In working on a project, I created a simple utility class that has this public static method. This basically takes a DisplayObject, copies it, and adds it to a new Sprite which is then returned to the caller. Simple enough. I'm sure this can be refined or done a different way, so have at it.
public static function duplicateImageAsSprite( original:DisplayObject ):Sprite
{
var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData( original.width , original.height ,
true , 0x000000 );
bitmapData.draw( original as IBitmapDrawable );
var bitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap( bitmapData );
var returnSprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
returnSprite.addChild( bitmap as DisplayObject );
return returnSprite;
}
