IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To continuously arrange various images for composition such as an image for scribble or an image for decoration, in response to an operation of a user, and to obtain a desired result in a short time. SOLUTION: The image printing apparatus is provided with a camera for photographing an object; a display device for displaying the image of the photographed object; an input device for performing editing operation for the displayed object image; and an output device for outputting the edited object image by printing it into a photographic sticker. The apparatus is also provided with a storage means having stored a plurality of images for composition to be combined with the object image; and an editing means for detecting that an input pen for performing an input editing operation in the input device touches a screen, continuously reading a plurality of composite images stored in the storage means corresponding to a distance of movement of the input pen, and depicting the read images on a display device screen displaying the object image, at the time of performing editing operation for the object image displayed on the display device. Also, the editing means depicts an image for composition along a movement locus of the input pen. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI