Thank you, but I can not seem to save the image as anything other than .xcf and I can't seem to make windows accept that as a background, any other options?
File->export or file->Overwrite previous.filename
Gimp supports jpg, PNG, gif, BMP, and about 100 other formats, so you should be able to save it however you'd like. Also, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gimp+save+as+png&l=1
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