Cross processing has been used in a variety of photographic and cinematographic practices, most notably rising in popularity during the 1990s.
[3] Cross processing effects can be simulated in digital photography by a number of techniques involving the manipulation of contrast/brightness, hue/saturation and curves.
[4] These digital techniques are most often executed in photo editing programs such as Photoshop, but can also be reproduced through filters in apps such as Instagram or VSCO.
[6][7] Some notable pioneers of the fashion photography craze include Nick Knight and Anton Corbijn.
[9] It is overall unclear when cross processing became a prominent technique, with some believing that it began to rise in popularity in the early 1970s.