LaTeX: Images, Figures, Wrapping and the Logic Behind Them

A brief tutorial on using images and figures in LaTeX including inserting pictures, the logic of figures and how to exploit them and how to wrap text around them.

[@JC-cr5ty]

I wish there was commands like: \dontsendfiguretonextpage or \dontwasteatonofspace or \placenormallyanddontbestupidaboutit

[@jonatang5966]

There is the placement option [H], if you include the package float. But yeah, it feels unnecessarily difficult to get the figures where you want xD

[@magtazeum4071]

hahaha..this comment made my day

[@enderkayhan555]

@@jonatang5966 this helped ty!

[@AlDumbrava]

I found that adding a \filbreak after the figure helps suggest to LaTeX that I want the break after the figure not before.

[@TheCalcSeries]

I've been stuck on a paper for the last couple of days bc I couldn't find the [h] thing. Now I can finally move some figures around. Thank you :)

[@UsernameDP]

My 8 hours of reading how to use images in latex has been simplified into a short 13 minute video.

[@c.eckhardt597]

Thank you for this explanation! That was really helpful.

[@compphysgeek]

what I like to do is watch youtube videos on lunch breaks. so here I am, having something nice to eat, and an interesting youtube video, when all of a sudden the guy in the videos pulls up a picture of a hand with frostbite .. very appetising :D

[@pietadundershtitz1982]

That was something I was looking for!

[@prahe86]

Thanks again for another great video

[@igaurab]

Hi how can we make figure labels like 2.1 2.2 according to the sections?

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

As an emacs user, I can definitely say that my hands are worse then what you have shown. Don't do emacs, kids.

[@LukeSmithxyz]

vim: does amazing thing in 10 keypresses emacs: does same amazing thing only in 3 keypresses, but each requires you to hold down at least three other modifier keys with the same finger

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

Emacs: Has a language that no one uses besides IRC clients and bad games Vim: Gives you an extra kilobite because hey, just use regular lisp if you want it that bad.

[@sohilkaushal4100]

@@fermiLiquidDrinker Hey although we have to agree that one of the greatest things why people use Emacs is Org mode and it is irreplaceable

[@wahyunindiarahman8736]

thank you very much!! really helpful

[@user-iv4dj6tj6r]

Could you please tell me why wrap figure doesn't work in an "description-item" environment and if there are altenatives for that problem?

[@vincentpham7445]

Hi, have you tried to solve the space issue when you put the space between the image file name? somehow, vim has error when try to compile it.

[@robinhahn6987]

This is exactly what was needed... I realise these are old videos, but mate, you rock! Trying to get my head around LaTeX / Memoir... not trivial. This helps enormously!

[@pughums]

What numbering scheme is showing on the left margin of your editor (vim I presume)?

[@IncapaxPlays]

How do you achieve the live preview? And what kind of pdf viewer are you using? I'm struggling a little getting started with my setup. Your videos are inspiring.

[@galvanizeddreamer2051]

Check out this video by him, it should explain all of that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKjRinulg9mZgJI

[@TheR971]

github.com/xuhdev/vim-latex-live-preview

[@InternetHuman16]

Probably his question was answered, but for others, TeXstudio is the best LaTeX editor out there.

[@sitter2207]

I recommend vim/neovim with vimtex plugin, and zathura as pdf viewer. Thats what luke is using i guess (may be except for the spesific plugin but they all do the live preview)

[@ghost-user559]

@@InternetHuman16 Lyx is even easier if you are on a deadline and don’t want to mess with code

[@carlosscala5121]

Very good!!! Thank you

[@compphysgeek]

forgetting how to spell caption and forgetting to add units, is that the medical effects of using vim? ;) Respectfully, an evil mode emacs user

[@JavierPortillo1]

Fantastic! Thanks!

[@manwa5192]

Hey man, how about a video that shows how to make a "general correspondence letter" to a company or friend.

[@vaibhavahire4055]

Any idea on how to crop an image though? It's so easy in Word to just paste some screenshot and crop to desired shape.

[@krabkrabkrab]

use Gimp to make a new figure.

[@memastamat9982]

Hello, everytime I try to ref a figure I get 2 semicolons instead.

[@Bbdu75yg]

Awesome thank u very much !!!!

[@srrr4559]

Saved by uncle Luke once again. Never thought I'd need to use LATEX ever, but life lifes you into it I guess.

[@joshuasegal4161]

THANK YOU! but is there any way to get rid of the Figure 1: prefix?

[@robotdna]

Place an asterisk after the word caption, resulting in \caption*{text}. This also works with \section*{} and \subsection*{} variants.

[@sinafarokh28]

How did you get that picture??

[@Keuneollie]

Do you know how to prevent text from getting infront of the image?

[@martinmaartensson]

How do you do the thing with the numbers?? It looks like you are scrolling up and down to change the value. :D

[@martinmaartensson]

AH i found it out :D Ctrl+x for lowering and Ctrl+a for raising the value :-)

[@yash1152]

> _It looks like you are scrolling up and down to change the value_ ​@@martinmaartensson i was wondering about that too (: thanks a lot for sharing your findings (:

[@waseemahmad983]

nice video

[@ramzi4883]

how do you make your latex interface look like that?

[@Safwan.Hossain]

he's using VIM.

[@saomoon]

where can i download this arch.png?

[@eabrar]

good one

[@Pa_One]

Which latex editor is that?

[@jordanwarne911]

Vim, a text editor; and a live compiler

[@shijinmathew7768]

Nice..

[@harshdeepkanhai]

How are you compiling live in latex.

[@TheR971]

github.com/xuhdev/vim-latex-live-preview

[@vineeshvs]

Related link (Drawing figure in Xfig and importing it in a Latex document): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXaThYd9Zq2HgdU

[@preetamgurav4139]

My image keeps popping in a new page

[@marklabaclado2176]

Why does your machine render so fast? Mine took about 8-10 seconds before rendering even a sentence. I'm running on a 64-bit, 6-GB RAM laptop.

[@craterface12]

Did he just pronounce ratio as 'raseo'?

[@user-zq3vq3ce6r]

yo you guys notice that at 5:50 that when he puts the emacs.jpg inside figure some portion of blindtext that was ABOVE the image actually went UNDER the image after compilation. But the syntax shows that that blind text is supposed to show BEFORE the figure. Like really, can some one explain this thing to me.

[@LukeSmithxyz]

LaTeX has built in constraints that decide where to optimally put images and other floating objects (which you can change if you like). In that case, there would've been two little lines of text alone at the top of the page, then the image, then the text below, so LaTeX automatically wants to avoid orphaned text, so it put it below the image.

[@LEVONGYUMISHYAN]

HOW TO INSERT IMAGES ON GROFF?

[@mrsentinel4911]

The subversive jokes are excellent.

[@AuDHDQ]

Emacs gang rise up

[@lemonlord7475]

LaaTeX

[@FranciscoMNeto]

At least people who use emacs can *actually* spell.

[@tusharbhatt857]

Blur video

[@HansPeter-qg2vc]

Vim users are always so hateful against Emacs. Emacs users are far better, of course. Vim users probably only are so angry because they use a text editor inferior to Emacs.

[@LukeSmithxyz]

vim users are so unenlightened and low on the spectrum that they can still understand what is a joke and what isn't. Sad!

[@HansPeter-qg2vc]

+Luke Smith, I got to admit that that's a pretty good and clever answer.

[@2MilMil]

Anyone triggered by "Law"tex?

[@LHCB6]

La-tek. It's because there is are letters from different languages.

[@ghost-user559]

@@LHCB6 Isn’t it named after one of the creators of LaTeX?

[@TheBananaman-sg4xd]

"L" like in "Land", "a" like in "hArd", "T" like in "Ten", "e" like in "lEft", "X" has no English equivalent, but it's like "ch" in Scottish or German "loCH" or "x" in Russian