I had the same problem. While generating EPS files into transparent PNG files (to use as mask images later), iMagick created the PNG files as grayscale. When GD reads grayscale PNGs, it doubles them horizontally with vertical lines in them.
I have the same issue and still haven't found any solutions. It would seem that GD doesn't like grayscale PNG8 images and is interpreting as colored.
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