How to Bake VDM (3D) Sculpting Brushes in Blender By Gleb Alexandrov on May 10, 2025 Videotutorials Gleb Alexandrov writes:What makes Vector Displacement Map brushes (VDM) different from normal displacement:Standard displacement moves vertices along the surface normal (up/down).VDM uses a 3D vector (x, y, z) per pixel, allowing full spatial displacement, so it can create overhangs, folds, horns, pores, scales, etc, that normal brushes can’t.