Image processing apparatus

Abstract

The improved image processing apparatus comprises a device for receiving input image data from a source of image data supply; an image processing device for performing necessary image processing on the received input image data to produce output image data; an extracting device for extracting at least one specified portion of an image carried by the input image data; and a setting device for setting image processing conditions in accordance with the at least one specified portion extracted by the extracting device and the input image data, and the image processing device performs the image processing on the input image data in accordance with the image processing conditions set by the setting device. This image processing apparatus allows for the setting of image processing conditions that are optimal for the scene of a picture of interest. In digital photoprinters, high-quality prints reproducing images of high quality can be produced consistently.

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