an embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for processing the pixel amplitude of at least one image pixel contained in a current frame of a video sequence , said method comprising the steps of constructing an individual motion trajectory comprising motion - shifted versions of the at least one image pixel over a plurality of neighboring frames , and processing the pixel amplitude based on the individual motion trajectory ; wherein said step of constructing said individual motion trajectory comprises the steps of : choosing the at least one image pixel of the current frame as a start pixel of the individual motion trajectory , and adding motion - shifted versions of the at least one image pixel of preceding and / or subsequent frames to the individual motion trajectory , wherein for each motion - shifted version to be added , it is determined whether a difference value , which indicates the change of the pixel amplitude of the respective motion - shifted version between consecutive frames , is smaller than an amplitude threshold value , which is individually assigned to the current frame or a frame portion of the current frame comprising said at least one image pixel , and wherein said step of adding further motion - shifted versions is stopped if said difference value exceeds said amplitude threshold value .