JPH05242216

PURPOSE:To prevent unnecessary consumption of hard copies and the degradation of picture information by easily recording or outputting a desired synthesized picture from picture information in various forms on various recording mediums or to the outside. CONSTITUTION:Picture information supply means Aa, Ab,...An are selected by a supply means selecting means B, and recording output means Ba, Bb,...Hn are selected by a recording output means selecting means 1, and picture information stored in a second storage means F is outputted to the recording output means selected by the recording output means selecting means I after a control means J supplies picture information from picture information supply means selected by the supply means selecting means B and performs the processing in a processing means E plural times.