A new method of encoding multiple view image information into an image signal including adding to the image signal a first image of pixel values representing one or more objects captured by a first camera; adding to the image signal a map comprising for respective sets of pixels of the first image respective values, representing a three-dimensional position in space of a region of the one or more objects represented by the respective set of pixels, and adding to the image signal a partial representation of a second image of pixel values representing one or more objects captured by a second camera, the partial representation including at least information of the majority of the pixels representing regions of the one or more objects not visible to the first camera.