Image combining portable terminal and image combining method used therefor

A portable terminal that combines a background image for a background and a captured image that is captured, comprising:

• background image acquiring section operable to acquire the background image;
• captured image acquiring section operable to acquire the captured image;
• mask information acquiring section operable to acquire mask information in which a plurality of areas for combining the captured image are designated, in response to an instruction of a user;
• and
• image combining section operable to combine the captured image acquired by the captured image acquiring section and the background image acquired by the background image acquiring section in the area designated by the mask information acquired by the mask information acquiring section,
• wherein an order for combining the captured image is predetermined for the plurality of areas, and
• the image combining section combines the captured image in the areas sequentially according to the predetermined order.

A method for processing a portable terminal that combines a background image for a background and a captured image that is captured, comprising:

• a step of acquiring the background image;
• a step of acquiring the captured image;
• a step of acquiring mask information in which a plurality of areas for combining the captured image are designated in response to an instruction of a user;
• and
• a step of combining the captured image and the background image that are acquired in the area designated by the mask information that is acquired,
• wherein an order for combining the captured image is predetermined for the plurality of areas, and
• in the step of combining the captured image and the background image, the captured image is combined in the areas sequentially according to the predetermined order.