LibGDX thin black border on sprites

Question

I am having the issue as seen below while using a textureAtlas with libgdx. I haven't found anyone else with the issue so I decided to ask here.

Here is an image of the textures in the game screen:

And to prove it's not a texture related issue, here is the spritesheet with the same background color as the game screen has applied:

Any suggestions? sorry for the sloppy write-up I am very preoccupied.

Answer 1

Turns out the answer has to do with alpha channels and the way they were being processed. I removed transparent pixels from the edges and it works as intended now.