Moving image generating method, moving image generating apparatus, and storage medium

A moving image generating apparatus comprising:

• a storage section which stores in advance a plurality of pieces of movement information showing movements of a plurality of movable points in a predetermined space;
• an obtaining section which obtains a still image;
• a setting section which sets a plurality of movement control points in each position corresponding to the plurality of movable points in the still image obtained by the obtaining section;
• a frame image generating section which moves the plurality of control points based on movements of the plurality of movable points of one piece of movement information specified by a user from among the plurality of pieces of movement information and deforms the still image according to the movements of the control points to generate a plurality of frame images;
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• a moving image generating section which generates a moving image from a plurality of frames generated by the frame image generating section.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon for controlling a computer of a moving image generating apparatus including a storage section which stores in advance a plurality of pieces of movement information showing movements of a plurality of movable points in a predetermined space, wherein the program controls the computer to function as:

• an obtaining section which obtains a still image;
• a setting section which sets a plurality of movement control points in each position corresponding to the plurality of movable points in the still image obtained by the obtaining section;
• a frame image generating section which moves the plurality of control points based on movements of the plurality of movable points of one piece of movement information specified by a user from among the plurality of pieces of movement information and deforms the still image according to the movements of the control points to generate a plurality of frame images;
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• a moving image generating section which generates a moving image from a plurality of frames generated by the frame image generating section.