A favorable image for which an attribute of each object being taken into consideration is obtained without the need to specify in detail various kinds of image processing to be applied to image data. An image processing apparatus including: an image processing unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on image data; a user interface for a user to set contents of the image processing; and a setting management unit configured to limit a portion of the image data to which the set contents of the image processing are applied in accordance with the contents set via the user interface.