public static function cloneDpObj(target:DisplayObject):Bitmap
    {
        var duplicate:Bitmap;

        var tBitData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(target.width, target.height);
        tBitData.draw(target);
        duplicate = new Bitmap(tBitData);

        return duplicate;
    }

// bounds and size of parent in its own coordinate space
var rect:Rectangle = target.parent.getBounds(target.parent);
var bmp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(rect.width, rect.height, true, 0);

// offset for drawing
var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.translate(-rect.x, -rect.y);

// Note: we are drawing parent object, not target itself:
// this allows to save all transformations and filters of target
bmp.draw(target.parent, matrix);

public static function cloneDpObj(target:DisplayObject):Bitmap
{
    var duplicate:Bitmap;

    var tBitData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(target.width, target.height);
    tBitData.draw(target);
    duplicate = new Bitmap(tBitData);
    //add the filters
    duplicate.filters = target.filters;

    return duplicate;
}

public static function cloneDpObj(target:DisplayObject, optWidth:Number = -1, optHeight:Number = -1):Bitmap
    {
        var duplicate:Bitmap;

        if (!target.parent) {
            var tempSprite:Sprite = new Sprite;
            tempSprite.addChild(target);
        }

        var rect:Rectangle = target.parent.getBounds(target.parent);
        var bmp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(rect.width + 1, rect.height, true, 0);

        // offset for drawing
        var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
        matrix.translate( -rect.x, -rect.y);

        // Note: we are drawing parent object, not target itself:
        // this allows to save all transformations and filters of target
        bmp.draw(target.parent, matrix);

        duplicate = new Bitmap(bmp);

        return duplicate;
    }