# Method Image.TIFF.encode()

Method encode

  ``string` encode(`object` `image`)`
  ``string` encode(`object` `image`, `mapping` `options`)`
  ``string` _encode(`object` `image`)`
  ``string` _encode(`object` `image`, `mapping` `options`)`

Description

  Encode an image object into a TIFF file. [encode] and _encode are identical.

  The `options` argument may be a mapping containing zero or more encoding options. See _decode.

Example

      Image.TIFF.encode(img, ([
      	    "compression":Image.TIFF.COMPRESSION_LZW,
      	    "name":"an image name",
      	    "comment":"an image comment",
      	    "alpha":An alpha channel,
      	    "dpy":Dots per inch (as a float),
      	    "xdpy":Horizontal dots per inch (as a float),
      	    "ydpy":Vertical dots per inch (as a float),
         ]));