When the high-resolution image into low- resolution image, the amount of calculation can be reduced to improve the processing speed, and there is obtained the sharpness of the image.
In the image processing apparatus according to the present invention, an image processing method and an image processing program recording medium, so that the luminance value of the pixel of interest in accordance with A 205, the original pixel adjacent to the upper side of the target pixel luminance value 205 202 B, the original pixel to the right lower side of the original pixel 205 adjacent to the target pixel luminance value of C 208, adjacent to the left of the target pixel 205 of the original pixel luminance value of D 204, 205 adjacent to the target pixel luminance 206 and a position value E (i, j) 210 of a new pixel F = a + (i / 2) (E-D) + (j / 2) (C-B) calculating a new pixel value of the luminance of 210 F. In such an image processing apparatus, image processing method and an image processing program recording medium, when the high-resolution image into low-resolution image, the amount of calculation can be reduced to improve the processing speed, and there is obtained the sharpness of the image.