Display of image processing components affected by changes in the settings of other image processing components, and display of the effects of the changes

摘要

An image processing apparatus includes multi-application execution means for executing a multi-application in which a plurality of applications is combined, each of the applications includes input means for inputting image data and processing output means for processing and outputting the image data; application-setting-screen display means for displaying a screen including areas to enter input- and output-setting items; multi-application-screen display means for displaying a multi-application screen; affected-application identification means for, when a setting is changed for one application of the applications, identifying another application for which a setting is changed by the setting change for the one application; setting-item difference identification means for identifying a difference before and after the change in the setting of the another application; and feedback-display control means for switching a display of a feedback display area in accordance with the difference to display setting-change-influence information.