New Plugins in TweenJS
The latest version of TweenJS (1.0) has a completely rebuilt plugin model, and ships with a much more robust set of plugins. … Continue reading →
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Scaling and Stretching with the ScaleBitmap Class
We are always looking for ways to optimize, simplify, or create better workflows in CreateJS, and the ScaleBitmap is a great example of this. Using an old Flash approach, the ScaleBitmap class, shipped in the “extras” folder in EaselJS, uses … Continue reading →
Deprecating Functionality in CreateJS 1.0
Version 1.0 of CreateJS is essentially a minor update to all the libraries to provide an overdue minified/combined update to the CreateJS CDN. Users might have already noticed that this release comes with much more aggressive warnings in the console … Continue reading →
Multiple Stages in EaselJS using nextStage
A common performance trick in EaselJS is to layer multiple Stages, and only update content on the Stage instance that changes. For example, a background might contain an complex scene with interactive elements or UI, and an overlapping foreground scene … Continue reading →
Announcing CreateJS 1.0
Hello Again, World! We are happy to announce the (long-awaited) release of CreateJS version 1.0! This release introduces major improvements, wraps up features and bugs, and brings all libraries to the same version number! It’s Been a While… The 1.0 … Continue reading →
Getting Started with StageGL
Recently, we announced a public preview of StageGL, which offers a new way to create blazingly fast experiences with EaselJS. StageGL focuses on content that WebGL excels at rendering while being almost entirely compatible with the familiar EaselJS Stage. Update: … Continue reading →
Intro to the Flash CC HTML5 Canvas Document
The gskinner blog has an awesome article by CreateJS evangelist Sebastian DeRossi going over Flash CC’s HTML5 capabilities, which are powered by CreateJS. In this article (hopefully the first of a series), Sebastian dives into what Flash CC can produce, … Continue reading →
New events in EaselJS: added, removed, and change
A few new events have been added to EaselJS that provide additional functionality to developers. DisplayObjects now dispatch non-bubbling “added” and “removed” events when they change parents. This is going to be familiar to anyone coming from Flash. A common … Continue reading →
Getter/Setters in CreateJS
One of the things we have always wanted to add to CreateJS was more support for getter/setter properties. This has some limitations for libraries that need to support older browsers, so this was bumped to our “nice to have” list … Continue reading →
Better loading with PreloadJS: withCredentials and headers
PreloadJS has always been treated as a “load anything” library – allowing you to preload any file type with minimal code. But due to the nature of the internet, sometimes requests need to be customized, or security flags set. To … Continue reading →