the first thing i tried out with the update was whether or not they had fixed the annoying circumference artifact left by a selection. to test i painted impasto texture on the canvas, m-wanded the unpainted part, inverted selection so that only the impast o was the 'positive' select, select>float. now with a new layer only consisting of the impasto texture i applied effects>objects>drop shadow. the shadow was tight! no 1 pixel remnant of the canvas highlighting the floater's edges! back to work...

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