on screenshots, framing and Are.na blocks
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- fjpaz
thought yesterday
saving a link to an arena channel as a block, and ensuring that block's image properly represents the link, is a literal framing
I have this process for saving tweets that are.na's parser doesn't handle well (also bluesky posts)
where i'll open in firefox (which I haven't been using on desktop for a few months and mostly use for this purpose, typically kept zoomed in + light mode) and use its element based screenshot tool to capture a still
saving a link to an arena channel as a block [...] is a literal framing
and reflecting on this after doing it just now I realized that the motions actually feel somewhat similar/analogous to the act of pointing and shooting a phone camera (zoom, tap & adjust exposure, tilt)
so in short:
I remember "camera as screenshot" @ screenshot conf
but was there also "screenshot as camera"