To selectively output one or more images whose image kinds such as a style of image and expression are different according to single image data.
A control means 2 reads a selection rule, a deformation rule, and an arrangement rule out of a rule library 12 in a storage means 3 corresponding to a 1st image kind which is selected through a kind input means 6 and a 2nd image kind which is not selected, and selects, deforms, and arrange face components, corresponding to the 1st image kind and 2nd image kind, which are stored in an image component library according to those rules to generate a 1st face image and a 2nd face image. The 1st face image and 2nd face image which are generated are displayed by an image display means 13 and while an image selecting means 14 accepts a choice of whether or not the 2nd image is outputted, the 1st face image is outputted by an image output means 7.
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