Image export borders

[Benson Shaw]

Images copied or ported out of VW always end up with a border of some kind. Where do they come from? VW? MacOS? Other?

In a new blank VW file. 1:1 scale

Draw a rectangle, black line & green fill, 5 or 6 inches on an edge.

Duplicate and scale to .5, change fill of dupe to black.

The drawing now displays a black rectangle with a wide green border.

1. In VW, Select/Copy the black rectangle to clipboard.

Open Apple Preview

File>New from Clipboard

Image has a white border, all sides. Where did that come from?

Test part of this new image in Preview:

Activate select tool, marquee inside the black area & Copy to clipboard

File>New from Clipboard ---No white border!

2. In VW, Select/Copy the black rectangle to clipboard.

Open Graphic Converter (mine is v4.9.2)

File>New>Image with Clipboard

Image has a white border. ??? Why??

Test part of this new image in GC:

Activate select tool, marquee inside the black area & Copy to clipboard

File>New>Image with Clipboard ---No white border!

3. In VW Export>Image File>Marquee >DragSnap diagonal corners>Save to JPG

Open the JPG in Preview or GC

Result has green border on two edges. Just a pixel or two.

4. In VW Select/Copy the black rectangle

Open Apple Mail>New Message>Click/Paste in message area.

Result is an attached PDF.

Drag the PDF to Preview or GC

See the border. (too bad there is not a PDF Export Selection option)

Same results pasting into PowerPoint.

No Photoshop, so did not try.

Borderless would be greatly preferred.

-B