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Including Graphics in LaTeX

• How to include images (JPEG, PNG, TIFF. . .) in LaTeX documents.
• Where to find out more.

Including Graphics in LaTeX

Graphics in PDFLaTeX

• Supported formats: PNG, JPEG or TIFF.
• Also "cropped" image in PDF format (cf. encapsulated Postscript).

\documentclass[]{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \section{A picture} Here is a picture: natural size, fixed height, stretched: \includegraphics{opensource-jitb.jpg} \includegraphics[height=3cm]{opensource-jitb.jpg} \includegraphics[height=2cm,width=6cm]{opensource-jitb.jpg} \end{document}

• PDF

Including Graphics in LaTeX

DVI and Postscript

• Don't do this unless you really have to!

• usually include encapsulated postscript file (with bounding box);
• use package graphicx;
• (pre)view with a postscript viewer, not a dvi viewer;

• LaTeX source
• dvi
• postscript

Including Graphics in LaTeX

Resources

• Section 8 of the PDFTeX manual.
• The graphics section of the LaTeX Navigator;
• Keith Reckdahl's document, Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX2e: .ps.gz.

Including Graphics in LaTeX

Hands On

1. Download graphics_include_pdf.tex and opensource-jitb.jpg — choose save file in each case.
2. Compile the LaTeX source file using Kile or the command-line.
3. View the resulting PDF by using evince.