Welcome John. (2 ways to do this. Top one is better, because it's easier to colour the background)
1.) First open a new image (File>New...) with the desired size (in this case I thing you said 6.75 X 4.75) and the desired background colour, then open the "central image" (File>Open...), then copy the "central image" (Edit>Copy (make sure it's the correct layer if you have more than one in the "central image", or just flatten the central image, the flattening of an image means merging all layers together and it's done by right clicking on the layers dialog box and choosing "Flatten image")) and paste it into the "new image" (the one you just created with 6.75X4.75) by doing Edit>Paste in the "new image" and then finally you have to create a new layer in "new image" or choose "anchor layer" for the pasting to take place. The last thing, of course, would be the text. OR 2.) You can open "central image", go to "Image>Canvas Size..." then choose the new size (6.75X4.75) and at the bottom a little preview should be there. Here you can drag the image around to tell GIMP where the new space is going to go (e.g. around the image, top left, bottom left, etc.) -Gezim _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user