Ravells so do you keep two files for each project? As in I would make one for terrain work in Gimp and one for all labeling in Inkscape? The nuts and bolts of how you experienced guys do things interests me, i.e. workflow and planning. what other elements of the finished map do you keep separate? I've tried to build a folder of .XCF's for various mapping elements like hills, mountains, lakes and the like that i can alter for the particular project and then copy visible and paste into the current map so I'm not redoing everything each map.