diff --git a/toonz/sources/common/trop/toperators.cpp b/toonz/sources/common/trop/toperators.cpp
index 23c1053b..2d73c8d0 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/common/trop/toperators.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/common/trop/toperators.cpp
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ void TRop::depremultiply(const TRasterP &ras) {
       upPix  = upRow;
       endPix = upPix + ras32->getLx();
       while (upPix < endPix) {
-        depremult(*upPix);
+        if (upPix->m != 0) depremult(*upPix);
         ++upPix;
       }
       upRow += ras32->getWrap();
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ void TRop::depremultiply(const TRasterP &ras) {
         upPix  = upRow;
         endPix = upPix + ras64->getLx();
         while (upPix < endPix) {
-          depremult(*upPix);
+          if (upPix->m != 0) depremult(*upPix);
           ++upPix;
         }
         upRow += ras64->getWrap();
@@ -1578,6 +1578,68 @@ void TRop::depremultiply(const TRasterP &ras) {
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+void TRop::expandColor(const TRaster32P &ras32, bool precise) {
+  struct locals {
+    static void copyRGB(TPixel32 *dst, TPixel32 *src) {
+      dst->r = src->r;
+      dst->g = src->g;
+      dst->b = src->b;
+    }
+  };  // locals
+  ras32->lock();
+  TPixel32 *endPix, *upPix = 0, *upRow = ras32->pixels();
+  TPixel32 *lastPix =
+      upRow + ras32->getWrap() * (ras32->getLy() - 1) + ras32->getLx();
+  int currentRow = 0;
+  while (upPix < lastPix) {
+    upPix  = upRow;
+    endPix = upPix + ras32->getLx();
+    while (upPix < endPix) {
+      if (upPix->m == 0) {
+        // search 4-neighbor pixels
+        // left
+        if (upPix != upRow && (upPix - 1)->m != 0)
+          locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix - 1);
+        // right
+        else if (upPix != endPix - 1 && (upPix + 1)->m != 0)
+          locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix + 1);
+        // up
+        else if (currentRow != 0 && (upPix - ras32->getWrap())->m != 0)
+          locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix - ras32->getWrap());
+        // down
+        else if (currentRow != ras32->getLy() - 1 &&
+                 (upPix + ras32->getWrap())->m != 0)
+          locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix + ras32->getWrap());
+        // search 8-neighbor pixels
+        else if (precise) {
+          // upper left
+          if (currentRow != 0 && upPix != upRow &&
+              (upPix - ras32->getWrap() - 1)->m != 0)
+            locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix - ras32->getWrap() - 1);
+          // upper right
+          else if (currentRow != 0 && upPix != endPix - 1 &&
+                   (upPix - ras32->getWrap() + 1)->m != 0)
+            locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix - ras32->getWrap() + 1);
+          // lower left
+          else if (currentRow != ras32->getLy() - 1 && upPix != upRow &&
+                   (upPix + ras32->getWrap() - 1)->m != 0)
+            locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix + ras32->getWrap() - 1);
+          // lower right
+          else if (currentRow != ras32->getLy() - 1 && upPix != endPix - 1 &&
+                   (upPix + ras32->getWrap() + 1)->m != 0)
+            locals::copyRGB(upPix, upPix + ras32->getWrap() + 1);
+        }
+      }
+      ++upPix;
+    }
+    upRow += ras32->getWrap();
+    currentRow++;
+  }
+  ras32->unlock();
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 void TRop::whiteTransp(const TRasterP &ras) {
   ras->lock();
   TRaster32P ras32 = ras;
diff --git a/toonz/sources/include/trop.h b/toonz/sources/include/trop.h
index e9dc7a72..29851476 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/include/trop.h
+++ b/toonz/sources/include/trop.h
@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ DVAPI void premultiply(const TRasterP &ras);
 //! Make a depremultiply of all raster pixels
 DVAPI void depremultiply(const TRasterP &ras);
 
+// called from meshtexturizer in order to remove unwanted black contour
+// appears at the border of the plastic-deformed texture.
+// this function will "expand" color channels of the border pixels to
+// neighbor full-transparent pixels.
+// by doing this the linear interpolation at the border pixels will not
+// decay color info and can get ideal antialiased result
+DVAPI void expandColor(const TRaster32P &ras32, bool precise);
+
 //! all white pixels are set to transparent
 DVAPI void whiteTransp(const TRasterP &ras);
 
diff --git a/toonz/sources/tnzext/meshtexturizer.cpp b/toonz/sources/tnzext/meshtexturizer.cpp
index 799bdedc..5a32c421 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/tnzext/meshtexturizer.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/tnzext/meshtexturizer.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "tcg/tcg_list.h"
 #include "tcg/tcg_misc.h"
 
+#include "trop.h"
+
 #define COPIED_BORDER 1  // Amount of tile border from the original image
 #define TRANSP_BORDER 1  // Amount of transparent tile border
 #define NONPREM_BORDER                                                         \
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ GLuint MeshTexturizer::Imp::textureAlloc(const TRaster32P &ras,
       clearMatte(ras, ras->getLx() - border1, border1, ras->getLx() - border0,
                  ras->getLy() - border1);
     }
+
   };  // locals
 
   // Prepare the texture tile
@@ -146,9 +149,11 @@ GLuint MeshTexturizer::Imp::textureAlloc(const TRaster32P &ras,
   tex->clear();
   aux->extract(auxRect)->copy(ras->extract(rasRect));
 
-  if (!premultiplied && NONPREM_BORDER > 0)
-    locals::clearMatte_border(aux, TRANSP_BORDER - NONPREM_BORDER,
+  if (!premultiplied && NONPREM_BORDER > 0) {
+    locals::clearMatte_border(tex, TRANSP_BORDER - NONPREM_BORDER,
                               TRANSP_BORDER);
+    TRop::expandColor(tex, true);  // precise is always true for now
+  }
 
   // Pass the raster into VRAM
   GLuint texId;
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/textureutils.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/textureutils.cpp
index ca66ca5f..756742cb 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/textureutils.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/textureutils.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ TRasterImageP getTexture(const TXshSimpleLevel *sl, const TFrameId &fid,
   TRasterImageP ri(ImageManager::instance()->getImage(
       id, ImageManager::dontPutInCache, &extData));
 
-  return ri;
+  return convert32(ri);
 }
 
 }  // namespace