Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you helpful folks. Believe it or not - i couldnt find where i wrote this question! Thanks for the replies. Yes - im using quite a few filters, and the reason the bounding box is larger than the (visible) image is because it is allowing for the filter. But...

hello and thanks - when i apply a filter to an image, it changes the bounding box so the bounding box does not hug the image anymore. Going to "geometric bounding box" in preferences makes the width hug the image, but the height of the bounding box is still jacked. I have remedied this by ...