Creating the Gina Effect
Posted on 13 February, 2009 at 14:29 PM
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About the Show
In today's tutorial David shows you how to create the 'Gina Effect' in Fireworks CS4.
The reason I have called it the Gina Effect is because I couldn't find the proper name for the effect and I was inspired by the BMW Gina Concept car.
Enjoy.
P.S Please click here to help float this tutorial
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User Comments
Devlin 13 Feb, 2009 23:50:27 PM
Pretty cool. I personally like the Gina Effect. It makes it sound like a movie or a weather pattern.
Dave 14 Feb, 2009 02:10:19 AM
I've always pronounced gaussian; gow-zi-an, although that's not to say I am right :-)
Like the name Gina effect though
Jayphen 14 Feb, 2009 05:21:53 AM
Am I the only one that reads "Gina" as "g-eye-nah"?
It got my attention, anyway..
josh 14 Feb, 2009 14:09:45 PM
i like it. something i haven't really seen before. that is saying a lot these days.
loswl 15 Feb, 2009 02:49:55 AM
Very interesting effect, it looks great in the Ad, I can think of a few ways I could use it, thanks :o)
David Perel 16 Feb, 2009 10:00:19 AM
@Myows, @Joyage - Pleasure guys!
@Devlin - It sure doesn't sound like a graphics effect. Do you think we have coined a phrase here?
@Dave - I was so worried about my pronunciation that I wasn't going to create the video. Luckily I changed my mind.
@Jayphen - Nope, one or two people on twitter also picked up on it. I only noticed after I had posted it online, I thought 'Oi, I hope no-one gets offended'.
@Josh - Thanks for that, appreciate it :)
@Loswl - Cool! Good luck with the effect man.
This is a really cool response to our video. Thanks to everyone who has taken time out to drop a comment.
David from Krakow 16 Feb, 2009 22:10:21 PM
thank you so much for publishing, you're guys great with your advice
Corinne 11 Mar, 2009 19:03:28 PM
I don't have Fireworks but I'm pretty sure I can do this in Photoshop as well. Thanks for posting this!
Chris Robinson 11 Mar, 2009 20:56:31 PM
Really nice effect, and I actually think the name kinda works
Chris Robinson 11 Mar, 2009 20:59:39 PM
According to Merriam-Webster, this is how they pronounce Gaussian:
www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?gaussi01.wav=Gaussian
David Perel 11 Mar, 2009 21:12:39 PM
@Chris - Thank you ;) I am going to have a listen to that pronunciation right away!!!
amosharper 11 Mar, 2009 23:55:48 PM
That's be gow-see-an (au as in 'cow'), from the German word/name 'Gauss'.
I like it, thanks.
Matt Anderson 25 Mar, 2009 19:26:41 PM
Ha ha ha... I think I have always misspelled that blasted word! Nevertheless, thanks for the tutorial. It's great to learn new techniques for special effects.
Thanks again!
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meredith 13 Feb, 2009 14:56:31 PM
nice David. I'm not sure how to pronounce gaussian either, but you're version sounded fine.