Embodiments of the present invention relate to the data processing field, and disclose an image processing method and apparatus, and an electronic terminal, to improve image quality of a static image after the static image and a dynamic image are overlaid. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the method includes: receiving an image overlay instruction; obtaining a static image, a dynamic image, a data length of the dynamic image, and a coordinate position of the dynamic image in the static image; and generating, according to the image overlay instruction, target image data including the static image and the dynamic image. The present invention is applicable to an image processing procedure.