Rectangular cut out unsharp in iPhoto 11

Hello,
When cutting out a rectangular area of a photo in iPhoto 11, the image is unsharp. When I did the same in iPhoto 9 on another iMac I got a very sharp detailed cut out.
How can I do get a sharp cut-out in iPhoto 11 ?
Thanks,
Hubert

Do you mean crop?
Click away to another photo and then click back. Does that help?

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