diff --git a/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js b/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js
index 9cf5a8e..a668f11 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js
+++ b/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js
@@ -243,13 +243,14 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    //TODO this should be true by default
     updateTransform = !!updateTransform;
 
     this.textureBuffer.transform = matrix;
 
 
     // setWorld Alpha to ensure that the object is renderer at full opacity
-    displayObject.worldAlpha = 1;
+    displayObject.worldAlpha = displayObject.alpha;
 
     if (updateTransform)
     {

diff --git a/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js b/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js
index 9cf5a8e..a668f11 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js
+++ b/src/core/textures/RenderTexture.js
@@ -243,13 +243,14 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    //TODO this should be true by default
     updateTransform = !!updateTransform;
 
     this.textureBuffer.transform = matrix;
 
 
     // setWorld Alpha to ensure that the object is renderer at full opacity
-    displayObject.worldAlpha = 1;
+    displayObject.worldAlpha = displayObject.alpha;
 
     if (updateTransform)
     {
diff --git a/src/extras/cacheAsBitmap.js b/src/extras/cacheAsBitmap.js
index 1185599..eb039c0 100644
--- a/src/extras/cacheAsBitmap.js
+++ b/src/extras/cacheAsBitmap.js
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@
 
     // first we flush anything left in the renderer (otherwise it would get rendered to the cached texture)
     renderer.currentRenderer.flush();
-
+    //this.filters= [];
     // next we find the dimensions of the untransformed object
     // this function also calls updatetransform on all its children as part of the measuring. This means we don't need to update the transform again in this function
-    var bounds = this.getLocalBounds();
+    // TODO pass an object to clone too? saves having to create a new one each time!
+    var bounds = this.getLocalBounds().clone();
 
     // for now we cache the current renderTarget that the webGL renderer is currently using.
     // this could be more elegent..