Image editing apparatus

An image editing method comprising:

• a picture memory step of storing in a picture memory a plurality of pictures;
• a menu memory step of storing a menu having a plurality of items which are divided into groups with respective different classes, wherein each item included in one group is associated with at least one item included in another group having a lower class than the one group and each item is associated with a different one of the plurality of pictures stored in said picture memory step;
• a first display control step of controlling displaying on a display screen of a second plurality of pictures stored in said picture memory step;
• a designating step of designating one of the second plurality of pictures displayed by said first display control step;
• a second display control step of controlling displaying of a list of items included in one of the groups having a lower class than another of the groups including an item corresponding to the one picture designated by said designating step;
• a selecting step of selecting one of the list of the items displayed by said second display control step;
• and
• a replacement step of, in response to selection of one of the displayed list of items by said selecting step, replacing the picture designated by said designating step with a picture associated with the selected one item,
• wherein content of the list of items displayed under control by said second display control step for a replacement picture replacing a picture at a predetermined position by said replacement step is different from content of the list of items displayed for the replaced picture.

A computer readable medium having recorded thereon codes for implementing a computer implementable method of image editing comprising:

• a picture memory step of storing in a picture memory a plurality of pictures;
• a menu memory step of storing a menu having a plurality of items which are divided into groups with respective different classes, wherein each item included in one group is associated with at least one item included in another group having a lower class than the one group and each item is associated with a different one of the plurality of pictures stored in said picture memory step;
• a first display control step of controlling displaying on a display screen of a second plurality of pictures stored in said picture memory step;
• a designating step of designating one of the second plurality of pictures displayed by said first display control step;
• a second display control step of controlling displaying of a list of items included in one of the groups having a lower class than another of the groups including an in item corresponding to the one picture designated by said designating step;
• a selecting step of selecting one of the list of the step of items displayed by said second display control step;
• and
• a replacement step of, in response to selection of one of the displayed list of items by said selecting means, replacing the picture designated by said designating step with a picture associated with the selected one item,
• wherein content of the list of items displayed under control by said second display control step for a replacement picture replacing a picture at a predetermined position by said replacement step is different from content of the list of items displayed for the replaced picture.