History Main / PostProcessingVideoEffects

** ''CompilationRerelease Sonic Origins'' also features similar CRT filters through the use of a GameMod called [[https://gamebanana.com/mods/385416 "Origins Blur Fix"]].

* DepthOfField: Near or far objects blur away, depending on where you're focusing.

* GaussianBlur: Can be applied to distant objects to disguise object pop-in, applied to edges as a cheap form of anti-aliasing, or overlaid on top of the original frame to simulate bloom.

* Depth of Field: Near or far objects blur away, depending on where you're focusing.
* Gaussian blur: Can be applied to distant objects to disguise object pop-in, applied to edges as a cheap form of anti-aliasing, or overlaid on top of the original frame to simulate bloom.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' features plenty of [[https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Shaders shaders]] that could be applied with "Super secret settings" button (introduced in version 1.7.2 then removed in 1.9) or by spectating from the viewpoint of spiders (five eyes separated by blur), creepers (green filter) or Endermen (inverted colours).

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' has a number of tone mapping filters applied between buildings. You can notice the entire world change colour outside as you step inside certain buildings.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' and ''The Lost and Damned'' have several more examples. Film grain pops up in the former during rainfall, while the latter uses it wholly.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' has a number of tone mapping filters applied between buildings. You can notice the entire world change colour outside as you step inside certain buildings.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' and ''The Lost and Damned'' have several more examples. Film grain pops up in the former during rainfall, while the latter uses its wholly.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword takes depth-of-field a step further by decreasing the depth of field when the camera is locked onto something.

* Post-Process Antialiasing: Anti-aliasing is the process of smoothing angled lines that appear as jagged edges (called "jaggies"). Traditionally, the idea was to render the scene at a higher resolution than desired and Downsample it somehow. However, this is quite computationally expensive, and it became even worse as games began targeting higher and higher display resolutions, so developers started looking towards other methods. Because the jaggies tend to produce edges of color, post-process anti-aliasing renders the scene at the desired resolution and smooths out the edges of color instead. FXAA[[note]]'''F'''ast appro'''X'''imate '''A'''nti-'''A'''liasing[[/note]] is the one found in most modern games post-2012.

* Post-Process Antialiasing: Antialiasing is the process of smoothing angled lines that appear as jagged edges (called "jaggies"). Traditionally, the idea was to render the scene at a higher resolution than desired and scale down in some form or fashion. However, this is quite computationally expensive, and it became even worse as games began targeting higher and higher display resolutions, so developers started looking towards other methods. Because the jaggies tend to produce edges of color, post-process antialiasing renders the scene at the desired resolution and smooths out the edges of color instead. Many games made in 2012 and beyond have the option for some form of this now.

* ''PAYDAY 2'' has depth of field kick in when you aim down the sights of your gun. The problem with the effect is everything around you gets really blurry while the center of the screen in front of the gun remains clear, making it hard to see enemies that are in the blurry zone. The developers added a toggle to let people turn the effect on or off.

* Post-Process Antialiasing: Antialiasing is the process of smoothing angled lines that appear as jagged edges (called "jaggies"). Traditionally, the idea was to render the scene at a higher resolution than desired and scale down in some form or fashion. Because the jaggies tend to produce edges of color, post-process antialiasing renders the scene at the desired resolution and smooths out the edges of color instead. Many games made in 2012 and beyond have the option for some form of this now.

* Several Maxis games, including both of ''VideoGame/TheSims'' and ''{{Spore}}'', have cheats that add photo effects to the screen, including sepia, grain, noir (true black and white) and bloom.

* Bloom: An effect that produces fringes of light around very bright objects in the scene. While this can affect human vision in certain conditions, it is generally implemented in ways that reproduce bloom effects on camera lenses and thus it is, strictly speaking, inappropriate unless the scene is intended to be viewed through a camera. Very common in early 7th generation video games, it was toned down or abandoned later on (contrast ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' with ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', both 7th gen games released 5 years apart, to see the difference).

* MotionBlur: Gives the illusion an object is moving faster than it really is, disguises [[http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/411/deadrising1.png screen tearing]] and low frame rates, and makes a game look like it's being filmed with a camera.

* Gaussian blur: Can be applied to distant objects to disguise object pop-in, applied to edges as a cheap form of anti-aliasing, or overlaid on top of the original frame to [[http://www.alienskin.com/bokeh/images/examples/lens-sim/Flower-Gaussian-Blur.jpg simulate bloom]].

* [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]] using high-end system settings: absolutely EVERYTHING is bloom-ed, with no logic whatsoever to it. Lower-end systems, unable to run that much bloom (or any bloom at all), get to experience a totally different-looking game. The logic is that it [[strike:covers up]] distracts from the flaws in the character models.
** VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} and VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas tone it down considerably to match the post-apocalyptic setting, but it's still there. An easily found source is plasma-based weapons; both the plasma bolts they fire and the little glowy bits on the guns themselves all have bloom effects. All the Gamebryo engine games as well as [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]] have user-made enhanced shader mods that usually have the goal of making light sources look more important in providing the actual light of an area; this usually results in the light sources giving off more intense but "smaller" bloom compared to the unmodified effect.

* ''Day Of Defeat: Source'' uses Film grain between a player's death and his respawn, to evoke WWII films.

** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' and ''The Lost and Damned'' has several more examples. Film grain pops up in the former during rainfall, while the latter uses its wholly.

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': Applies a film grain to help simulate the visual effects of a 1930's cartoon.

* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'' features a few of these as unlockable options. One puts an "old silent movie" filter onto the gameplay, while another makes the gameplay look like an old 8-bit game. The latter is unconvincing, and neither is recommended for gameplay.

* ''GearsOfWar'' has various post processing filters available in the options menu.

* ''RockBand'' applies film grain, tone mapping, scan lines, blurs, mirrored images, deliberate frame-rate drops, and other effects to the background only, depending on the song.
* ''RollerCoasterTycoon'' 3. If you have Bloom turned on during the day, you can barely see the game. This was probably done to hide the lack of detailed models, but it makes it impossible to play the game for players who don't know they can turn it off.

* ''[[JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' subtly changes the postprocessing depending on the environment. Red is emphasized in deserts and decreased in snowy areas, and in the former distant objects are more blurry.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''Fahrenheit''/''IndigoProphecy'' all use Film grain. In ''Mass Effect'', the effect could be turned off in the options screen. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' had one that could be unlocked when the player completed the game. In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', there is a graphics setting for it, but it also fades out in bright areas automatically.