1990s
Photorealistic CGI
Jurassic Park 1993: Breakthrough for digital film creatures.
Bullet Time
Pop breakthrough with The Matrix in 1999. Multi-camera precursors earlier.
Cross Processing
1990s and 2000s: experimental fashion and Lomography aesthetics
Bleach Bypass
1990s cinema look; earlier technical precursors
Light Leaks
1990s Lomography; 2010 digital retro filters
Lomography
1992: Founding of the Lomographic Society International in Vienna
SnorriCam
1990s–2000s: Music video and subjective cinema
Wire Removal
1990s–present: invisible digital post-production
Pixelation
Desktop effects culture of the 1990s; earlier digital raster fundamentals.
Posterization
Digital standard filter of the 1990s; older graphical predecessors.
Threshold
Digital standard filter of the 1990s; older reproduction techniques.
Displacement Mapping
Digital image distortion of the 1990s; today's real-time filters.
Normal Mapping
1998: Appearance-Preserving Simplification; later a gaming standard.
Night Vision
1990s: military visual culture; technology significantly older
Plasma Effect
1990s, PC and Amiga demoscene
Mode 7
1990, Super Nintendo Entertainment System release
Voxel Graphics
1992, NovaLogic's Comanche: Maximum Overkill
Selective Color
1993, the red coat in Schindler's List
Isometric Pixel Graphics
1990s, Maxis and Blizzard Entertainment PC games
Raycasting
1990s landmark: Wolfenstein 3D, 1992; raycasting predates the game.
Affine Texture Warping
1990s; strongly associated with Sony’s PlayStation, launched in Japan in 1994.
Distance Fog
1990s real-time 3D games; Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, 1997
Fractal Flames
1992, Scott Draves's fractal flame algorithm
Reaction-Diffusion Patterns
1990s computer graphics; Alan Turing’s 1952 theory; Greg Turk’s 1991 texture synthesis
L-System Plants
1990 landmark publication; roots in Lindenmayer’s 1968 work
Autostereogram
1990s popularization; English-language Magic Eye book, 1993
ChromaDepth 3D
1990s, commercial color-coded 3D glasses
Matrix Digital Rain
1999, The Matrix
WordArt
1990s, Microsoft Office decorative lettering
Grunge Typography
1990s; David Carson’s art direction for Ray Gun, launched in 1992
Shaky Cam
1990s prominence; handheld roots in earlier documentary filmmaking