The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that can more easily improve encoding efficiency. A packing processing unit configured to perform packing processing of rearranging pixel data of RAW data that is image data before demosaicing processing is performed according to the degree of correlation, and an encoding unit configured to encode the RAW data subjected to the packing processing by the packing processing unit are included. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing apparatuses such as an image encoding device that encodes the RAW data and an image decoding device that decodes encoded data that is encoded RAW data.