Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP question

[Chris Mohler <cr33dog gmail com>]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:24 PM, brad stevenson <bstevenson11 yahoo com> wrote:
> i am trying to save a 'template' design with the picture and the bulk of the
> text, hoping to then be able to reopen the project and edit the text
> to change the name for each card.

Save your "template" file as .XCF format (GIMP's native file format).

That will preserve things like text layers.

Then open your XCF, make needed changes, and then 'Save As...' or
'Export' to the format needed for printing.

HTH,
Chris