1. An image file generation apparatus for generating an image file, in which image data and image processing control data are associated one another, the image processing control data being used for image processing of the image data, the image file generation apparatus comprising: an image data generation module that generates the image data; an image processing control data acquisition module that acquires a plurality of the image processing control data; and an image file generation module that integrates the plurality of the image processing control data, and thereby generates the image file, in which a resulting image processing control data and the image data are associated one another.