1. A stereoscopic image processing method for a pre-recorded stereoscopic image pair forming a 3D image, the method comprising the steps of: evaluating whether the distance of a user is closer or further than a preferred distance from a 3D image display upon which the stereoscopic image pair is to be displayed; and if the evaluation indicates that the user is further than the preferred distance from the 3D image display, recomposing at least one of the stereoscopic pair of images to individually reposition each image element in the stereoscopic image by adjusting parallaxes between corresponding image elements in the stereoscopic image pair so as to restore a consistency of scale between the Z axis along the depth and the X and Y axes across the image plane.