IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH IMAGE ENCHASING AND SYNTHESIZING FUNCTION

Disclosed is an image processing system which is provided with an image enchasing and synthesizing function for setting an image in a trimmed area of an extracted original sheet into a masked area on a base original sheet and synthesizing the images of the two original sheets. The image processing system includes an area setting section for setting up a masked area on a base original sheet and a trimmed area on an extracted original sheet with positions of the masked area and the trimmed area set properly in alignment with a center of a circumscribed rectangle, an image input section for performing a reading operation on the base original sheet and a reading operation on the extracted original sheet as adjusted to the trimmed area set by the area setting section, an image processing section for performing a masking operation on image data on the base original sheet and an enchasing operation for image data on the extracted original sheet on the basis of a setup of editing areas by the area setting section, and an image output section for putting out image data obtained by enchasing and synthesizing an image of the trimmed area in the masked area on the base original sheet.