Image file editing apparatus and method, and program
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1. A method comprising:
- a display step of causing a display device to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of images with display items for emphasizing one or more first thumbnail images corresponding to one or more images which have been compressed with a high-compressed PDF, so that each of the display items is added to corresponding one of the first thumbnails and the one or more first thumbnail images are more emphasized than one or more second thumbnail images corresponding to one or more remaining images which have not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF, wherein each of the display items indicates the high-compressed PDF;
a selecting step of selecting one or more thumbnail images from the plurality of thumbnail images, in accordance with an instruction from a user; and
a generating step of generating a file which includes one or more images corresponding to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting step and corresponds to a high-compressed PDF, by compressing, using a predetermined compression method of the high-compressed PDF, the one or more images which corresponds to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting step and has not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF.
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Abstract
An image file editing method includes an analysis step of analyzing a compression format of each of a plurality of images included in a plurality of image files, a display step of displaying analysis results together with thumbnail images each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of images, a selection step of selecting images based on the thumbnail images, a determination step of determining, based on the results obtained in the analysis step, whether or not a compression format of each selected image is changeable, a compression step of applying a changed compression format, and an output step of collectively outputting selected images as a single image file.
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1. A method comprising:
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a display step of causing a display device to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of images with display items for emphasizing one or more first thumbnail images corresponding to one or more images which have been compressed with a high-compressed PDF, so that each of the display items is added to corresponding one of the first thumbnails and the one or more first thumbnail images are more emphasized than one or more second thumbnail images corresponding to one or more remaining images which have not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF, wherein each of the display items indicates the high-compressed PDF; a selecting step of selecting one or more thumbnail images from the plurality of thumbnail images, in accordance with an instruction from a user; and a generating step of generating a file which includes one or more images corresponding to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting step and corresponds to a high-compressed PDF, by compressing, using a predetermined compression method of the high-compressed PDF, the one or more images which corresponds to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting step and has not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of images with display items for emphasizing one or more first thumbnail images corresponding to one or more images which have been compressed with a high-compressed PDF, so that each of the display items is added to corresponding one of the first thumbnail images and the one or more first thumbnail images are more emphasized than one or more second thumbnail images corresponding to one or more remaining images which have not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF, wherein each of the display items indicates the high-compressed PDF; a selecting unit configured to select one or more thumbnail images from the plurality of thumbnail images, in accordance with an instruction from a user; and a generating unit configured to generate a file which includes one or more images corresponding to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting unit and corresponds to a high-compressed PDF, by compressing, using a predetermined compression method of the high-compressed PDF, the one or more images which corresponds to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting unit and has not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF.
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program, the program being executed by a computer, the program comprising:
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a display step of causing a display device to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of images with display items for emphasizing one or more first thumbnail images corresponding to one or more images which have been compressed with a high-compressed PDF, so that each of the display items is added to corresponding one of the first thumbnail images and the one or more first thumbnail images are more emphasized than one or more second thumbnail images corresponding to one or more remaining images which have not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF, wherein each of the display items indicates the high-compressed PDF; a selecting step of selecting one or more thumbnail images from the plurality of thumbnail images, in accordance with an instruction from a user; and a generating step of generating a file which includes one or more images corresponding to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting step and corresponds to a high-compressed PDF, by compressing, using a predetermined compression method of the high-compressed PDF, the one or more images which corresponds to the one or more thumbnail images selected in the selecting step and has not been compressed with the high-compressed PDF. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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