Crop and Trim without black frame

Photoshop CS2:
A screenshot contains an image on a neutral
background. The image is roughly cropped and
then trimmed in order to remove small strips
of the background. As a result the image gets
a black frame with exactly 1 pixel width.
So far I have to remove the frame by reducing
the canvas width and height by 2 pixels each.
Any better solution ?
An image with gamut warning shows out-of-gamut
colors by an 'alarm color'.
Is it possible to save the entire image directly,
instead of taking a screenshot ?
Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

depends on the version of iM you're using:
in older versions, the pic-in-pic was limited: it allowed only to insert content with the same aspect-ratio as the project itself = 16.9 .... if the pic was square, iM added 'borders' to make it fit.
Work-around:
make your pics 16:9 by adding transparency, read this in the UseR Tipp section of this board:
How to create a pointer or a custom title
or, update to latest iMovie10 ....
here, a diff. aspect ratio of pic has no 'borders' -effect; .....

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