A control method for an image processing apparatus that generates a layout image by arranging an image in a template includes specifying, as a designated object, at least one object of a plurality of objects including a first object and a second object according to a combination of a plurality of setting values including a setting value regarding the first object and a setting value regarding the second object based on the received input, selecting image data from a plurality of pieces of image data, and outputting a layout image in which an image represented by the selected image data is arranged in a template, wherein image data representing an image that contains an object specified as the designated object is selected in preference to image data representing an image that does not contain an object specified as the designated object from the plurality of pieces of image data.