Presentations and Posters ⇒ [solved] Layout shifting with overlays in slide

[kozimodo]

I have a frame as follows:

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\begin{frame}
    \frametitle{My title}
    
    \begin{minipage}{6cm}
        Some content
    \end{minipage}
    \begin{minipage}{6cm}
            \includegraphics<1>[scale=.4]{overlay1.pdf}
            \includegraphics<2>[scale=.4]{overlay2.pdf}
    \end{minipage}
    \invisible<1>{Some text}
\end{frame}
 
 
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and the layout changes as I move from 1 to 2. The figures have precisely the same dimensions:

$ pdfinfo overlay1.pdf
Creator: Matplotlib v3.7.1, https://matplotlib.org
Producer: Matplotlib pdf backend v3.7.1
CreationDate: Thu May 23 10:26:39 2024 EDT
Custom Metadata: no
Metadata Stream: no
Tagged: no
UserProperties: no
Suspects: no
Form: none
JavaScript: no
Pages: 1
Encrypted: no
Page size: 460.8 x 345.6 pts
Page rot: 0
File size: 94729 bytes
Optimized: no
PDF version: 1.4
$ pdfinfo overlay2.pdf
Creator: Matplotlib v3.7.1, https://matplotlib.org
Producer: Matplotlib pdf backend v3.7.1
CreationDate: Thu May 23 10:26:38 2024 EDT
Custom Metadata: no
Metadata Stream: no
Tagged: no
UserProperties: no
Suspects: no
Form: none
JavaScript: no
Pages: 1
Encrypted: no
Page size: 460.8 x 345.6 pts
Page rot: 0
File size: 96186 bytes
Optimized: no
PDF version: 1.4

Is there something obvious that I'm doing wrong here?

[kozimodo]

I found the solution on stackexchange - for anyone else seeing something similar, add %'s after your includegraphics statements.