White Border Added to File Thumbnails (in Finder) after iPhoto Export??

I recently upgraded to Leopard and iLife '08.
I love having a white border on my photos, but since iPhoto doesn't have the ability to attach a border when exporting, I often add one using Photoshop.
--> First, I export photos to a folder on my desktop
--> Then, I run a batch processing Action in Photoshop to add the borders (via canvas size, if you care)
--> Finally, I add the resulting (bordered) photos to a separate iPhoto library, which I use exclusively to keep bordered versions of my "best of the best" photos.
My question is this. I just dragged a bunch of (non-bordered) photos out of iPhoto to the aforementioned folder on my desktop. When I did this, I noticed that each of the FINDER thumbnails (i.e. not the iPhoto thumbs) now has a white border around it. Opening the file reveals that this white border ONLY applies to the thumbnail (i.e. the actual files look identical to the photos in iPhoto).
1) Why is this?
2) I also noticed that the white border (again, in FINDER thumbs) wasn't applied to the 2 photos I previously edited in Photoshop (as opposed to all others, for which I used iPhoto). Why is this?
Thanks...
-Jason

Jason
1) Why is this?
This seems like a new feature introduced with the Finder in 10.5
2) I also noticed that the white border (again, in FINDER thumbs) wasn't applied to the 2 photos I previously edited in Photoshop (as opposed to all others, for which I used iPhoto). Why is this?
I can confirm this. Again, a Finder issue. My guess is that it depends on which app creates the thumbnail.
Really, these are questions for Finder people, rather than iPhoto people.
Regards
TD

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