IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING INFLUENCE OF FINE PARTICLE IN AN IMAGE, CONTROL METHOD OF SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

This disclosure provides an image processing apparatus comprising a first setting unit which sets a first parameter for processing for removing an influence of a fine particle component based on image data; a first image processing unit which performs fine particle removal processing based on the first parameter; a second setting unit which sets a second parameter; a second image processing unit which performs fine particle removal processing based on the second parameter; a setting unit which sets a region for which the first image processing unit is to be used and a region tor which the second image processing unit is to be used and a generation unit which generates image data by applying a result from the first image processing unit and a result from the second image processing unit to the respective set regions.