STILL IMAGE TRIMMING APPARATUS

A still image trimming apparatus is disclosed which is capable of automatically creating a video signal representing a still image within an area set by a trimming frame while displaying, on a monitor device, a combined image comprising a still image in a photographic or similar print and the trimming frame for setting the trimming area superimposed on the still image. Also, in the still image trimming apparatus, in trimming and recording onto a recording medium, the divisional images of a still image corresponding to the structure of a multi-screen comprising a plurality of display screen arranged from a plane manner, without cutting a still image recorded from a photographic or a similar print into equal parts, the still image can be trimmed to correspond with the structure of the multi-screen device while monitoring a multi-image on the screen of the monitor device.