Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Beginner

[jordan2009]

Hello,

I am new to using LaTeX. I am trying to include jpeg and tif files into TeXShop, but I can't seem to do it. I've tried looking through the manuals and online FAQs, but nothing seems to help. At its basic level, how can I import a jpeg into LaTeX?

Thanks.

[magicmoose]

You can't put jpg files into LateX documents because jpg's have no size information about them, so LaTeX doesn't know how big the picture is. You will need to convert the image into a different format, i.e. png or eps and then try.

Hope that helps

[frabjous]

Actually you can include a .jpg with LaTeX if you compile with pdflatex.

For a .tif, I would first convert it to another format; converting .tif to .pdf is pretty routine, and then include it.

Here's a good site to get you started with this topic:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Importing_Graphics