| Extracted from Pike v7.8 release 700 at 2013-06-08.

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Image.TIFF

# Method Image.TIFF.decode_header()

Method decode_header

  `mapping decode_header(string data)`

Description

  Decodes the header of the TIFF data into a mapping.

  `"xsize" : int` | Size of image in pixels.
  `"ysize" : int`
  `"ImageWidth" : int`
  `"ImageLength" : int`
  `"type" : string` | File type information as MIME type. Always `"image/tiff"`.
  `"color_space" : string` | Color space of TIFF image. Either `"RGB"` or `"CMYK"`.
  `"byte_order" : string` | Either `"II"` for Little Endian or `"MM"` for Big Endian.
  `"NewSubfileType" : int` |
  `"BitsPerSample" : string` |
  `"Compression" : int` |
  `"PhotometricInterpretation" : int` |
  `"Make" : string` |
  `"Model" : string` |
  `"SamplesPerPixel" : int` |
  `"ResolutionUnit" : int` |
  `"Software" : string` |
  `"DateTime" : string` |
  `"Predictor" : int` |
  `"XMP" : string` |