the creation of the collage image from a plurality of images stored in the first portable terminal through an image selection operation in the first processor;
- a step in which the first processor makes the selected first image be displayed within a first frame allocated to the first portable terminal among a plurality of frames of the layout displayed on the first display;
- a step in which, in a case where the first processor receives an edition instruction, the first processor edit the first image displayed within the first frame according to the received edition instruction;
- a step in which the first processor transmits information regarding the selected layout to the second portable terminal and receives the second image selected in the second portable terminal from the second portable terminal;
- a step in which the first processor selects a first mode in which the first display is made to display the first image and the second image and a second mode in which the first display is made to display only the first image;
- a step in which the second processor makes a second display of the second portable terminal display the selected layout based on the information regarding the selected layout transmitted from the first portable terminal;
- a step of selecting the second image for use in the creation of the collage image from a plurality of images stored in the second portable terminal through an image selection operation in the second processor;
- a step in which the second processor makes the selected second image be displayed within a second frame allocated to the second portable terminal among the plurality of frames of the selected layout displayed on the second display;
- a step in which, in a case where the second processor receives an edition instruction, the second processor edits the second image displayed within the second frame according to the received edition instruction;
- a step in which the second processor receives the information regarding the selected layout transmitted from the first portable terminal and transmits the edited second image to the first portable terminal;
- a step in which the first processor composes the edited first image within the first frame of the selected layout and composes the edited second image within the second frame of the selected layout to create the collage image;
- a step in which the first processor composes the first image within the first frame of the layout displayed on the first display and composes the second image within the second frame in a case where the first mode is selected, and composes only the first image within the first frame of the layout displayed on the first display in a case where the second mode is selected;
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- a step in which the second processor composes the first image within the first frame of the layout displayed on the second display, compose the second image within the second frame in a case where the first mode is selected, and compose only the second image within the second frame of the layout displayed on the second display in a case where the second mode is selected.