[Solved] copied rectangles include 3-pixel feathered frame: why? how to disable

[glurbix]

I have been a registered Graphic Converter user (Mac OS) for 25 years.

Starting a few weeks ago, copied and pasted rectangular selections all include a 3-pixel feathered frame within that selection -- which looks like a 1- or 2-pixel white frame when zoomed out.

This also happens when I crop an image by selecting part of it and choosing "crop selection".

Here is a sample, cropped from a photograph of blue sky:

cropped selection sample.jpg (4.22 KiB) Viewed 1859 times

I have used certain workflows for image-editing in Graphic Converter over 25 years (literally) and never seen this behavior until now.

I hope this is a simple settings issue and would love to know what it is, to disable.

Help! Thank you.

-- glurbix

[forum_adm]

curious, I suggest to trash the GraphicConverter settings with our First Aid Tool:

https://www.lemkesoft.info/files/graphi ... st_aid.dmg

Please make a backup of the old settings with the menu item GraphicConverter 12 > Backup

[glurbix]

Thank you.

The issue is resolved.

Trashing the preferences file made the behavior disappear.

I should have tried it before asking! (I now see this is suggested as a first-order response to most problems.)

(My weakness is seeking to know why a behavior occurs, not just eliminating it with a universal cure. But I am content here.)

Thank you.

-- glurbix (Nat Taylor, USA)