Version NEXT [not released]

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- added new event model with EventDispatcher

- added DisplayObject.cursor property

- added Container.getChildByName() method

- added ButtonHelper class

- documentation updates

- fixed error with AlphaMaskFilter

Version 0.5.0 [Aug 24, 2012]

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- moved all classes into a configurable createjs namespace

- added support for multitouch

- complete rewrite of drawing model to use a hybrid approach (save/restore & matrix)

- added DisplayObject.mask

- added Graphics.drawAsPath(ctx)

- added Text.getMeasuredHeight()

- added DisplayObject.updateContext(ctx)

- added DisplayObject.getMatrix(matrix)

- added DisplayObject.hitArea

- fixed issue with Text not displaying if .text is 0 or false

- fix for setChildIndex

- fix for addChildAt with multiple params

- added SpriteSheetBuilder

- added MovieClip.actionsEnabled

- updates to Ticker to improve support for requestAnimationFrame

- better support for negative corner values on .drawRoundRectComplex

- added stage.mouseMoveOutside & mouseEvent.rawX/Y

- added "createjs.createCanvas()" to support for alternative canvases (ex. exCanvas)

- added "scale" parameter to cache() and cleaned up the implementation

- fix for DOMElement with Opera

- various bug fixes and doc updates

- changed setTransform to return the instance for use in chaining

- started adding tutorials to address common questions and make it easier to get started

- stage.mouseX/Y now defaults to 0 instead of null

- text.textBaseline now defaults to "top" instead of null (resolved to "alphabetic")

- text.textAlign now defaults to "left" instead of null

- text.color now defaults to "#000" instead of null

- parameters passed to Stage.update are now passed on to onTick handlers

- for example, Ticker elapsedTime and paused params

- correctly resolves mouse positions for CSS scaled canvases & canvases with borders/padding

- added AlphaMapFilter & AlphaMaskFilter

- added Touch.disable(stage)

Version 0.4.2 [Apr 18, 2012]

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- hot fix for issues with Ticker that caused reduced frame rates.

- NO API CHANGES

Version 0.4.1 [Apr 14, 2012]

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- DisplayObject.tick has been renamed to onTick

- fixed a problem with preloading sprite sheet images when using tile based sheets

- worked around a bug in Safari with addFlippedFrames

- added setChildIndex(), swapChildrenAt(), and swapChildren() to Container

- made frequency param on enableMouseOver optional

- worked around a Chrome 17 bug that would prevent text w/o maxwidth from rendering

- additional fixes for video as a Bitmap source

- rewrite of Ticker to simplify implementation and solve issues with useRAF in Safari

- animations in BitmapAnimation now default to looping

- added BitmapAnimation.play/stop()

- added Bitmap.sourceRect

- Ticker now supports an object with a tick method, or a function as a listener

- renamed DisplayObject.tick to .onTick

- added MovieClip class

- added onComplete to SpriteSheet

- added ColorMatrix class

- added Graphics.decodePath for compressed vector paths

- support for passing a canvas string id to the Stage constructor

- various bug fixes and doc updates

- updateCache now clears the cacheCanvas correctly

Version 0.4 [Nov 30, 2011]

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- completely rewrote BitmapSequence (now BitmapAnimation) & SpriteSheet including data format

- BitmapSequence was renamed BitmapAnimation

- SpriteSheet now handles calculating frame rects

- support for multi-image sprite sheets

- support for variable frame sizes

- support for frame reuse (non-linear frame order)

- support for frame registration points

- SpriteSheet supports URIs as sources (and will handle preloading)

- rewrote SpriteSheetUtils to support SpriteSheet changes

- renamed .flip() to .addFlippedFrames() and changed functionality significantly

- removed .frameDataToString()

- fixed support for video sources in Bitmap

- added support for null canvas for Stage

- added DOMElement, an experimental display object for including DOM elements in the display list

- separated tick and draw into separate phases to fix possible race conditions

- added Matrix2D.isIdentity()

- support for double click events (thanks to rbarazi)

- added MouseEvent.nativeEvent and MouseEvent.target properties

- fixes to Ticker, added second "paused" param when it calls tick

- added experimental support for requestAnimationFrame to Ticker

- fixed a problem with caching Container instances

- fixed an issue with .parent not being assigned on children of cloned Containers

- added filter support via DisplayObject.filters and Filter objects

- added sample filters: ColorFilter, ColorMatrixFilter, and BoxBlurFilter

- added DisplayObject.setTransform()

- added DisplayObject.onDoubleClick handler (thanks to rbarazi)

- added DisplayObject.cacheID and DisplayObject.getCacheDataURL()

- performance optimization for DisplayObject drawing (6910e6849856bd0740f8)

- added support for touch input (single point) via the Touch class

- added support for passing an image URI to the Bitmap constructor

- fixes to Shadow

- optimizations

- documentation updates

Version 0.3.2 [Mar 2, 2011]

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- added stage.mouseInBounds

- added DisplayObject.onMouseOver and onMouseOut callbacks

- added stage.enableMouseOver(freq)

- improved support for calculating mouseX/Y in divs with relative positioning

- fixed Graphics.clone()

- fixed an issue with shadows not being reset properly

- migrated to use YUIDocs instead of JSDocs

- fixed an issue that prevented BitmapSequence instances with frameData from working with gotoAndPlay(frameNumber)

Version 0.3.1 [Feb 13, 2011]

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- fixed issues with hitTest and mouse event callbacks on Container instances.

- added recursive clone option to Container and Shape

- fix for snapToPixel

- added cache, updateCache, and HelloWorld demos

- extensive code cleanup, including improved support for jsdoc

Version 0.3 [Feb 8, 2011]

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- renamed Tick to Ticker

- adding a listener to Ticker twice will now move it to the end of the listener list

- added Ticker.getMeasuredFPS()

- added Ticker.setFPS()

- renamed Stage.tick to Stage.update and made Stage.tick point to Stage.update

- made the pauseable param "true" by default on Ticker.addListener()

- added Stage.toDataURL(backgroundColor, mimeType)

- renamed Rectangle.w/h to width/height

- improvements to commenting and documentation

- formalized inheritance model to make code more readable

- changed color to null instead of 0 in Shadow.IDENTITY

- fixed an error with simple sprite sheets that weren't set to loop

- implemented "tiny" instructions for Graphics. (ex. myGraphics.f("#0FF").c(x,y,r) )

- fixed problems with Graphics.clone()

- fixed bug with passing instructions to a Graphics object constructor

- complete rewrite of the render engine to be cleaner and more flexible

- added .decompose() method to Matrix2D

- added .skew() method to Matrix2D

- added .skewX/Y on DisplayObject

- added SpriteSheetUtils.extractFrame(spriteSheet,frame) method

- added basic multi-line support for Text

- added DisplayObject.suppressCrossDomainErrors property

- complete rewrite of the hit testing system to be cleaner and run 5-10x faster

- improved the interaction model:

- added .onPress, .onClick callbacks on DisplayObject

- removed .mouseChildren from Container

- made .mouseEnabled true by default

- added .onMouseDown, .onMouseUp, and .onMouseMove callbacks on Stage

- added MouseEvent

- Stage.getObjectsUnderPoint() has been moved to Container

- added Container.contains(child) method

- added DisplayObject.compositeOperation

- added appendProperties() and prependProperties methods to Matrix2D

- added DisplayObject.hitTest() method

- added stage.snapToPixelEnabled and displayObject.snapToPixel

- added DisplayObject.updateCache()

- renamed minified file from easeljs.js to easel.js

- Re-factored directory layout

Version 0.2.1 [Jan 12, 2011]

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- optimized Graphics: reduced overhead by 80-90%

- added drawPolyStar method to Graphics

- fixed bug with using canvas as an image source for Bitmap

- made mouseChildren true by default for stage

- fixed major bug with Ticker.getTime()

Version 0.2 [Jan 6, 2011]

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Focus on vector graphics and text.

- repackaged all class files to "easeljs" instead of "com.gskinner"

- added Graphics API, and revised Shape to use a Graphics instance

- added Text class

- added Point class and updated CoordTransform to use it

- added Rectangle class

- fixed minor issue with Ticker

- added initial implementation of Stage.mouseX/Y (likely to change)

- added new examples, updated others to work with revised APIs

- minor tweaks, fixes to code and documentation

- added support for multiple params on Container.addChild, addChildAt, removeChild & removeChildAt

Version 0.1 [Dec 17, 2010]

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Initial release.