A method of encoding point cloud data includes receiving, for a first encoding process, geometry data of the point cloud data of a source point cloud; encoding, in accordance with the first encoding process, the geometry data to generate encoded geometry data of a target point cloud and a geometry bitstream; decoding the encoded geometry data to generate reconstructed geometry data; performing an attribute recomputing process on attribute data of the point cloud data of the source point cloud based on the reconstructed geometry data to generate recomputed, reconstructed point cloud data of the target point cloud; and encoding, in accordance with a second encoding process, the recomputed, reconstructed point cloud data to generate an attribute bitstream.