1980s
Backlit Animation
Tron, released in 1982, has an older visual look.
1-Bit Dithering
Older algorithms. Personal computer look with MacPaint from 1984 onwards.
Image Morphing
Cinema milestone Willow (1988). Pop wave of the early 1990s.
Time-Lapse
1983: Koyaanisqatsi as a significant milestone; procedures considerably older
VHS Tape Artifacts
Home video of the 1980s; later retro waves.
CRT Scanlines
CRT everyday life of the 1980s; later retro vocabulary.
Recursive Ray Tracing
Turner Whitted: groundbreaking publication 1979/1980.
Radiosity
Cornell: Modeling the Interaction of Light Between Diffuse Surfaces, 1984.
Risograph
1980: first RISOGRAPH; later zine and design revival
Particle Systems
1982, William Reeves's Genesis Effect
Fractal Landscape
1980, Loren Carpenter's Vol Libre animation
Mandelbrot Set
1980, Benoit Mandelbrot's computer visualizations
Perlin Noise
1982, Ken Perlin's algorithm for Tron
Raster Bars
1980s, early demoscene and video games
Go Motion
1980, Phil Tippett and Industrial Light & Magic
Pixel Art
1980s, early arcade and console graphics
Orton Effect
Mid-1980s, Michael Orton's landscape photography
Lith Printing
1980s, popularization by fine art photographers
Digital Video Effects
1980s broadcast television; Ampex ADO introduced in 1981
Quantel Paintbox
1981 launch; widely used for 1980s television graphics
Palette Cycling
1980s, indexed-colour computer graphics and Deluxe Paint
Sprite Scaling
1980s arcade graphics; Sega's Hang-On, 1985
Film Colorization
1983–86, expanding computer colorization; Ted Turner becomes a prominent advocate
Photographic Joiners
1980s; David Hockney’s Polaroid and photographic print collages, beginning in 1982
Paint-on-Glass Animation
1980s landmark: Aleksandr Petrov’s The Cow, 1989; the technique predates this film.
Animated GIF
1987, CompuServe introduces GIF; 1989, GIF89a adds animation controls.