Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

An image processing method for generating data for overlappingly forming a first image including a boundary between a plurality of areas representing different gloss characteristics and a second image having a plurality of areas including a plurality of pixels, on a recording medium, the method comprising:

• acquiring first image data representing gloss characteristics of the first image and second image data representing color characteristics of the second image;
• and
• converting colors represented by respective pixels of the areas in the second image into one color out of the colors represented by respective pixels of the areas, based on the first image data,
• wherein the areas in the second image correspond to areas obtained by dividing the first image into a plurality of areas, and include a part of the area corresponding to the boundary in the second image.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform an image processing method for generating data for overlappingly forming a first image including a boundary between a plurality of areas representing different gloss characteristics and a second image having a plurality of areas including a plurality of pixels, on a recording medium, the method comprising:

• acquiring first image data representing gloss characteristics of the first image and second image data representing color characteristics of the second image;
• and
• converting colors represented by respective pixels of the areas in the second image into one color out of the colors represented by the respective pixels of the areas, based on the first image data,
• wherein the areas in the second image correspond to areas obtained by dividing the first image into a plurality of areas, and include a part of the area corresponding to the boundary in the second image.