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A Community recipe is an unchanged, like-for-like version of another creator’s recipe on your own recipe profile. It’s useful when you shoot with the same settings and want to add your own reference photos or notes while retaining the established recipe name.

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When to Use a Community Recipe

Use Community when:
  • Another creator’s recipe was your starting point.
  • You kept every recipe setting unchanged.
  • You want the unchanged recipe represented on your recipe profile.
  • You want to contribute your own example photos without claiming the settings as your own.
If you only want to keep the recipe for later, use Save. If you only want to show which recipe was used for a photo, link the original recipe to your post. A Community recipe is optional; it isn’t required for either action.

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Save an Unchanged Recipe as Community

  1. Open the original recipe.
  2. Choose Fork to start from it.
  3. Add your own reference photos.
  4. Leave every camera setting unchanged.
  5. Publish using Save as Community Recipe when prompted.
The Community recipe keeps the original settings. Your photos show how the recipe performs for you, but they do not make you the source creator. A Community recipe may keep the source recipe’s exact title. Keeping the established recipe name counts as credit. Recipe Room may also show the source or creator where that information is available, but you don’t need to tag them.

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What Stays Connected

  • The Community recipe appears on your profile.
  • It may keep the established recipe name.
  • Recipe Room may link the source recipe or creator where that information is available.
  • Posts can link either the original recipe or the relevant Community version.
  • When Recipe Room has the source relationship, it can preserve that relationship if the recipe is later adapted.

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Keep the source connected

Starting from an existing Recipe through Fork attaches the source automatically. That source stays connected when you save the unchanged version as Community and cannot be changed or removed. If you add a source link manually while creating or editing a Community Recipe, you can later correct it or remove it through Edit. The Recipe remains Community because its settings came from another creator.

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When It Becomes a Fork

If you use the Community recipe as a starting point and adapt its settings, the new version is Forked, not Community. The fork must use a title that isn’t identical to the source title. Setting changes include a different film simulation, camera setup, white balance or shift, grain, dynamic range, tone, colour, sharpness, noise reduction, clarity, or another supported recipe field. Changing only the title, description, tags, or reference photos doesn’t make unchanged settings a fork. A recipe that started from another creator can never become a Custom recipe.

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Attribution and Explore

The established recipe name provides credit. Where Recipe Room has source information, it may also show an original-recipe card or creator link. Tags, camera details, posts, collections, and community activity can help people find both versions. Read How Recipes and Posts Connect for the full picture.