Gotta love this site.

Not only did I find a pertinent thread to my problem, but Jaxilon answered my question with his own, indirect response (I was looking for something better then GIMP for the text part, and I recalled others mentioning a program but couldn't think of the name). It looks like I'll be fiddling around with Inkscape now. Going from PS to GIMP was rough, but loosing PS's ease-of-use text tools was a nightmare.

On the bright side, GIMP forced me learn how to use the path tool.

Thanks Jaxilon