An image data storage method and system for editing image date transmitted from an image producing apparatus through a network and storing it in a removable recording medium includes a network, an image producing apparatus for transmitting image data through the network, an image storing and delivering server for storing the image data transmitted from the image producing apparatus through the network and delivering it through the network, an image receiving apparatus for communicating with the image storing and delivering server through the network to receive the image data from the image storing and delivering server, and an external recording apparatus combined with the image receiving apparatus for storing the image data from the image receiving apparatus in a recording medium. The image receiving apparatus stores reproduction software for reproducing the image data in the recording medium together with image data.