# Method Image.AVS.decode()

Method decode

  ```object`` decode(`string` `data`)`
  ```mapping`` _decode(`string` `data`)`
  ```string`` encode(`object` `image`, `object` `object|voidalpha`)`

Description

  Handle encoding and decoding of AVS-X images. AVS is rather trivial, and not really useful, but:

  An AVS file is a raw (uncompressed) 24 bit image file with alpha. The alpha channel is 8 bit, and there is no separate alpha for r, g and b.