Storage medium storing program for generating album data, image processing method for generating album data, and image processing apparatus for generating album data

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to:

• set a priority order for each element configuring a model album in a case where a number of pages of an album to be created is smaller than a number of pages of the model album;
• reduce the number of pages of the model album in accordance with the priority order;
• select, based on image feature value of each of a plurality of model images used in the model album whose number of pages has been reduced and image feature value of each image of a candidate image group that is used in an album, similar images similar to the model images from among the candidate image group;
• and
• create a layout in which the similar images selected are arranged in templates of the model album whose number of pages has been reduced.

An image processing method comprising:

• a step of selecting, based on image feature value of each of a plurality of model images used in a model album and image feature value of each image in a candidate image group that is used in an album, similar images similar to the model images from among the candidate image group;
• a step of creating a layout in which the similar images are arranged in templates of the model album;
• a step of setting a priority order for each element configuring the layout in a case where a number of pages of an album to be created is smaller than a number of pages of the model album;
• and
• a step of reducing a number of pages of the layout in accordance with the priority order.

An image processing method comprising:

• a step of setting a priority order for each element configuring a model album in a case where a number of pages of an album to be created is smaller than a number of pages of the model album;
• a step of reducing the number of pages of the model album in accordance with the priority order,
• a step of selecting, based on image feature value of each of a plurality of model images used in the model album whose number of pages has been reduced and image feature value of each image of a candidate image group that is used in an album, similar images similar to the model images from among the candidate image group;
• and
• a step of creating a layout in which the selected similar images are arranged in templates of the model album whose number of pages has been reduced.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and a memory, with instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor cause the image processing apparatus to:
• select, based on image feature value of each of a plurality of model images used in a model album and image feature value of each image in a candidate image group that is used in an album, similar images similar to the model images from among the candidate image group;
• create a layout in which the similar images selected are arranged in templates of the model album;
• set a priority order for each element configuring the layout in a case where a number of pages of an album to be created is smaller than a number of pages of the model album;
• and
• reduce a number of pages of the layout in accordance with the priority order.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a setting unit configured to set a priority order for each element configuring a model album in a case where a number of pages of an album to be created is smaller than a number of pages of the model album;
• a reducing unit configured to reduce the number of pages of the model album in accordance with the priority order;
• a selection unit configured to select, based on image feature value of each of a plurality of model images used in the model album whose number of pages has been reduced by the reducing unit and image feature value of each image of a candidate image group that is used in an album, similar images similar to the model images from among the candidate image group;
• and
• a creation unit configured to create a layout in which the similar images selected by the selection unit are arranged in templates of the model album whose number of pages has been reduced by the reducing unit.