The present invention relates to a device and apparatus for processing a depth-map 710, the method comprising obtaining a depth-map 710 based on a lossy compressed depth-map, the depth-map 710 comprising depth information of a scene from a viewpoint, the scene comprising an object, obtaining occlusion information for the scene from the viewpoint, the occlusion information comprising information occluded by the object in the depth-map 710, and processing at least part of the depth information using at least part of the occlusion information in order to reduce compression artifacts in the depth-map 710.