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A device for creating a three-dimensional image signal comprising:

• a receiver arranged to receive a first image component, a second component for creating a three-dimensional image in combination with the first image component, a text component for including in the three-dimensional image, and a data component comprising location information describing the location of the text component within the three-dimensional image, and processor configured to create a three-dimensional image signal comprising the first image component, the second component, the text component, and the data component, adjust a depth of at least one of the first image component and the text component within the three-dimensional image to ensure (i) that the text component remains in front of the first image component and (ii) a constant depth between the text component and the first image component.

A method of rendering a three-dimensional image signal, the method comprising acts of:

• receiving a three-dimensional image signal comprising a first image component, a second component for creating a three-dimensional image in combination with the first image component, a text component for including in the three-dimensional image, and a data component comprising location information describing the location of the text component within the three-dimensional image;
• creating a three-dimensional image signal comprising the first image component, the second component, the text component, and the data component;
• and rendering the three-dimensional image, the rendering including rendering the text component in the three-dimensional image, and adjusting a depth of at least one of the first image component and the text component within the three-dimensional image to ensure (i) that the text component remains in front of the first image component and (ii) a constant depth between the text component and the first image component.

The method according to 10, and further comprising an act of receiving a recommender component comprising a recommended scaling of the second component, such that the location information can remain the same for multiple consecutive images.

A device for rendering a three-dimensional image signal, the device comprising:

• a receiver arranged to receive a three-dimensional image signal comprising a first image component, a second component for creating a three-dimensional image in combination with the first image component, a text component for including in the three-dimensional image, and a data component comprising location information describing the location of the text component within the three-dimensional image;
• a processor configured to create a three-dimensional image signal comprising the first image component, the second component, the text component, and the data component, and adjust a depth of at least one of the first image component and the text component within the three-dimensional image to ensure (i) that the text component remains in front of the first image component and (ii) a constant depth between the text component and the first image component.

A computer program product on a non-transitory computer readable medium for creating a three-dimensional image signal, the product comprising instructions for performing acts comprising:

• receiving a first image component, receiving a second component for creating a three-dimensional image in combination with the first image component, receiving a text component for including in the three-dimensional image, receiving a data component comprising location information describing the location of the text component within the three-dimensional image, and creating a three-dimensional image signal comprising the first image component, the second component, the text component, and the data component, wherein creating comprises an act of adjusting a depth of at least one of the first image component and the text component within the three-dimensional image to ensure (i) that the text component remains in front of the first image component and (ii) a constant depth between the text component and the first image component.

A computer program product on a non-transitory computer readable medium for rendering a three-dimensional image signal, the product comprising instructions for performing acts comprising:

• receiving a three-dimensional image signal comprising a first image component, a second component for creating a three-dimensional image in combination with the first image component, a text component for including in the three-dimensional image, and a data component comprising location information describing the location of the text component within the three-dimensional image;
• creating a three-dimensional image signal comprising the first image component, the second component, the text component, and the data component;
• and rendering the three-dimensional image, the rendering including rendering the text component in the three-dimensional image, and adjusting a depth of at least one of the first image component and the text component within the three-dimensional image to ensure (i) that the text component remains in front of the first image component and (ii) a constant depth between the text component and the first image component.