Combining a plurality of images and transforming an image having associated meta-data

The method combines a plurality of images. The images each have associated meta-data comprising meta-data element(s) having merging attribute tag(s). The merging attribute describes an action to be taken with the corresponding meta-data element when the images are combined. The method first reads the attribute(s) of the images to identify the action(s) and then combines the meta-data elements of the images in accordance with said action(s) In another embodiment, the method transforms an image.