1. An image editing apparatus which edits continuous image data recorded on a recording medium, the apparatus comprising: a continuous image data reading device which reads continuous image data recorded on the recording medium; a layout setting device which sets an image edition layout of continuous images and the number of image edition frames for the continuous images; an image display device which displays a list of one or more continuous image files recorded on said recording medium; a continuous image file selecting device which selects a continuous image file; an edited image setting device which enables setting of at least one of an edition starting image and an edition ending image from the selected continuous image file; an edited image extracting device which extracts images corresponding to the set number of frames from a range of images set by said edited image setting device; and an image arrangement editing device which edits the images extracted by said edited image extracting device so as to arrange the images in the set layout.