Introduction

You can include external images into a LaTeX document. Only a few image file formats are supported by LaTeX. We will discuss supported formats and the differences between them.

After discussing quality aspects, we will take a look at the concept of floating figures for automated positioning for well-balanced text heights on pages.

Then, we will look at some recipes that can be used for making images, especially photos, more decorative.

Finally, we will arrange images with alignment, in a grid, or even on top of each other.

While this chapter is about using images, you can read about creating images in Chapter 9, Creating Graphics. In this chapter, we will focus on required commands without starting each document with \documentclass and ending it by \end{document}. You can download full code examples from http://latex-cookbook.net.