There are disclosed a method and an apparatus for video encoding. A method can include projecting a 3D representation of at least one object onto at least one 2D patch (400); generating a geometry image, a texture image, an occupancy map and auxiliary patch information from the 2D patch, wherein the auxiliary patch information comprises metadata relating to properties of the patch and one or more indicators for configuring reconstruction of the 3D representation of the at least one object (402); and encoding the geometry image, the texture image, the occupancy map and the auxiliary patch information in or along a bitstream (404).