February 2016 contest - Culinary Show-off

[Morgaln]

A new contest has started. You can find all the details here

This thread is for any and all discussion of the contest. Please do not post your entries here. Those have to go into the Competition Entries forum

[Zero1000]

I can't wait to see the food in this contest!

[TheEmbodimentOfKarma]

Hey, uhhh... I'm not sure how to put real life photos on Magistream. Can you help me with that?

[Doggyears]

Oh, interesting. Hmm what to make... I just made a perfectly frosted cake for my dad, but now it's at his house and half eaten. Zero pictures of that. Oh! Can it be for Valentines? I know this is like a Lunar New Year inspired thing, but it is February. (Does it even matter what it's for, as long as I made it? )

Hey, uhhh... I'm not sure how to put real life photos on Magistream. Can you help me with that?

Do you know how to get the photos onto your computer? If you do, then we can just skip to the uploading bit. Otherwise:

Spoiler

Do you take pictures with a cell phone? You could email them to yourself, and either save the photo to your computer, or right click "copy image address" and paste that into your image host site.
Or, if there is a micro SD card in your phone, and your computer has a port for it, then you can plug in the SD card. (Or, your phone should have come with a use cable, and you can plug that into the computer.) A folder for your phone should open. You may have to dig around a bit to find the folder with your photos. Once you do, drag & drop them into your computer. If a folder doesn't open on it's own, pull up "this pc" or "my computer" and you should see your phone under "devices and drives." You can open it from there.

If you have a digital camera: it should also have an SD card inside, which you can plug into your computer if it has an SD port. (Or, a digital camera should also come with a usb cable to plug into your computer that way.) Then a folder with your photos should open, and you can drag & drop them into your computer. If a folder doesn't open on it's own, pull up "this pc" or "my computer" and you should see your camera under "devices and drives." You can open it from there.

If your camera is a DS, then you'll just need to pull out the SD card and plug it into your computer. A folder for your DS should open. You may have to dig around a bit to find the folder with your photos. Once you do, drag & drop them into your computer. If a folder doesn't open on it's own, pull up "this pc" or "my computer" and you should see your DS's SD card under "devices and drives." You can open it from there.
Or, if your computer does not have an SD card port, you may be able to email the photo to yourself from your DS. Pull up the browser on your DS, then navigate to your email. Attempt to attach an image to your email. I fit lets you choose an image stored on the DS, then you're good to go. Send the email to yourself, then access your email from your computer and save the image.

If you have printed photos, for some reason, then you'll need a scanner. If this is the case, and you have a scanner, let me know and I will go into more detail

Upload your photo to an image host site, like tinypic.com. Specifically, for tinypic: click the choose file button, find your picture in the file structure, then double click it, and finally click "upload now." (you may have to solve a captcha) The copy the text in the box labled "IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards" and paste it into your magistream post.

[Kestrad]

Oh man, I wish this contest had started like two days earlier - then I'd have photos of everything we made for the new year Now they're all eat'd!

[Danafox]

Important question: Is this for real life food or is this suppose to be pixel food that we draw by hand?

[Lia]

Important question: Is this for real life food or is this suppose to be pixel food that we draw by hand?

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be real food, considering there's a recipe requirement, and that you have to take a picture.

[PKGriffin]

Yes, the food should be real. It's all right if it's partially eaten, as long as the picture shows off its deliciousness. Also, it can be any type of food, including treats for Valentine's Day or other events.

[Danafox]

Yes, the food should be real. It's all right if it's partially eaten, as long as the picture shows off its deliciousness. Also, it can be any type of food, including treats for Valentine's Day or other events.

thanks for clarifying

[Flairthebair]

Hey, uhhh... I'm not sure how to put real life photos on Magistream. Can you help me with that?

As long as I know you have to upload them. Take a picture with your phone, copy it to your laptop/computer and go to any site that uploads photos. They will give you the html and bbc code which is used for forums like Magi Stream.