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I'm not a Gimp expert by any means, but I would suggest that you open the background in Gimp and fix it the way you want and leave it open, then open the cutout in Gimp, copy it and then paste it onto the background, then you would have a layer, the next step would be to anchor the layer and you can do that with a right click and choose layer, anchor layer.
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Probably the secret to working with any graphics processor is to get used to the 3-dimensionality of working with layers.

Let's say that you have a project that you're going to work on, called--interestingly enough--"SIG". Make a directory on your desktop named "sig", and copy all the bits and pieces of what you might want to incorporate into the final product into the "sig" directory.

Open the directory with KFM, highlight all the elements that you'd like to work with, right-click and open with the GIMP. (Let's say that you have 3 elements that you want to combine into one image.)

Pick one of the elements--usually what you want to use for a background image or texture--and save that file as "sig.xcf". You have a new file to work on, now. Add a transparent layer on top of your background image, and select the element that you want to occupy this middle layer.

Click "edit" and "copy" for the element you want to add to your background and "edit --> paste" it into the added transparent layer.

Continue adding layers and elements to your project file, saving strategically, until you have achieved the desired look, then merge/flatten all the layers and save the final result as a .png file.

You may also want to look through the GIMP user manual for more ideas.

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