diff --git a/VERSIONS.txt b/VERSIONS.txt
index 260ca56d4..731812d77 100644
--- a/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Version 1.1.0 (April 05, 2018)
+****************************************************************************************************
+CRITICAL (may break existing content):
+- filters now always stretch loaded images in both GL and Context2D
+
+NEW 
+- Chromatic Abberation Filter (shift independant color channels
+- Displacement Map Filter (reposition portions of the rendered image)
+- StageGL composite operations, avaiable through `StageGL.directDraw = false`
+
+*****
+OTHER:
+- minor bug fixes in StageGL
+
+
 Version 1.0.0 (September 14, 2017)
 ****************************************************************************************************
 CRITICAL (may break existing content):
diff --git a/examples/WebGL/Benchmark.html b/examples/WebGL/Benchmark.html
index 7efdc078b..d201efac7 100644
--- a/examples/WebGL/Benchmark.html
+++ b/examples/WebGL/Benchmark.html
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
 		this.objects = MaxPerTick;
 		this.triangles = "";
 
-		this.texture = "Individual";
-		this.particleRender = false;
+		this.texture = "Sprite Sheet";
+		this.directDraw = true;
 		this.allowWebGL = true;
 
 		this.more = handleRelease;	// add event listener for down
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 		propsFolder.open();
 		propsFolder.add(guiProps, "texture", ["Individual", "Sprite Sheet"]).onChange(toggleEffect);
 		propsFolder.add(guiProps, "allowWebGL").onChange(toggleEffect);
-		//propParticle = propsFolder.add(guiProps, "particleRender").onChange(toggleEffect);
+		propsFolder.add(guiProps, "directDraw").onChange(toggleEffect);
 
 		gui.add(guiProps, "reset");
 
@@ -187,8 +187,9 @@
 		canvas.width = CANVAS_WIDTH;
 		canvas.height = CANVAS_HEIGHT;
 		if(guiProps.allowWebGL) {
+			//debugger;
 			// we know we wont be unloading textures, so turn off the cleanup routine to get maximum speed
-			stage = new createjs.StageGL(canvas, {autoPurge: -1});
+			stage = new createjs.StageGL(canvas, {autoPurge: -1, directDraw: guiProps.directDraw});
 			stage.setClearColor(0x000000);
 		} else {
 			stage = new createjs.Stage(canvas);
diff --git a/src/easeljs/display/StageGL.js b/src/easeljs/display/StageGL.js
index 5522ee793..e4550d602 100644
--- a/src/easeljs/display/StageGL.js
+++ b/src/easeljs/display/StageGL.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ this.createjs = this.createjs||{};
 		 * @type {Boolean}
 		 * @default false
 		 */
-		this._directDraw = directDraw === undefined ? true : false;
+		this._directDraw = directDraw === undefined ? true : (!!directDraw);
 
 		/**
 		 * The width in px of the drawing surface saved in memory.
@@ -1276,6 +1276,8 @@ this.createjs = this.createjs||{};
 				gl.enable(gl.BLEND);
 				gl.pixelStorei(gl.UNPACK_FLIP_Y_WEBGL, true);
 				gl.clearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0);
+				gl.blendEquationSeparate(gl.FUNC_ADD, gl.FUNC_ADD);
+				gl.blendFuncSeparate(gl.ONE, gl.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, gl.ONE, gl.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 
 				this._createBuffers();
 				this._initMaterials();
@@ -2427,7 +2429,7 @@ this.createjs = this.createjs||{};
 		this._activeShader = this._mainShader;
 
 		gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, this._batchTextureOutput._frameBuffer);
-		gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+		if(this._batchTextureOutput._frameBuffer !== null) { gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); }
 
 		this._appendToBatch(content, new createjs.Matrix2D(), this.alpha, ignoreCache);
 
@@ -2543,7 +2545,7 @@ this.createjs = this.createjs||{};
 					item._updateState();
 				}
 
-				if(!ignoreCache && item.cacheCanvas === null && item.filters !== null && item.filters.length) {
+				if(!this._directDraw && (!ignoreCache && item.cacheCanvas === null && item.filters !== null && item.filters.length)) {
 					var bounds;
 					if (item.bitmapCache === null) {
 						bounds = item.getBounds();