Image composing method

Abstract

An image processing system is provided with an input controller, a file server, an image setter and a work station each having respectively an independent CPU, e.g., a microprocessor, a microcomputer or the like, which allows each unit to operate independently in an parallel manner so as to carry out image processing efficiently at a high speed, while a hard copy or a block copy for printing with a high quality image being fit into a frame on a layout pasteboard by means of an image output apparatus can be obtained by interactive-editing information on the layout pasteboard as well as designs and characters, to minimize the capacity of the memory. According to one aspect of the invention, the system is adapted to output a composed image according to a method comprising the steps of: inputting and storing an image of the layout pasteboard and an image for printing by reading through the input controller, carrying out a layout drawing at the work station wherein operations are performed with relatively low quality data thinned from the read data, and then performing correction with respect to picture elements so that the image may exactly fit into the frame when the composed image is recorded or output by the image output unit, which has a higher resolution than the work station.