Series Author Debuts First Single-Title Novel

Iowa, LA (PRWEB) July 10, 2007

Pamela S Thibodeaux, Author of "Inspirational with an Edge!" romantic fiction and The Wild Rose Press announce the release of Thibodeaux's first single-title novel, The Inheritance. Initially released March 27th as an E-book, print copies of The Inheritance hit the shelves on June 22nd.

The Inheritance (ISBN 1-60154-055-8) is about the chance we all long for.the chance to start over.

Widowed at age thirty-nine and suffering from empty nest syndrome, Rebecca Sinclair is overshadowed by grief and loneliness. Her husband has been deceased for a year, her oldest child has moved to New York in pursuit of an acting career and her youngest child is attending college in France. Having spent over half of her life as a wife and mother, she has no idea what God has in store for her now. Will an unexpected inheritance in the wine country of New York bring meaning and purpose to her life and give her the courage to love again?

US Postal worker Raymond Jacobey has been in love with the little widow since he first set eyes on her. A wanderer searching for the ever-illusive soul mate, Ray has never stayed in one place too long. Raised by self-centered, high-power executives, he's longed for the idyllic life of residing in a cozy house in a small town with the love of his life. Will he gain the heart of the lovely widow or will he lose her to the wine country of New York?

While Thibodeaux's debut at publication began with her "Tempered" series, this is her first single-title novel. Initially published as an E-book in March, The Inheritance has climbed to the #1 spot on The Wild Rose Press' "Current Best Seller" list for their White Rose (Inspirational) Line.

The Inheritance as well as Thibodeaux's "Tempered" books, Tempered Hearts, Tempered Dreams and Tempered Fire are available at your favorite bookstore, the publisher's website, and online sources Amazon.com; BAMM.com (Books-A-Million); Waldenbooks.com and (Barnes & Noble) barnesandnoble.com.

For more information feel free to contact Rhonda Penders or RJ Morris of The Wild Rose Press @ http://www.thewildrosepress.com or Mrs. Thibodeaux @ http://www.pamelathibodeaux.com

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Samsung Camera Debuts New 10-Megapixel NV Series Digital Still Camera

Secaucus, NJ (PRWEB) July 5, 2006

Samsung is proud to announce the newest addition to their technologically advanced and stylish NV Series, the NV10. This 10-megapixel model features the distinctive styling of the NV Series including an innovative touch pad Graphical User Interface (GUI), a sleek, brushed black aluminum body and compact design. The NV10, measuring just .7-inches thick, includes a Schneider 3x optical zoom lens (35-105mm equivalent), a 5x digital zoom and a large, 2.5-inch color LCD display.

The NV10, a 10-megapixel model, joins the NV Series of digital still cameras featuring unique, slim designs with sleek bodies in brushed black, stainless steel and a trademark Samsung blue ring located around the lens of each model. This premium line was developed after two years of extensive market research, and as a result, feature a revolutionary, easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) that allows users to easily toggle through menu functions using a convenient touch pad located along the LCD on the back of the camera, instead of the traditional dial located at the top of the camera. For outstanding image quality, the NV10 features legendary Schneider optics.

The NV10 perfectly rounds out the NV Series offering consumers a broad choice of models -- from advanced features like those found in the NV7, to a convergence product like the NV3, to a high-megapixel count like in the NV10, says Stewart Henderson, National Marketing Manager at Samsung Opto-Electronics. The NV10, along with the entire NV Series, is redefining the style and technology in digital still cameras.

The NV10 is equipped with Samsungs state-of-the-art Advanced Shake Reduction (ASR) technology to combat hand shake. The ASR function provides enhanced image clarity by electronically compensating for excess hand shake and improving color in environments lacking

sufficient lighting where the use of the flash is not desirable.

With the touch of a button, the unique technology uses proprietary algorithms to interpret sharpness and color information to deliver an image that looks like it has been taken with the flash. As the flash is disabled, side effects, such as red eye, are prevented.

As with the entire NV Series, the NV10 can record in VGA (640x480) at 30fps, for smoother video and a larger view of the movie on LCD and TV screens. The NV10 also includes a movie stabilizer function that automatically detects and corrects minor lateral and vertical camera movement. For additional control, the continuous video recording function allows the user to pause and resume video recording at any time, while the built-in movie editing function allows users to edit video in-camera. There are also several special effects functions for creative control in-camera, such as Color Effect, Highlight, Photo Frame, Negative and Composite Shot. Color effects include B/W, sepia, blue, green and red.

For crystal-clear images under various shooting conditions, the NV10 features 11 scene modes, including Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Sunset, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow and Text Recognition. Text Recognition, a feature unique to Samsung digital still cameras, allows users to shoot documents such as books, papers and magazines and then extract text from the image taken using the bundled Digimax Reader text recognition software.

The Samsung NV10 has an MSRP of $ 399.99 and will be available in the Fall of 2006.

Samsung Opto-Electronics America, Inc., Secaucus, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Sungnam Kyungki-Do, Korea. Samsung Opto-Electronics markets a full line of auto focus cameras, zoom and digital cameras for the amateur as well as the professional under the Samsung brand name. CCTV monitors and lenses, motorized zoom lenses, binoculars, observation and security systems, and video presenters are other products in the family of photographic and optical equipment.

TurboSquid Debuts CheckMate Certification Program

New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) August 08, 2011

TurboSquid is pleased to introduce CheckMate(TM) Certification, the industrys first standard for 3D models. CheckMate is a major step forward for quality in the stock 3D industry and holds 3D models to a quality standard for the very first time.

TurboSquid developed CheckMate after two years of research with production artists in games, broadcast, films, advertising, and architectural visualization. "Up until now, quality from model to model varied too much," says Matt Wisdom, CEO of TurboSquid. "We address this problem by establishing universal standards for the highest quality, CheckMate Pro, and basic reliability, CheckMate Lite."

Developing the Standard

Historically, there have been no consistent 3D modeling standards for artists to follow--quality within the stock 3D industry has been based on artists personal standards or on narrow guidelines within a specific industry or company. TurboSquid, with its 2M+ member base and 20K+ supplier artists, was uniquely qualified to develop the CheckMate standard and create a certification program around it. There was a major void that we felt we were in a position to address," says Paul Teall, General Manager of the TurboSquid Artist Group and leader of the CheckMate team. "3D artists finally have detailed guidelines on what customers want in a model. In turn, customers will experience stock 3D in a whole new way."

To develop the CheckMate standard, TurboSquid discussed 3D model needs with seasoned production artists across a variety of industries and surveyed its customer base extensively. TurboSquid also ran a six-month beta program with selected top sellers and customers before settling on the Pro and Lite levels of CheckMate Certification. CheckMate Pro demands the utmost quality in geometry, textures, and presentation with a rigorous 44-point inspection. The CheckMate Lite standard, which focuses on reliability in both the product description and the model itself, uses a 15-point inspection. Both standards call for quality not only in the 3D model itself but also in the model's presentation at TurboSquid, which shows customers everything they need to know about the model prior to making a purchasing decision.

TurboSquid developed a suite of proprietary automation tools to check models at a technical level, but Teall points out that these tests will never take the place of human judgment. "A 3D artist with a trained eye opens up each model, looks at it, and renders the model," says Teall. "Our tools can tell you about the model's poly count, topology, and so on, but in the end, a person has to decide if it makes the cut for CheckMate." Among the personnel hired by TurboSquid to implement the new program are numerous CheckMate inspectors who manually check each and every model before it's given the badge.

TurboSquid has always had the widest variety and largest catalog of models, but we felt like it was time to end the game of guessing whats quality, says Wisdom. We now have a clear brand in CheckMate to help customers know what theyre buying. In fact, many customers have said theyll never buy anything other than CheckMate if its available to them, which is a great validation of the artists' and our teams efforts to bring standards to our industry.

CheckMate Details

CheckMate models are indicated in TurboSquid search results with a checkmark, blue for Pro and silver for Lite. Only artists exclusive to TurboSquid and participating in the SquidGuild can submit 3D models for CheckMate certification. For more information on CheckMate, visit http://www.turbosquid.com/CheckMate.

About TurboSquid

Founded in 2000, TurboSquid is the leading global marketplace for 3D Models. Customers in every line of production work from Movies, Games, Television News, Architecture, Advertising, Defense and more depend on TurboSquid to save their projects time and money. They are supplied world-class content by the Turbo Squids ever growing community of professional modelers.

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