Aligning images

By default, the baseline of an image is at its bottom. So, adjacent images would be aligned at the bottom. There may be instances where top alignment or vertical center alignment is preferred.

How to do it...

We will use the \height command for shifting to get vertical centering. Take the following steps:

1. Load the graphicx package. For testing, or if you don’t have images, add the demo option to use black rectangles in place of images:

   \usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

2. In your document, use the \raisebox command together with half of the \height value:

   \raisebox{-0.5\height}{\includegraphics[height=4cm,
     width=8cm]{filename1}}
   \hfill
   \raisebox{-0.5\height}{\includegraphics[height=2cm,
     width=4cm]{filename2}}

3. Your images (in the demo case, black-filled rectangles) will be vertically aligned:

Figure 5.5 – Images with vertically-centered alignment

How it works...

The \height command...