According to an embodiment, motion information may be predicted from another component picture if indicated by the encoder. For example, a reference index and a motion vector from another component picture e.g. on another layer may be included as a candidate in motion vector prediction such as in the merge candidate list and/or in the AMVP candidate list. A motion field may be defined to comprise the motion information of a component picture. If a reference component picture has a different spatial resolution than that of the current component picture or if the motion field of the reference component picture has a different spatial resolution than that of the current component picture, the motion field of the reference component picture may be resampled or mapped to be applicable for the current component picture.