Free normal mapping program

Youngy798

Hey Ive been looking for a free normal mapping program for Gimp. I don't have PS so I can't use the nvidia tools. Does anyone know if there any free programs similar to Crazybump which would allow me to make some basic maps?

SnowInChina

https://code.google.com/p/gimp-normalmap/

first link on google "gimp normal map"

Ben Apuna

Here are few other free options:

http://www.smart-page.net/smartnormal/

http://www.tartiflop.com/disp2norm/ Be sure to set Displacement Direction to Z

http://normalmapgenerator.yolasite.com/

Not a generator, but a combiner:
http://www.planetinaction.com/software/ncombiner.htm

There also appears to be a normal map extension for Paint.net, there may be others.

Zack Maxwell

Isn't XNormal free? That's what most people use with Blender, which is also free.
In fact, I think Blender+XNormal+Gimp is the de facto pipeline for hobbyists. Some also use Sculptris.

-Edit- My bad, it's late. He was clearly looking for something to convert textures into normals, not bake a high poly.
It's been a pretty long time, but I could have sworn Gimp had a normalize tool built into it innately... Might have been a plugin, I suppose.