Red eye compensation method, image processing apparatus and method for implementing the red eye compensation method, as well as printing method and printer

An image processing method for performing image processing on image data to generate output image data, comprising:

• displaying on a display, a verification screen in which a predetermined number of frames of verification images corresponding to said image data are displayed and which doubles as means for designating red eye frames for which red eye compensation should be performed, from among said predetermined number of frames of the displayed verification images, and, when a displayed verification image corresponds to said red eye frame, designating as the red eye frame said displayed verification image in said verification screen on said display;
• displaying a predetermined number of frames of new verification images to be verified next and to be designate the red eye frame in the verification screen on said display, as well as sequentially subjecting image data of each frame of said predetermined number of frames of the verification images which has been subjected to verification formerly to image processing for obtaining the output image data, in response to an instruction for completing the verification of said predetermined number of frames of the verification images using the verification screen and, further performing the red eye compensation on the red eye frames;
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• displaying on the display, images with which results of the red eye compensation for the individual red eye frames are confirmed, after the red eye compensation of all the red eye frames has been finished.

An image processing method for performing image Processing on image data to generate output image data, comprising:

• displaying on a display, a verification screen in which verification images corresponding to said image data are displayed and which doubles as means for designating a red eye frame for which red eye compensation should be performed, from among the displayed verification images;
• sequentially subjecting image data of each frame which has been subjected to verification to image processing for obtaining the output image data, in response to an instruction for completing the verification of a predetermined number of frames using the verification screen and, further performing the red eye compensation on the red eye frame;
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• displaying on the display, an image with which a result of the red eye compensation is confirmed, at the point in time when the red eye compensation of the red eye frame is finished and performing the image processing on a subsequent frame in response to an instruction for completing confirmation of the red eye compensation,
• wherein photoelectrical image capturing is performed twice through prescan and fine scan on each frame of a photographic film to obtain the output image data, with the prescan being successively performed on each frame for one case and the fine scan being performed in units of a predetermined number of frames each time the instruction for completing the verification is issued, and
• wherein the verification images are created using image data obtained as a result of the prescan, and the image processing for obtaining the output image data and the red eye compensation are performed using image data obtained as a result of the fine scan.

An image processing method for performing image processing on image data to generate output image data, comprising:

• displaying on a display, a verification screen in which verification images corresponding to said image data are displayed and which doubles as means for designating red eye frames for which red eye compensation should be performed, from among the displayed verification images;
• sequentially subjecting image data of each frame which has been subjected to verification to image processing for obtaining the output image data, in response to an instruction for completing the verification of a predetermined number of frames using the verification screen and, further performing the red eye compensation on the red eye frames;
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• displaying on the display, images with which results of the red eye compensation for the individual red eye frames are confirmed, after the red eye compensation of all the red eye frames has been finished,
• wherein photoelectrical image capturing is performed twice through prescan and fine scan on each frame of a photographic film to obtain the output image data, with the prescan being successively performed on each frame for one case and the fine scan being performed in units of a predetermined number of frames each time the instruction for completing the verification is issued, and
• wherein the verification images are created using image data obtained as a result of the prescan, and the image processing for obtaining the output image data and the red eye compensation are performed using image data obtained as a result of the fine scan.