Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a controller having a processor which executes instructions stored in a memory or having circuitry, the controller being configured to function as:
• a capture unit configured to capture a plurality of images;
• a motion blur image generation unit configured to detect motion vectors from the plurality of images captured by the capture unit and generate an image to which a motion blur is added;
• a designation unit configured to allow a user to designate a predetermined region within an image;
• and
• an adjustment unit configured to adjust an amount or a direction of a motion blur for the region designated by the designation unit,
• wherein the designation unit is configured to adjust a relation between motion blurs of the region designated by the designation unit and a background by causing the adjustment unit to adjust a motion blur amount or a direction of at least the region designated by the designation unit.

An image processing method comprising:

• designating a partial region in an image as a standard region;
• setting a motion blur in the designated standard region as a predetermined motion blur;
• and
• adjusting a motion blur in the standard region so that the motion blur in the standard region becomes the predetermined motion blur and adjusting a motion blur on a screen of a region different from the standard region in accordance with the adjusting of the motion blur in the standard region.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute image process, the image process comprising:

• designating a partial region in an image as a standard region;
• setting a motion blur in the designated standard region as a predetermined motion blur;
• and
• adjusting a motion blur in the standard region so that the motion blur in the standard region becomes the predetermined motion blur and adjusting a motion blur on a screen of a region different from the standard region in accordance with the adjusting of the motion blur in the standard region.