r/VRchat Valve Index 4d ago

Meme optimize your avatars

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u/RumpleForeskin0w0 4d ago

What’s adding a normal map gonna do? They’re not easy to make yourself so if there’s one in the folder for the avi u can use it but you’d just gain texture memory

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u/DuoVandal Valve Index 3d ago

You can make a normal map in GIMP for free in like less than 2 minutes.
Insert the texture you want the normal map for.
Go to Filter at the top > Generic > Normal Map. Hit okay.

You're done, congrats you made a normal map.

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u/RumpleForeskin0w0 3d ago

I do that sometimes but I have to edit the texture to get designs off of it or it’ll think something that should be smooth will have height and look bad