diff --git a/src/extras/TilingSprite.js b/src/extras/TilingSprite.js
index ff34740..087bfb9 100644
--- a/src/extras/TilingSprite.js
+++ b/src/extras/TilingSprite.js
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
  * Checks if a point is inside this tiling sprite
  * @param point {Point} the point to check
  */
-TilingSprite.prototype.hitTest = function( point )
+TilingSprite.prototype.containsPoint = function( point )
 {
     this.worldTransform.applyInverse(point,  tempPoint);
 
@@ -483,3 +483,42 @@
 
     this._uvs = null;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Helper function that creates a tiling sprite that will use a texture from the TextureCache based on the frameId
+ * The frame ids are created when a Texture packer file has been loaded
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @param frameId {String} The frame Id of the texture in the cache
+ * @return {TilingSprite} A new TilingSprite using a texture from the texture cache matching the frameId
+ * @param width {number}  the width of the tiling sprite
+ * @param height {number} the height of the tiling sprite
+ */
+TilingSprite.fromFrame = function (frameId,width,height)
+{
+    var texture = utils.TextureCache[frameId];
+
+    if (!texture)
+    {
+        throw new Error('The frameId "' + frameId + '" does not exist in the texture cache ' + this);
+    }
+
+    return new TilingSprite(texture,width,height);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper function that creates a sprite that will contain a texture based on an image url
+ * If the image is not in the texture cache it will be loaded
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @param imageId {String} The image url of the texture
+ * @param width {number}  the width of the tiling sprite
+ * @param height {number} the height of the tiling sprite
+ * @param [crossorigin=(auto)] {boolean} if you want to specify the cross-origin parameter
+ * @param [scaleMode=scaleModes.DEFAULT] {number} if you want to specify the scale mode, see {@link SCALE_MODES} for possible values
+ * @return {TilingSprite} A new TilingSprite using a texture from the texture cache matching the image id
+ */
+TilingSprite.fromImage = function (imageId, width, height, crossorigin, scaleMode)
+{
+    return new Sprite(Texture.fromImage(imageId, crossorigin, scaleMode));
+};
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diff --git a/src/extras/TilingSprite.js b/src/extras/TilingSprite.js
index ff34740..087bfb9 100644
--- a/src/extras/TilingSprite.js
+++ b/src/extras/TilingSprite.js
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
  * Checks if a point is inside this tiling sprite
  * @param point {Point} the point to check
  */
-TilingSprite.prototype.hitTest = function( point )
+TilingSprite.prototype.containsPoint = function( point )
 {
     this.worldTransform.applyInverse(point,  tempPoint);
 
@@ -483,3 +483,42 @@
 
     this._uvs = null;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Helper function that creates a tiling sprite that will use a texture from the TextureCache based on the frameId
+ * The frame ids are created when a Texture packer file has been loaded
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @param frameId {String} The frame Id of the texture in the cache
+ * @return {TilingSprite} A new TilingSprite using a texture from the texture cache matching the frameId
+ * @param width {number}  the width of the tiling sprite
+ * @param height {number} the height of the tiling sprite
+ */
+TilingSprite.fromFrame = function (frameId,width,height)
+{
+    var texture = utils.TextureCache[frameId];
+
+    if (!texture)
+    {
+        throw new Error('The frameId "' + frameId + '" does not exist in the texture cache ' + this);
+    }
+
+    return new TilingSprite(texture,width,height);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper function that creates a sprite that will contain a texture based on an image url
+ * If the image is not in the texture cache it will be loaded
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @param imageId {String} The image url of the texture
+ * @param width {number}  the width of the tiling sprite
+ * @param height {number} the height of the tiling sprite
+ * @param [crossorigin=(auto)] {boolean} if you want to specify the cross-origin parameter
+ * @param [scaleMode=scaleModes.DEFAULT] {number} if you want to specify the scale mode, see {@link SCALE_MODES} for possible values
+ * @return {TilingSprite} A new TilingSprite using a texture from the texture cache matching the image id
+ */
+TilingSprite.fromImage = function (imageId, width, height, crossorigin, scaleMode)
+{
+    return new Sprite(Texture.fromImage(imageId, crossorigin, scaleMode));
+};
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diff --git a/src/interaction/interactiveTarget.js b/src/interaction/interactiveTarget.js
index 96c57f0..80e039c 100644
--- a/src/interaction/interactiveTarget.js
+++ b/src/interaction/interactiveTarget.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-var core = require('../core');
+var core = require('../core'),
+	extras = require('../extras');
 
 
 core.DisplayObject.prototype.interactive = false;
@@ -16,4 +17,6 @@
 
 core.Graphics.prototype.hitTest = core.Graphics.prototype.containsPoint;
 
+extras.TilingSprite.prototype.hitTest = extras.TilingSprite.prototype.containsPoint;
+
 module.exports = {};