The invention provides an image recording apparatus and a control method thereof. The image recording device generates a zoomed-out image by zooming out an image, generates a first cut-out image by cutting out a part of an image before zooming out, performs processing for image recording related to writing the zoom-out image into a memory, and performs recording processing for recording a processed image. First display is presented by outputting the image which is based on the zoomed-out image. Amplificated display which is larger than the first display is presented through outputting the image to the display unit during recording processing, the image being based on the first cut-out image. At least during the recording processing when the amplificated display is performed, special processing involved reading data from the memory or writing data into the memory is not performed.