METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A LOW-RESOLUTION THUMBNAIL IMAGE SUITABLE FOR A LOW RESOLUTION DISPLAY HAVING A REFERENCE BACK TO AN ORIGINAL DIGITAL NEGATIVE AND AN EDIT LIST OF OPERATIONS

A method of rendering a low-resolution thumbnail image at an embedded imaging device is described. An original digital negative is captured at the embedded imaging device at an original resolution and a thumbnail digital image of the original digital negative is generated at a first resolution. The thumbnail digital image is displayed on a display device coupled to the embedded imaging device and modified to form a first resultant image at the first resolution. A first edit list based upon the modifying is generated and associated with the first resultant image and linked to the original digital negative. The linked first edit list, the original digital negative, and the first resultant image are stored at the embedded imaging device and displayed at the display device.