Method, apparatus and computer program product for blending multimedia content

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:
• facilitate access to a plurality of source multimedia content, wherein the plurality of source multimedia content comprises at least two source multimedia content, at least one source multimedia content of the plurality of source multimedia content comprising corresponding depth information;
• generate a blend map by defining a plurality of depth layers sourced from the at least two source multimedia content, at least one depth layer of the plurality of depth layers being associated with a respective depth limit, wherein defining the plurality of depth layers further causes the apparatus to:
• select, for the at least one depth layer, pixels from the at least one source multimedia content of the plurality of source multimedia content having a depth being within the respective depth limit associated with the at least one depth layer, wherein the plurality of depth layers comprises a background layer;
• and
• combine the selected pixels;
• and
• generate a blended multimedia content by blending the plurality of source multimedia content based on the blend map such that the blended multimedia content includes portions from the at least two source multimedia content, wherein the background layer is blended without utilizing the blend map.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform:

• facilitate access to a plurality of source multimedia content, wherein the plurality of source multimedia content comprises at least two source multimedia content, at least one source multimedia content of the plurality of source multimedia content comprising corresponding depth information;
• generate a blend map by defining a plurality of depth layers sourced from the at least two source multimedia content, at least one depth layer of the plurality of depth layers being associated with a respective depth limit, wherein defining the plurality of depth layers further causes the apparatus to:
• select pixels from the at least one source multimedia content of the plurality of source multimedia content having a depth being within the respective depth limit associated with the at least one depth layer, wherein the plurality of depth layers comprises a background layer;
• and
• generate a blended multimedia content by blending the plurality of source multimedia content based on the blend map such that the blended multimedia content includes portions from the at least two source multimedia content, wherein the background layer is blended without utilizing the blend map.