Image processing apparatus, image processing method and recording medium

An image processing method using an image processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• an obtaining step to obtain an image;
• a copying step to copy the image obtained by the obtaining step;
• a detecting step to detect a face area from the image copied by the copying step or the image copied by the copying step;
• a correcting step to perform correction to adjust a brightness and a color shade of a whole of the obtained or copied image from which the face area is detected by the detecting step so that a flesh color component of the face area detected by the detecting step is corrected to become a predetermined status;
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• a synthesizing step to make a transparency of the face area detected by the detecting step different from a transparency of another area and to synthesize the image corrected by the correcting step and the obtained or copied image from which the face area is not detected by the detecting step.

A computer readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer of an image processing apparatus to functions as:

• an obtaining member to obtain an image;
• a copying member to copy the image obtained by the obtaining member;
• a detecting member to detect a face area from the image copied by the copying member or the image obtained by the obtaining member;
• a correcting member to perform correction to adjust a brightness and a color shade of a whole of the obtained or copied image from which the face area is detected by the detecting member so that a flesh color component of the face area detected by the detecting member is corrected to become a predetermined status;
• and
• a synthesizing member to make a transparency of the face area detected by the detecting member different from another area and to synthesize the image corrected by the correcting member and the obtained or copied image from which the face area is not detected by the detecting member.