Infinite Nodra · Mac app

Your Looks. Infinitely Editable.

A node-based photo editor for the Mac. Build a look once, change any step at any time, run it on a whole shoot – and take it straight into Photoshop.

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  • Requires a Mac with Apple silicon
  • macOS 26 or later
  • License for 3 computers

Nodra runs on Macs with Apple silicon – not on Windows and not on Intel Macs.

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Portrait of a woman with copper hair before and after the Warm Film look made in Infinite Nodra: warmer skin, matte blacks and fine grain.
The patch behind it: File Input, Skin Retouch, Film Look and File Output nodes connected by cables.

One Look. The Whole Shoot.

You spend an afternoon perfecting a look in Photoshop. You record an action – and the next shoot needs it a little different. Six months later the client asks for the same look again, and you’re trying to remember what you actually did.

Nodra is built around one idea: an edit should be a recipe you can open, change and run again. In Nodra we call that recipe a patch.

10-minute introduction

See Infinite Nodra in Action

Infinite Nodra is a Mac app built around a simple idea: an edit shouldn’t be a stack of things you did once. It should be a recipe you can open, change and run again whenever you want.

Then learn it step by step: the 15-part Infinite Nodra Academy takes you from your first patch to a finished delivery – the basics and your first look, masks and AI, and reuse and delivery. Each part is around a minute and a half.

The greeting at the start of each video is presented by an AI avatar of Stefan.

All 15 Academy parts

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1Your first patch

What a node is, how a cable carries the image from one node to the next, and how to export with one click.

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2Crop that finds the face

A Smart Crop node finds the face by itself and builds the crop around it. The AI nodes run locally.

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3A basic grade

Exposure, White Balance, Contrast and Vibrance – and why nothing is baked in: change any step at any time.

Node canvas with File Input, Hair Mask, Hue/Saturation, Mask Mix and File Output connected by cables; the hair mask and the copper-haired result in the preview.

Small Blocks Instead of Layers

A patch is made of small building blocks called nodes. Each node does one job: find the hair, bend a curve, add grain, save a file. Cables connect them, and the picture flows from left to right.

There are almost three hundred nodes, each with a manual page and an example patch you can open and try right away on your own pictures.

Nodra after “Restore from image”: all ten nodes and sliders of the edit are back on the canvas and the portrait is in the preview; the file dialog shows the exported TIFF the patch came from.

The Patch Lives in the Image

Nothing is baked in. On export, Nodra can save the whole patch inside the image – with TIFF, even the untouched original. No sidecar file to lose. Open it in Nodra with “Restore from image” and every node and slider returns.

Grain and noise use a seed that’s saved with the patch, so the same patch on the same photo gives you the exact same picture next year, on a different Mac.

Skin and Color for Real Retouching

We’re retouchers ourselves, so skin and color got a lot of our attention.

Skin Retouch heals blemishes, handles freckles separately, smooths or brings out pores, evens out the skin like a fine dodge and burn, and takes down shine. The sliders work in both directions, and the middle leaves the photo untouched. At its core isn’t an AI model guessing at the face – it’s a healing brush that picks up the color and brightness of the surrounding skin.

Face Parts gives you clean masks for skin, brows, eyes, lips, nose, hair, ears and neck.

Nodra’s color tools can work in OKLab, which follows how your eye sees. Shift a color without dragging brightness or skin tones along – deepen a sky and leave the skin alone.

Before: Close-up of a beauty portrait before and after Skin Retouch: blemishes healed and skin evened out while pores and freckles stay natural.
After: Close-up of a beauty portrait before and after Skin Retouch: blemishes healed and skin evened out while pores and freckles stay natural.

Drag the line or use the arrow keys to compare.

Click Mask picks a standing woman in a studio photo with two clicks (body and head), Studio Cutout refines the edge down to loose strands of hair: the white-on-black mask next to the result with the background darkened.

AI That Runs on Your Mac

Nothing gets uploaded, you don’t need an account, and nobody charges you per image.

Select people, subjects, fine hair, faces, animals or sky – or just click an object. Remove things, fix noise, colorize or upscale. From a single photo, Nodra estimates depth – for lens blur, or haze in the distance. The AI nodes also tell you how sharp a shot is, so a patch can pick out the best frame of a series.

Film Look on a portrait with a Scopes node: the vectorscope with the skin tone line next to the graded picture.

Film Looks and LUTs

Film looks, grain, halation, printer lights. Load the LUTs you already have, tone them down or split them into curves. Save your own look as a .cube LUT for Photoshop or DaVinci Resolve, or as a profile for Lightroom and Camera Raw.

Scopes are built in: waveform, vectorscope with a skin tone line, and a 3D view of your colors.

Your Own Photoshop Panel – and a Free Player

Most photographers we know basically live in Photoshop. We’re not trying to change that – Nodra brings your patches into it. Pick the few controls that matter – sliders, color wheels, curves, an eyedropper – and click “Export as Plugin”. The plugin works without Nodra on that computer, so a colleague gets your look with exactly your controls.

Just passing a look on? The free Infinite Nodra Player for Photoshop opens your patch with your controls.

Exported panels and the free Player run in Photoshop 2023 (24.2) or later on Mac – not on Windows.

About the free Player
Nodra’s Player Preview in edit mode (the panel designer) with the “Warm Film” panel: sliders, a tint swatch and an Apply button chosen from the patch’s controls.
The finished “Warm Film” panel with Look, Exposure, Warmth and Grain size sliders, a tint swatch and an Apply button.
HotFolder node feeding a film look into an Output Recipe node, with the file dialog listing the print TIFF, web JPEG and social JPEG written for each photo.

Whole Shoots, One Patch

Point a patch at a hot folder, and every picture you drop in is processed and saved. One patch can write a TIFF for print, a JPEG for the web and a square version for social media at once, named after the original, with your copyright in the metadata.

Made with Infinite Nodra

Example Patches

Each one is a normal Nodra patch: every node and slider stays open, so you can change it for your own photos. Hover a picture to see the patch behind it, click it for a large view, or download the patch and open it in Infinite Nodra.

Photos are not included: open a patch and pick your own in the Image Input node. Infinite Nodra 1.0 or later.

Depth & Light

Nodra estimates depth from a single photo and uses it for focus, haze and light.

Color

AI masks and color spaces like LAB do what a single slider can’t.

Portrait & Studio

Skin, subject and background, each handled on its own.

Print & Retro

Printing processes and old media, rebuilt step by step.

Paths

Clean pen paths instead of pixel masks: the silhouette becomes a sticker edge, paper layers, a frame to break out of or a graphic poster.

Masks & Effects

Cutouts down to single strands of hair, masks drawn as pen paths, and two effects for any photo.

Everyday Grades

Simple base grades to start from.

Every example on this page and in our videos was made entirely in Nodra. No additional retouching or post-production.

Key Features

32-Bit Floating Point

Soft gradients in skies and skin stay soft; you’ll hardly ever see banding.

Wide-Gamut Colors Kept

Adobe RGB, Display P3 and ProPhoto colors aren’t clipped on import.

Your Own Building Blocks

Package nodes as one reusable block.

Works with AI Assistants

A built-in MCP server lets assistants like Claude build patches with you. What you type, and any previews the assistant looks at, go to the assistant’s provider. Nodra’s own AI nodes never leave your Mac.

Requirements & License

ComputerMac with Apple silicon, macOS 26 or later
PhotoshopNot needed for Nodra itself. Exported panels and the free Player need Photoshop 2023 (24.2) or later on Mac – they do not run in Photoshop on Windows.
Nodes307 nodes with a short description each: see all nodes
File formatsOpens PNG, JPEG, TIFF, OpenEXR, WebP, HEIC, PSD, PDF, SVG and camera RAW; saves PNG, JPEG, TIFF, OpenEXR, WebP and layered PSD; reads and writes LUT files: see the file formats
InternetTo activate your license and to confirm it every 10 days
LicenseOne-time payment · Personal license for 3 computers
Price
PaymentOne-time payment. No subscription, nothing renews automatically.

FAQ

Which Mac do I need?

A Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26 or later. Nodra does not run on Windows or on Macs with Intel processors.

Do I need Photoshop?

No. Nodra is a standalone Mac app. Photoshop 2023 (24.2) or later is only needed for the panels you export and for the free Infinite Nodra Player.

Do exported panels work in Photoshop on Windows?

No. Exported panels and the free Player run in Photoshop on Mac only.

Are my photos uploaded for the AI features?

No. The AI nodes run on your Mac: nothing gets uploaded, you don’t need an account, and nobody charges you per image. Only if you work with an AI assistant through the built-in MCP server, what you type and the previews the assistant looks at go to the assistant’s provider.

Which file formats can Nodra open and save?

Nodra opens PNG, JPEG, TIFF, OpenEXR, WebP, HEIC, PSD, PDF, SVG and camera RAW files, and saves PNG, JPEG, TIFF, OpenEXR, WebP and layered PSD files. The full list, with bit depth and color profiles, is on the file formats page. For a list of every node, see all nodes.

Is Nodra a subscription?

No. You pay once: there is no subscription, and nothing renews automatically. The personal license covers 3 computers.

On how many computers can I use Nodra?

The personal license covers 3 computers. Nodra needs an internet connection to activate the license and to confirm it every 10 days.

How do updates work? Do I pay for them?

Nodra checks for updates when it starts and then once a day. When a new version is out, a note appears in the status bar at the bottom of the window: click it to download the update, or click “What’s new?” to see what changed. To check yourself, choose Options → “Check for updates…”.

You also find the latest version in your Account: sign in with the email address you used for your purchase, and we send you a 6-digit code.

To install it, quit Nodra and replace the old app in your Applications folder with the new one. Your license and your patches stay as they are.

All updates within version 1 are free. Nodra 1.1 came out on 16 October 2026, free for everyone who bought 1.0.

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Infinite Nodra · License for 3 computers

Prefer ready-made panels? See our Photoshop plugins for skin, color and light.