Forked Recipes

A Forked recipe starts from another creator’s recipe and changes one or more camera settings. Forking gives you ownership of your new version—its photos, title, notes, tags, and changed settings—while keeping an original-recipe link so people can trace where it began.

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Create a Fork

1. Open the recipe you want to adapt.
2. Choose Fork.
3. Add your own reference photos.
4. Change one or more recipe settings.
5. Add a title, description, tags, and shooting notes for your version.
6. Publish the fork.

The original settings are pre-filled so you can see exactly what you are changing. Your own photos should show the result of your version rather than reusing another photographer’s work.

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What Counts as a Fork

At least one recipe setting must differ from the original. Examples include:

• Choosing a different film simulation or compatible camera setup.
• Changing white balance, Kelvin, or red/blue shift.
• Changing grain, dynamic range, D-Range Priority, tone, colour, or clarity.
• Changing sharpness, noise reduction, monochrome toning, or another supported field.

A new title, description, tag, or photo does not count as a recipe-setting change. If every setting is unchanged, Recipe Room offers to save the version as a Community recipe instead.

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The Original Source Stays Visible

Every fork shows the original recipe it came from. People can open that card to see the source settings and the creator who shared them. If you start from an existing fork or Community recipe, Recipe Room still points back to the first source recipe. That means the original creator does not disappear after several people adapt the look. The source creator may receive activity when their recipe is forked, and the original recipe can show how many versions the community has created from it.

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How People Discover Your Fork

Your fork can appear on your profile, in Search and Explore, in public collections, and through posts that link to it. Its own photos, tags, camera, film simulation, and creator activity help people understand what makes your version different. Viewers can discover your work and still move back to the original creator. This is the balance forking is designed to protect. Read How Recipes and Posts Connect for the wider community loop.

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If You Want to Keep the Original Unchanged

Save it privately, link the original recipe to your post, or publish a Community recipe. Do not create a fork unless a setting actually changed.

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Monetization

Forked recipes must still follow Recipe Room’s ownership, attribution, and community rules. For more, read Creator Platform.